Meet the Meshroom: A Mash-Up of Art, Dance, and Music

Terri W. Relos writes on the MESHROOM event, its origins, and how it came to be presented at UNCG. Read the article here.

Photo of artists Desmond Wiley and Derek Toomes by Snovian Image Media

B. Iden Payne Awards Nomination for Best Lighting Design, Lardo Weeping, 2022

Wiley was nominated for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Award for Best Lighting Design for their work on Lardo Weeping​ in 2022. Full list of lighting design nominees available here.

Review: Lardo Weeping by Local Opera Local Artists - LOLA

"Lighting design by [Desmond] Wiley led us ably through the story with its emotional twists and turns." - David Glen Robinson
Read the full review here.

Photo by Kirk R. Tuck

An Interview with Erica Gionfriddo of ARCOS Dance

David Glen Robinson interviews Erica Gionfriddo, co-director of ARCOS Dance in advance of the live and streaming performance In The Ether August 7 - 14, 2021. The footage taken at Ground Floor Theatre featured an interactive, performer-controlled lighting system Wiley designed. You can read the article here.

Footage of In The Ether via ARCOS 

 Transgender Opera Singers Find Their Voices

In 2019, Wiley was the first lighting designer for the new opera Good Country, which was written to include a transgender main character. This New York Times article covers transgender opera singer Holden Madagame's experience in the production. You can read the article here.

Photo by Jackie Lee Young for The New York Times