Alison Ford

914-772-3905 ● alisonford@msn.com ● 121 Cedar Lane, Ossining NY 10562 ● Portfolio: www.alisonford.com

Drafting by Hand

Drawing with a Pencil

AutoCAD

Photoshop

Dreamweaver

Front Page

Director

Flash

Poser

PowerPoint

3D Studio

Rhinoceros

Alias

Illustrator

In Design

Sketch Up

Quark Express

PageMaker

Evocative Images

Useful Objects

Compelling Environments

Design and Art Direction of Theatrical Environments

Dynamic Designer and Design Director with significant experience designing and implementing three-dimensional, evocative and compelling environments for theatrical presentation, film and television, museums, commercial environments, residences, and virtual spaces. 

Project Summary

·       Art Director - Miss January, Camelot Productions, Detroit , MI .  Christmas in New York , Film Amuro Productions, New York , NY .  Lost Eden , Made in USA Productions, Watertown , MA , Law & Order, NBC & Wolf Films Producers.  Life on Mars, ABC Television, New York , NY . Guiding Light, Procter and Gamble Productions, New York , NY .   Details

  ·     Assistant Art Director - Nurse Jackie, Showtime, New York, NY, The Beautiful Life, CBS, New York, NY, 30 Rock, NBC Productions, New York, NY. The Accidental Husband, Accidental Husband Intermediary Inc, New York, NY. Be Kind; Rewind, Junkyard Films, New York, NY. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, BKDYD Inc, New York, NY. Poltergeist 3, MGM Pictures, Chicago, IL. Evening News Set, Lowell Cabel News, Per Diem Work Firehouse Films, New York, NY. Storyboards for independent projects.   Details

·         Set Designer - Better than one hundred theatrical productions for theatre companies around the country including A Contemporary Theatre in Seattle, The Berkshire Theatre Festival in Stockbridge, MA, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Indiana Repertory Theatre in Indianapolis, The Lyric Stage in Boston, The Pittsburgh Playhouse, and the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven.  Details

·         Architectural Design Consultant - Senior Designer for Sachs Morgan Studio, Theatrical Consultants with projects in nationally known venues including The Kennedy Center, The Neil Simon, Ford Center and Marquis Theatres in New York and the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles . Details

·         Senior Design Director - Jack Morton Worldwide, designed projects and proposals for experiential marketing environments, product launches and corporate training for national brands.

·         Exhibit Designer - Exhibit design for museums includes work with the New Hampshire Museum of History in Concord New Hampshire and the Iowa Children's Museum in Iowa City, Iowa.

·        Interior Designer - Interior Design for JR Cattington Interiors, a suburban residential design firm. Kitchen and Bath design for Liberty Kitchens and Baths and Sundeen Construction. Other projects include work for individual clients.

·        Illustrator – Images of architectural and interior images for a variety of clients including advertising firms, developers, motion picture designers and others for Alison Ford Associates. 2007 - present.

·         Educator - Associate Professor with tenure University of Iowa, Department of Theatre Arts. Associate Professor with tenure - Plymouth State College, the University of New Hampshire. Guest Lecturer at Northeastern University in Boston, University of Massachusetts, University of Michigan and Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA..  Details

·         Management - Head of Design, University of Iowa. Lead graduate program in theatre design for nationally ranked department. Coordinator, Silver Cultural Arts Center, Plymouth State College, Interim appointment Chief Executive Officer coordinating use of new performing arts facility by department, college, and community. User Representative, Silver Cultural Arts Center, Interim appointment representing department, college and community to owner, architect and contractor. Other positions include Head of Stage Management and Production Manager.

Memberships           

·         United Scenic Artists (U.S.A.), Local 829, New York, NY, Set Design and Art Direction, 1982 to present

·         National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), 2002  to present

·         American Society of Interior Designers, Student Member 2008 to present

·         International Alliance of Theatrical Stagehands and Employees, (I.A.T.S.E.), Local 921, Boston MA, Set Design and Art Direction, 1991-1996

·         National Association Schools of Theatre, (NAST) Individual Member, 1995 to  2003

·         United States Institute of Theatre Technology, (U.S.I.T.T.), 1997 to 2003

Education

·         M.F.A., Theatre - Yale University, New Haven, CT 1982

·         B.F.A., Painting, Sculpture - Molloy College for Women, Rockville Center, NY 1974

·        Additional post-grad coursework in Graphic Design, Figure Drawing, AutoCAD, Web design, 3d Modeling, Furniture History, Interior Design, etc.