Artwork

The Bay Lights honors the Bay Bridge 75th Anniversary and celebrates completion of the new East Span in 2013. Created with over 25,000 energy efficient, white LED lights, it is 1½ miles wide and 500 feet high, viewable from San Francisco and points north but not by drivers on the bridge itself.

Download The Bay Lights Fact Sheet.

Impact

The Bay Lights is a monumental tour de force seven times the scale of the Eiffel Tower’s 100th Anniversary lighting. Shining from dusk to midnight for two years, it will impact over 50 million people in the Bay Area, with billions more seeing it in the media and online. By conservative estimates, $97 million dollars will be added to the local economy.

Artist

The Bay Lights artist Leo Villareal orchestrates complex, rhythmic artwork composed exclusively of points of light; his groundbreaking work is part of the permanent collection of major museums worldwide.



Video Gallery:
Leo Villareal and his work.

Civic Leaders

Governor Jerry Brown

Lieutenant Governor
Gavin Newsom

San Francisco Mayor
Ed Lee

San Francisco Supervisor
Jane Kim

San Francisco City Engineer
Fuad Sweiss

Representative
Karen Bass

Representative
Lois Capps

Representative
Judy Chu

Representative
Jim Costa

Representative
Anna Eshoo

Representative
Barbara Lee

Representative
Zoe Lofgren

Representative
Doris Matsui

Representative
Jerry McNerney

Representative
George Miller

Representative
Adam Schiff

Representative
Jackie Speier

Representative
Pete Stark

Representative
Mike Thompson

Patrons

Ben Davis


Charlie Evans

David Spencer

Helen Hilton Raiser

JP Conte

Katie Schwab

Katherine Webster

Ken Norton

Matthew and Catherine Paige

Max Armour

Matt Mullenweg

Sher Foundation

and..

The Bay Lights Causes Community

Cultural Alliances

Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive

Berkeley Center for New Media

Black Rock Arts Foundation

Black Rock City, LLC

Christo

Exploratorium

Friends of the Gateway

Gray Area Foundation for the Arts

Maker Faire

San Francisco Chamber of Commerce

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art

San Jose Museum of Art

Agencies

Bay Area Toll Authority

City and County of
San Francisco

San Francisco
Arts Commission

Fiscal Sponsor

ZERO1: The Art and
Technology Network

In-Kind Supporters

Andresen Digital Imaging

Brazer Communications

Causes.com

Cameron Hughes Wine

CleanPath

Destination Analysts, Inc.

Drew Altizer Photography/SFWIRE

Hotel Vitale

Jeremy Anders

Mindful Public Relations

Morrison Foerster

ORO Pisco

TCHO

Waterbar

WheaterWriter

Words Pictures Ideas

Technical Partners

Bleyco Inc.

Parsons Brinckerhoff

Philips Color Kinetics

Zoon Engineering

Join the Bay Lights

Be brilliant! Join The Bay Lights groundswell of support and the visionary patrons who understand the value of community on a grand scale.


Contact: Dorka Keehn
dorka@keehnonart.com

Heroic Patronage

Patrons will never find a larger canvas or a wider audience. Contributions welcome, payable to the project’s fiscal sponsor Zero1: The Art and Technology Network.

Zero1
152 N. 3rd Street, Suite 20
San Jose, CA 95112
-note The Bay Lights in memo field

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Brilliant Donors

Individuals can personally contribute by visiting the project on causes.




Donate using Causes.

Host a Fundraising House Party

House parties are an effective way to share your enthusiasm and raise awareness and cash that will fan the flames of the ongoing large patron cultivation.

Contact: Jennifer Holmes
jen@unconference.net

Top Fundraising Team: Dinner with the artist Leo Villareal, and invitation to Grand Lighting Gala and VIP pre-party. More prizes at each level.

Challenge ends June 30, 2012

The Tech Challenge is designed to encourage people to reach out through social media channels and to contribute as individuals or to create fundraising teams. Leaders will draft teams of fellow supporters through their networks.

Create your team and donate online on Causes or collect pledges via email or Facebook. To register, please contact: Dorka Keehn, dorka@keehnonart.com

Brilliant Patron

$25,000

Team name on Grand Lighting program and website. Special reception for all team members with Leo Villareal at City Hall with Civic Leaders. Two team members invited to exclusive Grand Lighting reception.

Radiant Patron

$50,000

Team name on Grand Lighting program, print collateral and website, and marketing and social media campaigns. Mini LED light pieces by Leo Villareal for all team members. Four team members invited to exclusive Grand Lighting reception. Special reception for all team members with Leo Villareal at City Hall with Civic Leaders.

Luminary Patron

$100,000

Team name on Grand Lighting program, press releases, website and print collateral. Team members names on website, and marketing and social media campaigns. Small limited edition prints for all team leaders signed by Leo Villareal and mini LED light pieces by the artist for all team members. Eight team members invited to exclusive Grand Lighting reception. Special reception for all team members with Leo Villareal at City Hall with Civic Leaders.

Beacon Patron

$500,000

Team name and member names and logos on press releases, Grand Lighting program, print collateral and website, and marketing and social media campaigns. Medium limited edition prints for all team leaders signed by Leo Villareal and mini LED light pieces by the artist for all team members. All team leaders invited to exclusive Grand Lighting reception. Special reception for all team members with Leo Villareal at City Hall with Civic Leaders.

Founding Patron

$1Million

Prominent placement of team name, member names and logos on press releases, Grand Lighting program, print collateral and website, and marketing and social media campaigns. One limited edition artwork OR large limited edition prints signed by Leo Villareal for team leaders members and mini LED light pieces by the artist for all team members. All team leaders invited to exclusive Grand Lighting reception and VIP pre-party. Special reception for all team members with Leo Villareal at City Hall with Civic Leaders.

Contact

p: 415.814.2214

Presenting Organization

The Bay Lights' presenting organization is Illuminate the Arts, a San Francisco non-profit dedicated to continuing The Bay Lights vision by increasing giving to Bay Area arts organizations for years to come.

Illuminate the Arts

1501 Mariposa Street, Suite 312
San Francisco, CA 94107
© 2012 The Bay Lights