Pepe-Hall

LOCATIONS AND FACILITIES

Pepe Hall

Majors offered
Fibers

Address

212 W. Taylor St.
Savannah, Georgiadirections
The original Barnard Street School of 1854 was used by General Sherman's Union Army as a military hospital during the Civil War. On this site a new school was erected in 1906, using the same floor plan employed by Gottfried L. Norrman in the construction of Anderson Street School. The Mediterranean Revival-style building has a battered brick basement and a central tapering bell tower above the entrance portico. Pepe Hall is home to the fibers department, which includes not only the textile arts - weaving, fabric design, screen printing, surface design and embellishment - but also sculptural and environmental art. Industry opportunities include designing fabric for garments, upholstery, rugs and other products using knowledge of textile materials and fashion trends.

Pepe Hall supplies fibers students with dye, sewing, weaving, screen-printing, digital textile and wet labs.

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The foyer at Pepe Hall is a showcase for highlighting student design work in fabrics.

The dye lab at Pepe Hall can use artificial and natural light for students to evaluate colors in a variety of conditions.

A fibers student uses the Jacquard loom to fashion an intricate design during class in Pepe Hall.

SCAD fibers students practice design-making and replications on computers during class.

A SCAD fibers student and professor discuss and critique pieces woven on the Jacquard loom.

SCAD students create and discuss the Qubit Collection, a clothing line of durable solution-dyed nylon and cotton.

Fibers students review design concepts, share ideas and critique swatches.

Students share ideas as they critique and analyze each other's work while preparing for a competition.

Visitors at the sixth Open Studio event in Pepe Hall watch a student demonstration on weaving techniques.

SCAD students, using up-to-date techniques and technology, practice the ancient art of dyeing cloth.

Fibers students explore color, material and structure in the design and execution of apparel and home interior textiles.

Learn more about the SCAD fibers program.

Artist, alumna and SCAD Professor Jennifer Jenkins talks about the freedom and processes of fiber art.

Fibers graduate student Andrea Gray talks about her gallery show to highlight her digitally printed textiles.

Fibers graduate student Rubi McGrory talks about the nature of stitching.

Fibers students in Pepe Hall combine historic textile processes with emerging technologies to create their material.