A. Laura Brody

A. LAURA BRODY,  Artist and Designer                  

Phone: (818) 279-4118          

Email: laurabrody@verizon.net

www.dreamsbymachine.com

EDUCATION:

1992                MFA, Costume Design, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

1989                BFA, Theater (Studio Art minor), Scripps College, Claremont, CA

TEACHING, WORKSHOPS & LECTURES:

2012                Guest lecturer, The Event Formerly Known as Nerd Nite, LA, CA.

                        (event creator Roger Wolfson)

                        Staple draping lecture and demonstration.

2012                Guest lecturer, Toi Whaakari Drama School, Wellington, NZ.

Staple draping lecture and demonstration.                            

2012                Instructor, Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA (September 2012) and

Majestical Roof, Pasadena, CA (June 2012)

Beginning draping techniques class using a method I created and developed called staple draping. This technique is based upon my 25 years of costume design and production experience in the performing arts.

2011 & 2012  Guest artist, Summerset Festival of the Arts, Baraboo, WI. (July 2011 & July 2012) Staple draping discussion and demonstrations.

2010                Guest presenter,  Los Angeles Visionaries Sunday Salon (June and November), Clifton’s Cafeteria, LA, CA

2008                Instructor/ Costumer, UL Lafayette, Lafayette, LA. ( Costume Design and Construction, Fall 2008)

2007                Instructor, Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Los Angeles, CA. (Industry Sewing, Summer and Fall 2007)

2006                Guest lecturer, USITT, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL.

On the variable nature of a costume career.

1990-1992       Teaching Assistant, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA. (BFA 2 and MFA 1 Costume Practicum, Fall 1990- Spring 1992)

EXHIBITS & ARTISTIC COLLABORATION:

Anticipated 2013        “Opulent Mobility/ Re-Imagining Mobility” in collaboration with Alan deForest, The Bell Arts Factory, Ventura, CA

2012                            Group exhibition, “Earthly Treasures”, Gallery Expo, Long Beach, CA (curator Douglas Orr)

2012                            Finalist in The World of Wearable Art Awards 2012 in collaboration with Morgan Culture, Wellington, NZ

2012                            “Garmentia and Company”, performance/fashion show for Club Impulse, Monte Cristo Club, LA, CA

2011                            Performance for “Edges and Curves- Nothing In Between” with the Haggus Society, The Glass Studio, LA, CA (curator Terri Lloyd)

2011                            “The 7 Deadly Sins”, performance/fashion show for the Majestical Roof, Pasadena, CA

2011                            Group exhibition, “ReVisions”, EcoLogicalART Gallery, LA, CA (curator and owner Peter Schulberg)

2011                            Group exhibition, Rico Adair Gallery, North Hollywood, CA

                                    (curator and owner Rico Adair)

2011                            Group exhibition, “Sugar Goes Steampunk” fashion show, LA, CA

                                    (organizer Timmery Turner)   

2011                            Group exhibition of costume designs, Summerset Festival of the Arts, Baraboo, WI (artistic director Lauren Love)

2010-2011                   Group exhibition, “Steampunk Form and Function Exhibit”,

Charles River Museum of Industry, Waltham, MA (curator Bruce Rosenbaum)

2010                            “Presque Prêt a Porter”: Live Re-Purposed Draping for the Hollywood Fringe Festival, LA, CA (Producing Artist)

2010                            Group exhibition, “Cannibal Flower”, LA, CA (curator L. Crosky)

                                    Collaboration with driver Peter Soby.

