Theatre Design & Technology - Spring 1983 - 54

THE THIRD

BIENNIAL
SCENOGRAPHY
EXPOSITION
1984

OBJECTIVES:

To identify, recognize, and display produced waLks of practicing and sbJdying designers of today and
of America's past.. Work eligible for the current Juried and Design Showcase sections have been producErl
since March 1979. The Scenography Expcsit:ion is helrl every two years. The exhibits are then available
for touring for up to four years. The success of the 1980 and 1982 Expcsi.tions has led IE to a 1984
Expcsition of the size and qualit:¥ that it became a true representatiDn of the "State of the Art" of
performance Design in America. The Third Biennial Expcsi.t:ion will premiere at the Hyatt. Hotel during
the U.S~T.T. NatiDnal Conference, April 4 - 7, 1984, in Orlando, Florida. The Expcsition is dividErl
into three distinct sections which are detailed below.

THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES OF SCENERY,

JURIED
EXPOSITION
SECTION
Designers of scenery, costumes, and lighting are
invited to submit their work designed and
produced since March 1979. Submi ttals designed
and produced for theatre, film, television, and
theme parks are eligible.
A Jury of noted
Producers, Directors, Choreographers, Theatre
Critics, and Authors will determine from the
submissions the works which will be on display
and included in the Exposition Catalog, plus be
part of a national gallery tour.
The works will be divided into four catagories:
Undergraduate
students,
U.S.I.T.T.
Member
Graduate Students, U.S.I.T.T. Member Designers,
and Non-U.S.I.T.T. Member Designers. Entry fees
are
$10.00,
$10.00,
$20.00,
and
$40.00
respectively per production entry.

COSTUMES, AND LIGHTING DESIGN

DESIGN
SHOWCASE
SECTION
The Design Showcase will exhibit the winners of
contests and juried exhibits sponsored by other
organizations since March 1979.
Academy
Awards, Tonys, Emmys, and the American College
Theatre Festival are examples. Past participant
entries in previous U.S.I.T.T. Biennial Scenography
Expositions are excluded from this section.
Further exposure of design work in a National
Showcase is of benefit to participants and the
various events.
Please bring to our attention
juried events so a broad representation is possible.
Deadline for inclusion of the works in the
Exposition Catalog is December 1, 1983.
The
works will be included in the Exposition Tour.

All Entries, sketches, renderings, plans and
photographs, should be matted to the outside
dimensions of one meter by one-half meters. Each
entry is limited to three panels.
Deadline for submission is November 15, 1983.
Deadline for the actual work to be received for
the judging is December 1, 1983.

For further information contact:
East

For further information contact:
Dick Durst
Department of Theatre
141 MPAC
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Duluth, Minnesota
55812
(218) 726-8780

West

Michael P. Price
GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE
East Haddam, Connecticut
06423
(203) 873-8664

Jerry Abbitt
Department of Theatre
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Northridge, California
91330
(213) 885-3071

HERITAGE
EXPOSITION
SECTION
The purpose of the Heritage Exposition Section
is to highlight Scenography from the past.
A
major theme or specific designers are selected to
illuminate part of our American Theatrical
Heritage. This Exposition will feature THE ART
OF STAGE COSTUME IN AMERICA. 1860 - 1960:
A
Thematic
Exhibition
of
Costumes
and
demonstrating
the
Variety
and
Renderings
Richness of Costume for Theatre, Dance, Opera,
Revue, Film, Television, Circus, and Parade.
The Exposition and Conference will coincide with
an International Symposium on the Aesthetics of
Stage Costume Design.
Representatives of the
History and
Criticism
Commission
of
the
International Organization of Scenographers and
Theatre Technicians will be invited to participate
in the Symposium, which will have as its theme,
"The Art of Stage Design".
Because so many of the actual costumes will be
on loan from museums and galleries, it will not
be possible to have the entire Heritage Exposition
Section tour with the rest of the Third Biennial
Exposition after the Orlando showing.

For further information contact:

Don Stowell
School of Theatre
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
Tallahassee, Florida
32306
(904) 644-5548

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