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Foundation Studies
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eLEARNING
SAVANNAH

Welcome

The School of Foundation Studies provides students with a studio foundation that builds visual, conceptual and creative abilities essential to their development as professionals.

During their first year at SCAD, students take a broad range of studio foundation courses that transform how they see and think. Drawing and design courses help students understand the language used by artists and designers, develop new abilities with a wide range of media, and forge new ideas.

The School of Foundation Studies offers students many services to support their academic success.

The Drawing and Design Center offers workshops that parallel the content of studio courses, and tutors are available to answer questions about studio projects.
The Still Life Center is a space where faculty stage still life setups for students to work from in and out of class. The center also holds workshops on media, techniques and the genre of still life.
Open model sessions allow students to refine their figure drawing abilities.
The Art First lecture series features faculty members who discuss their work and current exhibitions.
Exhibition opportunities specifically for first-year students include the Foundation Studies Portfolio Award competition and the Foundation Studies Honor Show.

The foundation studies department has more than 90 faculty members dedicated to teaching first-year students and active as artists and academic scholars.

This past year, 68 percent of foundation studies faculty participated in exhibitions at regional, national and/or international venues, appearing in exhibitions in New York, Atlanta, Houston, St. Louis, Sydney, Australia, and Shanghai, China. Twenty faculty members gave 38 presentations at 16 national conferences, and 21 foundation studies professors received recognition or were published in local, regional and national magazines and other periodicals.

Contact Foundation Studies

foundationstudies@scad.edu
admission@scad.edu
Hong Kong/Savannah/eLearning: 800.869.7223 or 912.525.5100
Atlanta: 877.722.3285 or 404.253.2700

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Events

Winter Quarter Begins
Jan. 04, 2010
SCADDY Awards Ceremony
Jan. 22, 2010

News

Oct. 08, 2009
SCAD Museum of Art presents “A Warhol Trio"
Oct. 02, 2009
Student wins national art competition
Sep. 28, 2009
SCAD presents annual Art Materials Trade Show
Sep. 16, 2009
SCAD announces art history guest lectures

Recognition

Exhibitions by foundation studies faculty
In 2008-2009, 68 percent of foundation studies faculty participated in exhibitions at regional, national and/or international venues, appearing in exhibitions in New York, Atlanta, Houston, St. Louis, Sydney, Australia, and Shanghai, China. Twenty faculty members gave 38 presentations at 16 national conferences, and 21 foundation studies professors received recognition or were published in local, regional and national magazines and other periodicals.
Stefani Joseph featured in exhibitions
Paintings by foundation studies professor Stefani Joseph were selected for the exhibition "Common Ground: 11 American Artists at Galeria9arte” Sept. 29-Oct. 30 in Lisbon, Portugal. Joseph also had work selected for the 64 Arts National Juried Exhibition at the Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, Illinois. The exhibition ran Aug. 21-Sept. 19.
Heather Deyling featured in exhibition
Foundation studies professor Heather Deyling was featured in the exhibition “Art in Academia,” Southeastern College Art Conference Members Juried Exhibition, Sept. 11-Oct. 24 at Space 301 in Mobile, Alabama.
Jeff Markowsky featured in group show
Foundation studies professor Jeff Markowsky exhibited work in the group show “In the Flesh II” July 22-Aug. 30 at the Target Gallery in the Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, Virginia. Learn more.