Eric Fielding is the professor of scenic design and resident set designer for the department of theatre and media arts at Brigham Young University. A 30-year member of the United Scenic Artists 829 professional designers’ union, his freelance design credits include productions for Utah Opera, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Tuacahn, Pioneer Theatre Company, Salt Lake Repertory Theatre, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center Theatre Company, Sundance Theatre, and Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. He is a trustee of the National Theatre Conference; a fellow and former vice-president of USITT, the American association of design, production, and technology professionals in the performing arts and entertainment industry; and former commissioner of publications and communications for OISTAT, the international organizations of scenographers, technicians, and architects of theatre. He was editor and design director for Theatre Design & Technology journal from 1988-95. He served as designer for the American exhibit at the 1991 Prague Quadrennial, the major international exhibition of theatrical scenic and costume design, winning a gold medal for “Mozart in America” that featured opera designs from throughout the country. He recently served as the creator and director of World Stage Design, a new international theatre design exhibition mounted in Toronto during March 2005 and scheduled for Seoul, Korea, in 2009.