Atteka Abdou (M.A., painting, 2010) wrote, "I recently had a solo exhibit of my thesis show, "Dangerous Attractions," on display at Georgia Highlands College. My thesis show was previously on exhibit at the Studioplex Gallery in Atlanta and I have had a couple of pieces on display at the Archetype Gallery in Atlanta as well. My work explores the detrimental effects that plastic pollution is having on marine ecosystems. Visit my Web site at
www.attekaabdou.com." (updated 11/08/10)
Ruben Acosta (M.F.A., architectural history, 2010) is a history instructor at Clayton State University, in Clayton, Georgia. (updated 04/28/11)
Steven Acres (B.F.A., graphic design, 2009; M.A., graphic design, 2010) lives in Brooklyn, New York, and is working as a designer for Dead As We Know It, a branding & advertising agency. (updated 07/17/11)
Jonathon Anderson (M.F.A., furniture design, 2010) is an interior architecture tenure-track faculty member at NC State. (updated 02/28/11)
Katie Anderson (B.F.A., graphic design, 2010) accepted a position as junior cover designer at Penguin Group (USA) in New York City. (updated 03/07/11)
Jo Arellanes (B.F.A., performing arts and sequential art, 2010) lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and is interning with LeahAndMark Photography. Arellanes was selected to display her work at Artsicle Photography Show hosted by Rockethub at World Monuments Fund Gallery in New York City. She is also spearheading "Discovering the Spirit of Japan", a
RocketHub project to create a photojournalistic tribute to those most affected by the March 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami in an effort to raise money for the Japanese Red Cross. (updated 08/16/11)
Eric Auzenne (B.F.A., broadcast design and motion graphics, 2010) is a freelance designer with MFactor in Venice, California. (updated 07/29/11)
Joshua Beckwith (BF.A., graphic design, 2010) authored
"Light Paint Live," a family of light-painting software that emulates long-exposure photography, but shows the photographs developing in real-time. (updated 05/01/12)
Krista Bedosky (B.F.A., photography, 2010) is chief blogger at Turnstone Furniture. She wrote, "This opportunity allows me to do photography as well as my writing duties. I work from home and I am able to live in New York City while telecommuting for Turnstone, which is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan." (updated 04/09/12)
Meghan Beretta (B.F.A., advertising, 2010) has accepted a position as art director at Grey Group in New York City. (updated 02/07/11)
An article about the design usability work of
Gregg Bernstein (M.F.A., graphic design, 2010) was the lead tech story on
The Daily on Sep. 6, 2011. (updated 09/07/11)
Jarod Beukelman (B.F.A., industrial design, 2010) has been hired as a full-time industrial designer after completing an internship with and serving as a contract employee for Design Concepts Inc. in Madison, Wisconsin. (updated 02/21/11)
Syreeta Blanding (B.F.A., fashion, 2010) accepted an accessories internship with Club Monaco and is beginning to freelance. (updated 01/18/11)
Matt Braddick (M.F.A., writing, 2010) is a writer and online content manager for Digital Sherpa, a subsidiary of NCI. (updated 05/26/11)
Danny Bradley (B.F.A., film and television, 2010) accepted a script coverage/research internship with aid + abet in Santa Monica, California. (updated 07/12/11)
David Bright (B.F.A., advertising design, 2010) accepted an art director position with Grey Group in NYC. (updated 09/25/10)
M.A. teaching art student
Rachel Bristol (B.F.A. graphic design, 2010 will be a creative assistant intern for the Disney Design Group in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. (updated 01/12/13)
Austin Brown (B.F.A., industrial design, 2010) wrote, "I got a JOB! Straight out of school! I moved directly to Denver from Silver Spring, Md. and started working at EffectiveUI, a user experience and user interface shop." (updated 04/29/10)
Brandon Brown (M.F.A., sound design, 2010) recently became a full-time graphic design professor with an emphasis in web and interactive media at the Art Institute of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. He is engaged to be married in October 2012. In addition to teaching, he continues to work as a freelance sound editor and web designer. (updated 04/27/12)
Joshua Buckner (B.F.A, graphic design, 2010) wrote, "After graduating from SCAD, I began working as a freelance graphic designer for Graphic Moxie, Inc. In November, I moved to Tampa Bay, Florida, and began working for Momentum Mobile as creative director." (updated 12/17/10)
