Cybele Moon is an artist with a focus on costume design, textile arts, and installations.
Her costume designs for theater and dance have included the world premieres of new plays, futuristic fantastical settings, and scripts from the traditional cannon. She enjoys creating sculptural assemblages for other worldly characters as well as attending to the details in period costume silhouettes. Her work has been seen onstage across the US with theater and dance companies, and as a guest designer for numerous colleges and universities.
As a textile artist Cybele has explored surface design through dyeing, painting and stitching techniques. She has exhibited her wearable art through exhibits and art markets in Chicago, Philadelphia and Detroit, among other locations.
Her work as a costume crafts artisan has led to collaborations with Broadway designers, and her textile dyeing, painting and distressing have been seen onstage in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia.
As an installation artist for site specific locations, Cybele navigates the concept of storytelling through multiple mediums, which have included textiles, collage, lighting, photography and object based altars. Many installations include a community based approach.
As an educator Cybele currently holds the position of Costume Coordinator for the Swarthmore College Dance Department where she mentors student choreographers in costume design while overseeing costumes for multiple productions each year.
Previous academic positions include three years as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Wesleyan University, two years as an Assistant Professor at East Carolina University, and adjunct positions with the (former) University of the Arts, Temple University and Austin Community College. She has given guest lectures on costume design, theater collaboration and design for dance at colleges and universities in Pennsylvania, California, Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina, and Illinois.
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