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Long Beach 2004
Poster Projects and Presenters:

  • Linda Janosko, Indiana State University, "Designing Costumes in Ireland with No Budget" (Constructing Costumes from Cardboard and Newspaper)

  • Melanie Baumgartner, Northern Illinois University, "Designing and Constructing a Classical Tutu for The Nutcracker"

  • Mary Carol Friedrich, Michigan Technological University, and Valerie Lane, freelance costume designer, "Vintage Costumes of Chicago's Vaudeville"

  • Sherry Harper-McCombs, "Wire Masks and Headpieces for The Love of a Nightingale"

  • Janet Swenson, Brigham Young University, "Silicone and Spandex: Two Different Looks" (Using Silicone and Spandex in Specialty Fabrics) and "Erte-Naissance-Shakespeare's The Tempest" (Creating a Design for The Tempest Compatible with Silhouettes and Historical Periods Prior to the Mid-Seventeenth Century)

  • Joan Larkins Mather, Truman State University, "Lysistrata Phallus Swivel Support"

  • Valierie Fritts, Graduate Student at University of Texas at Austin, "Ribbon Embroidery as an Embellishment Technique"

  • Bill Brewer, University of South Florida, "Bat Boy Design and Construction"

  • Kristina Tollefson, University of Central Florida, "Autonomous Training for Cutter/Draper"

  • Kathleen MacKenzie, Western Michigan University, "Stagecraft Beginning Sewing Projects"

  • Janice Stauffer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, "Tied to basics-Neckwear as a Learning Tool" (Instructions, Patterns, and Samples for Authentic 19th Century Men's Neckwear)

  • Gail Argetsinger, SUNY Brockport, "Greek Headdresses from Wire, Brass, and Copper"

  • Tan Huaixiang, University of Central Florida, "Masks and Headdresses for Once on This Island"

  • Jeff Lieder, "Elizabethan and Romantic Petticoats for the Long Haul" (Constructing Petticoats for Long Runs)

  • Kathleen Donnelly, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, "Constructing the Puppet Hinky Binky for Fuddy Meers"

  • Gail Kralj, Allegheny College, "Zippier Zips" (Zipper Products and Installation Techniques)

  • Amanda Sutt, Appalacian State University, "A Hat for All Seasons: New Millinery Products" and "Designing a Character from Scratch: Puppets for A Pirandello Production" (Creating Puppets for Six Characters in Search of an Author)