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Set Design
Costume
Design
History
of Fashion and Décor
Illustration
Scenic
Art
Typography
Interior
Design
AutoCAD
Photoshop
Dreamweaver
Front Page
Director
Poser
PowerPoint
3D Studio
Rhinoceros
Alias
Illustrator
Fireworks
Quark
PageMaker
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Teaching
Degrees
M.F.A. Yale University, New
Haven, CT, Theatre Design. 1982
B.F.A. Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY,
Studio Art. 1974
Academic
Appointments
•Associate Professor, Head of Design 1996 – 2003
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, Department of Theatre Arts
•Associate Professor 1995-1996
Plymouth State
College, Plymouth, NH, Department of Music and Theatre
•Assistant Professor 1988-1995
Plymouth State College, Plymouth NH, Department of Music and Theatre
•Adjunct Lecturer 1992,
1994
Northeastern
University, Boston, MA, Theatre Department
Undergraduate course in set design
•Lecturer 1991
University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, Theatre Department
Undergraduate course in theatre design
•Visiting Lecturer 1986
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Theatre Department
Graduate lectures in set design and costume design
•Lecturer 2002, 1986
Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, Waterford, CT
Undergraduate Lectures in theatre design
•Visiting Lecturer 1984, 1985
Carnegie-Mellon
University, Pittsburgh, PA
Graduate lectures in set design, costume design, drafting, and scene painting
Courses Taught
University of Iowa - Almost all courses supplemented online with WebCT Software:
Internship in
Design 049:251, Set Design 5 049:243, Set Design 4 049:240, Set Design 3
049:238, Projects in Theatre 049:196, Drafting for Designers 2 049:146, Drawing
and Rendering for the Theatre 049:145, Drafting for Designers 1 049:144, History of Fashion
and Decor 049:141, Set Design 2 049:137, Set Design 1 049:134. Theatre Design
1 049:133, Elements of Design 049:043, Several Independent Studies.
Plymouth State
College
Independent Study
TH491, Advanced Practicum in Production TH367, Stage Management TH340,
Drafting 1 TH331, Theatre Technology Topics, Properties Crafts TH331 Theatre
Technology Topics, Scene Painting 1 TH331 Theatre Technology Topics, Set
Design 2 TH330 Theatre Design Topics, Designing for Musical Theatre TH330
Theatre Design Topics, Costume Design 2 TH330 Theatre Design Topics, Theatre
Design 1 TH330 Theatre Design Topics, Fundamentals of Costuming TH270, Set
Design 1 TH255, Costume Design 1 TH254, Stage Makeup TH252, Practicum in
Production TH165, Introduction to Theatre TH160.
Honors and Awards
•Included in USITT Design 2000
Archive, 1999
•Awarded Tenure, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1999.
•Awarded Tenure, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH 1995.
•Elected to Graduate Faculty, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH 1994.
•Best Set" Ann Arbor News, 1987.
•Best of Indianapolis", Indianapolis Magazine, 1986.
•Memorable Achievement", Seattle Post-Intelligencier, 1983.
•The Donald Oenslager Award, Yale Drama School, 1982
•Best Set and Light Design", New York Show Business Award, 1977.
Professional Service
University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL, Department
of Theatre - Evaluator for Promotion and Tenure, 2001. University of
Illinois, Champaign, IL, Department of Theatre - Evaluator for Promotion and
Tenure, 1999. Office of the Provost, Brown University, Providence, RI -
External Review Committee for the Theater Cluster/Afro-American Studies at
Brown University, 1999. Theatre Department, Brown University, Providence, RI
- Reviewer for Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1997. New Hampshire State
Council on the Arts, Concord, NH - Awards and Grants Committee, 1996.
Concord, NH Public Schools - Achievement Standards in the Arts Committee
(K-12), 1996. United Scenic Artists, New York, NY - Exam Committee, Set
Design Exam 1986
Fellowships and Grants
The University
of Iowa:
•$50,000 Student
Computer Fee Grant for hardware and software to enlarge graphics portion of
computer design
lab from four stations to twelve.
•$24,500 Student
Computer Fee Grant for hardware and software to produce a web-based callboard
for the theatre arts department productions, and to supplement equipment and software
in the design labs, in conjunction with my colleague, James Birder, Head of
Stage Management.
•$5,000 Obermann Center for Advanced Studies Grant to collaborate on building
a virtual theatre with colleagues in 3-D modeling (Stephen Beck) and Immersive
Technologies (Barbara Zilles).
