SCAD celebrates Fashion’s Night Out in Atlanta and New York
September 8, 2010
SCAD continues its participation in Fashion’s Night Out (FNO) with events at Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue in Atlanta Friday, September 10, 6 – 9 p.m. SCAD and Atlanta celebrate the city’s selection as one of the FNO-sanctioned cities while, at the same time, partner with three major events in New York City at Dylan’s Candy Bar, Lord & Taylor and Debut New York retail gallery and boutique.
For the second year, Neiman Marcus has invited SCAD students to present their designs at the Lenox Square location. Select pieces from SCAD’s School of Fashion senior collection will be featured in the store and displayed in the window facing the luxury wing on the top floor.
Across Peachtree Street at Phipps Plaza, SCAD fashion and photography students will collaborate with Saks Fifth Avenue in showcasing the latest trends for the upcoming fall season. Guests have the opportunity to be styled by fashion students who will create individual looks with the store’s “must-have” items for fall. Photography students will capture the results, sending guests their exclusive, complimentary photo after the event. This event is free and open to the public.
Students from Atlanta will also participate in Fashion’s Night Out in New York. SCAD and Dylan’s Candy Bar have joined forces to present “Candy Couture,” a special exhibit in honor of Fashion’s Night Out, which opens Friday, Sept. 10, at Dylan’s Candy Bar flagship store on Third Avenue at the corner of 60th Street. Atlanta local Storm Dorris is one of six students from SCAD’s Schools of Fashion and Design who created dresses made with candy from Dylan’s Candy Bar. Inspired by Christian Dior, Dorris used crushed blueberry rock candy, jelly beans, gummy bears, sour belts and cotton candy to create his one-of-a kind gown. The SCAD designs will be displayed in Dylan’s front windows and throughout the store until Halloween.
Lord & Taylor will host five SCAD students, including SCAD Atlanta’s Sarah Butler and Ashley Alves, who will produce fashion illustrations at the retailer’s FNO event at 424 Fifth Ave. Customers will model for the students as they create sketches in the unique style of fashion illustrators. The complimentary drawings will be presented to the customers.
About Fashion’s Night Out
Fashion’s Night Out (FNO) is a global initiative created to celebrate fashion, restore consumer confidence, and boost the industry’s economy. In the United States, the program is a collaboration between American Vogue, the Council of Fashion Designers of America, NYC & Company, and the City of New York. On September 10, Fashion’s Night Out will return to New York City and launch in cities nationwide to put the fun back in shopping, with designer appearances, live windows, celebrity guests, and other special events.
Around the world, and led by fifteen international Vogue editions (Australia, Britain, China, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, and Turkey), each country will celebrate Fashion’s Night Out on one night between Sept 7 and Sept 16.
Fashion’s Night Out will be the subject of a one-hour special on CBS on September 14, 2010. For more information, click here.
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September 8, 2010
A Learning Event Focusing on Men’s Fashion and Domestic Violence
SCAD announces its collaboration with the AJC Decatur Book Festival
August 31, 2010
The readings will showcase the works of SCAD Atlanta students Kerry Burke, Tamara Joyner and Allie Jemison. SCAD also will be an exhibitor at the festival’s book market and street fair. SCAD admission representatives, writing professors, staff from SCAD’s Ivy Hall Writing Center and shopSCAD—a unique gallery store that exclusively features the artwork and designs of students, faculty, staff and alumni—will be on hand to provide information about SCAD and its academic programs.
SCAD Atlanta offers summer art and design workshops open to the community
June 24, 2010
From the SCAD message system
The Savannah College of Art and Design continues its Atlanta-area community education programming with an exciting series of summer workshops, June through August. Open to adults and teens ages 15 and up, the hands-on workshops provide access to SCAD’s outstanding facilities and instructors. Early registration is encouraged.
Registration for the summer workshop series is open to learners at all levels, and most do not require prior experience. The cost is $95-450, depending on art supplies, with all materials provided at the workshop. Class sizes are small, allowing workshop participants to benefit from the individual attention provided by the instructors.
Summer workshop highlights include jewelry making, digital photography and figure drawing. Workshops in Chinese brush painting and illustration also are offered. A complete list of workshops is noted below.
For more information, call (877) 722-3285 or (404) 253-2700. To register online, visit www.scad.edu/ce. Media may call (404) 253-2759 for interview and image requests.
Summer 2010 Workshops
Communication Arts:
Adobe Photoshop: Beyond the Basics
Mondays, beginning July 26, 7-10 p.m. (four classes)
Registration Fee: $225
Instructor: Don Hardy
Adobe InDesign in Demand
Tuesdays, beginning July 27, 7-10 p.m. (four classes)
Registration Fee: $225
Instructor: Indu Sharma
Design:
Linked: Silver Jewelry Chain-making
Saturday and Sunday, August 14-15,10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Registration Fee: $140
Instructor: Wendy Tonsits
Educator Professional Development:
3 Days of 3-D
July 22, 6–7 p.m.; July 23, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.; July 24, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.; July 25, 8 a.m.–1 p.m.
