Our beloved administrator, Caitlin, is about to leave us. This is sad news for us all as Caitlin has had a profound effect on the way the guild has performed over the two years she has been with us. Her wonderful personality, diligent attention to detail, great communication skills and work with Dan Willis and Peter Sheehan APDG […]
Australian designers and design professionals continue to shine in the screen world, notably Fiona Crombie who earlier this year received a BAFTA award and an Oscar nomination for her work on The Favourite. Fiona joins a long list of Australian production designers, costume designers and make-up designers who in recent years have picked up prestigious […]
EXTRACT FROM DESIGNER ANNA CORDINGLEY’S PUBLIC PROGRAMS LECTURE FOR QAGOMA’S INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION: ‘OF WOMEN’ CONVERSATION 6.00pm Tuesday 25 September │Gallery 9, QAG Throughout history, artists and designers have used clothing, props and ornament to shape representations of women. In this two-part event, award-winning set and costume designer Anna Cordingley talked to Geraldine Kirrihi Barlow, Curatorial […]
APDG Live Performance committee member, designer, director and installation artist, Anna Tregloan, has for the last six years managed the Australian contribution to Prague Quadrennial – the prestigious 4-yearly international celebration of scenography. Here Anna reviews the 2015 Quadrennial, looks ahead to work well underway for PQ later this year 6 -16 June 2019, and […]
Live Performance Survey Live Performance Members will remember that late in 2017 we sent out a survey seeking feedback from designers on how they see their working relationship to the companies that employ us. It has taken some time to distil the results, but we would like to take this opportunity to share them with […]
Congratulations to Production Designer Fiona Crombie for her outstanding work and winning the Best Production Design BAFTA! All members of the guild are very proud of Fiona’s achievement and wish her luck for the Oscars.