On Saturday, April 7, SCAD Atlanta opens its doors to introduce prospective students, family and friends to the university's award-winning degree programs, thriving student life and inspiring learning spaces on SCAD Day.

From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., engage with faculty and students, participate in hands-on demonstrations, initiate the enrollment process and learn more about financial aid and scholarship opportunities. That's not all: You can also test your photo and social media skills for a chance to win a membership to SCAD Atlanta's SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film.

To enter the membership contest, attend SCAD Day on Saturday, April 7 and post a photo to either Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #SCADDay and tagging @scaddotedu. Photos must be posted by 11:59 p.m. Saturday, April 7 to qualify.

The winner will be chosen at random from entries meeting the above requirements. The prize is one membership to SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film, located in the heart of Atlanta's Midtown neighborhood. The prize drawing will be conducted Monday, April 9 and the winner will be contacted directly.

SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film celebrates fashion as a universal language, garments as important conduits of identity, and film as an immersive and memorable medium. Situated within the SCAD Atlanta campus, SCAD FASH focuses on the future of fashion design, connecting conceptual to historical principles of dress — whether ceremonial, celebratory or informal — and welcomes visitors of all ages to engage with dynamic exhibitions, captivating films and educationally enriching events.

SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film members advance the museum's mission and provide vital support for ongoing community outreach, educational programs, exhibitions and permanent collection conservation. SCAD FASH members enjoy exclusive benefits, which are also honored at the SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia.

Visit the SCAD Day site for more information.

SCAD Atlanta 1600 Peachtree St. NW 30309

OFFICIAL RULES
SCAD®  Day Contest
NO PURCHASE OF ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE IS REQUIRED TO ENTER OR PARTICIPATE IN THIS CONTEST. PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONTEST IS FREE. PURCHASE OF THE SPONSOR'S PRODUCTS OR SERVICES WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. SPONSOR: The Savannah College of Art and Design, Inc., 342 Bull Street, Savannah, Georgia 31402 (the "Sponsor").
2. ELIGIBILITY: The SCAD® Day Contest (the "Contest") is open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia who are sixteen (16) years of age or older at the time of entry. The Contest is void wherever prohibited or restricted by law. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws. Employees, officers, directors, board members and agents of the Sponsor and its affiliates, and the immediate families (parents, siblings, children and spouse) and persons living in the same household (whether related or not) of such persons are not eligible to enter the Contest or win a Prize (as defined below).
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4. HOW TO ENTER: The Contest begins at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time ("EST") on Saturday, April 7, 2018 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. EST on Saturday, April 7, 2018 (the "Contest Period"), according to the Sponsor's time clock.
To enter, entrants must comply with the following entry requirements ("Entry Requirements"): entrants must attend SCAD Day at 1600 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA on April 7, 2018 between 10:00 a.m. EST and 2:59:59 p.m. EST and (A) on April 7, 2018 follow SCAD's Twitter handle @scaddotedu (http://twitter.com/scaddotedu), tweet/post a photo from attendance at SCAD Day with the hashtag #SCADDay and mention username @scaddotedu in the post to enter to win (if you do not have a Twitter account, you will need to create one, and it is free to do so); and/or (B) on April 7, 2018 set your Instagram account profile to public and follow SCAD @scaddotedu (http://instagram.com/scaddotedu), make a post with a picture from attendance at SCAD Day with the hashtag #SCADDay and mention username @scaddotedu to enter to win (if you do not have an Instagram account, you will need to create one, and it is free to do so). Entrants who comply with the Entry Requirements, the Guidelines and Restrictions (as defined below) and the other terms and conditions of these Official Rules will receive one (1) entry into the Contest per social media platform ("Entry"). Compliance with the Entry Requirements will be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Only one (1) Entry per person, per Twitter and Instagram account is allowed. Multiple Entries from the same person on each individual social media platform will be disqualified at Sponsor's sole discretion.  Entries that violate, as determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, these Entry Requirements and the Guidelines and Restrictions or do not meet the submission deadlines will be disqualified.
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By entering, you represent and warrant the following with respect to your Entry: (a) you are the sole and exclusive owner of the Entry and the contents and elements thereof; (b) the Entry is your own creation and is one hundred percent (100%) original; and (c) the Entry will not infringe on any rights of any third parties. By submitting your Entry, you also represent, warrant and agree that your Entry conforms to the Guidelines and Content Restrictions set forth below (collectively, the "Guidelines and Restrictions") and that the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may deem you or your Entry ineligible and disqualify you from the Contest if it believes that your Entry fails to conform to the Guidelines and Restrictions.
Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means are void. By entering the Contest, each entrant grants to the Sponsor a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, copy, modify, publish, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, translate, adapt, edit (including for length), display and otherwise exploit such Entry in whole or in part, on a worldwide basis, and to incorporate it into other works, in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, including for promotional or marketing purposes without additional compensation, notification, permission or approval. If requested, each entrant will sign any documentation that may be required for the Sponsor or its designees to make use of the non-exclusive rights entrant is granting to use the Entry.
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(a) The Entry must be an original work of authorship by the entrant and the entrant must own all right, title and interest in and to the Entry;

(b) The entrant must have acquired permissions from individuals included in any Entry subject to the terms of these Official Rules;

(c) If any identifiable person appearing in the Entry is under the age of majority in his/her state of residence, the parent or legal guardian is required to provide permission;

(d) The Entry must not contain material that violates or infringes another's rights, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement;

(e) The Entry must not disparage the Sponsor or any other person or party affiliated with the Contest;

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(g) The Entry must not contain material that is offensive, inappropriate, profane, lewd, indecent, obscene, hateful, tortious, defamatory, slanderous or libelous;

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6. WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION: After the conclusion of the Contest Period and on Monday, April 9, 2018, Sponsor will randomly select one (1) potential prize winner from among all of the eligible Entries received on such social media platforms. 
The Sponsor reserves the right to extend the Contest Period, the right to select fewer than potential winners and the right to cancel the Contest and not award any prizes if, in its sole discretion, there are not a sufficient number of eligible and qualified Entries received during the Contest Period.  The decisions of the Sponsor are final and binding on all matters relating to the Contest.
The potential winner will be notified by SCAD on or around 5:00 pm EST on Monday, April 9, 2018 on the social media platform used to submit such Entry (the "Prize Notification"). The potential winner must then follow the prize claim instructions provided in the Prize Notification or the prize will be forfeited in its entirety.   The potential winner will be required to send an email to a representative of the Sponsor and may be required to submit a valid email address, mailing address, telephone number and/or other information.  Except where prohibited, the potential winner (or such potential winner's parent/legal guardian if a minor in his/her state of residence) will be required to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability and publicity release, in form and substance satisfactory to the Sponsor, in order to claim his/her prize. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to execute and return the affidavit of eligibility and liability and publicity release or provide any other requested information within the required time period (as applicable), or does not comply with these Official Rules, such potential winner will be disqualified and forfeit the applicable prize. If a potential winner is disqualified for any reason, the applicable prize may be awarded to an alternate winner selected from among all applicable eligible Entries. Only three (3) alternate winners may be determined, after which the applicable prize will remain unawarded. The potential winner who complies with all of the foregoing requirements and ultimately receives a prize is known as a "Winner".  The Winner may be announced by the Sponsor via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Savannah-College-of-Art-and-Design/106189806079331), Twitter (@SCADdotedu) and Instagram (@scaddotedu).
7. PRIZE:  There will be one Winner for the following prize: a one-year membership to SCAD FASH in Atlanta, Georgia (the "Prize"). The Prize has an estimated retail value of $50.00.  The Winner is solely responsible for all applicable taxes and other unspecified expenses, including travel expenses, which may be required for the attendance/use of the Prize.  No other Prizes are part of the Contest. Limit one Prize per individual. Prizes may not be redeemed for cash. No substitutions of the Prize by a Winner is permitted. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value for any reason in the sole discretion of Sponsor if the Prize is unavailable for any reason. In no event will Sponsor award more prizes than are provided for in these Official Rules and Regulations.  

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The last day of winter quarter feels like spring, but inside Clark Hall, interior design students Lauren Brackett and Sydney White are focused on foster care.

Presentation boards, capsules of their 26-week, double-quarter projects, stand alongside books detailing their designs and supporting research.

"Our professor Christina Gonano told us to find a gap in society, something we can fix in design," explains Brackett (B.F.A., interior design, 2018). "I have a family friend who started an organization called Fostering Youth Independence, so my idea was to design the dream facility for what they're doing with foster children."

