Christina Wright

COSTUME DESIGNER

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Shadow Hills, CA 91040

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ac0b92@r.postjobfree.com, christinacostume.com

OBJECTIVE Looking for a position utilizing my 25 year plus experience as a costume designer for museums, theme parks, film, commercials, theatre, opera and educational venues. Collaboration in design, research and fabrication is valued.

PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL SKILLS costume design, historical research, puppetry, fabrication, sewing, teaching, soft sculpture, special effects, opera, green screen, prop design and fabrication, knowledge of global and indigenous clothing, fiber and tradition. Leatherwork, basketry, knitting, pattern making, budget planning, mentoring staff, full-service workshop equipment and storage

EDUCATION OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE, Bachelor of Arts degree, IPS critical thinking, Art History, Post Modern Theatre: Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

AWARDS 2011 CTG HENRY AWARD, Outstanding Costume Design. 2007 First Americans in the Arts Trustee Award. 2009 LAWEE Award-Costume Design. 2010 LAWEE Award-Costume Design. 2009 LAWEE nomination Puppetry. 2010 48 Hour Film Project-Costume Design. 1999 LA Drama Critics Circle Award-Costume Design. 1999 Garland Award-Costume Design. 2008 NAACP nominee-Costume Design. 1998 Ovation Nominee. 1988 Dramalogue Award-Costume Design. 1981 Dramalogue Award-Costume Design.

EXPERIENCE

Fifteen years of museum, commercial and theme park work for BRC Imagination Arts, The Hettema Group, RIVA Creative USA, Green Umbrella, Thinkwell, Artistry Entertainment, SHO CONCEPTS, The Renaissance Pleasure Faire, The Getty Center, The Natural History Museum

Film: 2 features, several shorts, commercials, music videos, special effects films for museums and theme parks List available upon request.

Designed and constructed over fifty nationally acclaimed productions (both theatre and Opera) from extensive design relationships with Bill Viola, Richard Montoya of Culture Clash, David Schweizer, Tom Quaintance, Tim Robbins’ The Actor’s Gang, Robert Wilson, Phillip Glass and Charlie Otte. 10 year resident costume designer for Native Voices at the Autry. List of all productions available Twenty years experience teaching tailoring, costume design and hand work in various educational institutions in the Los Angeles area. FIDM, CSULA, Occidental College, CSUN, Sierra Canyon