Presentation + Lunch
Josie Poppen | Instructor of Theatre Arts, Drake University
Speaker
Description
Costume and makeup design, especially for theatre, are close cousins to graphic design in their intentional manipulation of color, texture, silhouette, pattern, composition, and historical reference to communicate information visually. Unlike some artists whom may simply create art for art's sake or fulfill some burning passion to create a "piece", designers for theatre are bound to the script/text that they are presented with --- therefore they are fundamentally visual communicators for the story. And then, mix into that stylistic or conceptual messages the director wants them to help support visually (and in some instances audibly) and that's where Josie Poppen's expertise currently lies.
Come hear more form her about how theatrical designers have faced similar challenges to graphics professionals both creatively and professionally and how in recent years they've seen the same shift into the digital realm of Photoshop, Painter, and 3D modeling software.
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Josie Poppen, currently the Instructor of Theatre Arts at Drake University, began her work as a musical theatre actress. What once began as a "diva" designing and building her own costumes, transitioned into Josie designing and constructing for others such as Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse, St. Ambrose University, Des Moines Community Playhouse/Kate Goldman Children’s Theatre, and Repertory Theatre of Iowa.
Josie Poppen | Instructor of Theatre Arts, Drake University
Speaker
Description
Costume and makeup design, especially for theatre, are close cousins to graphic design in their intentional manipulation of color, texture, silhouette, pattern, composition, and historical reference to communicate information visually. Unlike some artists whom may simply create art for art's sake or fulfill some burning passion to create a "piece", designers for theatre are bound to the script/text that they are presented with --- therefore they are fundamentally visual communicators for the story. And then, mix into that stylistic or conceptual messages the director wants them to help support visually (and in some instances audibly) and that's where Josie Poppen's expertise currently lies.
Come hear more form her about how theatrical designers have faced similar challenges to graphics professionals both creatively and professionally and how in recent years they've seen the same shift into the digital realm of Photoshop, Painter, and 3D modeling software.
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Josie Poppen, currently the Instructor of Theatre Arts at Drake University, began her work as a musical theatre actress. What once began as a "diva" designing and building her own costumes, transitioned into Josie designing and constructing for others such as Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse, St. Ambrose University, Des Moines Community Playhouse/Kate Goldman Children’s Theatre, and Repertory Theatre of Iowa.
Some of her favorite projects have been the scenic design for Female Transport, post apocalyptic costume design for Macbeth, and designing and building a costume for Porterhouse, the official live bulldog representative of Drake University. Use of technology in the arts has always been one of Josie’s interests and she was an early adopter of digital rendering and computer aided pattern drafting. Her current research is in the area of digital printing/fabric modifications and the use of electronics in costumes.
