A. LAURA BRODY, Artist and Designer
Phone: (818) 279-4118
Email: laurabrody@verizon.net
www.dreamsbymachine.com
EDUCATION:
1992
1989
MFA, Costume Design, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
BFA, Theater (Studio Art minor), Scripps College, Claremont, CA
TEACHING, WORKSHOPS & LECTURES:
2013
2012
2012
2012
Instructor, City of Pasadena Recreation Department (Spring and Summer)
Class series on staple draping and patterning
Guest lecturer, The Event Formerly Known as Nerd Nite, LA, CA.
Staple draping lecture and demonstration
Guest lecturer, Toi Whaakari Drama School, Wellington, NZ.
Staple draping lecture and demonstration
Instructor, Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA (September 2012) and
Majestical Roof, Pasadena, CA (June 2012)
Staple draping lecture, demonstration and class
Staple Draping is a beginning draping technique class using a method I created and
developed. This technique is drawn from my 25 years of costume design and production
experience in the performing arts.
2011, 2012, 2013
Guest artist, Summerset Festival of the Arts, Baraboo, WI.
Staple draping discussion and demonstrations
2010
Guest presenter, Los Angeles Visionaries Sunday Salon (June and
November), Clifton’s Cafeteria, LA, CA
Staple draping lecture and demonstration
2008
Instructor/ Costumer, UL Lafayette, Lafayette, LA. (Fall 2008)
Costume Design and Construction instructor
2007
Instructor, Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Los Angeles,
CA. (Summer and Fall 2007)
Industry Sewing instructor
2006
Guest lecturer, USITT, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL.
Lecture on the variable nature of a costume career
1990-1992
Teaching Assistant, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA. (Fall
1990- Spring 1992)
BFA 2 actor and MFA 1 dancer Costume Practicum instruction
EXHIBITS & ARTISTIC COLLABORATION:
September 2013
2011 & 2013
2012
2012
2012
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2010-2011
2010
2010
2010
2009
2009
2009
“Opulent Mobility”, a juried re-imagined mobility exhibit at The
Bell Arts Factory, Ventura, CA
Producing, curating and exhibiting in the show
Group exhibition of costume designs, Summerset Festival of the
Arts, Baraboo, WI. Artistic director Lauren Love.
Group exhibition, “Earthly Treasures”, Gallery Expo, Long Beach,
CA. Curator Douglas Orr.
Finalist in The World of Wearable Art Awards 2012 in
collaboration with Morgan Culture, Wellington, NZ
“Garmentia and Company”, performance/fashion show for Club
Impulse, Monte Cristo Club, LA, CA
Performance for “Edges and Curves- Nothing In Between” with
the Haggus Society, The Glass Studio, LA, CA. Curator Terri
Lloyd.
“The 7 Deadly Sins”, performance/fashion show for the Majestical
Roof, Pasadena, CA
Group exhibition, “ReVisions”, EcoLogicalART Gallery, LA, CA.
Curator and owner Peter Schulberg.
Group exhibition, Rico Adair Gallery, North Hollywood, CA
Curator and owner Rico Adair.
Group exhibition, “Sugar Goes Steampunk” fashion show, LA, CA
Organizer Timmery Turner.
Group exhibition, “Steampunk Form and Function Exhibit”,
Charles River Museum of Industry, Waltham, MA. Curator Bruce
Rosenbaum.
“Presque Prêt a Porter”: Live Re-Purposed Draping for the
Hollywood Fringe Festival, LA, CA
Producer and performing artist.
Group exhibition, “Cannibal Flower”, LA, CA. Curator L. Crosky.
In collaboration with driver Peter Soby.
Live draping performance for group exhibition, “Cannibal
Flower”, LA, CA. Curator L. Crosky.
Group exhibition, “Cannibal Flower”, LA, CA. Curator L. Crosky.
“Alternate Endings”, UCLA New Wight Gallery, Nova Jiang’s
DMA/MFA show. In collaboration with artist Nova Jiang.
“Alternate Endings”, Nova Jiang’s juried public art project for The
Public Design Festival, Milan, Italy. In collaboration with artist
Nova Jiang.
AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS:
ETA 2013
2012
2011
2010
2010
2010
Steampunk: A Complete Guide to Victorian TechnoFetishism, Chartwell Books, Inc, UK, editor Vienna Von
Schwarz
Group exhibition, “Reuse, Recycle, Rethink”, Encore Arts
4, Sauk County Arts Association, Baraboo, WI (2nd place)
Marsocci, Joey (editor). 1000 Steampunk Creations: Neo-Victorian
Fashion, Gear and Art, Quarry Books, 2011. pp. 200, 206, 208 &
289
Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts Fringe Award for
Sustainable Production, “Presque Prêt a Porter” for the Hollywood
Fringe Festival, LA, CA
Arts and Bodies e-journal, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Augustine, Kathy L. (editor). Just Jewelry, New Arts Review,
2010
SELECTED COMMISIONS:
2012
2011
2011
Re-purposed wedding vest for fire performance artist Mezza
Morphic
Steam Unit: repurposed steampunk gallery display unit for The
Vishuddha Creatives and artist Christopher Ryan
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
(Nun and priest costumes only)
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
2010
Fearful Symmetries
2010
11, September
2009
Tent Meeting
2009
The Hostage
2008
State of LA Danse
Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA
Director Sean Branney
Diavolo Dance Theatre with the LA Philharmonic
Choreographer Jacques Heim
Breadline Productions, LA, CA
Writer/director Paul Kampf
Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA
Writer/director Rebecca Wackler
Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA
Director McKerrin Kelly
UL Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
Choreographers Red Novae & Kenneth Jenkins
2008 Masters on the Movies
2007
Loyal Women
2007
B4 I Wake
2007
Twelfth Night
2007
Power
2007
Henry IV, Part I
2006
Dockers
2006
Eclipsed
2006 The Boys Next Door
2005 Mine Eyes Hath Seen
2003 The Man from Clare
2003 What the Butler Saw
2003
Red Noses
2003 The Lepers of Baile Baste
2002
The Weir
2002 The Man of La Mancha
2002
All My Sons
2001
As You like It
2000
Godspell
2000
The Snow Queen
2000 Pudd’nhead Wilson
New Amsterdam Singers, New York, NY
Director Grethe Holby
Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA
Director Sean Branney
Theater of NOTE, LA, CA
Director Ezra Buzzington
Circus Theatricals, LA, CA
Director Jack Stehlin
Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA
Director McKerrin Kelly
Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA
Director Sean Branney
Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA
Director Sean Branney
Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA
Director Sean Branney
Actor’s Co-op, LA, CA
Director Nan MacNamara
Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA
Director Sean Branney
Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA
Director Sean Branney
Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA
Director Sean Branney
Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA
Director Sean Branney
Celtic Arts Center, N. Hollywood, CA
Director Pascal Marcotte
Theatre Banshee, Burbank, CA
Director Sean Branney
Actor’s Co-op, LA, CA
Director Robin Strand
Actor’s Co-op, LA, CA
Director Kevin Kelley
Actor’s Co-op, LA, CA
Director Joel Sweetow
Actor’s Co-op, LA, CA
Director Gary Reed
Falcon Theatre, Burbank, CA
Director Kathleen Marshall
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
DRAPING & TECHNICAL COSTUMES:
Cutter/Fitter
Kickin’ It, Disney XD, des. Michelle Cole
2011-2013
Cutter/Fitter
Instant Mom, Nickelodeon, des. Michelle Cole
2013
Cutter/Fitter
Marvin Marvin, Nickelodeon, des. Dahlia Foroutan 2012-2013
Cutter/Fitter
American Horror Story, des. Chrisi Karvonites
2011
Cutter/Fitter
Costume Co-op
2010-2011
Specialty costumes for Disney on Ice and The Middle
Tailor
Michael Schmidt Studios
2010- 2011
Specialty rock and roll costumes: Black-eyed Peas, Rhianna, Steven Tyler and Cher
Properties Artisan
Lexington Industries
2009-2010
Condor wings for the LA Zoo, decorations for Kidspace, club and restaurant interiors
Tailor/fitter
Shannon Davidson Productions
2009
Fittings and on-site repairs for the Versace show at the Hollywood Bag Ladies Luncheon
Tailor/Specialty costumer
Marty Putz, prop comedian
2009
Inflatable suits for Knott’s Berry Farm’s shows & comedy routines
Draper
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
2008
Draper
Mia Gyzander Costumes
2007
Specialty costumes for The Venice in Macao and Disneyland parades
Seamstress supervisor
Top Design for Bravo Television
2006-2007
Draper
Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL
2006
Tailor’s assistant
Center Theatre Group
2005-2007
Costumer/draper
J & M Costumers
2004-2005
Specialty costume draping for Bill Maher, CSI, Boston Legal, Silverton Hotel, Natalie
Cole, Bishop Bruno, Perfect Dark and Zoom.
Draper
Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Boulder, CO 2004-2006
First Hand/ Assistant Cutter Los Angeles Opera
1993-1998, 2002-2004
Custom Construction
Private Clientele
2001-present
Tailoring Japanese anime outfits, leather wear, specialty crafts and difficult to fit fashion.
Draper
Crisis FX
2001 & 2002
Draping of commercial crafts for FedEx, Jack in the Box, Euro-Disney and Budget Inn.
First Hand/Crafts
Seattle Repertory Theater, Seattle, WA
2001
Master Crafts Artisan Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Boulder, CO 1991-98, 2000-01
Figure Finisher
Walt Disney Imagineering
1997 & 1999
Tailoring and pattering animatronics outfits for Disney World and Tokyo Disney Sea
Full technical costume resume available upon request from 1992- present