USITT Upstate NY Chapter Meeting
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019
The schedule for the day is below, make sure you get to as many of these sessions as possible! If you volunteer, you will be interacting with a variety of USITT staff, upstate NY design and technical theatre faculty, staff, and career professionals. This is a great networking and portfolio opportunity for our students. If you are an alumni, you are welcome to bring your portfolio as well and attend these sessions.
USITT Upstate NY Schedule: Sept. 7 in Fine Arts Building
| Start time | End time | Event | Location | Presenter | Notes |
| 10 a.m. | 10:30 a.m. | Registration | Watters Theater Lobby - FA | Trish Ralph and Theatre Faculty | Morning Refreshments provided |
| 10:30 a.m. | 11:50 a.m. | Nuts & Bolts: The Building Block of a Digital Media Delivery System | FA 212 | Marty Karp | This session will cover some key hardware considerations that go into configuring a system for the delivery of digital media to projectors, LED walls, and display monitors. |
| 10:30 a.m. | 11:50 a.m. | Resumes and websites: Best practices and feedback | FA 258 | Toff Proffitt and Theatre Faculty | Bring your resumes, portfolios and websites for feedback! |
| 12 pm. | 12:40 p.m. | Lunch | FA 121 (Theatre Green Room) | Lunch Provided by USITT National, THANK YOU!! | |
| 12:50 p.m. | 1:20 p.m. | Chapter Meeting | FA 196 (Studio B) | USITT Upstate NY | Chapter officers and members encouraged to attend! |
| 1:30 p.m. | 2:40 p.m. | Working with a Choreographer | FA 212 | Paula Peters | Perscpective on designers and choreographers working together |
| 1:30 p.m. | 2:40 p.m. | Drafting for the Scene Shop | FA 258 | Rich Haug | Best practices on drafting packages from designers to shops. |
| 2:50 p.m. | 4:00 p.m. | Lighting and Color Theory | FA 196 (Studio B) | Tim Thistleton | Workshop on color theory in lighting |
| 2:50 p.m. | 4:00 p.m. | Resumes and websites: Best practices and feedback | FA 258 | Todd Proffitt and Theatre Faculty | Bring your resumes, portfolios and websites for feedback! |
Note: Binghamton University design/tech faculty and staff are planning to attend USITT national conference later this spring in Houston, TX. We are hoping to build a core group of Binghamton students interested in attending. This is your chance to find out more detailed information about attending that Houston conference as well!
If you have any questions or would like to help run the day, email Kari Bayait
USITT Nationl: Digital Media Symposium at LUMA Projection Arts Festival
Digital media giants Ana Herruzo and Finn Ross headline the symposium which also features
two days of education, conversation, and exciting interactions with the technology
and people that make up the art of digital media. More info about the symposium lives
in USITT's website.
