Costume designer and international educator Annie O. Cleveland will address the evolving relationship
between technology and our everyday lives in a Tech Trends series talk and a day-long workshop.
In her talk, "Armor or Adornment: Hi-Tech Clothing as a Visual Expression of Self and a Catalyst for
Social Interaction," at 12:15 p.m. Thursday in 201 Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Cleveland will
look at some of the ways clothing communicates and demonstrate how advancements in clothing
manufacturing have given us new tools to enrich our self-expression and facilitate social interaction.
The theater workshop, "Computer Aided Design for Theatrical Designers and Technologists,"
Friday, 9 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m. in 1026 Fine Arts Center, is for anyone interested in getting
hands-on experience with design and technology.
A faculty member at California State University-Northridge, Cleveland is on the cutting edge of costume
design utilizing modern technology. She balances teaching with a very active freelance profile that has
taken her around the world.
