03/17/2024
Hi everyone! We have graduate assistantships available for next year for MFA candidates in Costume Design and Production!
If you know anyone interested in getting an MFA in costumes, send them my way! We will be at USITT next week - come by the booth!
The graduate assistantships work 20 hours a week in the costume shop on productions, and include a full tuition waiver including student fees, graduate health insurance during the 3 years of enrollment, and a monthly stipend during the academic year (totaling $15,800.00 for the 9 month contract, Aug 15th - May 15th).
The University of Alabama Department of Theatre and Dance has a 3-year non-theses MFA program in costumes that focuses on developing well rounded costume artisans. Our program does not focus solely on design or construction. The first year works on solidifying skills in both and then branches out in the second and third years based on the students’ areas of interest. The third year hones in on those interest areas with a 3rd year capstone project on a subject of the student’s choosing.
The 60 hour (minimum) track includes coursework in design, patterning/draping, rendering, portfolio, practical application, crafts, wigs, period costume construction, classical ballet costume construction, contemporary/stretch costume construction, tailoring, and more, with the opportunity to take courses of interest in other graduate areas like scenery and arts management.
There are also opportunities to teach undergraduate coursework, design costumes for both theatre and dance productions, and obtain certificates in museum studies or teaching in upper education.
Candidates must have an undergraduate degree and some work experience (work in theatre or dance costumes, or alterations, menswear, etc is preferable, but other work such as retail or customer service, teaching, etc is fine).
Please contact me for more information or answers to questions!
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