Graduate Costume Technology
Graduate Costume Technology
The Costume Technician is the artist that can transform a rendering into reality. In our Costume Technology graduate concentration, you will have the opportunity to refine and expand your skills in creative problem solving, craftsmanship, rendering interpretation and management. Our students create garments crucial to telling the story across the spectrum of the entertainment industry during their time on campus, and throughout their professional costume technology careers.
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Master of Fine Arts
M.F.A. Costume Technology Thesis
The M.F.A. Costume Technology Thesis shall be an analysis of the candidate’s production assignments in their final year. The presentation will be in the form of a final portfolio containing a body of professional quality technical artistry with supporting materials sufficient to demonstrate the professionalism, mastery of technique, and leadership authority of the candidate. As well as a written analysis, reflection, and documentation of the candidate’s progress and performance in each production area.
The candidate must be prepared to discuss their work with the committee members in an oral defense format and present their final portfolio for review at that time.
The Costume Technology Thesis is comprised of the following items and activities:
Costume Technology Thesis | Leadership: Actions and Refections
Production assignments in your final year will include leadership in Shop Management and Team Management. The following items should exist in in a layout that best supports the written elements:
Costume Technology Thesis | Technical Artistry: Portfolio
Production assignments in your final year will challenge your technical artistry, showing mastery in the execution of an area or areas of costume production. The following documentation should exist in a layout that best reflects the personal style and industry requirements.
Careers
Our Costume Technology graduates are thriving in careers as Costume Technicians, Drapers, Costume Shop Managers, Costume Crafts Artisans, Wardrobe Managers and professors across the entertainment industry. You can see our graduates’ creativity shine in various Broadway and off-Broadway productions, on dance stages, opera houses and in numerous regional theaters across the country. Many also choose to work in film and television, national tours and in a wide variety of other entertainment forms.
Related Concentrations
GRADUATE COSTUME DESIGN UNDERGRADUTE COSTUME DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY