Upcoming Events at SCAD Atlanta

- Announcements -

The Office of Auxiliary Technologies is closed March 8 – 11
The Office of Auxiliary Technologies is closed March 8 – 11. Normal business hours will resume Friday, March 12. Please contact the
appropriate person/department listed for your service inquiry:

College Work Study: stemploy@scad.edu
SCAD Card issues: Deposits or meal plan questions: scadcard@scad.edu
SCAD ID card: Please see campus security for details.
MARTA Card purchases: Bursar’s Office – March passes

SCAD mailroom procedures for non-returning students
If you are not planning to return to SCAD after spring break, you must do the following:
1. Personally turn in your mailbox key to the SCAD mailroom. (Do not give your key to your RA.)
2. Empty your mailbox of all material.
3. Arrange for mail forwarding in the SCAD mailroom.
4. Complete a change of address form in the SCAD mailroom.

Student Media editor positions still open
SCAD Atlanta’s award-winning Connector student news source and SCAN Magazine are still accepting applications for the following paid
management positions: copy editor, news editor, features editor, and arts and entertainment editor. Job descriptions and application
instructions are available at http://www.scadconnector.com/join. Term of office for these stipended positions is March 22, 2010 – March 15, 2011.
Application deadline is extended until positions are filled. For more information, e-mail twillia@scad.edu or call (404) 253-3285.

In addition to the management positions listed above, The Connector and SCAN Magazine are always seeking SCAD students to contribute as writers,
columnists, photographers, designers, illustrators or cartoonists. For more information about how to get involved as a contributor, e-mail editor@scadconnector.com.

Spring break hours for Technology Support Center
Hours for the Technology Support Center for the week March 12-19 are:
Friday, March 12: 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday, March 13: closed
Sunday, March 14: closed
Monday, March 15-Friday, March 19: 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Regular hours resume Saturday, March 20, 1 p.m. Contact the Technology Support Center at 912.525.4567.

Call for papers: Designs on eLearning Conference
The sixth Designs on eLearning international conference in the use of technology for teaching and learning in art, design and communication will be hosted by SCAD Sept. 15-17. The conference seeks papers on the following themes: Social Media and Online Learning, the Studio and Online Education, Assessment and Evaluation, Student Engagement, Technology Innovation, and Collaboration and Community Building. Conference details, including registration information and online submission of papers can be found online.

Peer Tutor Connection booking appointments now
Access the Learning Resource Hive’s Peer Tutor Connection system through MySCAD. SCAD Savannah, Atlanta, and eLearning students can schedule appointments with peer tutors in many different subjects. Appointments are now available for the last weeks of the quarter. Get to the Peer Tutor Connection system by logging in to MySCAD and selecting the Student Workspace tab. Select “Toolkit,” then “Learning Resource Hive,” and finally, “Peer Tutor Connection.”

Fall quarter course evaluations
Course evaluations are now available. Log in to MySCAD and offer your feedback on your fall quarter classes. Evaluations are only available until the last day of the quarter.

“Hearts for Haiti” card campaign
Through March 12
There is still time to purchase specially designed greeting cards for $1 to benefit the orphans at Maison d’Enfants par la Foi, Carrefour, Haiti. The cards are available in the Student Success Center, shopSCAD and at special events in The Hub. Add a personal message and drop off your card in a drop box at any of the points of purchase.

- Upcoming Events -

Lecture: Audrey Chan, artist and writer
Tuesday, March 9, 6 p.m.
SCAD Atlanta Welcome Center
Chan’s recent projects include co-organizing “Exquisite Acts & Everyday Rebellions: 2007 CalArts Feminist Art Project,” a collective and inter-generational investigation of feminism in the context of contemporary art practice that included a symposium, exhibition, lecture, film, performance and writing series. She is also one half of the performance duo Chan and Mann, and was an artist-in-residence at the École Régionale des Beaux-arts de Nantes (Nantes School of Art) in France in 2009.

Simulcast: Louis Vuitton Fashion Show
Wednesday, March 10, 8:30-9:30 a.m.
SCAD Atlanta, The Hub
Louis Vuitton’s women’s Fall/Winter 2010-11 ready-to-wear runway show will be streamed live from Paris Fashion Week for current and future fans of Marc Jacobs’ creations. Following the event, video of the show will be available on demand exclusively on the company’s Facebook page and on iPhones at fashionshow.louisvuitton.com.

Last Day of Classes
Thursday, March 11

School of Film, Digital Media and Performing Arts Thursday Night at the Movies
Digital Media Center, screening room
Thursday, March 11, 8 p.m. – “Jurassic Park”

SCAD film alumnus holds casting call
Friday, March 12, 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Creative Studios of Atlanta, 500 Bishop St. NW
Saturday, March 13, 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
SCAD Digital Media Center, Room 305
Audition for Anshul Jain’s (M.F.A., film and television, 2007) new independent, feature comedy/road film, “The Space Jockey Pursuit,” to be filmed in July. Actors of all ethnic groups are encouraged to audition with a prepared monologue. Female leads who also sing should bring a prepared song. A valid SCAD or government-issued ID is necessary to gain access to the Digital Media Center building. Additional information is available online. E-mail anshul151@gmail.com or matthewtitshaw@gmail.com with questions.

Third Annual Artists’ Book Symposium: “Variant Hues: Art, Design and Teaching with Artists’ Books”
Friday, March 12
4:30 p.m. – Presentation by Vamp and Tramp Booksellers (Welcome Center)
5:30 p.m. – Reception (Trois Gallery)
6 p.m. – Student Artists’ Books Competition awards ceremony (ACA Library of SCAD)
Saturday, March 13:
5 p.m. – Lecture: “Connect the Dots” by Macy Chadwick (Welcome Center)
6 p.m. – Reception (ACA Library of SCAD)
Chadwick publishes artist’s books and limited-edition prints under the imprint In Cahoots Press in Oakland, California. She addresses themes of memory, personal communication and visual language systems, and is interested in the connection between people: interactions both verbal and non-verbal, shared experiences and the urge to communicate clearly.

SCAD sculpture students unveil work during Castleberry Art Stroll
Friday, March 12, 6 p.m.
Castleberry Point, 327 Nelson St.
Three SCAD sculpture students unveil a site-specific installation at Castleberry Point, coinciding with Castleberry Hill’s Art Stroll. The installation, part of a collaborative final project, will fill part of the retail space for three months. The unique and massive installation utilizes lighting, fans and sheets of very thin plastic that fills the space with watery, rippling forms.

Exhibition: “Rock, Paper, Scissors by Steven Sachs: A 30-year Retrospective”
Through March 13
Barbara Archer Gallery
680 Elizabeth St. #A012, Atlanta, Ga.
Sachs’s sculptures reflect his role as an “urban archeologist” who breathes new life into discarded objects. Impressive woodworking and metal welding skills lend the artist’s found object sculptures a refinement that is reminiscent of abstract expressionist Louise Nevelson.

SCAD Artists’ Book Symposium
Variant Hues: Art, Design and Teaching with Artists’ Books, Featuring Mary Chadwick (visiting artist)
Join scholars, artists and students at the Savannah College of Art and Design for a two-day symposium devoted to the study of artists’ books.
FRIDAY, MAR. 12
4:30 p.m. Presentation by Vamp and Tramp Booksellers
5:30 p.m. Reception
6 p.m. Student Artists’ Books
Competition awards ceremony

SATURDAY, MAR. 13
5 p.m. “Connect the Dots”
lecture by Mary Chadwick
6 p.m. Reception

SCAD Atlanta Tennis Team Informational Meeting
Wednesday, March 24, 1:30 p.m.
New York Room, second floor
If you can’t attend the meeting, but want to join the team, e-mail Coach Brad Iftner.
SCAD Atlanta also will be sponsoring a tennis team try-out tournament:
Friday, April 2, 9 a.m.
Bitsy Grant Tennis Center
2125 Northside Drive
Lunch will be provided by Jimmy John’s during the tournament.
Exciting tournament giveaways and prizes!
Sign up for the tournament during the March 24 meeting.

