The Savannah College of Art and Design presents SCAD AT MIAMI Dec. 4–8

SCAD is the official university partner of Design Miami/. Join SCAD in the Design Miami/ Design Forum for live-streamed interviews, workshops, conversations, and podcasts.

MIAMI, FLORIDA — The Savannah College of Art and Design presents SCAD AT MIAMI, a celebration of design innovation, contemporary art, and creative education at Design Miami/ during Miami Art Week. For the second consecutive year, SCAD is the official university partner of Design Miami/. This year, the preeminent university for art and design presents the Design Forum, an immersive environment for conversation and collaboration among today’s visionary artists, designers, and thought leaders. The Design Forum features the Design Talks theater, where Design Miami/ guests can connect with industry leaders in engaging conversations on today’s top design trends and innovations. In addition to the Design Talks theater, SCAD created and curated a state-of-the-art media suite, broadcasting live-streamed interviews, workshops, and podcasts throughout the week.

“SCAD, the global creative university, partners with Design Miami/, the global forum for design,” said SCAD President and Founder Paula Wallace. “This collaboration is truly magic. SCAD is all about research, ideas, and invention, and we’re bringing joyful intentionality to Design Miami/ through our new media suite in the Design Forum, created by SCAD. Let’s amplify our stories together!”

SCAD AT MIAMI engages alumni work from a range of the university’s award-winning degree programs — from furniture design and fibers to sculpture and ceramics. For the Design Forum, SCAD partnered with Shaw Contract, who generously provided vibrant fabric collections that envelop the space, which is heightened by dynamic textile works by SCAD alumna Trish Andersen (B.F.A., fibers, 2005).

SCAD will lead two thought-provoking discussions in the Design Talks theater. On Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 3 p.m., SCAD President and Founder Paula Wallace will join renowned interior designer, entrepreneur, and television personality Thom Filicia in conversation for her new On Creativity series for SCADcast — the podcast for creatives, by creatives. In On Creativity, Wallace enthralls listeners as she interviews the leading voices in art and design. In this live SCADcast exclusive, Wallace and Filicia discuss his singular career trajectory and the creative spark. On Thursday, Dec. 5, at 3:30 p.m., SCAD will present a cross- cultural panel, moderated by Kari Herrin, SCAD executive director of museums and exhibitions, with Marva Griffin, founder of SaloneSatellite, and designers Nao Tamura and Claudia Moreira Salles who share what drives them.

In addition to the Design Talks programming, SCAD will host numerous creative segments in the Design Forum media suite. Throughout the week, SCAD leaders will interview top artists and designers for the university’s social media, broadcast, and streaming platforms, including Raúl de Nieves, Hannah and Hilary Fagadau, Marilyn Minter, Harry Nuriev, Marcin Rusak, Robert Stilin, and many of SCAD’s talented alumni. Additional programming includes a workshop and conversation with artists Fernando Laposse, Angela Damman, and Jacobo Mendoza, moderated by Cayewah Easley, chair of SCAD fibers, exploring the influence of Indigenous techniques and materials on contemporary design practices. Design Miami/ and other partners, including Whitewall magazine, Lexus, Miami Design District, USM Modular Furniture, and designboom, will also create live content in the media suite. 

For the second consecutive year, SCAD will also present a student and alumni showcase at Design Miami/ booth X16. The showcase highlights the university’s mission to provide opportunities for SCAD alumni to present their work to international art and design luminaries. This year, the SCAD showcase will include work by alumni Trish Andersen, Andrew Greenbaum (B.F.A., industrial design, 2015), and Maximilian Rauber (B.F.A., illustration, 2007) as well as Justin Armstrong (M.F.A. painting; B.F.A., painting, 2016).

This iteration of SCAD AT MIAMI marks the seventh year that SCAD has exhibited during Miami Art Week. Last year, the university presented its first alumni showcase at Design Miami/ and co-presented the Visionary Award to SCAD AT MIAMI collaborators Carla Fernández and Pedro Reyes. In 2017, the university presented Chroma, an exhibition of immersive installations by renowned artist and SCAD deFINE ART 2017 honoree Carlos Cruz-Diez, as well as an exhibition of work by alumni Cory Imig (B.F.A., fibers, 2008), Christopher Paul Dean (M.F.A., sculpture, 2016), and Britt Spencer (M.F.A., painting, 2011; B.F.A., illustration, 2005). In previous years, the university presented CURVA, a solo exhibition of work by SCAD alumna Wendy White (B.F.A., fibers, 1993) that investigated the relationship between athletics and the artistic process; i feel ya: SCAD + André 3000 Benjamin, an exploration of fashion, film, and painting through the eyes of three dynamic artists: multihyphenate performer André 3000 Benjamin and SCAD alumni Greg Brunkalla (B.F.A., video/film, 2001) and Jimmy O’Neal (M.F.A., painting, 2016; B.F.A., illustration, 1989); and Theater of Self, a joint presentation of fashion and photography by London-based artist Daniel Lismore and SCAD alumni Bin Feng (M.F.A., photography, 2017) and Colin Douglas Gray (B.F.A., photography, 2004).

Additional SCAD AT MIAMI events scheduled throughout the week include a VIP and press preview, workshops, and admission information sessions for prospective students and families.

Design Miami/ is located at Convention Center Drive and 19th Street, Miami Beach, Florida.

Events

VIP and press preview Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019
By invitation

SCAD AT MIAMI alumni showcase

• Wednesday, Dec. 4
  11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Thursday, Dec. 5
  11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Friday, Dec. 6
  Noon to 8 p.m.
• Saturday, Dec. 7
  Noon to 8 p.m.
• Sunday, Dec. 8
  Noon to 6 p.m.

