Alison Ford

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

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Design and Art Direction of Theatrical Environments Designer and Design Director with significant experience designing and implementing three-dimensional, evocative environments for theatrical presentation, film and television, museums, and residential and commercial environments. Corporate · Architectural and Interior Illustrator – CEO Alison Ford Associates, Ossining NY, A small practice creating evocative images of buildings and interior spaces. Clients range from individual homeowners to businesses in the NY region. 2007 - ongoing · Interior Designer – JR Cattington Interiors, Briarcliff Manor, NY, design, space planning and illustration for a residential firm located 25 miles north of New York City. 2007 – 2008 and ongoing · Senior Designer –Sachs Morgan Studios, New York, NY. Small and nationally known theatre consulting firm. Projects include The Neil Simon, The Marquis and the Richard Rodgers Theatres in New York, The Kennedy Center, The Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia, PA, and Montgomery County Community College, Baltimore, MD. Duties include space planning, schematic design, specification of architectural finishes and project management. 2004 - 2006 and ongoing · Senior Design Director - Jack Morton Worldwide, designed projects and proposals for experiential marketing environments, product launches and corporate training. Clients included: Lifetime Magazine, Pfizer, Verizon, Electrolux, Best Foods, and Antiques Roadshow. Duties include Design and Presentation Packages of projects and proposals for experiential marketing environments, product launches and corporate training. 2003 · Exhibit Designer - several exhibits with the New Hampshire Museum of History, including projects on the History of New Hampshire Town Bands, The McDowell Artists' Colony and Grand Hotels of the White Mountains. Proposal work for the Iowa Children's Museum. · Kitchen and Bath Designer - NKBA trained (uncertified) interior design for Liberty Kitchens and Baths, Hudson, New Hampshire, and Sunken Lumber, Manchester, New Hampshire. Theatre § 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. Ongoing. Film and Television · Art Director - Miss January, Camelot Productions, Detroit, MI. Rick Butler, Production Designer. Christmas in New York, Film Amuro Productions, New York, NY. Law & Order, NBC & Wolf Films Producers, New York, NY. Guiding Light, Procter and Gamble Productions, New York, NY, Lost Eden, Made in USA Productions, Watertown, MA, Per Diem Work Firehouse Films, New York, NY, Set Design for Poltergeist 3, MGM Pictures, Evening News Set Lowell Cable News, Storyboards for independent projects. Ongoing. 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, Art History, Web Design, 3d Modeling etc. Currently a part-time student at Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY