Curriculum Vitae 08/07
HANNAH R. ROSNER
Theatre Design & Technology
Department of Theatre
College of The Arts
The Ohio State University
Current Address: 159 Township Road
Pataskala, OHIO 43062
740-964-9283
hannahrach@aol.com
Permanent Address: 5337 S. University Avenue
Chicago, IL 60615
773-539-7278
Emphasis in Scenic, Costume and Lighting Design. Glass Arts.
Research in theatrical design history and American minority theatre.
EDUCATION
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
9/03-8/06
Master of Fine Arts in SET DESIGN
Emphasis in Scenic & Lighting Design.
NORTH EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
1/00-5/00
Web Design & Scripting, History of Renaissance Art, Metalsmithing
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
9/99-12/99
Architectural History & Frank Lloyd Wright
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
9/92-6/95
Graduate Level Costume & Set Design Courses
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE
9/87-6/91
Bachelor of Arts in ENGLISH LITERATURE & THEATER STUDIES
Emphasis in Shakespeare Studies, Minority Dramatic Literature,
Scenic & Costume Design.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
6/88-8/88
Summer Session. Photography with Time/Life Photographer Joel Snyder.
COLLEGE TEACHING EXPERIENCE
9/03-06/06
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Theatre Department
10/05
KENYON COLLEGE
Guest Lecturer
Theatre Department
9/00-3/03
THE ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF ART IN CHICAGO - ART INSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL
Faculty
Animation & Multimedia Departments
10/96-6/99
THE ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF ART IN CHICAGO - ART INSTITUTES INTERNATIONAL
Faculty
Artisan Technology, Animation & Multimedia Departments
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
6/03-Present
GLASS AXIS - COLUMBUS
Lead Lampwork Instructor & Visiting Artist Liaison
Warm Glass Department
2/01-2/07
TLD DESIGN CENTER & GALLERY - CHICAGO
Visiting Instructor
Beadwork & Warm Glass
10/96-12/99
PITTSBURGH CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Instructor
Beadwork
6/95-12/99
SWEETWATER CENTER FOR THE ARTS - PITTSBURGH
Instructor
Beadwork
DESCRIPTION OF COURSES TAUGHT
WEB DESIGN & MULTIMEDIA
Basic web scripting - Basic HTML coding, coding links, pictures and sound. Basics of web design and
interactivity with an emphasis on workable web architecture.
Interactive Design for web and multimedia - A more advanced look at how to make a site easy to surf, to
search. Coding of forms, cascading style sheets and basic java scripting.
Advanced Web Design - Advanced Web Design Students worked with a client to create an appropriate
design, which was then coded by the instructor.
Winter 2003 – Artisan’s 21 Cooperative Gallery. Chicago, IL
Summer 2002 – North Suburban Peace Inititative. Skokie, IL
Winter 2002 – Right Touch Body Therapy. Detroit, MI
FINE,COMMERICAL & PERFORMANCE ARTS
Introduction to Theatrical Set Design - An introduction to the process of developing a scenic design for
the theatre. Students develop their designs in sketches, renderings, and a groundplan.
Introduction to Theatrical Costume Design - An introduction for animation students to the process of
creating theatrical costume design for their own character designs.
Life Drawing - An introduction, for advanced drawing students, to the human form, using live models.
Students use charcoal, inks and pastels on both toned and white papers.
Fundamentals of Drawing & Design - Students are exposed to a variety of design media in a lab setting.
Survey of Visual Communications - A history of graphic design, animation and multimedia, with a focus
on lab projects.
History of Animation - A survey of the beginnings of animation through modern work with an emphasis
on social commentary.
Portfolio Layout & Professional Development - Portfolio Preparation, resume development, and
jobsearch skills within the fine art and commercial arts fields.
Traditional Background Rendering for Animation - Techniques for 2D animation background rendering
using inks, acrylics, and watercolors.
Animal & Human Anatomy - Advanced drawing students learn drawing from live models and from onsite drawing trips to the zoo. Bone and Muscle structure is learned so students can
more effectively animate characters.
Character Design - Students learn to develop a design based on the character’s attributes. Their ideas are
first sketched, then rendered into a set of model sheets, and finally animated.
3D Design & Sculpture - This course introduces 2D animators to design in 3D. Students develop
sculpture based of paper models, clay, and finally develop a series of sketches to turn
a 2D painting into a 3D sculpture.