- Exhibitions -

Exhibition and Reception: “No Translation Required: Artists’ Books in Germany and Georgia
Exhibition: March 8-April 16
Reception: Thursday, March 11, 6:30 p.m.
SCAD Atlanta, Trois Gallery
The exhibition, a collaboration between SCAD; the University of the Arts, Braunschweig, Germany; and the Klingspor Museum, Offenbach, Germany, showcases 60 exquisite selections of the best contemporary book art from the collections of the Klingspor and ACA Library of SCAD, and highlights exquisite student work from SCAD and the German university.

SCAD School of Foundation Studies Faculty Drawing Exhibition
March 14-27
Studioplex, Atlanta
This event is sponsored by the drawing minor.

Exhibition: “Generation SCAD”
March 15-June 4
SCAD Gallery 2/F – SCAD Hong Kong
The SCAD exhibitions department presents “Generation SCAD,” the premiere exhibition in the university’s new Hong Kong gallery. Highlighting faculty, student and alumni work in a range of media, including site-specific installation, motion graphics, animation, painting, printmaking, photography and illustration, “Generation SCAD” presents a sampling of the very best SCAD talent shaping and giving rise to new creative dialogues about contemporary art and design. The exhibition is free and open to the public. The gallery hours are Monday-Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. For more information, call 852.2253.8000.

Clare Rojas Exhibition: “Through the Woods”
Feb. 19 – April 2
ACA Gallery of SCAD, Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree St. NE
“Through the Woods,” a solo exhibition by California-based artist Clare Rojas traversing five years of the artist’s production from painting and printmaking to installation and sculpture. The exhibition showcases Rojas’ distinct iconography, inspired by folk art, street art, quilting and cartoons that evocatively connects themes of history, community, feminism and ecology in an unforgettable folklore entirely contemporary and unique.

“Facing Out and Looking In” exhibition by SCAD sculpture graduate students
“Looking In”opening reception – Mar. 12, 6-8 p.m.
70 Alabama St., Atlanta, Ga.
Visit this multimedia group installation that features the work of several emerging artists enrolled at SCAD Atlanta. Set in a vacant storefront in Underground Atlanta, the artists have created two- and three-dimensional sculpture in diverse mediums to explore a complex array of social and political issues such as identity, deception, extinction, obsession, transition and satire. For more information, e-mail deidratyree@mac.com.

“Rock, Paper, Scissors — Steven Sachs, A Thirty-year Retrospective” exhibition
Through March 13
Barbara Archer Gallery
680 Elizabeth St. #A012, Atlanta, Ga.
Sachs’s sculptures reflect his role as an “urban archeologist” who breathes new life into discarded objects. Impressive woodworking and metal welding skills lend the artist’s found object sculptures a refinement that is reminiscent of abstract expressionist Louise Nevelson, another of his influences. For more information, visit www.barbaraarcher.com.

Exhibition: New Work by Jo Peterson at Sandler Hudson Gallery
Through April 3
Sandler Hudson Gallery, 1009 Marietta St., NW
SCAD professor Jo Peterson’s new work features abstracted nature-based works. She captures elements of nature from her travels, and then isolates areas of interest to create dream-like imagery using acrylic and vine charcoal on board. For more information, visit www.sandlerhudson.com.

For a full description and listing of SCAD events and exhibitions, visit www.scad.edu/calendar.

Connector editor positions still available — application deadline extended!

Get involved! Get published! Get paid!

SCAD Atlanta’s award-winning Connector student news source and SCAN Magazine are still accepting applications for the following management positions:

Copy Editor

News Editor

Features Editor

Arts & Entertainment Editor

Click on the links above to download job descriptions and application instructions for each position. Students wishing to apply must submit an application packet via e-mail in .pdf format to twillia@scad.edu. Application packets must include a completed application, cover letter, résumé and two references.

Qualified applicants will be interviewed by The Connector editor-in-chief. Term of office for these stipended positions is March 22, 2010 – March 15, 2011. Applications will be accepted until positions are filled.

For more information about the positions or the applications process, e-mail twillia@scad.edu or call (404) 253-3285.

In addition to the management positions listed above, The Connector and SCAN Magazine 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 or call (404) 253-2738.

