Ms. Heather Hogg

Assistant Director of Costume

Modlin Center for the Arts
Office: (804) 287-6507

Heather Hogg, has been a designer and artist in the Richmond area for 18 years. Most recently, she designed for University of Richmond’s Theatre and Dance Dept. 2008 concert (Leap) and was the resident designer for Hanover Tavern’s 2007 season, designing Smoke On the Mountain, The Odd Couple, Deathtrap, and Swingtime Canteen.  Through a grant from Partners in the Arts she designed and implemented an original production called James River Anthology, in which masks were co-created with characters from the imagination of the minds of the students of Seven Hills School.  She was also commissioned by Collegiate School to write Amelia’s War, a play based on the novel by Ann Rinaldi.  She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Costume Design in 1991 and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Theater Pedagogy in May of 2006 both from Virginia Commonwealth University.  Heather is Assistant Director of Costume at the University of Richmond’s Department of Theater and Dance.  

Teaching:
Fundamentals of Stage Makeup
Theatre Appreciation
Introduction to Costume

Education:
M.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University
B.F.A., University of Richmond

Academic and Professional Activities:

Design Experience:

• 2008  Costume Designer for University of Richmond’s dance concert, Leap, designing for James Frazier and Susan Shields
• 2007 Resident Costume Designer for Theater IV’s Hanover Tavern for Smoke on the Mountain, The Odd Couple, Deathtrap, and Swingtime Canteen
• 2007 Costume Designer for University of Richmond’s dance concert, Seeking Flight, designing for Myra Daleng
• 2006 Costume Designer for Theater IV, Mousetrap
• 2006 Costume Designer for Theatre VCU, The Three Sisters
• 2005 Costume Designer for The Firehouse Theatre Project, The Goat
• 2005 Costume Designer for Science Museum of Virginia, Anna and Tony
• 1996-2006 Clothing Designer and Couturier for local boutique, Creations
• 2004 Costume Designer for The Firehouse Theatre Project, Firehouse Cabaret
• 2003 Designer and fabricator of the mascot called Einstein, the Cardinal for READ ALOUD VIRGINIA
• 1994-1998 Couturier and personal shopper for Richmond Metro Area Clients
• 1992  Costume Designer for SPARC, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, featuring Jason Mraz
• 1991 Costume Designer for The Production Company, How the Other Half Loves
• 1991 Costume Designer for Shadowcast Theater Works, Sex Drugs and Rock and Roll
• 1991 Co-Costume Designer for Theatre VCU, Ripped: A Rock Mythical
• 1989 Costume Designer for Oak Grove Theater in Verona, VA, Foxfire

Production Experience:

• 2006-present University of Richmond, Assistant Director of Costume
• 2005-2006 University of Richmond, Costume Shop Supervisor
• Oct. 2004 Dickinson College-Visiting Costume Shop Assistant
• 2000-2003 Strawberry Street Festival Art Market Chair
• 1993-2002  Theatre Virginia-contracted for work on various theater events, including patternmaking, stitching, and costume crafts
• 1990-2002  The Costume Shop-contracted for specialty items including masks and props for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Paramount King’s Dominion, and local theater companies
• 1994-1996 The Richmond Ballet-Costume maker for The Moor’s Pavanne, Giselle and The Nutcracker
• 1995  United Image Entertainment-Costume maker for film, Spirit Lost
• 1995 Valentine Riverside-contracted to construct garments for re-enactors at museum site
• 1992  Hallmark Hall of Fame-Costume Assistant on the set of Miss Rose White
• 1991 The Valentine Museum-Internship in the Costume Textile Department under curator Colleen Callahan
• 1990 The Lost Colony-Seamstress and Wig Maker for designer William Ivey Long 

Awards:

Partners In the Arts grant for the James River Anthology Project, Fall 2003-designed, implemented, and instructed a student-created production in Spring 2005 for Seven Hills School

Roos Scholarship, 2004

Collegiate School Playwright Commission in 2005 to write Amelia’s War, an adaptation of a novel written by Ann Rinaldi

Excellence in Graduate Theatre Award for Academic and Creative Excellence, May 2006, from Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts