"Color Punch" for Your Scenery - Without Busting the Budget

As fall approaches, many theaters and scene shops are beginning to put together the list of supplies they’ll need for the coming season. Unfortunately for scenic artists, drama teachers and technical...

Jenny Knott August 28, 2013 Questions?

Bone Up on FoamCoat

Styrofoam has become one of the go-to substrates for creating scenic elements on stage, in themed environments and even in museum installations because it is light-weight, inexpensive and readily...

Jenny Knott May 15, 2013 Questions?

A "Stage Set" Created To Inspire... And Built To Withstand The New England Weather

Monasteries have always been hosts to the making of art. The life of the monastery cultivates a climate of rich creativity, giving color and form to the faith of the members and nurturing all manner...

Jenny Knott December 18, 2012 Questions?

Creating Three-Dimensional Foliage Scenery = The Most Fun You'll Ever Have

Peter Miller, Theatre Design Department Faculty at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, had an inspired revelation at USITT in 2011. He noticed that many of the set designs that...

Jenny Knott May 15, 2012 Questions?

The Power of the Pigment

One of the key components needed in order to paint theatrical scenery is - SCENIC PAINT. With today's ever shrinking budgets - it gets harder and harder to justify (to others and maybe even to...

Jenny Knott October 01, 2010 Questions?