Rodrigo Buelvas (M.A., interior design, 2010) is an interiors architectural assistant at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP in Chicago, Illinois. (updated 01/31/11)
Sarah (Burgess) Cherry (B.F.A., illustration, 2010) is an instructor at The Art Bash Studio in Savannah, Georgia, and is seeking freelance illustration work. She was married June 18, 2011. She is currently working on a self-promoted children's book, "Sun & Moon." (updated 07/23/12)
Geoffrey Buyers (B.F.A., industrial design, 2010) is employed as an interaction designer in the user experience department of Siemens Corporation. (updated 03/15/11)
Sienna Casson (B.F.A., fashion, 2010) accepted a position as sweaters design associate at BCBGMAXAZARIAGROUP in Vernon, California. (updated 08/16/11)
"Rising to the Top" by Ana Cetina (M.F.A., sound design, 2010) was awarded $5000 for winning the "Local/Global Partnership" category of Link TV's ViewChange online film contest. (updated 04/06/11)
Gray Chapman (B.F.A., writing, 2010) has accepted as position as Atlanta city editor at ScoutMob. (updated 03/16/11)
Jayme Clark (B.F.A., photography, 2010) wrote, "As well as being hired by Facebook in Phoenix, Arizona, as a client partner, I've been doing freelance photography. I've been picked up by a Phoenix-based wedding photography company, EyeShot Photography, that I work with on weekends. In Sep. 2011 I had a gallery opening for my domestic abuse campaign featuring images and stories of domestic abuse victims. I've also been published in an online blog,
A Low Country Wedding, for a wedding I photographed in Savannah, Georgia in 2010." (updated 09/27/11)
Rachel Clark (B.F.A., fibers, 2010) wrote, "I moved to Colorado and am continuing to build my business, lazy tree designs." (updated 10/04/10)
Kyle Cody (M.F.A., visual effects, 2010) is a nominee for
Visual Effects Society award, in the outstanding compositing in a commercial category, for his work on the Norfolk Southern: City of Possibilities campaign. (updated 01/18/13)
Christina Coniglio (B.F.A., fashion, 2010) and
Ariel Lilly (B.F.A., fashion, 2009) of NYC's
Rae Francis were featured and interviewed by
The Fashion Spot about their up-and-coming contemporary brand. (updated 12/05/12)
Rick Cox (B.F.A., graphic design, 2010) accepted a position as production assistant with Terry Ludwig Pastels. (updated 01/27/11)
Billie Jean Curvan (B.A., visual communication, 2010; M.A., design management, 2011) accepted a project management position with Starbucks Coffee Company's Store Design East department. (updated 07/13/11)
"Holliday," a graphic novel illustrated by
Douglas Dabbs (B.F.A., sequential art, 2007; M.F.A., sequential art, 2010), is available for pre-order on Amazon.com. (updated 04/26/12)
Kati Danca Galli (B.F.A., photography, 2010) accepted a position as photo editor of Scuba Diving magazine. (updated 07/18/11)
Amina Davis (B.F.A., fashion, 2010) accepted a three-month paid internship with Chico's White House/Black Market in Fort Meyers, Florida. (updated 01/03/11)
Justin Dehner (M.F.A., furniture design, 2010) has been hired as a creative design director for Kwalu, one of the largest manufacturers/engineers of health care furniture in North America. (updated 02/28/11)
Katie Dewaal (B.F.A., interior design, 2010) is currently working as a designer at TRO Jung|Brannen, an architecture and design firm in Boston, Massachusetts. (updated 02/04/11)
Drew Donaldson (B.F.A., sound design, 2010) lives in Bayonne, New Jersey, and is currently working as a producer at Audioworks in New York City and a sound designer at his own company,
D7K Industries. Donaldson will be producing two television pilots this year in New York City. (updated 09/16/11)
Eliot Dudik (M.F.A., photography, 2010)
accepted a position as adjunct photography professor at University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina. He will have a solo exhibition at Art+Cayce Gallery in Columbia, South Carolina, and will be exhibiting at this year's Slow Exposures conference in Concord, Georgia. He has been selected to exhibit at the "Gift of Gift" exhibition in Houston, Texas, where the pieces will be voted on and the winners will become of the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Dudik has also been selected to exhibit in the Photographic Resource Center's "EXPOSURE 2011" at Boston University.
