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Feb 24, 2024 · The World’s Top Costume Design Schools 2024. From UCLA to USC to SCAD, THR reveals the ten best institutions where you can learn the art, craft and technology of creating memorable costumes for...
- The Top 10 Costume Design Schools in the U.S.
The Top 10 Costume Design Schools in the U.S. From USC and...
- The Top 10 Costume Design Schools in the U.S.
- Cathy Whitlock
- California Institute of the Arts. Founded in 1921 as Chouinard Art Institute, CalArts carries on the legacy of co-founder Walt Disney. Students can receive a BFA and MFA in Design and Production with a specialty in costume design, and it's fitting the school offers a Costume Design in Animation course, plus classes in 3D printing, digital sculpting, patterning and laser cutting.
- Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama. Emmy-winning CMU grad Daniel Orlandi (Ford v Ferrari) touts Carnegie Mellon for its collaborative atmosphere: "Working on [school] productions in different jobs helped me to learn to respect the actors and made me interested in what makes them feel comfortable in the part.
- NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Conveniently located in NYC — with its host of film, television and Broadway productions — Tisch offers classes that focus on collaborations with directors, designers and performers, as well as the chance to work on 150 productions a year.
- Savannah College of Art & Design. SCAD — which also has campuses in Atlanta, Hong Kong and Lacoste, France — is one of the first to offer an MFA in Themed Entertainment with an emphasis on costume design, and the department expanded with the hiring of Disney and Universal designer Sydney Bacenas as production design professor.
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- California Institute of The Arts
- Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
- David Geffen School of Drama at Yale
- Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
- NYU Tisch School of The Arts
- The Savannah College of Art and Design
- UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
- UMKC Conservatory, University of Missouri-Kansas City
- University of North Carolina School of The Arts
- University of Southern California
VALENCIA, CALIFORNIA Perhaps co-founder Walt Disney summed it up best, having noted, “CalArts is the principal thinking I hope to leave when I move on to greener pastures. If I can help provide a place to develop the talent of the future, I think I will have accomplished something.” A merger of the Chouinard Art Institute (boasting superstar alums ...
PITTSBURGH While Pittsburgh may be miles from the backlots of Hollywood backlots and the lights of Broadway, students at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Dramabenefit from the chance to participate in as many as 21 productions including opportunities with the Dance/Light showcase and the Playground Festival. Known as the first degree-granting...
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT If an MFA at an Ivy League institution is one’s goal, look no further than the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. First-year students begin with technical skills and costume history, followed by a second year of analytical thinking and collaborations with fellow students and directors, while students in the final year crea...
LOS ANGELES Enjoying its second year on the list, FIDM’s Film & TV Costume Designprogram focuses exclusively on costume design for film and television. Students have a chance to interact with working professionals (thanks to its Los Angeles location) and participate with local film schools on a capstone project that requires each participant to des...
NEW YORK CITY With Broadway just a cab ride away, students with a keen interest in designing for the theater can benefit greatly from the MFA program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts,housed in the Department of Design for Stage & Film. Notes chair Justin Townsend, “The great leadership and experience of [costume design head] Constance Hoffman and [p...
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA Located in the charming city of Savannah, SCAD offers costume design studies in the School of Entertainment Arts’ production design program. The school’s innovative curriculum for 2023 prepares students for careers in TV, film, and live performance and the opportunity to work on the school’s latest sitcom, Tours and Attractions, w...
LOS ANGELES Innoative classes, networking with a who’s who of costume professionals and a prime location in Westwood with the film industry at its back door makes UCLA School of Theater, Film and Televisiona magnet. Under the direction of distinguished professor and founding director Deborah Nadoolman Landis, chair of the David C. Copley Center for...
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI There are many changes afoot at UMKC’s MFA program, beginning with new head Brandon R. McWilliams and a completely revised curriculum for fall of 2023. The UMKC Conservatory’scostume program centers on the education of students as both designers and artisans, with an emphasis on digital graphic skills, entrepreneurial approach...
WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA Costume Design & Technology at UNCSA’s School of Design & Productionis a program on the move. “With an increasing number of students interested in a career in film, we continue to expand our involvement with the School of Filmmaking at UNCSA,” says program co-director Bill Brewer. “Our programs produce 10-15 films per ...
LOS ANGELES State-of-the-art training in scenic, lighting and costume design combined with practical production experience with working professionals make the USC School of Dramatic Arts a highly conducive environment for learning. “The School of Dramatic Arts’ training gives our students the opportunity to become multi-hyphenated artists, meaning ...
- Cathy Whitlock
Our grants and awards are aimed at students of the history and theory of dress, costume design and production as well as other related fields, to support their research, museum work experience and reward excellence in costume design.
May 21, 2021 · UNCSA’s undergraduate costume design and technology, and graduate costume design programs prepare students to design for a variety of different mediums and genres, from film to opera ...
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The current costume design program at UCLA TFT has been passionately built by Emmy Award-winning costume designer Chrisi Karvonides (American Dreams) and Academy Award-nominated costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis (Coming to America).
