Costume College is a five-day event held every year by Costumer’s Guild West. Days one and five are various tours and the other three days are comprised of workshops and lectures. The focus of the event is on historical costume and making. People from across the country and even from foreign lands attend Costume College.…Read More
Costume College
Costume College is a 3-day conference chock full of lectures and hands-on workshops. This year I attended 4 lectures, 2 hands-on workshops, and taught 2 hands-on workshops. It was a busy 3 days! The lectures I attended were on the basics of dyeing, the various types of feathers used in millinery, the history of the…Read More
2022 National Association of Schools of Theatre Conference
I recently attended the annual 2-day conference of the National Association of Schools of Theatre in Baltimore. This conference consists of presentations and roundtables. The keynote address spoke to resiliency and relevance. Dr. Phylica Rashad was the speaker. Among the points she made were: Theatre is a place of diversity and inclusion, not only in…Read More
Notes From The 2020 Costume Pedagogy Conference
This conference was originally designed to be a one-day meeting in New York City. Due to Covid-19, it developed into an 8-plus hour meeting spread over two weekends and the two-week break in-between. There were around seventy participants from all over the country. Chloe Chapin from Harvard, Christianne Meyers, and Sydney were the major organizers of…Read More
Lia Attends the Annual Costume College
I recently attended Costume College, a 3-day event for costumers. Costume College is comprised of lectures open to everyone and hands-on limited attendance classes. I attended 7 lectures, 3 limited attendance classes, and was the presenter for 2 limited attendance sessions. People come from all over the world to attend Costume College. Marion Boyce, the…Read More
Hands On at Costume College
As part of my on-going faculty development, I attended a three-day, costume techniques and information conference, aptly known as Costume College. I have been attending for many years both as a participant and a presenter. The Benefits of Attending A long, long time ago I participated in a session where we made the understructure known…Read More
Leadership is Telling Stories, Creating Vision
I attended the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST) Conference in Portland, Oregon, at the Downtown Hilton Hotel March 29 – 31, 2018. The Keynote speaker—Chris Coleman, Artistic Director for Portland Center Stage at The Armory—spoke about leadership. He said leadership was about telling stories, about creating a vision for others to see. An…Read More
The 60’s—Vintage Daydreams
Costume College, hosted by Costumer’s Guild West, is an annual event attracting attendees and teachers from around the globe. This year’s theme was “The 60’s—Vintage Daydreams”. I attended the event for three days. During this time I attended presentations, took classes, presented, and taught two classes. I attended presentations on the social significance of the…Read More