Along with current M.F.A. photography student Meg Griffiths, Dudik was selected to exhibit at the "Fraction Magazine: 3 Years in the Making" exhibition at the Rayko Gallery in San Francisco, California. (updated 08/16/11)
Amanda Egolf (M.A., advertising, 2010) wrote, "This year I began a full-time position as a studio artist at Wallwork Curry McKenna in Boston, Massachusetts. Previously, I was employed as a junior art director at Duffy & Shanley in Providence, Rhode Island. (updated 07/31/12)
Coleman Engle (B.F.A., sequential art, 2010) has been accepted as an artist-in-residence at the Angoulme program. (updated 11/09/10)
Melissa Fennell (M.A., broadcast design and motion graphics, 2010) accepted a position as junior motion media designer at WSB TV, Channel 2 in Atlanta, Georgia. (updated 02/23/11)
Jamie Feola (B.F.A., advertising, 2010) accepted a position as art director at Razorfish in Austin, Texas. (updated 12/17/11)
Thomas Finney (B.F.A, fashion, 2010) has been selected as the first SCAD alumni to serve as a SCAD fashion mentor. Finney is a designer for Thom Browne menswear, responsible for all elements of the menswear collections, which show in New York and Paris. (updated 11/28/12)
Nicholas Fuqua (M.F.A., architectural history, 2010) is as planner with the Office of Historic Preservation for the City of San Antonio, Texas. (updated 04/28/11)
Andrea Gill (B.F.A., graphic design and painting, 2010) was recognized as a winner in the UnderConsideration Brand New Awards Comprehensive Identity Program (Student) Best of Category. (updated 04/14/11)
Kristen Ginn (B.F.A, fashion, 2010) lives in Seattle, Washington, and is an assistant designer for leathergoods under Nordstrom Product Group. Ginn is in charge of designing leathergoods for seven brands carried within Nordstrom stores. (updated 06/17/2011)
Yoonae Goh (B.F.A., graphic design 2010) has been hired by Planet Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. (updated 04/04/11)
Ana Carolina Gomez Bridge (M.F.A., furniture design, 2010) has returned to Colombia where she has begun designing a collection for Tablemac, one of the largest furniture manufacturers in Colombia. (updated 02/28/11)
Joe Grabowski (B.F.A., interactive design and game development, 2010) is a principal artist at 24 Caret Games in Sherman Oaks, California. The company recently released their first game, "Retro/Grade," for Playstation 3 on the Playstation Network. (updated 08/15/12)
Gillian Grawey (B.F.A. advertising and graphic design, 2010) is a designer for Disney Consumer Products' food, health and beauty team in Glendale, California. (updated 06/14/11)
William Green (B.F.A., industrial design, 2010) accepted a position as associate interaction designer with R/GA. (updated 06/05/11)
Jennifer Hawthorne (B.F.A., photography, 2010) wrote, "I'm working in a full-time position at Argentum Photo Lab in Los Angeles. Life is great! Can't wait to come and walk in May!" (updated 5/12/10)
Christopher Heady (B.F.A., dramatic writing, 2010) wrote, "Along with being a puppeteer for Walt Disney World I was one of the six opening team members trained as the Conductor of the Hogwarts Express for the brand new theme park attraction 'The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.'" (updated 10/12/10)
Lee Henggeler (B.F.A., advertising design, 2010) is a junior copywriter and designer for Ogilvy Washington in Washington, D.C.(updated 09/21/10)
Brian "Cole" Henson (M.Arch, 2010) wrote, "Six months, 307 applications, and 6,665 miles after graduation, I received a full-time position at Gensler in Dallas, Texas. Prior to the new year I worked one month with Farrington Design Group in Atlanta, Georgia. I have begun my IDP credit hours with Gensler in preparation for the Architectural Registration Exam and have recently earned my certification as a Construction Documents Technologist (CDT) ."