"I was in foster care as a kid," says White (B.F.A., interior design, 2018). "My experience revealed how unstable it is. So, I designed a place separate from foster homes, for foster children ages 7-13. It doesn't matter how many times foster kids move within a city, they still have a place that's there for them, outside of a home."

Lauren and Sydney had never met when they showed up on the first day of Gonano's "Interior Design Studio V: Design Thinking for Innovation" class, though both already planned on creating capstone projects focused on foster care. As Brackett explains, "We wound up sitting next to each other and sharing research, reading as many relevant scholarly articles as we could and dissecting them so we had facts and evidence to back our ideas up."

Brackett's "Third Point" design targets young adults who are leaving foster care and need a resource center where they can better manage that challenging transition. "The resources that are currently available are spread across so many platforms, so I thought, if I can bring career counseling and financial aid help into one place, they have a better chance to succeed." Bracket designed a center that also features a gym and a teaching kitchen, for a holistic, life skills approach to health.

White's "Tree House" design, with its ligneous materials palette, modular and organic, includes touch screens for activity planning, rearrangeable furniture, and lockers "where kids can put their stuff and leave it the entire time they're in the program."

The coursework made White reflect on her own experience: "Going to school as a foster kid, you know that you're different from everyone else. At a place like Tree House, everyone is equal. It creates camaraderie and community that kids might not have otherwise. That's important."

Brackett designed her center to be located in Santa Clarita, California. White set hers in Winter Park, Florida. Both explored specific details of site building, examining issues including transportation and proximity to adjacent services like restaurants, shops, schools and indoor and outdoor recreation.

Having both graduated after winter quarter, they now go forth into their lives: White moving to Florida where she will work as interior design associate for Marc-Michaels Interior Design, while Brackett heads to Texas to explore opportunities in Austin's professional interior design sector.

"We'll be back in Savannah," Brackett says. "We have a senior show Friday, June 1, the same day as our graduation ceremony."

White nods in enthusiasm. "It's definitely been a great experience at SCAD."

SCAD student Katherine Diaz Villegas (B.F.A, fashion) spent her winter quarter studying abroad at SCAD Hong Kong. Here, she writes about her week in Sri Lanka investigating sustainable practices in the fashion industry.

At SCAD Hong Kong, certain classes are offered the special opportunity to take a week-long trip to experience different aspects of the industry work. This winter quarter the fashion design, interior design, fashion marketing and management undergraduate students and luxury fashion marketing and management graduate students traveled to Sri Lanka, one of the world’s leading countries in sustainability.

It was chilly in Hong Kong during February so a trip to a warmer climate was exciting. The weather helped ensure we packed light as we would be moving around Sri Lanka throughout the week. After arriving at night in the city of Colombo, we started our trip early the following morning at Island Craft Studio, an initiative supporting local artisans through contemporary design integration. The young designers were so welcoming as we toured their working spaces and attended presentations from both Island Craft Studio designers and SCAD students. Sharing ideas on the curriculum and the possibilities of the future made for exciting conversations with the talented young designers of Sri Lanka.

The focus of our trip was to learn about sustainability from industry professionals. A tour of Selyn, a fair trade textile and production company, provided a first-hand experience of textile development and production. The representatives of the company took the group through each part of the process, from dyeing the fibers the perfect shade (a process that could take weeks) to witnessing handloom weavers create vibrant and patterned textiles, to a sorting warehouse that ensures the seamless quality of the work. The fabric is then sent either to buyers or taken back to a production area for the fabrication of clothes, toys and home décor. Ending the tour at a Selyn store to see the finished products was inspiring.

The following day we explored more of the culture and heritage sites of Sri Lanka. The morning began with a hike up the World Heritage site, Sigiriya, where the view and ruins of the palace were breathtaking. Afterwards, we stopped at the Kandalama Hotel for a tour of the space and lunch. The hotel was designed by Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa and is based on the idea of working in concert with the environment. Part of the hotel is built on natural rock and is completely open to the environment producing more light and air, contributing to the theme of sustainability. Though the trip so far had been impeccable, our next event felt like something out of a film. Our bus dropped us off to a line-up of jeeps ready to take us on our Minneriya safari, where we got to see multiple herds of elephants and other animals at Minneriya National Park.

