Penny Collins

Professor
Technical Studio, Experimental Design

Phone:

818.252.5132

Email:

penny.collins@woodbury.edu

Penny Collins grew up in California, but spent a year of high school in Montreal, Canada. This experience propelled her to move to the East Coast after college; and, in New York City, she earned a master’s degree in Education and pursued a teaching career. Then, realizing another ambition, she began doing design work in the fashion industry after attending classes at the Fashion Institute of Technology. This career change allowed her to travel extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia, following up samples and production. After more than ten years in New York, she returned to her native state and eventually to her original vocation of teaching. She joined the faculty at Woodbury as chair of the Fashion Design Department in 1998 and held that position until 2008. With her Master of Fine Arts degree in fiber and sculpture, in addition to her work at Woodbury, she is involved in the creation of art pieces that utilize re-used and found materials which she exhibits in group shows around the Los Angeles area. True to her interdisciplinary leanings, in 2007 she published Wear Your Chair (Fairchild Books), which looks at the common ground between fashion and interior design.

Anna Leiker

Clothing Construction and Digital Fashion Design

Phone:

818.252.5127

Email:

anna.leiker@woodbury.edu

Anna Leiker is a Participating Fashion Design Adjunct at Woodbury University. She has taught courses in Patternmaking, Apparel Construction, Fashion Design, Computer-assisted Patternmaking, and Digital Fashion Design. Anna specializes in computer applications in the Fashion Design industry and has had experience with several CAD/CAM and Digital programs including Investronica, PAD, SnapFashun, Macbeth Eye, and TucaTech. With a background in knitwear, her industry experience includes working at Warnaco Company and Knitwear Company in Russia. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering in the area of Apparel Development and a Master of Science degree in Fashion Design.

“Teaching is a privileged position; and, as a teacher, I am profoundly grateful for the opportunity given to me to help learners shape their own intellectual wealth. My mission is not only to teach the fundamental content of the courses, but beyond that, to foster creative thinking, facilitate the acquisition of life-long learning skills, and to prepare students to function effectively in the apparel industry and in an information economy.”

Maxwell Barr

Period Construction Mentor

Mentor Maxwell Barr, a world authority on  period fit and construction, oversees the creation of historically acurate garments. Maxwell’s lectures on period costume and dress captivate audiences with their wit, knowledge, and gravity of pleasure.  He was trained in Haute Couture techniques and will be attending the Royal Needlework Academy in London this summer to perfect his embroidery technique.

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8WZw5-FDiA
Linked in: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/maxwell-barr/30/152/9b0
 

Frances Harder

Professional Practice/Author

Frances Harder is the Founder of Fashion Business Incorporated (FBI), which provides vital business development and job retraining to the US apparel industry.

Frances has self-published a series of books dealing with starting a fashion business: Fashion for Profit is an extensive text that covers the A to Z of starting an apparel company, Costing for Profit, Brand Building For Profit, and Forms for Profit all address additional valuable information when starting an apparel company. Fashion Retailing for Profit is her latest book that addresses how to open a retail operation. Additionally, Frances has her own consulting firm and presents seminars at many industry trade shows both nationally and internationally.

Frances’s past professional experience included having her own name under license in Japan; a collection for Priscilla Presley sold through Home Shopping; product development for the Royal House of Brunei and extensive European experience both as an educator and designer.

She left her full-time Associate Professor position at Otis College of Art and Design in LA to found and direct the development of the Fashion Business Incorporated.

Frances is a member of the Southern California District Export Council (SCDEC) and the Business Incubation Network (BINS).

