NEWS — We’re proud to celebrate Steven Rosen, FIALD, CLD, IES, Trent Oliver, and Carrie Reid, three members of the Praxis Museum Project Group, who have been recognized as part of Blooloop’s 50 Museum Influencers of 2025. This annual list highlights professionals shaping the future of museums, exhibitions, and cultural experiences worldwide.

Steven Rosen – Lighting Design That Tells Stories

Steven Rosen, CEO/founder of Available Light, has spent his career demonstrating the power of lighting to enhance museum storytelling. His work connects visitors to ideas and objects in subtle yet powerful ways, creating immersive and memorable experiences.

One nominator said: “Steven is more than a designer—he is a storyteller, mentor, and advocate. He believes in light as a transformative medium that connects audiences to ideas and objects with subtlety and depth.”

Trent Oliver – Bold Creativity and Collaborative Leadership

Trent Oliver, Principal and Managing Director of Blue Telescope, is recognized for her creativity, leadership, and collaborative approach. She fosters a studio culture built on transparency, trust, and shared authorship, empowering teams to take risks and deliver ambitious, high-quality experiences.

Trent’s projects include the Kennedy Space Center, Sloan Museum of Discovery, the Henry Ford Museum, and the National Women’s History Museum. Under her leadership, Blue Telescope has received awards including Muse, Telly, Vega Gold, Summit Best of Show, and the Core 77 Design for Social Impact Award.

As one nominator described: “Trent is a systems thinker, a mentor, and a creative force whose influence radiates far beyond any single exhibition or installation.”

Carrie Reid – Expanding the Reach of Traveling Exhibitions

Carrie Reid, President of Dala Projects, helps museums around the world share their stories through traveling exhibitions. With over a decade of experience and a network spanning more than 20 countries, she has supported over 60 exhibitions in more than 100 museums globally.

Carrie’s collaborative, values-driven approach ensures that partnerships are thoughtful, effective, and impactful. One nominator said: “Carrie brings a level of professionalism, clarity, and care to the traveling exhibitions sector that sets her apart… She’s a true collaborator, always committed to shared success.”

Celebrating Leadership in Museums

At Praxis, we’re proud to work alongside Steven, Trent, and Carrie. Their vision, creativity, and generosity inspire us every day. Seeing their work recognized by Blooloop’s Museum Influencers list highlights the importance of collaboration, innovation, and thoughtful design in shaping meaningful cultural experiences.

Congratulations to Steven, Trent, and Carrie for this well-deserved honor!

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PODCAST—Revealing the Story with Light with Steven Rosen and Ted Mather

Is lighting art or science? If you’re a curator tasked with lighting design, where do you start? Is lighting about light, or about shadows? Lighting designers Steven Rosen and Ted Mather (Available Light) join host Jonathan Alger (C&G Partners) on Making the Museum, the podcast, to discuss Revealing the Story with Light. Along the way, we learn how an exhibition is like a theatrical stage, and get a reminder that design is a team sport.

WEBINAR —Like a circus, experience design can be thrilling and magical.

But it can also be, well, kind of a circus. How do you make sure there’s someone to catch the person leaping from the trapeze at just the right moment? Especially when the spotlight is on?

In this webinar, Trent Oliver of Blue Telescope shares process insights, collaboration tools, and best practices for working with all of the various members of an extended experience design team:

• when (and how!) to loop in each of your collaborators with confidence

• how to maintain a “single version of the truth” across distributed teams

• how to manage approvals, budgets, and all of the potentially dangerous backflips

• … and, most importantly, how not to lose sight of your dreams.

Moderated by Steven Rosen, President & Creative Director of Available Light. A Q&A session follows the presentation.

WEBINAR — Whether you are building a new facility or renovating an existing space, infrastructure-planning and future-proofing your project will save you time and grief. This Praxis webinar will help advance your master-planning efforts with intelligent and timely advice. A Q&A session to follow the presentation.

ARTICLE — LEDs have proven to be a groundbreaking device in the toolbox of museum exhibition professionals but, like any technological revolution, traditional lighting 101 basics are now outdated and are in need of revision and expansion.

ARTICLE — Man, we lighting designers are in a rough spot. As students, it was beaten into us to focus on visibility, composition, balance, color and movement. We were trained to consume - sustainability was not a part of the equation.