Howard Jones Collection of Scenic Designs
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of materials created and collected by Howard Jones, a long-time scenic design and scene painting faculty member in the School of Design and Production at North Carolina School of the Arts. Jones' scenic designs created for NCSA make up the bulk of the collection, including hand-drawn and digital drafts, finished designs, and painter's elevations. Works created for the Summer Scenes performing art series in Manteo, NC are also included, along with some student work and photographs of his designs and the Design and Production Studio. All productions were held at NCSA unless otherwise noted. Some photographs and designs are not labeled and may have been created by Jones or one of his students.
Dates
- May 1985 - circa 2011
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the creators of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Archives collections may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information which is protected under federal or state privacy laws, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in the collections without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina School of the Arts assume no responsibility.
Biographical Note
Howard C. Jones received a Bachelor of Art and Communication from William Jewell College and pursued graduate studies at Mankato State College (now Minnesota State University, Mankato) before coming to work at the North Carolina School of the Arts. From 1982-1988 Jones served as Resident Scenic Artist and taught courses in scene painting, rendering, drafting, and scene design. Jones left the school in 1988 to co-found Cobalt Studios in White Lake, New York. The studio provides both commissioned work and training programs for scenic artists.
Jones returned to NCSA in 1996, serving as Director of Scenic Art and Scene Painting and as an Associate Professor in the School of Design and Production. In 2001 and 2018, Jones received the University of North Carolina Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence. From 2011-2016 he also served as Assistant Dean of Academics for the School of Design and Production. Jones retired from teaching in 2018.
Extent
8 Linear Feet (2 document boxes, 4 drop-front boxes, 7 compact discs, and 4 loose designs. )
87 Photographic Prints
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Howard Jones was the Director of Scenic Design and Scene Painting at North Carolina School of the Arts for over twenty years and created designs for a wide range of school and independent productions in addition to teaching courses in the School of Design and Production. Jones' scenic designs created for NCSA make up the bulk of this collection, including hand-drawn and digital drafts, finished designs, and painter's elevations. Works created for the Summer Scenes performing art series in Manteo, NC are also included, along with some student work and photographs of his designs and the Design and Production Studio.
Arrangement
The collection has been arranged in chronological order with undated materials held last.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials found in collection; there is no documentation concerning the provenance of these materials.
Separated Materials
One poster and one program from Oklahoma! were removed to the Poster Collection (RG-33) and the Program Collection (RG-45).
Processing Information
Decisions regarding arrangement, description, and physical interventions for this collection prior to 2021 are unknown. In 2021 the collection was arranged in chronological order. Creator's file names were used where available; archivist supplied descriptive folder titles where the creator did not include one. Materials were placed in acid-free folders and boxes. Some materials were removed from binding for space and preservation.
- Drawing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Education, Higher Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manteo (N.C.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Painting Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Performing arts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Set design drawings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Student activities Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Universities and colleges -- Faculty Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- University of North Carolina School of the Arts
- University of North Carolina School of the Arts. School of Dance
- University of North Carolina School of the Arts. School of Design and Production, Visual Arts
- University of North Carolina School of the Arts. School of Drama
- Title
- Guide to the Howard Jones Collection of Scenic Designs
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Laura Silva
- Date
- September 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the UNC School of the Arts Archives Repository
