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Christianne Myers
Aug 311 min read
Obsessive Crafting
In July 2021 I started a crochet blanket project. I saw different interpretations of Janie Crow’s Persian Tile crochet throw and wanted...
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Christianne Myers
Jul 301 min read
Support Your Local Theatre!
My transition back to creative work has been a slow one post-pandemic. I assumed an enormous amount of administrative work for my...
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Christianne Myers
Jun 81 min read
Another MOOC
As an Extended Reality add-on to the MOOC (massive open online course) Black Performance as Protest developed by Professors Louise...
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Christianne Myers
May 53 min read
Making of a MOOC
What is a MOOC? It’s a an acronym that stands for “Massive Open Online Course” with the goal of reaching a global audience who would not...
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Christianne Myers
Mar 231 min read
Elizabeth Cree
I had an absolute blast designing this opera at U-M, directed by the fabulously creative Greg Keller. Great process overall with amazing...
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Christianne Myers
Oct 28, 20231 min read
Trying Something New
We’re trying a Saturday morning Urban Sketchers class at our local art center. It is very interesting to be a student again. I’m really...
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Christianne Myers
Jul 5, 20233 min read
Fabric as Inspo
One last post as I reflect on teaching Advanced Costume Design last term. I developed another mini-project that disrupts the “paper...
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Christianne Myers
Mar 10, 20234 min read
Lowering the stakes part 2
Next up in my series of disrupting the paper project model- a collaboration with the Dept. of Musical Theatre on their New Works...
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Christianne Myers
Feb 15, 20236 min read
Disrupting the paper project model
Here we are, deep in to winter term- I am continuing to reconsider what skills to practice in an advanced costume design class. The way I...
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Christianne Myers
Nov 24, 20222 min read
Circle Skirt Magic
Bernarda Alba opened a couple of weeks ago and it was so wonderful to be back in the theatre. The content is challenging, but the...
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Christianne Myers
Oct 3, 20221 min read
Back in production
I'm delighted to be immersed in the process of designing Bernarda Alba, musical by Michael John LaChiusa based on the Lorca play. While...
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Christianne Myers
Aug 7, 20225 min read
Whaaatttt??? It’s August???
It’s hard to believe another school year is about to start. I want to get back to writing about process after sharing some news: After 1...
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Christianne Myers
Dec 14, 20212 min read
The Joy of Theatre
This weekend was a gift. After a semester with a very heavy administrative lift and not enough art I volunteered to be backstage to help...
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Christianne Myers
Aug 8, 20213 min read
Live from NYC
The craziest thing happened this week that was such a delightful surprise. A little back story: At the beginning of the pandemic, the...
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Christianne Myers
Jun 23, 20213 min read
Top five Teaching in a Pandemic Take-Aways Part 3 - Communication
Things I've missed: the power of the 5 minute check-in & in person meetings. How much subtler communication and community building has...
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Christianne Myers
May 2, 20214 min read
Christianne's Top Five Teaching in a Pandemic Take-Aways Part 2- Process
Classroom shift to process, not result. A partner to the previous “Deadline” post. So much of my own education involved projects with a...
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Christianne Myers
Apr 25, 20213 min read
Christianne's Top Five Teaching in Pandemic Take-Aways Part 1- Deadlines!
Hard to write a couple of times a month when burn-out is high, the sands are shifting, and we are just so damned tired of this pandemic....
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Christianne Myers
Mar 13, 20211 min read
ReDressing the Narrative Part 2!
We had such a good time building a community of costume educators last, we decided to have another workshop this year! In this year's...
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Christianne Myers
Jan 30, 20211 min read
Drawing Details
When I was in grad school I had this big "ah-ha" moment. I didn't really understand how to draw a suit collar & lapel until I drafted and...
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Christianne Myers
Dec 27, 20201 min read
Radial Symmetry Revisited
After nearly two years, there is a virtual public gallery synthesizing the radial symmetry prompt developed during my Winter 2019...
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