steven@availablelight.com

617-645-5488

Lighting Designer, Team Player, Storyteller, Businessperson, Industry Leader/Advocate, Back-of-House Support, and Mentor. It was Steven's keen interest in applying theatrical lighting techniques to traditionally non-theatrical environments that led to his 1992 founding of Available Light. The originality and grand scale of Steven’s designs are evident in such one-of-a-kind projects as: The International Spy Museum in Washington DC, The Neural Climber experience at The Franklin Institute, Galleries at Peabody Essex Museum, a series of historic statues along Boston’s storied Commonwealth Avenue Mall, and the renovation for The National Archives Rotunda — home of America’s Founding Documents.

Other significant milestones include receiving the IALD Radiance Award – architectural lighting’s highest honor, a Lifetime Achievement Award from EdisonReport.com, listing on the Blooloop Top 50 Museum Influencer List for 2025, and the LDI Redden Award for Sustained Achievement in Lighting Design.

Steven’s museum work has been honored with multiple and coveted Themed Entertainment Association Awards for The Liberty Science Center, The U-505 at MSI Chicago, The National Museum of the Marine Corps, The National Infantry Museum, and The Reynolds Education Center at Mt. Vernon.

Steven holds a BFA from Webster University, an MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and is a Fellow of the International Association of Lighting Designers. He is Co-Founder/Co-Chair of SEGD’s Museum Exhibition Professional Practice Group and is Past President of the IALD Education Trust. Steven was adjunct faculty of the Exhibit and Experience Design graduate program at FIT in NYC. He has authored many articles for industry publications, has lectured at conferences and universities around the globe, and holds a patent on LED Sports Lighting. He is passionate about family, developing the next generation of lighting designers, art, work, community, and creativity.