1	The Forums / The Green Theater Forum--The Big Picture / The Oreon Green Expo  on: Feb 2nd, 2010, 3:25pm
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This looks like a great local opportunity.... they are looking for Exhibitors for Arts, Music, Dance, Theatre & Culture Rx
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3	The Forums / Costumer's Forum / What have you done lately?  on: Apr 24th, 2009, 11:50pm
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While I have grandiose plans, I have only been effective at making changes in my own realm of the production.  This last show, Gemini, I bought 85% of the show's costumes at thrift stores and 5% pulled from stock.  My favorite thrift store refashion was a leopard print shift, that I turned into a fabulous night gown. Of the few items I bought new, a couple of them were made of organic cotton. The rest were regular cotton.  The new mustache was human hair, (but alas the extensions were synthetic.) I bought cotton wash clothes instead of babywipes for removing makeup--which was a big hit.  I left a small basket in the makeup room to leave the dirty ones.  for some food props I used flour and salt dough instead of sculpy as well as just dried out food. The "wine" was organic cherry juice from glass bottles.
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4	The Forums / Costumer's Forum / the next step--affecting change  on: Feb 6th, 2009, 1:19pm
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As I surfed the web recently checking out the the many new sites addressing what it is to be green, I ran across this one: http://www.sew-green.org/  The folks at Sew Green in Ithaca, New York are doing some wonderful things! They refurbish old sewing machines, they rescue reusable fabric and notions, they offer a ton of classes that promote a more sustainable way to live and sew, and they organize ecofashion design contests. If you are looking for more ways to affect change in your own costume shop, and don't live near Ithaca, please check them out.     "SewGreen is a community not-for-profit program that promotes sustainability through the creative reuse of fabric, fiber, and fashion, as well as responsible consumerism and a rediscovery of self-reliant skills."
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5	The Forums / The Green Theater Forum--The Big Picture / Re: student project :green theater  on: Feb 2nd, 2009, 11:17pm
Started by jeff_smith_261 | Post by Green Admin
Hi Jeff, There are a lot of groups trying. Mo'olelo Performing Arts Company in San Diego has been one of the pioneers. You'll find their green philosophy here: http://www.electrictemple.net/green.php Ian Garret is another amazing resource--he has blogs, websites and teaches at CalArts.  If you go to toasterlab.com there's links to his other sites among them, The Center for Sustainability in the Arts. There was last fall's "Broadway Goes Green" Initiative and London's Green Theater Plan that are good subjects to google.  You'll find many articles on what particular theaters are doing in those parts of the world. Mike Lawler has a nice blog called ecotheater (ecotheater.com) and I love that he discusses the trials and tribulations of figuring out how to be green. Hope that helps. Great project, let me know how it goes if you get a chance. I am so busy with school (work) and school (grad), I have had little time to post links to all the great things happening in Green Theater these days!
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6	The Forums / The Green Theater Forum--The Big Picture / student project :green theater  on: Jan 28th, 2009, 5:18pm
Started by jeff_smith_261 | Post by jeff_smith_261
Hi, I'm currently a student in a Management for the Theater course and the overall goal of the class is to create a non-profit theater on paper. I had an idea on creating a green theater and am working on a mission statement, goals and objectives. Does anyone know of a fully functioning "green" theater that I might be able to get examples from? Anything helps and I'm so glad I found this site, hopefully be a great resource for me. Once again, any advise works, I'm new to the whole theater management stuff.
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7	The Forums / Costumer's Forum / Re: Green Costume Stock Management  on: Jan 10th, 2009, 12:38pm
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4. Avoid Dry Cleaning. I have set out to not build any costumes that require dry cleaning.  So far that is going pretty well.  I sometimes still buy fabrics that say I need to dry clean them.  Before building a costume out of those fabrics, I run them through the washing machine. You will be shocked how many of these fabrics handle machine washing just fine. You might want to get a test swatch first, before trying this on expensive stuff.  Make sure the cut edges are serged before you wash them for some of these will fray like crazy. They often shrink more than your average fabric and even after ironing the designs in some brocades are a little more 3-D, but I like this look on stage. As long as most of the shrinkage is before I cut it--what the hey?  I wash wool and silk in shampoo by hand or on a gentle cycle.  Men's suit coats and blazers I still send to the cleaners--but the less toxic type. I bet they will even not bag them if I ask.
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8	The Forums / Costumer's Forum / Re: Green Costume Stock Management  on: Jan 10th, 2009, 12:12pm
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3. Be on the lookout for costuming essentials at the thrift store.  This one is tough... because we all have a budget right? If you can set aside even $20 to pick things up you WILL use later while shopping for the current show, you will same time, money and the environment while doing it.  I have a working essentials list in the manual, but those essentials depend on what types of plays or productions you or your director likes to do... perhaps you only need to stock up on black turtlenecks   Biggies are wedding slips and character shoes for the rest of us.
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9	The Forums / Costumer's Forum / Re: Green Costume Stock Management  on: Jan 10th, 2009, 10:30am
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2. Efficient Lighting. If you have some natural light (hopefully indirect) and I have.  Paint the room white.  It has made such a difference in this space I am preparing, I may never have to turn on a light during the day! If not, at least replace those incandescents if you have not already.
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10	The Forums / Costumer's Forum / Green Costume Stock Management  on: Jan 10th, 2009, 10:28am
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As I mentioned on the home page, I am working on a manual in costume stock management. For small community and high school theaters, the job of costuming is often handled by some generous soul who is volunteering their time and has no formal training in costuming, or it may be handled by the high school English teacher wielding a safety pin the best they can. The manual's purpose is to provide some management tips to make the job much easier, cheaper AND more green. While I have thought about and researched this area quite a bit... as I work on the manual, new ideas keep popping up.   I will post those ideas here along with overall concepts.  I am moving my own stock from a tiny closet to a 10 x 50 loft as I work on the project.   1. more stuff.  You want quality and quantity--less to buy/make/ship.  As much space as you can commandeer and ultra-organized in a useful way, so you can fit the most in that space and find it quickly. (How to do that is in the manual.)
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