Trish Odenthal, Architectural Lighting Designer

Lighting Education Website

Classroom Teaching

Boyle Heights Elementary  - Guest Speaker - Light Pollution
Santa Barbara City College - Guest Speaker - Lighting Design
Academy of Art - San Francisco
Architectural Lighting Design – 1980

​Education

Theatrical Lighting - San Francisco State University - Theatrical lighting provides a solid foundation for dramatic and elegant lighting solutions. As a student of Robert Segrin, I am grateful for his excellence in teaching the art of stage lighting.
Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design - Interior Design & Color degree - Contemporary Bauhaus studies combined with Asian Art aesthetics form the foundation of my design philosophy.

Santa Barbara Courthouse Photo © 1996 Douglas A. Salin – www.dougsalin.com used with permission. Lighting fixtures by Bega US

Boards Served
> IES – Illuminating Engineering Society -  IES Santa Barbara Section President - 2004-2009 Currently Section Board of Managers  https://santabarbara.ies.org/
> Monroe Elementary PTA - Developed, funded, and chaired Art & Music program, for 800 students, 1994–1999
> La Mesa Preschool - President, 1990 – 1992
> DLF SF – Designers Lighting Forum - Board of Directors, 1976-1981

Published
www.ChromaTherapyLight.com 2018
Dark Sky - Outdoor Lighting Guide - 1977
Gemstones and Light- Basics - 2008
Gemstones and Light- Science - 2008
Elementary Art Curriculum - 2000
Palms for Southern California, Vol 1,2,3 - 1990

Insectary Garden

Miniature nature preserve - this sidewalk garden, is a collaboration of three neighbors, measuring 120' x 4' and has been growing since January 2017, with over 100 native plants from California and Baja California. Located at ​431 Flora Vista Dr, Santa Barbara, CA, intersection of Flora Vista & Red Rose Way, across from Monroe Elementary School. 
https://www.chromatherapylight.com/insectary-garden.html

Heteroptera insect on Senecio palmeri

Travel - Passionate about lighting, art, architecture, gardens, sunsets, follow my Instagram page for more images.

University of Kentucky Arboretum

Jellyfish at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Oregon

Mojave Desert

Inflatable Light Spheres, San Merlo, France https://www.guirlande-lumineuse.com/fr

Professional Memberships

> IES – Illuminating Engineering – Professional
> IDA – International Dark Sky Association
> SBAU - Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit
> SEC - Science and Engineering Council
> ISCC – Inter-Society Color Council
> SLTBR – Society for Light Treatment & Biological Rhythms

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