This year’s Willamette Light Brigade brought over 100 hundred artists from the North West together for a family-friendly 3-day event spanning the five quadrants of Portland. The event ushers in the coming spring which is less than 90 days away. The theme guiding this years Festival is “The Light of Progress.” The festival’s intent to revitalize and, as mentioned via the Winter Light’s Festival website, to counteract the city’s tendency to languish during the long and cold winter season, brings the city of Portland together for fun and community building.
Winter Trains, by Jesse Smith and the Illuminating Engineering Society, was on display at the Oregon Heritage Rail Center. Brian McGloin/ PSU Vanguard
Wood burning sculptures dot the edge of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry’s parking lot. Brian McGloin/ PSU Vanguard
In the Littman Gallery, in Smith Student Union, was Kindra Crick’s multimedia installation, Illuminated Wilderness: Memory. Brian McGloin/ PSU Vanguard
The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry featured a variety of works, including the interactive Flame Thrower Chandelier, by Ryan Range. Brian McGloin/ PSU Vanguard
Don Anderson demonstrated high voltage electricity, making artificial lightning, 3-foot long arcs and other displays during Arcs, Sparks and Corona Glow in the Oregon Heritage Rail Center. Brian McGloin/ PSU Vanguard
Don Anderson demonstrated high voltage electricity, making artificial lightning, 3-foot long arcs and other displays during Arcs, Sparks and Corona Glow in the Oregon Heritage Rail Center. Brian McGloin/ PSU Vanguard
Actias Luna, by Hacker/Guildworks, immersed participants in a glowing cocoon of color on the grounds of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Brian McGloin/ PSU Vanguard
Actias Luna, by Hacker/Guildworks, immersed participants in a glowing cocoon of color on the grounds of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Brian McGloin/ PSU Vanguard
Winter Trains, by Jesse Smith and the Illuminating Engineering Society, was on display at the Oregon Heritage Rail Center. Brian McGloin/ PSU Vanguard
Portland Opera soprano Helen Huang to children aboard The Portland Spirit during the Portland Winter Lights Festival. Brian McGloin/ PSU Vanguard
At the World Trade Center/PGE Headquarters, a DJ spins dance music that is broadcast to participants during the Fun Luv’n Silent Disco. Brian McGloin/ PSU Vanguard
Winter Trains, by Jesse Smith and the Illuminating Engineering Society, was on display at the Oregon Heritage Rail Center. Brian McGloin/ PSU Vanguard
In the basement of the Shattuck Hall Annex, PSU Lightworks featuring works from PSU School of Architecture and School of Design. Brian McGloin/ PSU Vanguard
The west side of McCoy millwork building featured projected animations that blended with existing graphics. Brian McGloin/ PSU Vanguard
Brian McGloin
I’m a returning student after a 17-year break in my education. During that break, I worked as a photojournalist in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Texas and served in the U.S. Air Force as a public affairs specialist. I am now a senior majoring in communications with a minor in photography. This is my third term as the photography editor of Vanguard, which is my second time in four schools working as a photography editor for a student newspaper, both of which earned multiple awards for excellence. I am responsible for the photographic content of Vanguard, both print and online, as well as educating photographers in the field of photojournalism.
