Victor
Ermoli
Dean, School of Design
- B.A., industrial design, Instituto de Diseno de Caracas, Venezuela, 1993
- B.A., industrial and product design, Ohio State University, 1995
- M.E.D., industrial design, University of Calgary, Canada, 1997
First year at SCAD:
1998
Credentials/past experience:
Chair of industrial design department, SCAD, 1998-2005; freelance industrial design consultant; product development research assistant, University of Calgary; director of digital animation and video editing, 30 Cuadros C.A., Venezuela
Most significant accomplishment(s):
Named one of the 25 "Most Admired Educators in America" by DesignIntelligence in 2011
Awards, recognition, honors:
Featured in Business Report's "40 under 40" and I.D. magazine's "40 Best Designers Under 30"
Organizations:
IDSA
Publications and/or presentations:
- Presented at the Event Design Conference, New York City, May 2007
- Presented fully functional street legal prototype of a concept car, EXO Spyder, at several nationally recognized car shows, 1999
- Juror for the "International Competition for Student Artists," March 1999
- Exhibited two designs - battery charger and multi-communicational remote control - at University of Calgary environmental design department's industrial design gallery show, October 1996
- Published paper about societal consequences of the Internet in University of Calgary environmental design department's product and technology assessment annual report, June 1996
- Presented design of communicational device for high-risk jobs at industrial design exhibition, Columbus, Ohio, June 1996
Inspiration for teaching:
"SCAD's unique student-centered environment fosters innovation, intellectual wonder and critical problem-solving, motivating me to always challenge myself to do my best."
Courses:
- IDUS 320 Design for Emergent Markets
- IDUS 321 Industrial Design in the Marketplace
- IDUS 387 Marketing and Industrial Design
- IDUS 421 Commercial Practices for Industrial Design
- IDUS 431 Industrial Design Senior Studio
- IDUS 713 Industrial Design Studio I
- IDUS 718 Industrial Design Studio II
- IDUS 733 Entrepreneurship for Designers
- SDES 490 Collaborative Experiences
Hyun Jong "Jay"
Song
Chair, jewelry and objects
- LL.B., Hannam University, South Korea, 1992
- M.F.A., metals and jewelry, Savannah College of Art and Design, 1999
First year at SCAD:
1999
Awards, recognition, honors:
Presidential Fellowship Award, Savannah College of Art and Design; Presidential Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design; Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges; NICHE Art Educator of the Year nominee, 2006, 2007, 2008
Organizations:
American Crafts Council, Society of North American Goldsmiths
Publications and/or presentations:
Presentations
Group exhibitions
- Visiting artist, Rochester Institute of Technology Solo exhibitions
- "Spectator," Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, Tennessee
- "1761 Degrees: The Melting Point," Trois Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
- "Nineteen Seventy-One Degree," Bausch & Lomb World Headquarters, Rochester, New York
- "Han," Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, Georgia
- "Beyond the Surface," Burgan Gallery, Savannah, Georgia
Group exhibitions
- "Korean Contemporary Metal and Art Jewelry," KORUS House, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington, D.C.
- "Memphis In May: Contemporary Korean Metalwork," National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee
- "The Story of Silver in Savannah: Creating and Collecting Since the 18th Century," Telfair Museums, Savannah, Georgia
- "Wedding Rituals," Tong In Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
- "New Makers/Fresh Visions," Facere Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Inspiration for teaching:
"Teaching is a creative act. Both teaching and artistic practice require determination, creativity and hard work to be successful. As an educator, I am committed to helping students establish personal artistic identities by enabling them to increase their skill levels and aesthetic awareness. When I assist students, to shape and inform them as artists, it brings me the same satisfaction and sense of accomplishment inherent in creating artwork.
"The goal I have for my courses is to create an environment where students acquire a strong technical foundation so that technical shortcomings never hinder the execution of ideas. Secondly, I emphasize the importance of research, sketches and models to better visualize and articulate the ideas. Third, I make students aware of the artist's responsibilities with respect to materials and content. Lastly, I foster a studio atmosphere where open discussion and the free exchange of ideas can occur without intimidation. Having a classroom with a supportive peer group is one of the most valuable assets for students.
"As a teacher, my prime duty is to motivate and challenge students to spark their interest and lead them to find their own vision. I use the metals and jewelry curriculum to unite students' passion and abilities to their future professional livelihood."
"The goal I have for my courses is to create an environment where students acquire a strong technical foundation so that technical shortcomings never hinder the execution of ideas. Secondly, I emphasize the importance of research, sketches and models to better visualize and articulate the ideas. Third, I make students aware of the artist's responsibilities with respect to materials and content. Lastly, I foster a studio atmosphere where open discussion and the free exchange of ideas can occur without intimidation. Having a classroom with a supportive peer group is one of the most valuable assets for students.
"As a teacher, my prime duty is to motivate and challenge students to spark their interest and lead them to find their own vision. I use the metals and jewelry curriculum to unite students' passion and abilities to their future professional livelihood."
Courses:
- MTJW 102 Introduction to Metals and Jewelry
- MTJW 255 Metals and Jewelry Studio II: Design and Fabrication
- MTJW 310 Light Metal Casting
- MTJW 311 Stone Setting
- MTJW 320 Jewelry: Mechanisms and Devices
- MTJW 360 Metals and Jewelry Studio IV: Design Processes
- MTJW 403 One-of-a-kind Art Jewelry
- MTJW 409 Metals and Jewelry Senior Project
- MTJW 702 History of Metals and Jewelry as Source
- MTJW 705 Technical Research for Metals and Jewelry
- MTJW 708 Concept Development for Metals and Jewelry
- MTJW 724 Contemporary Issues in Metals and Jewelry
- MTJW 739 Theory and Criticism for Metals and Jewelry
- MTJW 749 Metals and Jewelry M.A. Final Project
- MTJW 755 Integrated Solutions for Metals and Jewelry
- MTJW 765 Metals and Jewelry Applied Theory and Practice
- MTJW 770 Professional Development in Metals and Jewelry
- MTJW 779F Graduate Field Internship
- MTJW 779T Graduate Teaching Internship
- MTJW 790 Metals and Jewelry M.F.A. Thesis
Artist statement:
"Jewelry has always served as a way to interpret and express the complexity of my personal relationships through innovative rings. My current work has emerged by exploring lanterns as a communicative form. This new series of lantern rings is more intimate, in that the lanterns are meant to hang from hands that pray or meditate. The rings fit the fingers or hands of the wearer, letting the lanterns hang below. These pieces are not outright narratives, though they suggest a quietude that is, at its essence, personal. The lanterns utilize both the ceremonial and decorative functions. These lantern rings are not meant to isolate specific meanings but rather suggest a moment of thought where stillness, beauty and illumination can peacefully coexist. The brooches reference concurrent relationships and are perhaps even more direct than the lanterns. Each figure accesses a different path to the inner tangled relationships and is meant to hide the very deepest aspect of my subjectivity to which they point. More simply, a brooch worn over the heart suggests abundant, though virtually unknowable, content."
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