Eduardo Lucero

Senior Collection Mentor / Sophomore Swim Mentor

Lucero’s design philosophy is about accenting a woman’s best features; a cut that accents her curves, a shape that enhances her bust, or a style line that slims the waist. The designer says, "In order to dress a woman, you must understand her sensibilities, strengths and aspirations." Lucero has become a favorite of many Hollywood starlets such as Eva Longoria, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Cameron Diaz, Janet Jackson, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Daisy Fuentes, Alicia Silverstone, Carmen Electra, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jennifer Lopez, Rosario Dawson Tori Spelling, Vanessa Williams and Vivica A. Fox.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eduardo.lucero
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Lucero
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWqlU0YJWHQ
 

May Routh

Costume Illustrator

Mentor May Routh, is a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences and Costume Designers Union 892. She has designed for film, television, and commerals, including The Man Who Fell to Earth, Newsies, Andersonville and Splash.

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0746132/
Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/may-routh/21/821/434
 

Doug Post

Design Foundation Chair

Doug Post is an Assistant Professor and Chair of the Design Foundation program and also teaches in the Animation Department. Doug brings diverse experience to teaching. During ten years as a graphic designer, he worked in Colorado, New Zealand, and San Francisco designing for clients such as Aspen Ski Corporation, Breckenridge Ski Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, the Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition, Golden Gate Park, and Tele-Communications, Inc. As an animation artist, he has worked for The Walt Disney Company, DreamWorks SKG, and Warner Bros. on films including Pocahontas, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Mulan, Tarzan, Fantasia 2000, Atlantis, Home on the Range, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, Looney Tunes Back in Action, The Three Musketeers, Tarzan 2, and The Heffalump Movie. Doug has taught courses in drawing, figure drawing, character design, animation layout, color theory, design, graphic design, perspective, visual development, and illustration. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in graphic design from Colorado State University and a Master of Fine Arts in illustration from The Academy of Art University. In addition to teaching, Doug is a painter, sculptor, and pastel artist and continues to freelance.

Carol Bishop

Carol Bishop, artist and educator, is a Senior Lecturer in Design and
Fine Arts at Woodbury University. She has taught courses in Painting, Drawing, Design, Color Theory, and Art History. Carol’s photos, paintings, and installations reflect ideas on systems and agendas of design and architecture. Her work is in the collections of several museums and has been exhibited internationally, including the Carrousel du Louvre, the Huntington, Taliesin East and West. She has received a Sony Corporation Per Cent for Art and was chosen by Pomona for
“Envisioning the Future.” She has won a City of Los Angeles
competition for public installation.

Her images and texts have been profiled by periodicals such as Wright Plus, LA Architect and Issues & Ideas. Her book, Frank Lloyd Wright: The Romantic Spirit, is published by Balcony Press. She holds a master’s degree in Studio Art (N.I.U.) concentrating on color and a Ph.D. in Art History (Union U.) focusing on light in Modern and Contemporary Art. She speaks to educational groups on these subjects as well as issues of design and architecture. Dr. Bishop has escorted students and groups to numerous countries for Art and Design tours. She is a member of Women in Photography, SAH/SCC (Society of Architecture Historians), and CAA. She is a board member of Archifest, Les Amis de Synagogue (France) and Barnsdall Arts. She consults through her design studio, Projectile Visions.

Olivia Booth

Olivia Booth is an adjunct instructor in the Design Foundation program, where she teaches drawing, color theory and design elements. She has also taught contemporary history and theory in the Interior Architecture department. Olivia is a visual artist who works mostly with paint and glass, and is represented by Mandarin Gallery in Chinatown, Los Angeles. Olivia received her BFA in painting and her BA in comparative literature from Cornell University and, after moving from the east to west coast, received her MFA at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.

Nate Page

Nate received his B.F.A. from Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and his M.F.A. from California Institute of the Art. He lives and works in Los Angeles.  Solo projects have been produced at More Funner Projects, Miami, FL; Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH; Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA; St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN; Institute of Visual Arts, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI. Recent Group Exhibitions include Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA; Woodbury University, Burbank, CA; Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA; Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA; Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY; Greater Los Angeles MFA Exhibition, CSU Long Beach; O’Artoteca, Milan, Italy; No Name Exhibitions @ The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN; Cooper Union, New York, NY. Awards include California Community Foundation Emerging Artist Fellowship, 2011; The Durfee Foundation ARC Grant, 2010; CalArts Alumni Fund, 2008.

