Jones, the resident scenic artist at NCSA, teaches scene painting and design. Jones has been on the School of Design and Production faculty since 1996; he was also on the faculty during the 1980s. 

World Stage Design 2005 – the first in history – is an international exhibition of set, costume, lighting and sound design that will be held March 12-19 at the Royal York Hotel’s Canadian Hall in Toronto. The exhibition is being sponsored by the U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT), the Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology (CITT), and the International Organization of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians (OISTAT). 

World Stage Design 2005 is being held in conjunction with USITT’s Annual Conference & Stage Expo, March 16-19 in Toronto. At the USITT conference, Jones will teach a professional development workshop in large-scale perspective drawing and will participate in a panel discussion on “Teaching the Scenic Artist.”  

USITT is the association of design, production, and technology professionals in the performing arts and entertainment industry.  

Jones also designed scenery for the Triad Stage production of “A Moon for the Misbegotten,” which is playing now through March 27 in Greensboro. (Design and Production colleague Norman Coates designed the lighting.)  

Jones has designed for the Goodspeed Opera House, Starlight Theatre, American Heartland Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, State Ballet of Missouri, Merrimack Repertory, North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, Boston Conservatory of Music, Coterie Theatre, Missouri Repertory Theatre and the New Theatre. His awards include the Elliot Norton Outstanding Designer 2000 and the K.C. Drama Desk Award. Jones has painted for John Conklin, James Leonard-Joy, Santo Loquasto, Loy Arienas and Jose Varona. Jones is co-founder of Cobalt Studios in White Lake, N.Y. He is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829.  

An arts conservatory of international renown, the North Carolina School of the Arts was the first state-supported, residential school of its kind in the nation. Established by the N.C. General Assembly in 1963, NCSA became part of the University of North Carolina in 1972. More than 1,000 students from middle school through graduate school train for careers in the arts in five professional schools: Dance, Design and Production (including a Visual Arts Program), Drama, Filmmaking, and Music. For more information, visit the School’s website at www.ncarts.edu.  

The School of Design and Production offers a comprehensive program of instruction and practice in 12 different concentrations in theatrical design, production and management. More than 20 full-time faculty members teach 150 courses offered each year. Students design and execute the sets, properties, costumes, lighting, sound, and wigs and makeup, as well as manage all production aspects for more than 20 shows annually. The school awards the Bachelor of Fine Arts, the College Arts Diploma, and the Master of Fine Arts. The employment rate for Design and Production graduates approaches 100 percent.  

For more information or to schedule an interview, contact Marla Carpenter at 336-770-3337 or carpem@ncarts.edu in the public relations office at NCSA.

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