PUBLICATIONS, PERFORMANCES AND EXHIBITIONS
PUBLICATIONS
MULTIMEDIA/COMPUTER ANIMATION WORK
IN PROGRESS Jaroslav Malina: Retrospective
Book and traveling exhibit by Joseph Brandesky, ed.
Coding for the accompanying interactive CD-Rom
04/07 Czech Theatre Design in the Twentieth Century: Metaphor and Irony Revisited
by Joseph Brandesky, ed. University of Iowa Press.
Coding for the accompanying interactive CD-Rom
Available from Amazon.com.
12/05 Jiri Trnka: A Biography
Design, writing & coding for interactive, animated CD-Rom Book
A biography and bibliography on Jiri Trnka’s works, and a look into his lasting
effects on stop-motion animation.
Available online: http://goodrivergalleries.com/theatre/multimedia.htm
6/04 Ohio State University Theatre Lighting: Art Through Technology Web Site
Design and Coding for interactive web site
2/04 Betty Boop: The Censorship of Drugs, Sex and Jazz
Design, writing & coding for interactive CD-Rom Book.
A look into the censorship of Betty Boop cartoons in the 1930s, and her lasting
effects on modern animated heroines.
Available online: http://goodrivergalleries.com/theatre/multimedia.htm
PERFORMANCES - LIGHTING CREW: ELECTRICIAN
Date:
Production:
Theatre:
5/04
Fate of A Cockroach
Ohio State University Theatre Department
4/04
Candide
Ohio State University Theatre Department
3/04
Rock N’ Roles Shakespeare
Ohio State University Theatre Department
2/04
Pentecost
Ohio State University Theatre Department
11/03
Rimers of Eldritch
Ohio State University Theatre Department
11/03
Rashomon
Ohio State University Theatre Department
11/03
Photographs from S-21
Ohio State University Theatre Department
PERFORMANCES - SCENIC DESIGN
Date:
Production:
Theatre:
2/06
Government Inspector
Ohio State University Theatre Department
4/05
Vaudeville Project
Ohio State University Theatre Department
9/04
4 With 2
Ohio State University Theatre Department
4/90
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I Dream Before I Take The Stand
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David’s Red Haired Death
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Your Handsome Captain
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Stuff
Godspell
Swarthmore College
PERFORMANCES - ASSISTANT SCENIC DESIGN
Date:
Production:
Theatre:
4/04
Candide
Ohio State University Theatre Department
5/91
Anton Himself
Swarthmore College
PERFORMANCES - SCENIC CREW: PROPS & PAINT
Date:
Production:
Theatre:
5/06
Bright Room Called Day
Props Master: Ohio State University Theatre Department
5/06
Cradle Will Rock
Ohio State University Theatre Department
11/05
The Rocky Horror Show
Southern Theatre, Columbus
4/05
Inherit The Wind
Props Master: Ohio State University Theatre Department
4/05
Measure for Measure
Ohio State University Theatre Department
2/05
Two Planks And A Passion
Ohio State University Theatre Department
2/05
Another Part of The House
Ohio State University Theatre Department
2/94
Boys from Syracuse
Carnegie Mellon Drama Department
4/94
Sweeney Todd
Carnegie Mellon Drama Department
12/90
The Rivals
Swarthmore College
02/89
Ten Little Indians
Swarthmore College
PERFORMANCES - COSTUME & MAKEUP DESIGN
Date:
Production:
Theatre:
5/95
Riyadh Nightlights
WQED & Carnegie Mellon University Drama Department
10/93
Baby
Carnegie Mellon University Drama Department
5/93
Mud
Carnegie Mellon University Drama Department
7/92
Ophelia
Three Rivers Shakespeare Fest & NOHO Theatre Company
5/91
Les Liaisons Dangereuse
The Players Club of Swarthmore
4/90
Godspell
Swarthmore College
11/89
Hamlet
Swarthmore College
03/89
Talking With
Swarthmore College
PERFORMANCES - ASSISTANT COSTUME & MAKEUP DESIGN
7/91
USA Premiere: Wole Soyinka’s Bacchae of Euripedes
Interact Theater Company & The University of Pennsylvania
PERFORMANCES - COSTUME CREW: CONSTRUCTION
Date:
Production:
Theatre:
2/94