Registration Fee: $250 without housing; $450 with university-provided housing
Instructor: Susan Krause
Fine Art:
Chinese Brush Painting
Saturday and Sunday, July 17-18, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Registration Fee: $160
Instructor: Chang Chung-Fan
Basic Drawing Continued
Tuesdays, beginning July 27, 7-10 p.m. (four classes)
Registration Fee: $160
Instructor: David Campbell
Illustration: Materials and Techniques
Wednesdays, beginning July 28, 6:30-9:30 p.m. (four classes)
Registration Fee: $160.00
Instructor: Heather Lund
Figure Drawing (Teens)
Saturdays, beginning July 31, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. (four classes)
Registration Fee: $180
Instructor: Ben Smith
Digital Photography for the Digitally Savvy
Saturdays, beginning July 31, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. (four classes)
Registration Fee: $180
Instructor: Holly White
Digital Documentary Photography
Saturdays, beginning July 31, 2:30-5:30 p.m. (four classes)
Registration Fee: $180
Instructor: Holly White
Exploring the Figure with Pencil and Brush
Saturday, August 7,10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Registration Fee: $160
Instructor: Chang Chung-Fan
SCAD Atlanta launches clothing drive to serve Atlanta’s homeless
May 25, 2010
This year’s annual clothing drive focuses on serving the homeless of Atlanta. In conjunction with hosting “My Concrete Mattress,” the May 16 screening of the documentary on homelessness in Atlanta, the residence life and housing department is launching a drive to collect your clean, gently-used clothing items to benefit Safe House Outreach in downtown Atlanta. All donations will benefit those who need clothing the most. Collection bins are located in the Spring House and ACA House lobbies as well as in the Student Success Center, which is located on the first floor of SCAD Atlanta’s main academic building. Items will be accepted until Saturday, May 29. For more information, e-mail Jessica Merriman at jmerrima@scad.edu.
SCAD Style recommendation of the day
May 6, 2010
Thursday, May 6
It’s the last day of SCAD Style. Do you want to catch one last event but not sure which one? No worries, Yhe Connector has you covered. Our final Style Connect recommendation is the “You, The Brand: Growing a Household Name” lecture with Thom Filicia at 7 p.m., SCAD Digital Media Center Theater, 1611 W. Peachtree St.
Thom Filicia is the founder of Thom Filicia Inc. He is known for his roles on “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” and Style Network’s “Dress My Nest.”
For a complete schedule of events at SCAD Atlanta, visit www.scadstyle.com.
SCAD Style recommendation of the day
May 5, 2010
Wednesday, May 5
Not sure which SCAD Style event to attend today? No worries, The Connector has you covered. Today’s Style Connect recommendation is the “Sustainability: From Idea to Action” panel at 3:30 p.m., Welcome Center, 1600 Peachtree St.
Panelists include:
- Matthew Mascotte, moderator and SCAD exhibitions coordinator. He is the former director of New York’s Elizabeth Dee gallery.
- Caleb Mulvena, architect and principal of Mapos architectural design firm, which collaborated with Peter Marino on the Louis Vuitton flagship store in Paris.
- Chris Parachini, a green builder and leader of the sustainable architecture movement.
For a complete schedule of events at SCAD Atlanta, visit www.scadstyle.com.
SCAD Style recommendation of the day
May 4, 2010
Tuesday, May 4
Not sure which SCAD Style event to attend today? No worries, the Connector has you covered. Today’s Style Connect recommendation is the “Let’s Take This Outside: Outdoor Living in the 21st Century” lecture with SCAD President Paula Wallace. 7 p.m., SCAD Atlanta, Gallery See, 1600 Peachtree St.
President Wallace speaks about her book, “Perfect Porches: Designing Welcoming Spaces for Outdoor Living,” a gorgeously photographed coast-to-coast tour of quintessential American porches, and the process of conceptualizing, writing and securing a publishing deal for a design book.
For a complete schedule of events at SCAD Atlanta, visit www.scadstyle.com.
SCAD Style recommendation of the day
May 3, 2010
Monday, May 3
Today kicks off week two of SCAD Style. Not sure which event to attend today? No worries, the Connector has you covered. Today’s Style Connect recommendation is the “Shaping and Expanding Your Brand” lecture with Laurie Ann Goldman.
5:30 p.m., SCAD Atlanta, Gallery See, 1600 Peachtree St.
Laurie Ann Goldman is CEO of the Atlanta-based multi-million-dollar hosiery and body-shaping company SPANX.
For a complete schedule of events at SCAD Atlanta, visit www.scadstyle.com.
Connector/SCAN seeking Web director and features editor
April 30, 2010
SCAD Atlanta’s award-winning Connector student news source and quarterly SCAN Magazine are seeking to fill the following paid staff positions by the end of spring quarter:
To apply, download the job description/application instructions for the desired position above, fill out an application here, and submit along with a cover letter, resume, design/writing samples and two references by Wednesday, May 12, to twillia@scad.edu. Applications must be submitted by e-mail, preferably in .PDF format. For more information, e-mail twillia@scad.edu.
Additionally, The Connector and SCAN are always seeking SCAD students to contribute as reporters, writers, columnists, photographers, designers, illustrators or cartoonists. For more information about how to get involved as a contributor, e-mail editor@scadconnector.com.
All interested students are welcome to attend The Connector’s weekly staff meetings, held Fridays at 11 a.m. at The Connector newsroom inside the Spring House computer lab.
