Seeking Costume Posters for 2012 Conference
Calling all costume designers and technicians! When planning designs and construction techniques for fall productions, don’t forget about the opportunity to share innovations with peers. Those unfamiliar with the Costume Poster Session are in for a treat. This is a time when costume designers and Technicians share information that is probably not well-known or perhaps of their own invention with colleagues. This includes, but is not limited to a new solution to an old problem, a new problem and its solution, a classroom or management technique, the results of research, or other ideas, discoveries, or developments in the field of costuming.
Poster presentations are widely accepted as meeting the requirements for scholarly publication. Those who work for an educational institution might be able to get the school to fund some or all expenses to the Long Beach 2012 Annual Conference & Stage Expo. Poster presenters also may have the opportunity to publish their ideas in TD&T. All submissions will be blind juried by the Costume Poster Selection Committee. Ideas need to be presented in the form of an abstract – a brief, concise summary of the information to be presented in the poster, no more than 200 words typewritten.
The deadline for submitting abstracts is November 15, 2011. The early deadline is in response to requests from those who need to know if a proposal has been accepted in order to receive funding. Applicants will be notified by early December. Only the abstract is due by this date. The actual presentation and handout information are not due until February 2, 2012. This year we will also include the bios of the accepted poster presenters in the conference program. To meet the publication deadline, we need each abstract submitter to also submit a 50-word bio for the conference program. This will be privileged information not seen by the jury. Only the bios of the accepted posters will be in the conference program.
How to submit your costume poster abstract for consideration and your bio: We are transitioning to an online method of poster abstract submission this year. To submit a proposal, title it with your member number and indicate the submittal is for costume (47491 costume). As part of the submittal, include a biography that is 50 words or less and title it with member number only.
Submissions should be sent to info@office.usitt.org The jurors will not see the names of the submitter, or the biography. The biographies will be used for the Conference program. Ways to archive the presentations are being explored. As a result, there are several guidelines to be followed. Presenters will be sent a list of guidelines when they are notified of acceptance. To present your poster at the conference, all presenters must submit a copy of their presentation and handouts electronically by February 29, 2012.
For questions or additional information, contact: M.C. Friedrich, Department of Visual & Performing Arts,Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931; phone 906-487-3284; e-mail mcfriedr@mtu.edu.