Graduate costume design programs

All School of Drama students have to opportunities to participate in the following:. Carnegie Mellon University does not discriminate in admission, employment or administration of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap or disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, ancestry, belief, veteran status or genetic information.

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Brian Russman. Associate Teaching Professor, Costume Production. Hugh Hanson. Associate Teaching Professor of Costume Production. December 29, December 20, Dynamic training engages critical analysis along with serious artistic development and the study of the many materials and techniques of the field.

Our students are artists and critical thinkers— disciplined multi-taskers who are self-motivated and mature. They possess a realistic knowledge of the business, open positive attitudes, active inquisitive minds and the passionate yet pragmatic goal of entering the profession upon graduation. Graduate Costume Design students are mentored by a team of leading professionals in all facets of costume design and costume production.

Students learn and apply skills needed for a specialized career in the field. Costume Design students are offered both analytical and artistic coursework to develop holistic artistry. Script analysis and character development balance investigations of the world and style in which the student chooses to design the play. Rigorous studio instruction in Drawing, Painting and Costume Rendering within School of Drama may be augmented with art and photography courses in the Schools of Art, Design and Architecture.

Essential to the School of Drama Costume program is our philosophical belief that Costume Production be taught alongside Costume Design. Students not only gain important practical knowledge about how they can work withand what they can expect fromtheir future production staffs, but also they learn marketable skills indraping, tailoring, millinery, dyeing and painting, and a constellation of craft courses.

Coursework is also available in Scenography, Design for the Camera, and a multi disciplinary course involving media and experimentation called Future Stages. Annual resource trips to New York are made with faculty. International students and activities are encouraged through participation in the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Space and Design and international summer internships.

Renowned alumni, national and international guests present workshops and portfolio reviews annually. With as many as productions annually in the School of Drama—among them The New Works Series, devised work, traditional theater, musicals, opera, dance, television and film—students have ample opportunity to design. Advanced students may assist faculty in their work for the profession. Extensive alumni relationships and strong professional associations create opportunities and contacts for students locally, nationally, and internationally.

All School of Drama students have to opportunities to participate in the following:. Graduates from the School of Drama Costume Design program work in a range of professional capacities such as designer, assistant designer, draper, shopper, craftsperson and teacher. When not designing, you will receive other costume production team assignments and gain experience as a design assistant, stitcher, first hand and crafts artisan. Second Year In addition to your continued hands-on work for actual productions, second-year classes will consist of digital rendering and wet media.

A graduate-level costume design course will cover more complex design projects extending into film, dance, operas and musicals. Third Year Your third year in the Costume Design program will consist of similar expectations and responsibilities for actual productions. Classes will include portraiture and graduate-level costume design, which will focus entirely on large-scale, avant garde, nontraditional costume design.

You will be required to complete a thesis prior to graduating that will take the form of a retrospective gallery show containing the your work, both realized and theoretical.

In addition, you will have to present a professional gallery presentation depicting the depth of your work for your thesis. Alumni of our Costume Design program have all had great success building careers in professional costume design. Some even have Tony nominations as proof.

Many work in film and television and in a wide variety of other entertainment forms. Well-made period films and series have the power to transport viewers in time through the reimagining of the story of someone's life, historical events or even classic literature.