Our last day before our free day was filled with two apparel factory tours. We started with Linea Aqua Factory Tour, producers of  swimwear. The tour took us through the process, from designs to laser-cutting patterns to the organized rows of sewing and embellishments. We also saw the administrative side of the business, including production planning and product goals. Our next stop was Hirdaramani, an apparel manufacturer in a zero carbon building and factory. The tour led us through the process of dyeing and working with denim as a textile. Much of their work is still hand frayed and bleached. The factory had its own dye plants, giant washers and dryers and a laser cutting and engraving system. It was impressive to see a factory committed to sustainability in action.

During the trip we stopped at various shops that had handmade home décor, clothing and art. Paradise Road Gallery Café was a personal favorite, serving scrumptious food and fresh juice. The shop was the perfect place to pick up souvenirs and gifts.

Throughout the six days I spent in Sri Lanka, I saw more of the beautiful country and met more inspiring people than I ever would have on my own. SCAD provided the opportunity for students to enjoy a learning experience outside of the classroom, in the heart of the specific industries we’re preparing to join. This was a once in a lifetime experience that will stay with me throughout my future endeavors.

Anna Brettschneider's easygoing ebullience belies an incredible creative ethic. The Savannah native and senior textile designer (B.F.A., fibers) is adept at digital and tactile media, gouache and collage, painting on prints of her own photographs, and recombining elements in ways that would make her artistic forebears Sonia Delaunay and Henri Matisse proud. They also might ask to borrow her kimono.

SCAD: Cool kimono, Anna!

ANNA BRETTSCHNEIDER: Making the kimono was fun. I used that pattern previously in my upholstery swatch collection, so I wanted to see how it would look on chiffon. When I'd printed it on cotton sateen for the upholstery fabric the pattern was kind of stagnant. But when it's on a garment it moves, it's layered, you can see some of the pattern underneath. I combined the pattern with photos I had painted on and printed out and scanned back in and made into a repeat pattern. I did a lot of hand painting on the pattern as well.

SCAD: Did you apply similar techniques to your scarves?

BRETTSCHNEIDER: Yes. My scarf is a four-color design. It's a 37-inch square. I like it as a wall piece but it can be worn, of course. I initially wrote with a pencil on paper what it means to be "SPIRITED" – that's the word of my senior thesis. I created color recipes. We use dyes to print the scarves, so it's a teaspoon of fuchsia, half of basic red…it's really exact, so that if I liked one color I could make a big batch. Print paste allows the dye to be thicker through the screen and onto the fabric, it gives it some substance. I use liquid reactive dyes in powder form mixed with water and urea water to create the dye. It's more scientific than you might think.

SCAD: A lot of technical know-how goes into your joyous work. How does that relate to preparing for a creative career?

BRETTSCHNEIDER: From Barry Roode, my digital pattern professor for "Print and Pattern for Industry" I learned about industry standards and how pattern design gets translated. You need to know that when you're working on a print design job for a big company. I learned how to make my own swatch book. You got to choose your substrate and I chose wallpaper. It was a really professional class that helped me grow within my skills, visually and with hand-painting.

Classes like "Fibers Senior Studio" II and III are especially focused on steps you make to speak with companies, getting your website and portfolio together, an emphasis on LinkedIn, having your work look good on a platform where people can find it. It helps to make connections.

Last summer I lived in San Francisco and interned as a designer at Pottery Barn in the teen department, PBteen. I worked with the buying intern, merchandising intern, and industrial design intern who did hard goods. We collaborated to create two dorms rooms for a girl and a guy so I did textiles for that, and we presented that to the CEO of Williams Sonoma. It went really well. Products are supposed to be coming out that have my designs on them, desk and laptop accessories.

SCAD: What's your secret, Anna?

BRETTSCHNEIDER: I try to manifest happiness in all my work.

See more of Anna's fantastic work at her wonderful website, www.annabrettschneider.com!

Between class, soccer practice and a part-time coaching gig, SCAD sophomore Hannah Amidon (B.F.A., illustration) has developed excellent time management skills. SCAD has also given her the freedom to feed her passion for wordplay. A self-proclaimed pun enthusiast, Hannah experiments with double entendres by drawing literal cartoon interpretations of common expressions such as "dancing shoes" and "mind in the gutter."

Follow this artist-athlete on Instagram @hannahamidonart to see her hilarious illustrations and get updates on her forthcoming book, "It's A Punny World," a collection of her favorite drawings.

