Theatre Design & Technology - Winter 1996 - 10

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theatre artists and the art of the theatre will be waiting
for you at the March 13-16, 1996 USIIT Annual Conference & Stage Expo. SlIT Stage Expo, the showcase for
businesses, products and educational opportunities in
the performing arts will also host some of the best in
theatre design exhibitions. These Special Exhibitions will
run the ganlllt from Peter Wolf's full stage set for the
third act of All II ie to the smallest detail drawing of a
costume in Design Expo. The Special Exhjbitions at
Stage Expo will include: BiJl & Jean Eckart: "On and
Off Broadway," an expansive showing of drawings,
photographs, and designs from the great days of Broadway; The Stage Designs & Career of Peter Wolf will
be shown in front of a new setting which beautifully describes Wolf's magical design style; From Job to
Barney: 111eatre: A Dance of the Mind: A Retrospective Display of the Theatrical Designs of
Irene Corey will featme exanlples of Corey's inventive
approach and distinctive style; Design Expo once again
ilisplays the work of a select group of American deSigners and will also include art (rom the 1995 United States
Exhibition for the Prague Quadrennial; Designers who
Paint and Sculpt: Fine Art By Designers is a new exlubition that helps promote the breadth of interests and
expertise of our member artists by pro\~ding a venue for
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Above: Peter Wolf's
dramatic design for
Star Mountain Theme
Park in Arizona.
Below: The Chisolm
Trail mural, a trompe
d'oeil creation by artist
Richard Haas which
decorates the facade of
the Jetts Building in
downtown Fort Worth.

the ilisplay of non-theatre art by theatre artists. New
Technology, theatrical products and sen~ces, and exlubitions of the work of creative American theatre artistsit's all happening at Stage Expo
The 1996 Distinguished Lighting Designer Series
will feature one of our foremost theatre artists, Tharon
Musser. The session will not only prOl~de a better understaniling of the life and work of Musser, it will allow
us to see and hear tlus velY successful designer in pel~
son. There are other unjque sessions that may grab your
fancy. Come watch a new Cadillac "come to life" during
the lighting laboratory session, Selling Autos with
Lighting. If you came to Fort Worth for its cowboys,
then attend The Heritage of the Cowboy Costume
session that will show you more cowboys and their costumes than you thought possible. If dresses are more
your style, then consider the extravagant presentations
of Texas-style Debutante
Theme Balls as featured in
the session Texas Festival Costume. If you're
aclung to see some cosnlme collections, then you
are bound to be satisfied
with the tour of the Costume CoUection at
North Texas University.
Anew performing arts
center will be going
through its building paillS
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