Faculty & Staff

Photo of Court Watson
Court Watson
(they/he)
Lecturer, Clothing and Culture
Theater

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Degrees & Accomplishments
MFA, Scenery and Costume Design, New York University
BFA, Scenic Design, Virginia Commonwealth University, minor Art History
Chair, USA Local 829 Eastern Region Costume Design Exam Committee
Faculty, NYU Undergrad Drama, Figure Drawing and Digital Rendering
Topics of Expertise
Set Design
Costume Design
Figure Drawing
History of Costume and Decor
Biography

Court Watson has designed scenery and costumes for over fifty productions of opera, musicals, dance, theater for young audiences, and themed entertainment have been seen on stages from Beijing to Nashville, Orlando to Cooperstown, and Munich to San Antonio. Highlights include Hannah Senesh (National Yiddish Theatre), Everlasting Faint (Madison Opera), The Sound of Music (Salzburger Landestheater), The Tales of Hoffmann (China’s National Center for Performing Arts), Sea Lion High and O Wondrous Night (SeaWorld Orlando). He has published two books of his artwork, WANDERLUST and GYMNASIUM. He has exhibited in numerous group shows at the SoHo Project Space and the Leslie-Lohman Gay and Lesbian Art Museum as well as five Fire Island Pines Art Biennials, Superfine! Art Fair, Art Gaysel Miami, Art Gaysel Provincetown, Barnwood, Side Tracks Gallery, Salzburg’s Dark Eagle, Atlantic Gallery, Brooklyn Queer Flea, and Dandyland.