Henson's thesis, "Oklahoma Plains Performance and Negotiations Center: Caddo County Fairgrounds, Anadarko, Oklahoma", was selected as the SCAD Faculty Choice Thesis Award 2010 winner and he received $1,000 award for this honor. (updated 05/26/11)
Robert Hernandez (M.A., illustration design, 2010) wrote, "I enjoy my job here at Colby College working as the senior graphic designer, but now that I just finished my masters in illustration design, I'm excited to start freelancing as a part-time illustrator." (updated 06/11/10)
Amanda Herrick (M.A., historic preservation, 2010) accepted a position as director of education at the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach in Palm Beach, Florida. (updated 06/04/12)
M'Elena Holder (B.F.A., graphic design, 2010) is a brand designer on the global brand creative team at Dell in Austin, Texas. (updated 01/22/13)
Miles Johnson (B.F.A., art history, 2010) moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2011. He is currently an AmeriCorps member serving with the Community Technology Empowerment Program (CTEP). He serves at a site called Emerge Community Development where he teaches computer literacy mainly to low income African Americans and ex-offenders. He was recently elected to a three year board position with Altered Esthetics, an art galley in northeast Minneapolis. He will serve as their artist relations coordinator. (updated 01/26/12)
Stephanie Jordan (B.F.A., architecture, 2008; M.F.A. historic preservation, 2010) accepted a position with the Historic Preservation Division of Georgia Department of Natural Resources in Atlanta, Georgia, as the transportation projects coordinator. (updated 10/01/12)
Christopher Kinlaw's (B.F.A. architecture, 2010) comprehensive park and greenway master plan,
Shallotte Greenway, has been published by
The Brunswick Beacon. (updated 11/03/12)
Kimie (Kennedy) Chavez (B.F.A., graphic design, 2010) accepted a position as graphic designer with Fillauer LLC in Chattanooga, Tennessee. (updated 12/14/12(
Nadav Kessous (M.A., visual effects, 2010) has been hired as a digital compositor by ICO VFX. (updated 03/03/11)
Christopher Kinlaw's (B.F.A. architecture, 2010) comprehensive park and greenway master plan,
Shallotte Greenway, has been published by
The Brunswick Beacon. Kinlaw is a graduate student in landscape architecture and currently resides in San Francisco, California. (updated 11/03/12)
Mara Klein (B.F.A., graphic design, 2010) has been hired by Henderson Shapiro Peck in Roswell, Georgia. (01/15/11)
Jason Kofke (B.F.A., painting, 2005; M.F.A., painting, 2010) is one of seven Artadia Awards 2011 Atlanta recipients. The seven recipients were chosen out of almost 200 visual art applicants living and working in Greater Atlanta. Kofke received a $15,000 unrestricted award (updated 11/2/11)
Michelle Kohlberg (M. Arch., 2010) has been hired by EYP Architects in Washington, D.C. (01/14/11)
Angela Kowalski (B.F.A., graphic design, 2010) has accepted a position as a designer with LPK, an international design company based in Cincinnati, Ohio. (updated 05/04/11)
Elizabeth Lapinsky (B.F.A., graphic design, 2010) accepted a position as a junior art director at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia in New York City. (updated 03/15/11)
Jim Lind (B.F.A., photography, 2010) has been selected as "Featured Student" on the Mac-On-Campus Web site. (updated 04/26/11)
Jacey Lucus (B.F.A., graphic design, 2010) accepted a designer position at PureRed Creative in Tucker, Georgia. (updated 05/31/11)
Erin Ludwig (M.A., arts administration, 2010) and
Ryan Fernandez (MA, cinema studies, 2012) were engaged in October in Washington, D.C. (updated 10/22/12)
DeAndria Mackey (B.F.A., animation, 2010) has accepted a spring 2011 internship at Animation Collective in New York City. (updated 02/21/11)
Tracy Marino (M.A., interior design, 2010) wrote, "I recently moved from Greensboro, NC to Gainesville, Fla. I'm hoping to continue working freelance in residential design and gain employment teaching interior design." (updated 08/29/10)
Charles Mashburn, Jr. (B.F.A., architecture, 2009; MArch, 2010) wrote, "My thesis article was published in the Dec. 2010 issue of London, England's 'The Square' magazine. Also, I had the privilege of designing the conceptual design for the North Texas Masonic Historical Museum and Library in Plano, Texas. I am in the process of taking the ARE examine to acquire my architectural license. I would like to keep in touch with alumni." (updated 03/19/12)