Jaime Scholnick

Jaime is an adjunct instructor of Design and Color Elements in the Design Foundation program. She has taught courses in 3-D Design, Freehand Drawing, Figure Drawing, Basic Principles of Design, Color Theory, Foundation Studio, Experimental Design in Fashion, Sculpture and Ceramics. Jaime specializes in figure and freehand drawing (beginning to advanced), sculpture, installation, multimedia, color
theory (for design and fashion), 2-D and 3-D design, experimental design, art appreciation, beginning graphic design. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Ceramics and a Master of Fine Art in Sculpture. Jaime’s work has been displayed in many solo and group exhibitions in the United States and Japan.

Keith Walsh

Keith Walsh is an adjunct professor of Drawing in the Design Foundation. Since joining Woodbury University in 1999, he has also taught courses in the History of Furniture and the History of Contemporary Art. His background as a practicing artist includes drawing, sculpture, performance, and installations. His current sculptures merge design elements from furniture, car design, and architecture. Keith has exhibited in one-person and group shows including the Chicago Project Room, Occidental College, LA Municipal Gallery (Los Angeles), Bliss (Pasadena), CalArts (Valencia), 1R Gallery, The Stray Show (Chicago), Mobius, Boston Center for the Arts (Boston), and White Columns (NYC). His ongoing music project, the Keith Walsh Experience, has performed at many clubs in Los Angeles. He has previously taught at Endicott College (MA), University of Hartford (CT), the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), and the Northern Westchester Center for the Arts (NY). He has also worked as a freelance illustrator for private clients, model maker for Offenhauser Mekeel Architects, West Hollywood, CA, Ambrose Associates Architects, Hartford, CT, and exhibition designer for Dyansen Corporation, Boston, and Tufts University, MA. Keith holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Experimental Studio from the University of Hartford (CT), and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art and Art History from Tufts University.

Michelle Wiener

Michelle Wiener is an adjunct instructor in the Design Foundation program, where she teaches beginning drawing. Michelle is a visual artist who works mainly with paint and graphite. Her work focuses on topics of Feminist theory and popular culture. Michelle received her BA in Creative Studies with an emphasis in Painting from the College of Creative Studies within the University of California, Santa Barbara. After attaining her MFA at Otis College of Art and Design, Michelle became the artist in residence for two months at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. Her work has been exhibited at Samuel Freeman and Lora Schlesinger in Santa Monica, Forest Lawn Museum in Glendale, Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, and Davidson Galleries in Seattle, Washington.

Karolyn Kiisel

Fashion Design Faculty

Phone:

(818) 394-3351

Email:

karolyn.kiisel@woodbury.edu

Karolyn Kiisel has been teaching college level fashion design and construction for over 20 years.  Her fashion designs have been sold internationally and her costume work seen widely on stage and screen.  Her first book, "Draping, Creating Womenswear in Three Dimensions" will be published in 2013 by Laurence King Publishing, London.

Patrick Nickell

Associate Professor, Design Foundation

Phone:

(818) 394-3352

Email:

patrick.nickell@woodbury.edu

Patrick Nickell is Associate Professor in the Design Foundation Department. He received a BA in Art from Linfield College in 1983 and his MFA in Sculpture from Claremont Graduate University 1985. Patrick’s exhibition record includes numerous solo and group exhibitions and his bibliography contains reviews and articles in local, national and international publications. In 2003, a traveling mid career survey titled ‘Patrick Nickell, Built For Speed, A Sculpture Survey” was organized by Julie Joyce for the Luckman Fine Arts Gallery at California State University Los Angeles. This exhibition traveled to the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Utah State University, Utah, and The University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Art and Art History Art Gallery, San Antonio, Texas. Patrick’s work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in addition to others. He is represented by the Rosamund Felsen Gallery in Santa Monica, California.

Patrick taught at Otis College of Art and Design for 14 years and had been adjunct    since 2004 at Woodbury prior to his full time appointment in 2012.

Jared Gold

Senior Collection Mentor / Runway Event Coordinator

Phone:

818.394.3348.

