A COLLABORATIVE STUDIO SPACE
FOR GOSHEN CREATIVES.

THE

LIGHTBOX COLLECTIVE

ORIGIN STORY

The first iteration of LightBox was born in 2015 after Rafael Barahona had just started his own freelance business, R3 Design, and increasingly started to collaborate with other artists and entrepreneurs. After working for a time at Launchpad, a shared office space for startups located above the Chamber building, there came an opportunity to branch out.

In early 2015, while Rafael while visiting other artist friends, they alerted him of a beautiful studio space with giant cathedral windows that had just become available. Seeing it as too large for just himself, he reached out to a few interested parties, Stuart Meade and Anne Berry, about sharing the space. A year later, Jordan Kauffman joined the group.

THE COLLECTIVE

After a few years of operating as a shared studio / co-workspace, people in the community started to know name but were confused by what it was. A few more members joined and we solidified our language concerning the physical space and
the people that are members. The space was known as LightBox, while the group was dubbed the LightBox Collective, or just the “Collective” for short.


New members and interns began cycling through, but there remained a critical mass of folks who kept things going and helped to maintain a public profile.
 

LIGHTBOX REBORN

A few years later, in 2020, Jordan and Rafael officially adopted the moniker LightBox as the name of their newly formed business. The Collective moved over with them into a new space at the Bubble in the fall of 2020, and both the company and the Collective continue to thrive in their new creative space. If you are interested in learning more, go ahead and reach out to hi@ltbx.co.

302 S MAIN ST, SUITE 3
GOSHEN, IN 46526