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Beth Baronian

Foundation studies professor

Education

  • M.F.A., illustration, Academy of Art College
  • M.F.A., costume design, Carnegie Mellon University
  • B.A., drama, San Francisco State University

Credentials

Art educator experience

  • Professor, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

Entertainment industry experience in costume design

  • Film experience
    • Key draper, Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey, Orion Pictures
    • Make-up crew, Day of the Dead, Laurel-Day Productions
    • Draper, Lambada! Light the Night on Fire, Cannon Pictures
    • Key costumer, Maniac Cop II, FADD Productions
    • First hand, Terminator II, Carloco Productions
  • Television experience
    • Costume designer, “Angel Street,” Murder Mystery Pilot, T.C.I. Cable, Marin, CA
    • Key draper, “A Star for Kitty,” Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, PBS, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Draper, Extraordinary Woman, Movie of the Week, CBS, Kelly Magillis Producer
  • Theater experience
    • Costume designer, Ringling Brother’s Clown College, Ringing Brothers, Venice, FL
    • Costume designer, Cancion Mixtexa, Dance Alloy, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Costume designer, Little Red Riding Hood, Pittsburgh Children’s Opera, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Costume designer, Tales of the Vienna Woods, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Costume designer, Vanities, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Costume designer, Room Service, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Costume designer, Eine kleine nachtmusik, Berkeley Ballet, Berkeley, CA
    • Costume designer, Dames at Sea, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
    • Costume designer, Don Quixote: Pas Des Deux, Golden Gate Ballet, San Francisco, CA
    • Costume designer, Betty Boop-Boop-A-Do, Golden Gate Ballet, San Francisco, CA
    • Costume designer, The Imaginary Invalid, Saint Mary’s College, San Francisco, CA
    • Key draper, The Misanthrope, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Milliner, The Greeks, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Armorer and props, Don Giovanni, LA Opera, Los Angeles, CA
    • Key draper, Taming of the Shrew, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Cedar City, UT
    • Key draper, Beach Blanket Babylon, Club Fugazi, San Francisco, CA
    • Armorer, The Ring Cycle, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco, CA
    • First hand, Cymbeline, Berkeley Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley, CA
    • Draper, wig, and make-up, Julius Caesar, Berkeley Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley, CA
    • Dyer, crafts, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, S.R.T., Santa Rosa, CA
    • Dyer, crafts, The Glass Menagerie, Summer Rep Theatre Festival, Santa Rosa, CA

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Sabbatical award, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • Presidential Fellowship, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • Ambassador’s Choice Award: Outstanding Instruction Above and Beyond, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • First place, full-color animated short film, Academy of Art College
  • Most outstanding costume design, Bes Kimberly Grant, Carnegie Mellon University

Organizations

  • Member, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

Publications and presentations

  • “Is Digital Drawing the Enemy? Learning to Dance with the Digital Devil.” Sketchpads, iPads and Smartphones Oh My! How Do You Teach Introduction to Drawing in the Digital Age? panel presentation at FATE conference “Teutonic Shifts."