Brooklyn-based designer LUKE CANTARELLA creates scenery and video design for theater, opera, dance and performances across the United States, Europe and Africa. He has been nominated and received Joseph Jefferson Citations, Barrymore Awards, St. Louis Critics Circle Awards, Kevin Kline Awards, Connecticut Critic Circle Awards and other honors for his design work.

A member of Wingspace Theatrical Design, Luke is committed to creating a more just and sustainable theatrical community in New York City and beyond. Luke is also founding member of Equity through Design Mentorship, a program that connects students from traditional underserved groups with one-to-one mentorship with professionals in the entertainment design fields.

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Luke has been teaching design for 15 years. He is currently the Chair of Film and Screen Studies at PACE UNIVERSITY where he teaches classes in Production Design, Speculative Thinking and 3d Modeling. Prior to Pace, he ran the M.F.A. program in Set Design at the UC Irvine. He has received grants from the New York Entertainment Workforce Diversity Grant Program, the National Endowment for the Humanties, Univeristy of California Insitute for Research in the Arts to support his work,