•$12,000 Instructional Improvement Grant for pattern drafting software and
hardware in the costume shop, hard drive upgrades in the sound studio, and
computers and software for the design classrooms, 2000
•$4,500 Student Computer Fee Grant for hardware and web-authoring software (Director,
Dreamweaver, Front Page) for the design lab, 1999
•$3,000 nTitle Grant (New Technology in the Learning Environment), for
hardware and software to develop a web-based design course, 1977
•$2,500 Old Gold Fellowship to develop prototype drawings and drawing
libraries for theatre design on AutoCAD, Summer, 1997
•$12,500 Student Computer Fee Grant for hardware (computers, plotter, and
scanner) and software (AutoCAD, Photoshop, Poser, Lightwright), for the
design program, 1997
•$3,600 Council on Teaching Grant to install a digital analog workstation and
software (Macromedia Sound Edit 16), for a new Sound Design ll course, 1996
Plymouth State College:
•$2,500 Department
Grant for hardware and software for the design classroom, 1995
•$1,500 Dean’s Office Grant for hardware for plotter for the design
classroom, 1995
•$700 Department Grant for Costume Shop Equipment, 1994
•$600 Department Grant for Costume Shop Equipment, 1994
•$40,000 President’s Office Grant for lighting inventory for Hanaway Theatre,
1993
•$2,500 President’s Office Grant to contract repertory lighting plot design,
1993
Yale University:
•The Donald
Oenslager Award, Yale Drama School, 1982
Publications and Exhibits
• Elements of
Design, open course website, 2001
http://twist.lib.uiowa.edu/elements/index.htm
• Virtual Theatre Website, 2000
http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/virtualtheatre/index.html
• Professional Design Website, 1999 http://alisonford.com/
• University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts Website, 1999
http://www.uiowa.edu/~theatre
• Theatre Program Design Pages, 1997
http://www.uiowa.edu/~theatre/programs/design/index.html
• Changeover: A Set Designer's Notebook", Plymouth State Update, Vol.
11, No. 3, 1996
• A Designer's Guide for Writing", Out of WAC Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 2,
1995
• Faculty Design Exhibit, American College Theatre Festival, Region 1, 1992,
1993, 1994, 1995
• New England Design Exhibit, USITT Conference, Boston, MA 1991
• The Design Process, Exhibit Lampson Library, Plymouth State College, 1991
Lectures,
Workshops, Adjudications
•The Virtual Theatre",
real time collaborative presentation between the immersive environment at the
Beckman Center at the University of Illinois and the immersive environment at
the University of Iowa.
•A Delicate Balance - The Email
Diaries", presentation on remote collaboration to graduate students,
University of Iowa, Department of Theatre. 2000
•Remote Collaboration", lecture to undergraduate designers,
Undergraduate Lecture, University of Illinois, Department of Theatre. 1999
•Targeting the Student", presentation of department web page,
Undergraduate Advising Workshop, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1999
•A Civilian's Point of View", presentation of electronic portfolios of
student work, New Media Day, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1999
•Adjudicator, Annual Portfolio Review, Theatre Department, University of
Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 1998
•Designing Scenery for Theatre", 3-D Design Seminar, Art Department, University
of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1997
•Echo of the Ghetto; designing The Merchant of Venice", Shakespeare
Seminar, Iowa City Senior Center, Iowa City, IA, 1997
•Women Designers in Theatre", undergraduate lecture, Cornell College,
Mt. Vernon, IA, 1996
•Controlling Color", lecture and demonstration on color management in
set and costume design. New Hampshire Theatre Educator's Guild Conference,
1995
•A Designer's Toolbag", lecture on design fundamentals, University of
Maryland, College Park, 1994
•Getting There from Here", lecture on design process, University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champagne, 1994
•Lights of Broadway" panelist for Career Day Workshop, Supervisory
Administrative Union (SAU) #48, Plymouth, New Hampshire Public School
District, 1993
•Portfolio Evaluation for Earned Credit, College for Lifelong Learning,
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 1993
•The Role of the Designer in the Production Process", undergraduate
lecture, Rivier College, Nashua, NH, 1991
• Graduate Lecture on Design and Student Portfolio Review, University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT 1991
Memberships
USA (United Scenic
Artists), USITT (United States Institute Theatre Technology), IATSE
(International Association Theatrical and Stage Employees), NAST (National
Association Schools of Theatre), National Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences, NATAS
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