Our Team
Tiny Lights is a giant collaboration of many brilliant minds coming together to create something that people can enjoy and celebrate.
Here are some the tiny lights that make the festival possible.
Carla Stephenson
Executive Director/Co-Artistic director
Shawn Stephenson
Creative Director/Co-Artistic Director
Danielle Soucie
Assistant Producer and Administrator
Peter Mynett
Technical Director/On-site Technical Coordinator & Tech Mentorship Program Lead
Emily Hedges
Admin Wrangler/Volunteer Coordinator
Jill MCKenna
On-Site Producer
Matt elemans
Operations / Safety Coordinator
Hannah Rane
Ymir Studio Lead
Allison MacDonald
Accessibility Coordinator
Gabrielle Clement
Vendor Coordinator
Michael Garbula
Host of Hosts
Heather Parsons
On Site Electrician
R.A.S.S. is a non-profit society located in the tiny unincorporated town of Ymir, BC. We run a variety of programming for youth and adults throughout the year within the community of Ymir. Our main focus is on cultivating awareness and skills that focus on capacity building using arts as a catalyst for change. Our major production of the year has been the Tiny Lights Festival for almost a decade. While the Tiny Lights ‘festival’ component of the non-profit organization has been on hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions, this turn of events has led us to new intimate ways to be connected, close, and creative in 2021.