costume design, costume history, fashion history, make up design and application, theatre production, costume technology, water color painting and illustration, film design, dance design, figure drawing, costume and fashion drawing
Teaching
courses taught
THTR 3005 - Costume Design 1
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023 / Fall 2024
Hands on studio course for students interested in theatre, dance, film, media studies, clothing, design, watercolor painting, psychology, sociology, history, art, art history, period styles, literature and cosplay. Students will learn, explore and practice literary analysis, character profiling, figure drawing, painting, fashion and clothing history and fabric selection to research, conceive, design and paint costume plates for several performance pieces over the course of the semester.
THTR 3085 - Fashion, Society and Decor
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024
Hands on survey course for students interested in history, art history, decorative arts, sociology, psychology, politics, fashion, costume design, theatre, film, dance, media studies and cosplay. Students will create research projects based in numerous historical eras stanning from Ancient Egypt, Roman and Greek civilizations to the palaces and opulence of the Baroque and Rococo eras. Students will explore the social and technological advances in fashion creation and manufacture during the Industrial Revolution and Victorian era to the technological advances of modern Haute Couture fashion and important fashion designers.
THTR 3149 - Professional Orientation: Exploring Professional Potentials for THTR and DNCE Maj
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Fall 2018
Explores and identifies a wide range of professional opportunities connected to personal strengths and interests in theatre and dance by studying current professional practices, trends and cross-disciplinary connections. Instructor will: provide information/learning needed from representative professionals; open avenues to find/create employment opportunities towards internship consideration/post-graduation; and mentor structured self-assessment/professional development.
THTR 4005 - Costume Design 2
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2024
Advanced studio course building on experiences and techniques studied in THTR 3005, with additional emphases on portfolio quality painting/ rendering techniques, fabrics/ fabric manipulation and costume production technology as it affects and is affected by the designer and the creative impulse.
THTR 4105 - Theatre Make-Up Design
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2024
Hands on studio course for students interested in theatre, film, television, entertainment, cosplay and fashion make-up styles and applications. Students will research and create various make-up designs and learn various make-up application techniques and products to conceive and create characters ranging from clowns to 17th, 18th and 19th period and historical styles and stages of old age and special effect make-up. Techniques include ombre blending, removing eyebrows, changes facial features, 3D prosthetics and latex, silicone and foam appliances in the creation of wounds, stages of healing and zombies.
THTR 4125 - Watercolor Illustration and Rendering Techniques
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Fall 2022
Gain fluency in established techniques and styles of master illustrators and painters. Famous illustrations are technically analyzed and copied in this exploration of intent, process, technique and style. Other mediums incorporated include pastels, color pencils, pen and ink and gouache. Painting supplies must be supplied by the student. Same as THTR 5125.
THTR 4149 - Theatre Internship
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Spring 2018 / Fall 2018 / Spring 2019 / Fall 2023
Provides opportunities for theatre majors to explore career opportunities in theatre fields other than, or in addition to, those with performance emphasis. Students apply knowledge and skills developed in their major studies to a practical work experience. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Recommended requisite: 30 credit hours in THTR.
THTR 5105 - Theatre Make-Up Design
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Spring 2018
Explores theatrical make-up styles and techniques from initial research through paper design to final make-up. Ranging from period styles to Byzantine mosaic, to clowns, to special effects (old age, wounds, stages of healing, zombies, etc.) Techniques include ombre blending, removing eyebrows, shrinking and enlarging features, creating 3D appliances and applying silicone and foam prosthetics. Same as THTR 4105.