Tartuffe
Carnegie Mellon University Drama Department
5/93
Romeo And Juliet
Carnegie Mellon University Drama Department
12/92
Nicholas Nickleby
Carnegie Mellon University Drama Department
06/92
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival
05/92
Steel/City
Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival
EXHIBITIONS - FINE ARTS JEWELRY AND BEADWORK GALLERIES
Date:
Gallery:
Location:
09/05 - Present
ARTio
Granville, OH
6/03 - Present
Glass Axis
Columbus, OH
10/01- Present
TLD Design Center & Gallery
Chicago, IL
10/01 - Present
Shimizu-San
Osaka, JAPAN
7/01 - 09/03
Aurora Public Art Association & Museum
Aurora, IL
6/92 – 7/03
Destiny Studios Gallery
Pittsburgh, PA
2/00-6/03
Artisan’s 21. Co-owner of cooperative gallery
Chicago, IL
10/01 – 2/03
Southern Illinois Artisan’s Shop
Whittington, IL
12/01, 12/02
Woman Made Gallery. Holiday Sales
Chicago, IL
5/98 – 10/02
Maple Grove Gallery. Summer
Fish Creek, WI
9/97 - 5/00
American Craft Gallery
Morristown, NJ
12/95 - 12/99
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Seasonal Shows
Pittsburgh, PA
10/97 - 5/99
John Hines History Center Shop
Pittsburgh, PA
11/97 - 7/98
The Society for Contemporary Crafts.
Pittsburgh, PA
EXHIBITIONS - FINE ARTS SHOWS
Date:
Gallery:
2/02
Woman Made Gallery
Location:
Chicago, IL
“Censorship!” - a group show supporting censored art
4/96, 5/98 Sweetwater Center for the Arts Highlights Gallery
Sewickley, PA
“Beadwork Purses” & “Beaded Treasures” - single shows
5/97-8/97
The Pittsburgh Children’s Museum
Pittsburgh, PA
“Junk!” - a group show about art from recycled materials
Pittsburgh Federal Board’s Native American Heritage Committee
11/94
Pittsburgh, PA
“4th Annual Art Exposition” - group show. Honorable Mention Awarded
EXHIBITIONS - ART FAIRS & COMMUNITY EVENTS
Date:
Event:
Location:
9/96-9/06
A Fair in The Park
Pittsburgh, PA
6/92-6/05
Hyde Park Community Art Fair
Chicago, IL
8/96
Shadyside Summer Arts Festival
Pittsburgh, PA
MEMBERSHIPS & CONFERENCES
06/06-Present International Society for Glass Beadmakers
04/02 - Present Glass Axis
10/97 - Present Craftsman’s Guild of Pittsburgh
10/01 - 6/03
Illinois Artisan’s Program
10/00
Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Conference: SOFA CHICAGO
1/99 - 12/00
American Craft Council
6/96 - 5/99
Pittsburgh Metals Society
2/91
South Eastern Theatre Conference
NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINE APPEARANCES
8/02
Aurora Times
4/97
The Bead Bugle. Online Bead Magazine
http://www.nfobase.com/html/rosner_and_godfrey.htm
9/96
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
3/96
Butler County Times
10/94
Pittsburgh Post Gazette (with Destiny Studios owner, Jess MacFeater)
REFERENCES
DESIGN WORK/CLASSWORK
Dr. Joe Brandesky
Mr. William McNeil Marshall
Theatre Department
Resident Designer, Theatre Arts & Dance Department
Ohio State University, Lima Campus
University of Arkansas in Little Rock
brandesky.1@osu.edu
501-366-6891
Professor Mark Shanda
Professor Mary Tarantino
Department Chair
Head of Graduate Students & Resident Lighting Designer
Theatre Department
Theatre Department
Ohio State University
Ohio State University
shanda.1@osu.edu
Tarantino.1@osu.edu
TEACHING
Mrs. Heidi Rozell
Ms. Tammy Deck
Director, Glass Axis
Proprietor, TLD Design Center & Gallery
http://www.glassaxis.org
http://www.tlddesigns.com
614-291-4250
630-963-9573
Mr. Mark Blottner
Mr. Michael Markowski
Faculty, Multimedia Department
Faculty, Multimedia Department
Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago
Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago
312-280-3500
312-280-3500
STUDENTS
Mr. Jay Ballestros
Ms. Julia Singh
Former Student, Multimedia/Computer Animation Former Student, Multimedia/Computer Animation
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
212-926-8367
Poochacho2@aol.com