Renate Pohl, BFA (Memorial University), MFA (University of Alberta), SSP12 (International Space University)
Associate Professor (Technical Theatre Production) - School of Fine Arts, Theatre Program
Email:
rpohl@grenfell.mun.ca
Phone: 709-639-6493
Research interests/expertise
- Theatre Design (Set, Costumes, Lighting, Projections)
- Staged Holograms and Pepper’s Ghost
- Art and Space in STEAM Education
- Interdisciplinary Art/Space Science Creation
Teaching
All Technical Theatre Production courses are team-taught. My teaching areas include production design, lighting, drafting, wardrobe, props, scenic painting, and colour theory.
Creative Works and Conference Publications
- Set & Lighting Design, Macbeth, Theatre at Grenfell at Arts & Culture Centre Corner Brook, 2020
- Lighting Design, Mr. Burns, Hard Ticket Theatre, 2019
- Set & Costume Design, Twelfth Night, Theatre at Grenfell, 2019
- Lighting Design, Turkeys, Turkeys & More Turkeys, Theatre at Grenfell, 2018
- Lighting Design, The Wolves, Theatre at Grenfell, 2018
- Lighting Design, Ring Round the Moon, Theatre at Grenfell, 2018
- Lighting Design, The Laramie Project, Theatre at Grenfell at Arts & Culture Centre Corner Brook, 2018
- Costume Design, Hamlet, Theatre at Grenfell, 2017
- Set & Lighting Design, Dedication, RCA Theatre Co. and Arts & Culture Centres NL, 2017
- Lighting Design, The Sea, Theatre at Grenfell, 2017
- Set, Light & Projection Design, Good Night Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), Theatre at Grenfell, 201
- Lighting Design, Agamemnon & Antigonick, Theatre at Grenfell, 2017
- AA Magic Sheet, AA LX, AutoCAD prints based on lighting design of Agamemnon & Antigonick. Flown to the edge of space via UpRoute Space Program on Canadian Space Agency and JP Aerospace Missions. Exhibited at: 2017-2018 RumbleSat Art from the Edge of Space. Canadian and International Tour.
- Reflection/Transmission, Interactive Lighting and Set Installation. Exhibited at: 2017 Nuit 150+ Festival, Corner Brook
- Pohl, R. “Holography Scenography: Budget Tech Theatre for Space.” 67th International Astronautical Congress, E5. 27th IAA Symposium on Space and Society, 3. Contemporary Arts Practice and Outer Space: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach, September 26-30 2016. Guadalajara, Mexico. International Astronautical Federation, 2016.
- Pohl, R. “Technical Theatre, Space Transformation and Psychological Management.” 15th Annual Canadian Space Society Summit, Art and Culture Session, November 13-15 2016. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Canadian Space Society Summit, 2016.
- Current research projects and grants (within past 5 years) - optional
- My current applied research projects include the exploration of dynamic lighting and staged holograms (real and the Pepper’s Ghost technique) to staged environments and space exploration mission environments.
Current research projects and grants
- My current applied research projects include the exploration of dynamic lighting and staged holograms (real and the Pepper’s Ghost technique) to staged environments and space exploration mission environments.
- Lighting Analogue Mission Project (LAMP) – Exploring the effects of dynamic lighting as a countermeasure to stress on long-term space missions within isolated, confined and extreme environments.
- Dynamic Staged Mirrors - A relational exploration of performance text and movement to space and time via dynamic mirrors of relative transparency. Co-Investigator: Lois Brown
Grants
- 2019-2020 NSERC PromoScience Program Fund for “Open Space: Engaging Teens in Western Newfoundland in Physics and Astronomy”. PI: Dr. Svetlana Barkanova. Active as Co-Investigator and artistic creative interdisciplinary team member
- 2018 Scholarship in the Arts Fund for Dynamic Staged Mirrors
- 2016 Vice President (Grenfell Campus) Research Award for Dedication historical props and set research.
Awards and recognitions
- 2019 Co-Recipient, Vice President (Grenfell Campus) Engagement Award
- 2016 Teaching and Learning Fund Grant (Grenfell Campus) for Portable Environment Network Control in Lighting Learning (PENCIL)
- 2013 Canada Council for the Arts Grant to attend 4th International Space Arts Workshop
Memberships and affiliations
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local ADC 659 (formerly Associated Designers of Canada)
- Canadian Actors’ Equity Association (CAEA)