Much has been written about Pantone’s color pick for 2026. Lighting veteran Jeffrey Dross, who writes a lightingbyjeffrey blog, shared his point of view: Pantone’s gray-white shade is pushback against the predominance of beige in the industry, Dross said. And while all that beige and Pantone’s current-year choice of Mocha Mousse complement lighting’s shift to brass and gold tones, Pantone’s Cloud Dancer offers an alternative, he writes. You can read the full post here.
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Women in Lighting will hold a reception during Lightovation in January. The event, “Diamonds, Denim & Discussion,” is scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 11 from 4- 5:30 p.m. in WAC Group‘s showroom, and will include a Cowboy Hat Bar at which the first 100 attendees can decorate their own hat. 
During the event, attendees will also have a chance to purchase the brand-new Women in Lighting pin and a commemorative t-shirt from the 2025 ALA Conference in Louisville, both featuring the group’s new logo design, for $20. Every purchase supports the Women in Lighting Scholarship Fund.
The reception also presents an opportunity to join Women in Lighting’s mentorship groups — small, focused networks that provide women in the lighting industry with meaningful ways to connect and share knowledge during monthly virtual sessions.
All Lightovation attendees, regardless of gender or ALA membership, are invited to attend.
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C. “Webster” March, a lighting controls designer for Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting, has joined Dallas Market Center’s ArchLight Summit as director of education and programming. He will curate and assemble the show’s CEU sessions, showroom tours and university sessions for students, and collaborate closely with Show Director Lea Tranakos; Laura Van Zeyl, vice president of marketing for lighting; and the ArchLIGHT Summit Advisory Board.
The next edition of ArchLIGHT Summit, Sept. 15-16, 2026, is running alongside Dallas Design Week and the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) GATHER: Catalyst national conference to maximize cross-disciplinary engagement.
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WAC Group is offering a virtual CEU course on Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 2 p.m. EST on how to navigate the fast-changing world of decorative lighting. The course earns two HSW CEU credits through IDCEC and AIA. For more information and to register, click here.
Meanwhile, WAC Landscape Lighting will host a webinar on Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. ET to see how fixture adjustability is redefining outdoor lighting design. You can register for that session here.