Eileen MacAvery Kane (M.F.A., graphic design, 2010) will be presenting
"Teacup Secrets" at Memories Can't Wait Symposium in New York City Dec. 14. She created this series while at SCAD. (updated 12/11/12)
Darion McCoy (B.F.A., illustration, 2010) accepted a full-time position as a graphic designer with MaxMedia in Atlanta, Georgia. (updated 06/13/11)
Matt McInerney (B.F.A., graphic design, 2010) is a designer at Pentagram in New York City. He was part of the team recently recognized for the New York Public Library "Celebrating 100 Years" exhibition design with an honor award by the Society for Environmental Graphic Design and by the Art Directors Club in the 91st ADC Annual Awards. Additionally, McInerney was part of the team that designed the Big Ten Conference logo honored the in the Type Directors Club 58 competition. Additionally, he was recently profiled by
Fast Company for a self-inspired side project of improving NFL team logos. (updated 11/19/12)
Margaret "Meg" McRae (M.F.A., graphic design, 2010) lives in New York City and is a designer for Interbrand where she builds brand identity systems for Xerox, AT&T and the PGA. (updated 12/15/11)
Danielle Meunier (B.F.A., historic preservation, 2010) has been named preservation and education coordinator for the Historic Savannah Foundation. (updated 01/25/12)
Greg Mihalko (B.F.A., graphic design, 2010) has accepted a graphic design position with Local Projects in New York City. (updated 12/17/10)
Madison Miller (B.F.A., interior design, 2010) has been hired by HOK as a junior designer for the interiors department in Atlanta. (updated 11/15/10)
Jennifer Mills (B.F.A., illustration, 2010) accepted an assistant artist position at 38 Studios in Maynard, Massachusetts. (updated 01/14/11)
Brett Miotti (B.F.A., graphic design, 2010) has been hired as a designer with Green Olive Media in Atlanta, Georgia. (updated 05/09/11)
Ciara Montalbo (B.F.A., performing arts, 2010) wrote, "I've moved back to Atlanta, and I'm working my way into the music industry here. I plan to work in the industry and develop my singing/songwriting on the side. (updated 08/07/10)
Abigail Moore (B.F.A., photography, 2010) accepted a position as a color printer lab tech at Moonphoto Lab in Seattle, Washington. (updated 01/30/12)
M.A. fashion student
Bridgette Moore (B.F.A., fashion, 2010) has accepted an assistant designer position in the Lilly Pulitzer dress department. (updated 04/16/11)
Tradd Moore (B.F.A., sequential art, 2010) was listed No. 10 on "MTV Geek's Best Comic Book Artist of 2011" list and is nominated in the "Best Newcomer" category for the 2012 Stan Lee Awards. (updated 04/30/12)
Sean Michael Moreno (B.F.A. performing arts, 2010) wrote, "I
recently finished filming season five of BET's "The Game" and the first of four episodes in which I appear aired last Tuesday. My role is a recurring principal character named "Hot Sauce," one of the football players on the show. Two of the four episodes I appear in are the season finale episodes. (updated 01/27/12)
Brandon Morris (B.F.A, broadcast design and motion graphics, 2010) is a creative director at Fugo Studios and has been a part of several successful projects including: the music video "Jetpacks Was Yes" by the underground rock band "Periphery"; the short film "Pray" which won "Best Film of Atlanta", "Best Cinematography" "Best Editing", "Best Sound" and "Best Special Effect" in the Atlanta 48 Hours Film Project; and the short film "The Phantom Draw" which won "Best Film", "The Audience Award" and "Best Cinematography" in the 48 Hours Go Green competition. Morris' 2009 senior project took fourth place in the 2010 Adobe Design Achievement Awards. (updated 03/15/11)
Kyle Narkiewicz (B.F.A., industrial design, 2010) has been hired as an industrial designer at ClosetMaid in Ocala, Florida. (updated 03/11/11)
"Connection through Intersection: An Urbanized Bridge for Montreal, Quebec" by
Maxim Nasab (B.F.A., architecture, 2010; M.Arch, 2011) was selected as a ISARCH Awards for Architecture Students finalist. (updated 11/30/12)
Allison Navon (B.F.A., advertising, 2010) has accepted a position as junior art director at Arnold Worldwide in New York City. (updated 01/21/11)
Shawn Neill (B.F.A., film and television, 2010) lives in Los Angeles, California., and is working full time at Sony Pictures Entertainment in the sound department. (updated 12/15/10)
