Ecoscenography as Design Practice

Associated Designers of Canada (ADC) is a national arts service organization representing the interests of set, costume, lighting, projection and sound designers working within the performing arts in Canada.ADC's head office is located in Toronto, Ontario. We can be reached at 416-907-5829 or adc@designers.ca

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A conversation with Ian Garrett, Ken Mackenzie, Lauren Gaston, Edward T. Morris & Michelle Tracey

The UN has named this the Decade of Action, our last chance to create the transformation to a livable future. What does it mean to align our design practices with a 1.5 degree Celsius global temperature rise? This event focuses on the aesthetics of climate-friendly sustainable design in theatre, as a core design practice, and as part of a larger equitable green recovery. Join the teams from the Sustainable Production Toolkit, and the Canada Council for Arts funded &quot;Old Dogs, New Tricks&quot; project to explore strategies for engaging with sustainable design between PACT Theatres and ADC Designers to discuss how the field is changing, needs to change, and how you can participate in those changes. Speakers: Ian Garrett, Ken Mackenzie, Lauren Gaston, Edward T. Morris &amp; Michelle Tracey Speakers&#x27; BiosKen Mackenzie is a set, lighting and costume designer based between Saskatoon, SK and Toronto ON. He has been a resident artist at Soulpepper Theatre Company since 2011 and has occasionally found himself onstage as an actor there. Ken is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Saskatchewan in the department of Drama and has been the president of the Associated Designers of Canada.Lauren Gaston is a costume designer and artisan working in theater and TV. Some of her recent and current credits include working as the head Craftsperson/Milliner on season 1 of Fallout, assistant designing at The Metropolitan Opera and serving on the Steering Committee of the Broadway Green Alliance. She is a proud member of United Scenic Artists Local #829 and Theatrical Wardrobe Union Local 764 IATSE.Edward T. Morris is a set and projection designer and sustainability advocate. Along with Elizabeth Mak, Lauran Gaston, Sandra Goldmark and Michael Banta he&#x27;s a co-author of the Sustainable Production Toolkit. Edward is a member of United Scenic Artists Local #829, Wingspace Theatrical Design, and United Auto Workers local 8092. He teaches design and dramaturgy at The New School in New York City. He has long been a participant in initiatives by the Broadway Green Alliance and incorporates sustainable practices into most of his designs. www.edwardtmorris.comMichelle Tracey is a scenographer based in Tkaronto working mostly in theatre and opera. She is a founding member of Triga Creative, a collective of designers committed to exploring ecoscenography and sustainable working models. Michelle is also a trained wardrobe technician and has constructed costumes for numerous professional productions. www.michelletraceydesign.comIan Garrett is a designer, producer, educator, and researcher in the field of sustainability in arts and culture. He is producer for Toasterlab, a mixed reality performance collective. He is the director of the Centre for Sustainable Practice in the Arts and Associate Professor of Ecological Design for Performance at York University, where he is Graduate Program Director for Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies. He serves on the board of the ADC and IATSE ADC659 as a proud founding member and labour advocate for emerging designers. He maintains a design practice focused on ecology, accessible technologies and scenography. ianpgarrett.com / toasterlab.com / sustainablepractice.org---Building on the success of the online training workshops we presented during the first year of the pandemic and the 2021 Level Up Symposium, ADC is returning with a comprehensive and wide-ranging program of online workshops and conversations designed for live performance designers to amplify their practice. Workshops will roll out from November 2022 through March 2023, and are open to everyone, both members and non-members across Canada and beyond. Attendance is free of charge. Advance registration is required.ADC is grateful for the support of this program from the Government of Canada and Canada Council for the Arts.

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