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. Radio meetings are held Fridays at 2 p.m. in the Spring House TV Room.

Last chance for early registration: Art History of Games, Feb. 4-6

The Art History of Games is a three-day public symposium in which members of the fields of game studies, art history and related areas of cultural studies gather to investigate games as an art form.

Speakers include:

• John Romero, designer of Doom and co-founder of Gazillion Entertainment
• Christiane Paul, New School professor and Whitney Museum adjunct curator
• Jesper Juul, author of “A Casual Revolution”
• Brenda Brathwaite, creator of Vanguard Award-winning Train
• Frank Lantz, designer of Drop7 and Parking Wars
• and more: http://www.arthistoryofgames.com/schedule

Attendees are also invited to the premiere of three commissioned art games by Jason Rohrer, Tale of Tales, and Nathalie Pozzi and Eric Zimmerman at Kai Lin Art (800 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta).

Late registration ends Tuesday, Feb. 2: $25 for SCAD and Georgia Tech students, $40 for SCAD and Georgia Tech faculty and staff and academics and students from other institutions, and $60 for the general public. Please note that on-site registration fees increase to $30 for SCAD and Georgia Tech students, $50 for SCAD and Georgia Tech faculty and staff and academics and students from other institutions, and $75 for the general public.

Register at: http://www.arthistoryofgames.com/registration.

For more information, visit http://www.arthistoryofgames.com or e-mail arthistoryofgames@scad.edu.

Applications now available for Connector editor-in-chief, 2010-11

The Student Media Council is now seeking applicants for 2010-11 editor-in-chief of The Connector, SCAD Atlanta’s online student news source. The position also oversees production of SCAD Atlanta’s award-winning quarterly student magazine, SCAN.

This stipended position offers an unparalleled opportunity to manage a talented staff of writers, photographers, designers and illustrators, as well as gain outstanding career-building experience in media, journalism and publications.

Application deadline is Tuesday, Feb. 9, at noon. Qualified applicants will interview with the Student Media Council on Friday, Feb. 12. For more information and application materials, e-mail twillia@scad.edu.

Lynda.com access now available to SCAD students, faculty, staff

From the SCAD Message System:

Information management and technology announced the acquisition of full and unlimited access rights to Lynda.com for all current SCAD students, faculty and staff. Learn the latest tools and techniques with access to 718 online courses and 44,761 video tutorials. Get unbiased, clear and comprehensive training in 3-D, audio, video, photography, graphic design, Web and interactive design, business, and development from expert instructors 24 hours a day, seven days a week via the Lynda.com site. Access to the Lynda.com SCAD portal is available within MySCAD by clicking on the Lynda.com link located in the “My IM&T” channel under the “Workspace” tab. The link is also located within the student toolkit. For more information, contact the Technology Support Center at 912.525.4567 or techsupport@scad.edu.

SCAD Emergency Relief Fund

From the SCAD Message System

On Jan. 12, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti near the capital of Port-au-Prince. The death and injury toll is expected to be in the thousands. Several SCAD students have family members in Haiti. In response to this natural disaster, SCAD has established the SCAD Emergency Relief Fund. This fund will assist SCAD students, faculty, staff and alumni with Haitian ties or relations as they deal with this very difficult time. The university shall begin by assisting those affected within the SCAD family.

If you would like to help, visit the SCAD Web site and select “SCAD Emergency Relief Fund” under the “Donation Information” section. Your donations are tax deductible.

If you would like to mail a check, send it to:
Institutional Advancement
Savannah College of Art and Design
P.O. Box 3146
Savannah, GA 31402

SCAD Atlanta offers H1N1 flu shots Jan. 7

H1N1 flu vaccinations will be available at SCAD Atlanta Thursday, Jan 7, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m., in the red carpet area of the Hub. The vaccine will be available to the entire SCAD community on a first-come/first-served basis. We remind you that the peak period for the flu season is not until February.

The vaccine injections will be administered by Flu Busters, one of the nation’s top providers of preventative health and wellness services. Payment for the vaccination is $20. The preferred method of payment is cash; however, a personal check also is acceptable. Immunization consent forms are available in the Hub on the H1N1 information table.