Stephen "Garrett" Olinger (B.F.A., graphic design, 2010) has accepted a position as junior graphic designer at Penguin Group USA in New York City in the company's Young Reader's division. (updated 04/18/11)
Malia (Paasch) Bublick (B.F.A., graphic design, 2010) and her husband opened a world class beer bar, The Birch, in Norfolk, Virginia. It was named one of the top four beer bars in the country by Christian DeBenedetti of Food & Wine and will be featured in his upcoming beer travel guide. Bublick does all the marketing and design work for the establishment. (updated 06/28/11)
Lauren Pazzaneze (B.F.A., media and performing arts, 2004; M.A., arts administration, 2010) is the owner/editor-in-chief of
Junkyard Arts, an online venue that aims to bring the ever exclusive world of the arts to the masses through criticism of current art culture, emergent artist interviews, museum and gallery exhibit reviews, affordable fine art and opinion pieces from each of our contributors. Pazzaneze also covers the arts scene in Boston, Massachusetts, as a freelance writer. She has been featured on "Chronicle" on Boston's ABC affiliate WCVB Channel 5, Forbes.com and Boldfacers.com. (updated 05/16/11)
"Sam Bargo and the Lacertilians", a senior project by
Jarasen Peneguy (B.F.A., film and television, 2010), premiered at the Dixie Film Festival in Athens, Georgia, and was shown at the Zed Fest film festival in Burbank, California, where it won the Phil Tucker Spirit Award. (updated 12/19/11)
Derek Pickens (M.F.A., performing arts, 2010) has been awarded a one-year contract for the resident acting company of Charleston Stage. (updated 02/25/11)
Leah Pluger (B.F.A., architecture, 2009; M.Arch., 2010) accepted a full-time position at GMP Architects-LA in Los Angeles, California. (updated 10/14/11)
Greg Radcliffe (B.F.A., visual effects, 2010) recently was employed to a full-time compositor position at Phosphene FX in New York City. The firm focuses on feature films and long-form productions such as miniseries. (updated 05/15/11)
Matt Radford (B.F.A., visual effects, 2010) has been hired by Hydraulx as a lighter. (updated 03/03/11)
Erin Rahn (B.F.A., architecture, 2009; M.Arch., 2010) facilitated a relationship between Springfield, Georgia, and SCAD architecture students after the town's Industrial Development Authority CEO was impressed by work from her graduate classes. Savannah Morning News featured Rahn's project and the work SCAD students are doing in Springfield. (updated 02/08/13)
Matt Rath (B.F.A., accessory design, 2010) is a handbag designer with Diane Von Furstenberg in New York City. (updated 04/08/11)
Corinna Rezzelle (B.F.A., performing arts, 2010) is the education associate at Georgia Ensemble Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. (updated 08/17/11)
Sidney Reed (B.F.A., film and television, 2010) will be moving to Los Angeles to work for Lightstream Pictures. On the side, she will be writing feature-length screenplays and working on publishing a series of comic books. (updated 06/01/10)
Corinna Rezzelle (B.F.A., performing arts, 2010) lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and is the education associate at Georgia Ensemble Theatre. She wrote, "I am still performing as much as I can when I am not teaching! Thank you, SCAD!" (updated 08/17/11)
Margy Rich (M.F.A., painting, 2010) has accepted a position teaching painting, color and 2-D at State College of Florida in Sarasota, Florida. (updated 05/26/11)
Renee Rivas (M.F.A., illustration, 2010)
will be interning this summer with American Greetings in Cleveland, Ohio. (updated 04/11/11)
Edward "Alex" Roberts (M.F.A., furniture design, 2010) has been hired by Kentucky-based art and design company PR&vD as a project manager. (updated 02/28/11)
Myles Robinette (B.F.A., broadcast design, 2010) has accepted a 3-D motion graphics internship with Manhattan Born. (updated 01/20/11)
Hana Robins (B.F.A., fashion, 2010) is one of 250 applicants out of 82, 000 entries to make it to round three of Charlie Sheen's Tiger Blood social media internship contest. (updated 03/26/11)
Michael Rogers (B.F.A., visual effects, 2010) is moving to Santa Monica, Calif. to work on staff as a CG artist (generalist) at Method Studios. (updated 06/12/10)
Travis Rose (M.F.A., historic preservation, 2010) accepted the position of managing director of the Governor William Owsley House Museum in Lancaster, Kentucky. (updated 01/25/12)
