De la Luz includes two performance venues—the De la Luz Soundstage and the more intimate Divine Theater—as well as a commercial kitchen, dining room, courtyard, studios, and gathering spaces.
The venues reopened in September 2024 and now host concerts, theater, dance, cultural celebrations, private events, nonprofit programs, and community gatherings. Our programming brings together nationally touring performers, regional artists, and people creating work right here in Holyoke.
De la Luz is also a place for learning and workforce development. Through the De la Luz Technical Arts Institute, young people gain hands-on experience in live sound, lighting, stage management, hospitality, culinary work, and event production. Young people from all over Hampden and Hampshire Counties learn alongside working professionals during real public events and can move into paid employment.
When our nonprofit purchased the former Gateway City Arts campus, its work expanded far beyond the school it had originally been created to operate.
In July 2025, the organization changed its name to LightWorks Collective. The legal nonprofit, leadership, and EIN remained the same. The new name reflects the broader role this campus now plays as a resource for the community—supporting arts and culture, workforce development, entrepreneurship, and shared creative space.
Today, LightWorks Collective is the nonprofit home of:
Our mission is to expand opportunity through education, access to the performing arts, and creative workforce development.
Whether someone comes here for a concert, a class, a meal, a community event, or their first paid job in the creative industries, the goal is the same: to create a place where people feel welcome, build meaningful relationships, develop their abilities, and imagine what might come next.
The name has changed, the work has grown, and a new chapter is taking shape on Race Street—building on the creativity, community, and possibility that has defined this campus for more than a decade.