About
Dreams, a Pandemic, Then...
Dreams, a Pandemic, Then...
There was Light
There was Light
It all starts with a dream. A fantasy of how great life could be. For me, it was creating things: sewing doll clothes, making new paper doll outfits, writing and producing puppet shows. I loved to draw. I wanted to be...an artist.Life had different ideas for me. To make ends meet, I worked in many fields, from finance to rigging 18th-century ships, I studied linguistics and moved to Italy, then started to veer toward web design and coding. Thinking I finally was able to be somewhat creative, BOOM, a pandemic, then tech layoffs. To keep my spirits up while job hunting, I scraped up some money to take Hyrum Osmond's MasterClass in animation - which led me to lighting. My goodness, I found it. My path was lit up like a fireworks-filled night sky. Bright, shiny, colorful, exciting!
My name is Karen Kuzmiak,
I am a Lighting Artist.
Would love to hear from you!
Would love to hear from you!
In order to stay abreast of the latest in lighting and the industry, two fellow lighters and I took the initiative and co-created the Discord server, Light Links, a place for lighters to have a place to work together and a one-stop shop for free resources about everything lighting: tools, software, readings, and tutorials.