Allie Rotenberg (B.F.A., advertising, 2010) accepted a position as illustrator and designer with Hallmark in Kansas City, Missouri. (updated 12/17/11)
Kristin Rourke (B.F.A., architectural history, 2010) delivered a paper entitled "Dead Space: Urban Graveyard Displacement in Savannah, Georgia" at the annual meeting of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in October 2010. (updated 02/02/11)
Brittany Roy (B.F.A., interior design, 2010) accepted a position as interior designer with Pompie A.D. in New York City. (updated 03/06/12)
Amy Rumbarger (B.F.A., advertising, 2010) accepted an offer from Ogilvy Chicago as the digital art director starting mid-June. (updated 05/15/11)
Nicole Runde (B.F.A., furniture design, 2010) is a furniture designer at David Edwards in Baltimore, Maryland. (updated 02/28/11)
Kat Rutt (B.F.A., illustration, 2010) recently relocated from Savannah, Georgia, to Asheville, North Carolina, where she works as a production artist at Tiltworks, Inc., a graphic design firm. View her website at
www.katrutt.com. (updated 06/08/11)
Julia (Ruzich) Marsh (M.F.A., graphic design, 2010) wrote, "The first half of 2010 was a busy time for me. Mere days before graduation, I got married to my husband, Laurence Marsh, and am now in the process of packing up my life and moving with him to England! I look forward to showing the British design community that SCAD has prepared me for anything they have to offer!" (updated 08/15/10)
Kat Ryals (B.F.A. photography, 2010) has been selected by CMYK Magazine as a "Top New New Creative". Her work, "Bird" from the "Manimals" series, was personally selected by Los Angeles photographer Kevin Ou to be featured in CMYK Magazine #50, the 15th Anniversary issue. Ryals has also been selected as one of the top 50 photographers for the
3rd Ward Open Call. (updated 08/29/11)
Francisco Miguel "Mike" Salvador (B.F.A., advertising design, 2010) is a creative with Draftfcb in Mexico City, Mexico. He is currently working on accounts such as Bristol-Meyers, Pico and Pacifico Light. (updated 03/28/11)
Alex Schaeffer (B.F.A., advertising, 2010; M.A., advertising, 2011) is copywriter at JWT in New York City. He worked on "Bloomberg: Labyrinth," a four week long game designed to promote Bloomberg Trading Solutions. The project was featured on
Creative Online. Schaeffer was also featured on mediabistro.com's,
Agency Spy. (updated 01/12/13)
Nicole Schlesinger (M.A., fibers, 2010) is working as a graphic illustrator at True Religion. (updated 12/16/11)
Kathleen Scudder (B.F.A., graphic design, 2010) wrote, " I began an internship with Mucca Design in New York City Summer 2010. One month later I was offered and accepted a full-time position with Mucca as a junior grahpic designer. Many thanks to everyone at SCAD!" (updated 09/17/10)
Karen Shacham (M.F.A., photography, 2010) received a grant from Idea Capital to create "Couples: Reimagined," a public photography installation in Atlanta, Georgia. (updated 01/20/12)
Michael Siren (B.F.A., visual effects, 2010) wrote, "It took me some time to find my footing after graduation. With a little indecision and a year's worth of strange and interesting occupations in and around Washington, D.C., I discovered a taste for business development and began a new search for my calling. On Jan.1, I launched Spectre Visual, an executive representation agency that provides business-end support for freelance artists. (updated 02/07/12)
Rebecca Snyder (B.F.A. advertising, 2011) accepted a summer internship at Crammer-Krasselt in New York City. (updated 06/07/11)
Jeremy Sorese (B.F.A., sequential art, 2010) has been accepted by the La Maison Des Auteurs (House of Artists) in Angouleme, France. (updated 04/30/12)
Work by
Sam Spratt (B.F.A., illustration, 2010) is featured on the cover of Game Informer's
'Top 50 Games of 2012' issue. View more of Spratt's work
online or on
Facebook. (updated 12/05/12)
Mark Stewart, Jr. (B.F.A., film and television, 2010; M.A., motion media design, 2011) lives in West Palm Beach, Florida, and accepted a position as video production editor with the Miami Marlins Major League Baseball organization. (updated 01/08/12)
Packaging design by Casandra Straus (B.F.A., advertising, 2010) is featured on The Dieline. (updated 06/08/11)
Parker Strode (B.F.A., broadcast design and motion graphics, 2010) has been hired by Green Grass Studios in Dallas, Texas. (updated 02/17/11)
Kevin Tasley (B.F.A., graphic design, 2010) has been hired as an interactive designer with BFG Communications in Bluffton, South Carolina. (updated 05/22/11)
