We Worked With 69 community partners in 2025.

Light House expands access to arts education for young people through in-school, after-school, and summer workshops. Our goal is to remove barriers to access by teaching any interested student, regardless of their ability to pay.

Since 2003 Light House has conducted free-to-participant filmmaking workshops with nonprofit partners throughout Charlottesville. Our programs encourage self-expression; give under-resourced youth an opportunity to share their diverse perspectives; facilitate collaboration with other local nonprofits and among youth from different areas of our community; and teach technical film skills in addition to transferable soft skills essential for college and the job market. 

Light House teaching artists go into area public and private schools to teach hands-on filmmaking workshops during the school day. We guide students on how to mix their school subjects with collaborative filmmaking and support teachers in implementing project-based learning.