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Published: Dec 6, 2011

SAVANNAH, Georgia - The Savannah College of Art and Design announces the winners of the "SECAC 2011 Juried Exhibition" at Gutstein Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St., Nov. 10-23, 2011. This exhibition was held in conjunction with the 2011 Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC) in Savannah. SCAD is a private, nonprofit, accredited, degree-granting institution.

Jonathan Field, Ph.D., (professor of art history, SCAD) took top honors for The Slipper Tongue, 2010, while Merit Awards were granted to Marie Bukowski (professor of art, Louisiana Tech University), Untitled, 2009; Matthew Kolodziej (professor of art, Myers School of Art, University of Akron), Gathering, 2010; and Sherry Saunders (SCAD M.F.A., graphic design, 2011), Investigation, 2010.

The SECAC 2011 Juried Exhibition was a highly selective juried exhibition. Juror Dan Cameron, founding director of Prospect New Orleans, selected 31 works by 26 artists from more than 400 submissions by 178 artists. The represented artists are from 11 states, including Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Iowa, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia.

The 67th meeting of the collegiate arts organization attracted more than 750 participants from more than 300 universities and museums, hailing from five countries and 40 states. Most participants are professors of art history and of studio arts with museum professionals, art educators and visual resource staff members also represented. This also was the first time that SECAC had been hosted by an art and design university.

SECAC is a non-profit organization that promotes the study and practice of the visual arts in higher education on a national basis. SECAC facilitates cooperation and fosters on-going dialog about pertinent creative, scholarly and educational issues among teachers and administrators in universities, colleges, community colleges, professional art schools and museums; and among independent artists and scholars.

Membership includes individuals and institutions from the original group of southeastern states that founded the conference: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Over the decades, however, SECAC has grown to include individual and institutional members from across the United States, becoming the second largest national organization of its kind. SECAC is an affiliated organization of the national College Art Association and participates in its annual conferences.

For more information, visit SECAC 2011 Text + Texture or send an email.