Kana Tateyama (B.F.A., graphic design, 2010) has accepted a six-month paid internship with Disney. (updated 12/23/11)
Gwendolyn "Gwen" Taylor (B.F.A., production design, 2010) was hired as a production assistant on MTV's "My Super Psycho Sweet 16 2", as well as Cartoon Network's production of "Neverfail", shooting through the beginning of September. She is slated to join Local 479 in October. (updated 08/17/10)
Susan Thelwell (M.A., digital photography, 2010) recently had works purchased by the Museum of Fine Art, Houston in Houston, Texas. In 2010, she wrote, "Based in Santa Fe, I teach photography and photographic technology through the Maine Media Workshops, the Houston Center for Photography, Project Basho, and Santa Fe Photography Workshops, among others. I also teach locally at the Santa Fe Community College and in my free time work on my personal long-term documentary projects." (updated 01/02/12)
Sarah Tobi (B.F.A., photography, 2010) landed a photography internship with Kate Ryan Inc. in New York City. (updated 12/15/11)
Whitney Valcin (B.F.A., film and television, 2010) is working as documentary coordinator/consultant and executive producer at Tekoa Charter Academy, a charter school based in Texas. Valcin's documentary covers her work to facilitate and train more than 15 individuals to produce feature length documentaries. (updated 03/18/13)
Corey Vaughan (B.F.A., industrial design, 2010) accepted a position as industrial designer at Numark International Inc. in Providence, Rhode Island. (updated 07/07/11)
Monique Velez (M.A., historic preservation, 2010) founded and is executive producer of Pallet Production in Charlotte, North Carolina. Currently, the company is pursuing funding on
Kickstarter for the documentary project "Brooklyn to Harlem" based on the Great Migration of blacks from southern states to northeastern states that took place in the early 20th century. (updated 02/08/12)
"Time in Town - Photographs from Provincetown" by
Clayton Verdoorn (B.F.A., photography, 2010) has been published and is available in stores. (updated 05/26/11)
"Personal Symbols in Weightlessness" by
Laura Victore (M.F.A., painting, 2010) was was selected from 1,594 submissions for the Wide Open 2 Art Show by Nathan Trotman, associate curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York City (updated 04/26/11).
Nicole Votta (B.F.A., graphic design, 2010) is the in-house graphic designer for Sittercity in Chicago, Illinois. (updated 04/20/11)
Wan Maria Elena Wan Zamri (B.F.A., graphic design, 2010) is a graphic designer at Pi Design in Camarillo, California. (updated 04/17/12)
Kathleen "Trish" Ward (B.F.A., graphic design, 2010) is an art director at Hook USA, LLC in Charleston, South Carolina. She is an AIGA South Carolina InShow Award winner, an ADDY district/regional Gold, Silver and Bronze winner and is currently competing in the National ADDY awards. (updated 05/20/11)
Elyse Welcher (B.F.A., accessory design, 2010) has been selected via jury to participate in the upcoming Cleveland Fashion Week in May 2012 to showcase her collections from her self-owned and created label,
Littlewings Designs. (updated 02/17/12)
Katelin Whitaker (B.F.A., furniture design, 2010) wrote, "I just wrapped up my first (almost) year with Urban Outfitters and I am now looking to move on to bigger and better opportunities in bigger and better places. After a year in my field and a year in Savannah after graduating, it's time for a change!" (updated 03/04/11)
Jarrett Williams (B.F.A., sequential art, 2006; M.F.A., sequential art, 2010) is an artist/writer at Oni Press. He wrote, "I am currently working on "Super Pro K.O.!," a pro-wrestling graphic novel series for teens. I also illustrate Citi Trends' annual safety/loss prevention campaigns and am the School of Communication Arts admission representative at SCAD-Savannah." (updated 10/29/11)
Zachary Wilson (B.F.A., architecture, 2008; M. Arch, 2010) accepted a position as architectural designer with Cooper Cary. (updated 03/11/11)
Azlaili Binti Mohd Yunus (M.A., advertising, 2010) recently began working as a junior art director at McCann-Erickson in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Clients include Kraft, Cadbury, Minute Maid, and Coca Cola. (updated 02/10/11)
Anne Zettle (M.F.A., interior design, 2010) is interior designer at hooksASD in San Francisco, California. (updated 05/02/12)