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Art DepartMENTAL… because ART DIRECTION MATTERS
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Art DepartMENTAL exists to prove art direction matters. We are a website about art direction dedicated to educating and inspiring film and television fans and professionals; the green and the jaded alike.
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ROSE LAGACE
Creator | Writer | Editor-in-Chief
Rose is an art department professional for film & television living and working in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She has designed or art directed 35+ independent film and television projects, before that, working in community theatre in lighting and production design.
Having successfully climbed the art department independent film ladder by 2010, Rose took a leap of faith and joined the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) within the art department. To her great surprise, union life has treated her well and she has been working as an Art Department Coordinator on a popular American television series for the last two years. In between seasons of the television show she continues to take on independent film production design and art direction contracts.
She continues to educate herself, inspiring others along the way as she advances her theoretical knowledge, technical skills and practical applications in the field she adores.
Contact: artdepartmental [at] gmail.com | Twitter: @artdepartmental
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CONTRIBUTOR
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ALISON HICKEY
Contributing Writer | Researcher
Alison is in her final year in the Media Arts program at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, Canada specializing her skills in the art of Production Design. She has always been interested in Film, Theatre and Graphic Design so the art department was a natural fit given her unique combination of interests. Each project she works on cements the fact that the art department is where she is meant to be. Alison has most recently joined the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) as an Art Department Trainee as she continues her journey to a successful career in the art department.
Contact: artdept.alison [at] gmail.com | Twitter: @artdeptalison
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PRESS
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MENTORLESS
WEBSITE OF THE DAY: ART DEPARTMENTAL
“This week I had the chance to discover Art DepartMENTAL and I just dived into it for hours. It’s an incredibly rich website that should interest anyone receptive to visual inspiration and solid content… Art DepartMENTAL is the first website that I really enjoyed with such a specific angle.”
LINK: http://www.mentorless.com/2011/06/29/website-of-the-day-art-departmental/
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CONFESSIONS OF A HOLLYWOOD JUICER
ANOTHER WEDNESDAY PHOTO
” ‘Art DepartMENTAL’ – an absolutely wonderful name for a blog detailing what actually goes on deep in the bowels of the Art Department… Art Department takes care of the sets. Headed by a Production Designer, the Art Department designs, builds, paints the sets on stage or on location, among other things. A couple of people make the decisions, while an army of carpenters, painters, and floor people (carpets, phony hardwood, linoleum, and tile veneer) do the work. Other than a stand-by painter on hand for any last-minute painting or aging of the set, the Art Department is usually gone by the time the actors, director, and the rest of the first unit crew arrive to shoot the scenes. Art DepartMENTAL takes you into that world.”
LINK: http://hollywoodjuicer.blogspot.com/2009/10/another-wednesday-photo.html
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THE BLACK & BLUE
100 MORE GREAT RESOURCES FOR CINEMATOGRAPHERS, CAMERA ASSISTANTS, AND FILM PROFESSIONALS
“8. Art DepartMENTAL …because art direction matters,” is the tagline of Art Departmental and the greatest reason you should start reading this site. It’s chock full of interviews, case studies (called “production design porn”), and generic industry advice. But you don’t need me to tell you that — once you go visit and see the pretty pictures yourself, you’ll get sucked in.”
LINK: http://www.theblackandblue.com/2011/11/21/100-more-resources/
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