Email:

jared.gold@woodbury.edu

Jared has been designing and selling his fashion since high school, and has shipped his collections around the world.  While still in design school, Jared’s collections were on the racks at Fred Segal, Barneys and Brown’s London. He has been featured on the BBC’s Absolutely Fabulous, America and Germany’s Next Top Model, and his garments have appeared in Italian Vogue, Vogue Nippon, “V” magazine, and “W”. Jared has produced his own runway shows in the tents at Bryant Park as well as multiple Los Angeles venues. 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goldjared
Linked in: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jared-gold/14/591/a95
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/lincresta?feature=watch
Tumblr: http://jaredgoldfashion.tumblr.com/
 

Renata Marchand

Junior Collection Mentor

Renata studied directing and set design at UCLA before receiving her BA in Fashion design from Otis in Los Angeles. She immediately began working exclusively for Hurley as a design engineer after being awarded best female designer by Hurley / Nike. Renata is currently developing a newborn clothing line, and continues to be involved in fine art mediums, showing her paintings and sculptures throughout Southern California. 

Website: http://renatamarchand.carbonmade.com/
Tumblr: http://maisonmarchand.tumblr.com/
Youtube: http://renatamarchand.carbonmade.com/projects/4333898
Linked in: http://www.linkedin.com/in/renatamarchand
 

Eddie Bledsoe

Costume Department Coordinator

MFA (Theatrical Design) USC; BS (Fashion Design) Woodbury Univ., BA (Design) UCLA. Menswear designer, Costume and Scenic designer for theatre and film. He was named by Variety as one of ten “Leaders in Learning” in 2010. As a recognized fashion historian he has recently been featured on The Biography Channel series “Fashion Icons,” Paramount Studio’s re-release of “Sabrina.” He has contributed to articles in WWD Scoop “What’s the Big Idea,” New York Times Magazine “The Plus-Sized Mystery in Women’s Fashions, C Magazine “Balenciaga,” and L.A. Times Magazine “What We Wore.” Eddie has been recognized twice by the Kennedy Center for his design achievement in American College Theatre: 2010 and 2012. Previous costume design awards include: New York Film Festival, “Rocket's Red Glare;”Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, “No Easy Way;” The Vienna Festival,“Quotations From a Ruined City.” Published work includes “Art +Performance, the Life of Reza Abdoh.” Eddie’s costume designs are archived in the Reza Abdoh Collection, Billy Rose Collection, New York Public Library.

Eddie is the creator of the iconic DaVinci shirt that has come to be identified with many characters such as Kramer on “Seinfeld,” and Charlie on 2 ½ Men in television and film.

IMDB:  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088135/

Gerard Dislaire

A graduate of the Studio Berçot in Paris, France. Gerard Dislaire has been part of the fashion industry for 29 years, in Paris, Brussels,New York and Los Angeles. In France, he worked for Chantal Thomass for 13 years, where he designed apparel,accessories and lingerie. There, he created exclusive fabrics and prints with all major European mills, as well as styling and staging fashion shows in Paris and Tokyo during the heydays of the supermodels era. In Brussels and New York, he was responsible for the creation and marketing of denim fabrics through innovative weaving and dyeing techniques. Gerard developed washes at denim laundries in Italy and the US, and worked alongside design teams at major denim brands in Europe and the United States, being part of their trend research, vintage shopping inspiration and creative process in general.
 

For the following 10 years, Gerard worked at Juicy Couture in Los Angeles, most recently as Vice President of Design Operations. There, he successively designed the men’s line, directed the fabric sourcing team, and led the creative teams responsible for the prints and graphics. He was also responsible for coordinating the design teams, establishing internal processes, facilitating the work flow and protecting the brand integrity.
 

After leaving Juicy, he has been curating vintage clothing for events such as A Current Affair in Los Angeles and The Manhattan Vintage Show in New York, going back to his roots of working with high-fashion designers. Finally more recently, he developed a course in fashion design for the Idyllwild Arts Academy, and has just completed the first summer session.