Design talks theater programming 

On Creativity, a live SCADcast
Wednesday, Dec. 4
3–4 p.m.

SCAD President and Founder Paula Wallace and designer Thom Filicia discuss the creative spark.

Forces of Design
Thursday, Dec. 5
3:30 p.m.

Design leaders, including Marva Griffin, Nao Tamura, and Claudia Moreira Salles, share what drives them.

About the artists

Trish Andersen
B.F.A., fibers, 2005

Interdisciplinary artist Trish Andersen creates site-specific installations combining fibers gathered from field to factory floor. Andersen explores the synthesis of temporal, cultural, geographical, and interpersonal boundaries. Typified by an unexpected and varied tactile quality, her work proves there is room for duality — vibrant and muted, sleek and wild, soft and coarse, cut and looped. Andersen has been commissioned by companies including Coca-Cola, Google, and Mercedes-Benz, among others. She lives and works in Savannah, Georgia.

Justin Armstrong
M.F.A. painting; B.F.A., painting, 2016

Justin Armstrong approaches visual content in terms of materiality, surface, and effect. In his painting practice, he juxtaposes line and color to create intense perceptual encounters, while in his digital work, he focuses on thematic transformations of appropriated images. He has shown at the Department of Education in Washington, D.C. and Gutstein Gallery in Savannah, Georgia. Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, he lives and works in Savannah.

Andrew Greenbaum
B.F.A., industrial design, 2015

Canadian artist and designer Andrew Greenbaum is known for his innovative explorations of inflatable design as well as experimental furniture design and large-scale lighting installations. With his practice, he seeks to create environments that inspire deep connections among people. Greenbaum’s work      is supported by the design studio ACLA, which specializes in industrial design and transportation engineering. His clients include 21st Century Fox, Facebook, Intel, L’Oréal, and Tishman Speyer, among others. He lives and works in Venice Beach, California.

Maximilian Rauber
B.F.A., illustration, 2007

Multidisciplinary artist Maximilian Rauber pursues modes of creative expression that invoke the artist’s hand. Combining his expertise in painting and illustration with a newer practice in pottery, he creates one-of-a-kind ceramics collections with bold hues, graphic patterns, and symbolic imagery. He lives and works in Los Angeles.

SCAD: The University for Creative Careers

The Savannah College of Art and Design is a private, nonprofit, accredited university, offering more than 100 academic degree programs in more than 40 majors across its locations in Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia; Hong Kong; Lacoste, France; and online via SCAD eLearning.

SCAD enrolls more than 15,000 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 100 countries. The innovative SCAD curriculum is enhanced by advanced professional-level technology, equipment, and learning resources, as well as opportunities for internships, professional certifications, and collaborative projects with corporate partners. In 2019, the prestigious Red Dot Design Rankings placed SCAD as the No. 1 university in the U.S. and in the top two universities in the Americas and Europe for the third consecutive year. Career preparation is woven into every fiber of the university, resulting in a superior alumni employment rate. In a study of Spring 2018 SCAD graduates, 99 percent were employed, pursuing further education, or both within 10 months of graduation.

About the SCAD Museum of Art

The SCAD Museum of Art is a premier contemporary art museum that features emerging and established international artists through commissioned works and rotating exhibitions. The museum engages local communities with special initiatives of an international scope and serves as a resource for SCAD students and alumni during their academic careers and beyond.

The SCAD Museum of Art has presented exhibitions by artists including AES+F, Jane Alexander, Radcliffe Bailey, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Subodh Gupta, Alfredo Jaar, Sigalit Landau, Liza Lou, Elaine Mayes, Lorraine O’Grady, Ebony G. Patterson, Robin Rhode, Bill Viola, Carrie Mae Weems, Kehinde Wiley, and Fred Wilson, as well as site-specific installations by Daniel Arsham, Kendall Buster, Jose Dávila, Michael Joo, Odili Donald Odita, and others. The museum’s permanent collection includes the Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art, the Modern and Contemporary Art Collection, the Earle W. Newton Collection of British and American Art, the 19th- and 20th-century Photography Collection, and the SCAD Costume Collection.

Nestled in the vibrant heart of Savannah’s historic downtown district, the SCAD Museum of Art attracts visitors from around the globe. An award-winning architectural icon, it incorporates the oldest surviving antebellum railroad depot into its striking design. The museum has received the American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Architecture — a pinnacle achievement — and recognitions by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, the Congress for the New Urbanism, the International Interior Design Association, and the Historic Savannah Foundation.

About SCAD deFINE ART

SCAD deFINE ART is an annual program of exhibitions, lectures, performances, and parties that brings together the most powerful voices and influential figures in the art world. SCAD will present the 11th edition of deFINE ART Feb. 18–20, 2020, at university locations in Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia.

About Design Miami/

Design Miami/ is the global forum for design. Each fair brings together the most influential collectors, gallerists, designers, curators, and critics from around the world in celebration of design culture and commerce. Occurring alongside the Art Basel fairs in Miami, Florida, each December and Basel, Switzerland, each June, Design Miami/ has become the premier venue for collecting, exhibiting, discussing, and creating collectible design.

Design Miami/ is more than a marketplace for design where the world’s top galleries gather to present museum-quality exhibitions of 20th- and 21st-century furniture, lighting, and objets d’art. Each show balances exclusive commercial opportunities with progressive cultural programming, creating exciting collaborations with designers and design institutions, panels and lectures with luminaries from the worlds of design, architecture, art, and fashion, and unique commissions from the world’s top emerging and established designers and architects.

By continuously expanding and enriching its program, Design Miami/ seeks to not only satisfy the demand for a high-end design fair, but also to broaden awareness of modern and contemporary design, fuel the market for collectible design, and provide an exciting yet accessible destination for collectors and enthusiasts alike.