2010                            Performance for group exhibition, “Cannibal Flower”, LA, CA (curator L. Crosky)

2009                            Group exhibition, “Cannibal Flower”, LA, CA (curator L. Crosky)

2009                            “Alternate Endings” in collaboration with Nova Jiang,                                                         UCLA New Wight Gallery, DMA/MFA show

2009                            “Alternate Endings” in collaboration with Nova Jiang,

Juried public art project for The Public Design Festival, Milan, Italy

AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS:

Estimated 2013                       Steampunk: A Complete Guide to Victorian Techno-Fetishism, Chartwell Books, Inc, UK, editor Vienna Von Schwarz

2012                                        Group exhibition, “Reuse, Recycle, Rethink”, Encore Arts 4, Sauk County Arts Association, Baraboo, WI (2^nd  place)

2011                            1000 Steampunk Creations: Neo-Victorian Fashion, Gear and Art, Quarry Publications, editor Dr. Grymm

2010                            Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts Fringe Award for Sustainable Production, “Presque Prêt a Porter” for the Hollywood Fringe Festival, LA, CA

2010                            Arts and Bodies e-journal, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

2010                            Just Jewelry: New Arts Review, editor Kathy L. Augustine

SELECTED COMMISIONS:

2012                            Re-purposed wedding vest for fire performance artist Mezza Morphic        

2011                            SteamUnit: repurposed steampunk gallery display unit for The Vishuddha Creatives and artist Christopher Ryan

2011                            Re-Purposed Pirate coat for fire performance artist Xavier Cross                

COSTUME DESIGN: FILM

2009    Nude Nuns with Big Guns     Freak Show Entertainment, director Joseph Guzman

2008    House of Bones                      Bullet Films/ SyFy Channel, director Jeffrey Lando

2006    Marry Me                                Writer/director Peter Soby                                           

2005    The Call of Cthulhu    H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society, director Andrew Leman              

SELECTED COSTUME DESIGN: THEATER & DANCE

2011                The Crucible                Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA

Director Sean Branney           

2010                Fearful Symmetries     Diavolo Dance Theatre with the LA Philharmonic

                                                            Choreographer Jacques Heim

2010                11, September             Breadline Productions, LA, CA

Writer/director Paul Kampf

2009                Tent Meeting               Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA

Writer/director Rebecca Wackler       

2009                The Hostage                Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA

Director McKerrin Kelly

2008                State of LA Danse      UL Lafayette, Lafayette, LA                                                                                                 Choreographers Red Novae & Kenneth Jenkins

2008    Masters on the Movies            New Amsterdam Singers, New York, NY

                                                            Director Grethe Holby

2007                Loyal Women                         Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA

Director Sean Branney

2007                B4 I Wake                   Theater of NOTE, LA, CA

Director Ezra Buzzington

2007                Twelfth Night                         Circus Theatricals, LA, CA

Director Jack Stehlin

2007                Power                          Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA

Director McKerrin Kelly

2007                Henry IV, Part I          Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA

Director Sean Branney

2006                Dockers                      Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA

Director Sean Branney                         

2006                Eclipsed                      Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA

Director Sean Branney

2006    The Boys Next Door               Actor’s Co-op, LA, CA

Director Nan MacNamara

2005    Mine Eyes Hath Seen                         Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA

Director Sean Branney

2003    The Man From Clare               Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA

Director Sean Branney

2003    What The Butler Saw                         Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA

Director Sean Branney

2003                Red Noses                   Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA

Director Sean Branney

2003    The Lepers of Baile Baste       Celtic Arts Center, N. Hollywood, CA

Director Pascal Marcotte

2002                The Weir                     Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA

Director Sean Branney

2002    The Man of La Mancha          Actor’s Co-op, LA, CA

Director Robin Strand

2002                All My Sons                Actor’s Co-op, LA, CA

Director Kevin Kelley

2001                As You like It             Actor’s Co-op, LA, CA

Director Joel Sweetow

2000                Godspell                      Actor’s Co-op, LA, CA

Director Gary Reed

2000                The Snow Queen        Falcon Theatre, Burbank, CA

Director Kathleen Marshall

2000    Pudd’nhead Wilson                Falcon Theatre, Burbank, CA

Director Meryl Friedman

Full design resume available upon request from 1992- present

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2009-present               Owner/designer for Dreams By Machine, creating re-purposed wearable art and sculptures

Full technical costume resume available upon request from 1992- present