10/20/2025
Feirstein will be hosting two events for International Production Design Week which is held annually by the Production Designers Collective (PDC). The PDC is a group of over 1500 colleagues dedicated to mutual support through sharing knowledge, encouragement and experience.
The Collective organizes a variety of international events, from online sessions to in-person workshops, meetups and panels, often in collaboration with design organizations and film festivals around the world. Production design week is running this year from Oct. 17th until Oct. 26th.
Oct. 20th: “A Glimpse Into the Art Department” from 6pm to 9pm in the Screening Room. The panel will introduce interested newcomers to the core roles and responsibilities of the art department as well as the personal journeys it took to become established in the local industry.
Panelists include Production Designer Joshua Petersen, Art Director Kevin Cabello, Set Decorator Colleen Rushton, and Prop Master Christine Morris and Moderated by Cheyenne Ford.
The panel will be recorded and uploaded online in the week following the event. There will be no live stream.
Oct. 21st: Budgeting 101 Workshop from 6pm to 9pm in Lecture Hall 2 (Room 510). The workshop will be an overview of creating budgets using a Google Sheets template. The event will be ledy by Sam Froeschle and cover basic terminology and budgeting concepts. The goal of the workshop is to guide you through the questions to ask yourself when budgeting for a $3M feature with a small constructed set.