Please obtain a form, complete it, and bring it with you in an effort to have a speedy process. If you have questions or concerns, e-mail Art Malloy.

Update:
Now you can register and pay for your H1N1 flu shot online!

1. Go to www.flubusters.com
2. Click the red button on the right side where it says, “Register for a flu clinic near you”
3. A new window will open. Where it says, “Type of Clinic,” select “H1N1″ from the drop-down menu.
4. Under “Zip Code” type 30309.
5. Click on “Clinic Search.”
6. The clinic will pop up with the date and time. Click on “Select Location.”
7. The available time slots will appear. Select the time you would like to have your vaccination.
8. After choosing a time, a box will appear asking you to select a product, select Flu Shot.
9. After selecting the number of vaccines click “View Cart/Check Out” You will be able to enter your name, phone number and e-mail address. At that time you may also make payment by credit/debit card, or Medicare Part B.

THERE WILL BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE OF $20 PER SHOT FOR THE H1N1 VACCINE, WHICH SHOULD BE REIMBURSED BY YOUR INSURANCE PROVIDER.

*Pre-registration will close Wednesday, Jan. 6.

SCAD Atlanta Bee Line Shuttle Service: Winter 2010

SCAD provides shuttle service to all university owned and operated facilities. You can access shuttle schedule information online through the MySCAD Web site.

Please note that changes have been made to the shuttle schedule and that the Winter 2010 shuttle schedule differs from the Fall 2009 schedule.

1. Simply log in to MySCAD with your assigned username and password.

2. Go to the “Resources” tab.

3. Go to the “Department Directory” section and select “Campus-Atlanta”.

4. Scroll down and open the “Transportation” link.

5. Click on “SCAD-Atlanta Bus Schedules.”

6. Click on the link to view the weekday academic shuttle schedule or the weekend shuttle schedule.

The Bee Line academic shuttle provides service Monday-Thursday to the following locations: ACA Campus, Spring House (SH), Ivy Hall, the Digital Media Center (DMC) and the SCAD Campus.

The weekend shuttle runs Friday-Sunday and services the ACA Campus, Spring House (SH), Digital Media Center (DMC) and the SCAD Campus.

Real-time GPS tracking of the Bee Line bus system that serves SCAD Atlanta is available, courtesy of a partnership SCAD made with Transloc in September 2009.

The system allows students to monitor the location of SCAD buses from any computer or mobile device at scad.transloc.com .

Click here for more information about the bus tracking system.

Ivy Hall Writers Series: Winter 2010

The Ivy Hall Writers Series presents:

Tuesday, Feb. 23
Margaret Atwood
“The Year of the Flood”
Canada’s most eminent novelist and poet is the award-winning author who is best known for her novels The “Edible Woman” and “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Her new book depicts a world altered by natural disaster.

Tuesday, March 2
Will Pearson
“Mental Floss”
Pearson’s Mental Floss has blossomed into a multi-million dollar brand with nine best-selling books, a board game and a Web site with four million readers monthly and more.  In 2007, he was named to Inc. magazine’s “30 Under 30:  America’s Coolest Young Entrepreneurs.”

Thursday, March 25
Joel Cohen
“The Simpsons”
The Emmy-winning writer for “The Simpsons” addresses the dichotomy of “the creative and a suit” in his speech “The Business Tao of Homer: Lessons in Creativity and Innovation From The Simpsons.”

All lectures are at 6:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Book signings follow most lectures. Book sales are available by personal check or cash sales only. For more information, visit www.scad.edu/ivyhall or call (404) 253-3324.

SCAD Winter Break Announcements

SCAD Atlanta mailroom guidelines and hours during winter break
During winter break, the SCAD Atlanta mailroom is open Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. SCAD Atlanta mail will be picked up and processed 10:30-11 a.m., and distributed 12:30-1:30 p.m. Faculty and staff package pick-up takes place 3-5 p.m. Outgoing mail and FedEx processing takes place at 5 p.m.

Technology Support Center break hours
From Nov. 20-Jan. 2, the SCAD Technology Support Center will be open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. The center will be closed Saturdays and Sundays. Regular coverage will resume Saturday, Jan. 2.

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