Biography

La Beene is an Associate Professor of Costume Design and Technology at Utah Valley University, serving as Department Chair. She has her MFA in Costume Design and Technology from Brigham Young University and has taught at the University of Utah, Brigham Young University, and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
She is a member of the Costume Society of America and USITT, serving as the Costume Design & Technology Commission Commissioner. In addition to teaching she is an active costume designer and makeup artist throughout the Greater Salt Lake City area and the U.S., designing for Sundance, Utah Opera, Salt Lake Acting Company, Plan B Theatre Co., Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, and Oregon Cabaret Theatre.

Education

MFA, Brigham Young University, 2004

Major: Costume Design & Technology

Teaching

THEA 3541

Costume Design I, Spring 2024

THEA 3545

Costume Design I Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 3545

Costume Design I Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 3545

Costume Design I Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 3545

Costume Design I Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 3545

Costume Design I Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 3545

Costume Design I Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 3545

Costume Design I Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 3545

Costume Design I Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 2514

Introduction to Design for Stage and Screen Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 2514

Introduction to Design for Stage and Screen Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 2514

Introduction to Design for Stage and Screen Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 2514

Introduction to Design for Stage and Screen Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 2514

Introduction to Design for Stage and Screen Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 2514

Introduction to Design for Stage and Screen Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 457R

Practical Design, Spring 2024

THEA 457R

Practical Design, Spring 2024

THEA 457R

Practical Design, Spring 2024

THEA 159R

Production Practicum for Stage and Screen, Spring 2024

THEA 159R

Production Practicum for Stage and Screen, Spring 2024

THEA 159R

Production Practicum for Stage and Screen, Spring 2024

THEA 4993

Senior Project in Performance, Spring 2024

THEA 4994

Senior Project in Theatre, Spring 2024

THEA 1514

Stagecraft I Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 1514

Stagecraft I Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 1514

Stagecraft I Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 1514

Stagecraft I Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 1514

Stagecraft I Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 1514

Stagecraft I Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 1514

Stagecraft I Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 1514

Stagecraft I Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 1514

Stagecraft I Lab, Spring 2024

THEA 1514

Stagecraft I Lab, Spring 2024

Presentations

Beene, La (Co-Presenter), USITT Annual Conference, "Throw the Book at 'Em", United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Seattle, WA. (March 22, 2024)
Beene, La (Presenter Only), Roots of Knowledge Speaker Series, "Clothing Matters_ Sartorial Choices as a Window to Culture and Meaning", UVU, UVU. (January 20, 2022)
Beene, La (Presenter Only), Array, "Networking in the Arts", Career Development Center, UVU. ()

Scholarly/Creative Works

Beene, La , "Fashion Sketchbook, 8th Edition" . Fairchild Publishers.
Beene, La , "Title TBA_ Costume Design workbook" . TBA.
Beene, La , Brenner, Lisa S., (2018) "Digital Costume Design and Collaboration_ Applications in Academia, Theatre, and Film by Rafael Jaen" (Issue: 1, vol. 28). Theatre Topics/John Hopkins University Press.

Awards

Provost Award of Excellence

Utah Valley University - April, 2023

Foundations of Inclusion

Utah Valley University

Higher Education Associate Fellow

Utah Valley University - September, 2022

Finalist-Flexible Teaching Awards-Best Design Blended

Office of Teaching and Learning - March, 2022

Faculty Excellence

UVU, School of Arts

Teaching in Excellence; Adjunt

UVU; School of Arts