THEA338

Advanced costume design project build upon the foundation of technical, research and conceptual skills mastered in THEA 235 Costume Design. Costume design projects will be based on characters in the great dramatic literature written throughout history as well as contemporary projects for other genres such as much performance, dance, television and film. At least one project will be based in the visual language of another culture. The advanced costume design class will explore in depth approaches to costume design presentation methods through drawing, painting and incorporating digital techniques in the various presentation media used by costume designers today to show their work. Students will explore how to research their designs in George T. Potter Library, on the internet by learning how to navigate, collect and edit their research in the areas commonly used by the costume designer: major museums with important costume holdings, paintings and sculpture, Artstor, costume portals, archive.org and historic patterning sites. All work will be kept during the semester for a portfolio review at the end of the semester.