Awards

The IESNYC recognizes excellence in the field of lighting design by annually sponsoring various awards programs and design grants.

Lumen Award - recognizes excellence, professionalism, ingenuity and originality in lighting design

Student Lighting Competition - empowers students to explore light as an art form, demonstrate light as a stimulus, and prove light as a valuable medium

Section Service Award - presented in recognition of outstanding individual service to the Section

Richard Kelly Grant - recognizes and rewards innovative work in the art or science of illumination

Parsons Thesis Prize - recognizes graduates in the MFA Lighting Program at Parsons The New School for Design