SCAD: How did you make the decision to study at SCAD?

HANNAH AMIDON: I first heard about SCAD during a Disney Girls Soccer Showcase I competed in during my junior year in high school, where I met SCAD soccer coach Rebecca Gunn. When I visited SCAD and the city of Savannah, it was love at first sight. This city is beautiful and the university has so many things to offer.

SCAD: When did you know you wanted to study illustration?

AMIDON: I've been drawing ever since I can remember. My mother, oldest brother and stepdad are all artists. I originally enrolled in the SCAD graphic design program, but in the middle of freshman year, it hit me that I have a very specific style and that it was an illustrative medium.

SCAD: Do you have a favorite SCAD professor or class?

AMIDON: I am currently taking ILLU 160 “Illustrative Anatomy and Perspective” with professor Mike Wimmer. I was intimidated at first, because I am not much of a realistic drawer. But now I’m branching out and trying different things. It’s crazy to look back and see improvement! 

SCAD: How do you think of puns for your illustrations?

AMIDON: Honestly, they just come to me. A while ago, I created a painting and when I was done my brother said, “Oh, that's smellivision!” Ever since then, I can’t think of anything that isn’t a pun.     

SCAD: How do you balance being a student, a soccer player and a coach?

AMIDON: I've been bending it like Beckham ever since I was four years old, and I joined the SCAD women’s soccer team in August 2016. During soccer season we travel a lot, but I can use the long hours on the bus to study with teammates from all different majors. It’s a challenge, but in the long run, it's so worth it. Our former captain, Kelly McKay, said that soccer is where we get away from all the stress, and it’s a blessing to be able to do that. I am also a part-time coach at Savannah United, which has taken me back to the roots of soccer and reminded me why I love it.

SCAD: Do you have any advice for new students about how to make the most of their SCAD experience?

AMIDON: Get involved! You are so lucky to have such an amazing campus, dorms, and city. Take advantage of every second. Time flies by, so manage your it and don't procrastinate.

The winners of SCAD Drawing Works 2018 have been announced, with Camille Gbaguidi (M.F.A., architecture) awarded top prize. The exemplary student work, currently on display at Alexander Hall Gallery, was judged by alumni mentor Caroline Farouki (M.F.A., interior design, 2010), who said: "The entries were incredible. It was a real challenge to select the winners!"

Undergraduate students from all SCAD locations and minors/majors were eligible. Diverse drawing practices were considered, demonstrating traditional and unconventional use of media, experimentation, aesthetic expressions, styles and formats.

"Drawing is a tool for expressing one's ideas," remarked Farouki. "SCAD students are learning incredible fundamentals and how to think and communicate their ideas from talented professors.

"I was honored to be asked to spend a few days with students and faculty to share my thoughts on how drawing is a major part of my process as an interior designer. I sat in on classes, gave feedback on student projects, and held a workshop called ‘Advice from a Professional.' I thoroughly enjoyed meeting all the students and am truly inspired by their work."

Best in Show ($1,000 Prize)
Outstanding in contemporary aesthetic and conceptual qualities, inventive use of composition and media handling techniques, fully expresses the unique attributes of drawing.
Winner: Camille Gbaguidi
Title: "Assemblage d'espaces"
Media: Digital illustration, inkjet print
Major: Architecture
Campus: Savannah
Caroline Farouki, judge: "The overall winner, Camille Gbaguidi, showed a variety of innovations in her drawing...from experimenting with perspective and layering, combining architecture work with illustration and fashion, and the overall composition was compelling."

Preparatory sketch/ideation ($500 Prize)
Demonstrating exploration into concept, content and composition, and use of sketch methods to inform and support research and development processes.
Winner: Nicholas Hammond
Title: "Site Analysis Notre Dame Cathedral: Architecture of Provence. Lacoste"
Media: Mixed media
Major: Architecture
Campus: Savannah
Caroline Farouki, judge: "The sketchbook winner, Nicholas Hammond, showed an incredible passion for experiential learning and experimentation in research."

Inventive exploration/play ($500 Prize)
Demonstrating creativity experimenting with traditional and/or nontraditional drawing media, expressive mark making, gestural approaches.
Winner: Oki Honda
Title: "Yellow Jacket"
Media: Digital painting over graphite sketch
Major: Illustration
Campus: Savannah
Caroline Farouki, judge: "The experimental drawing winning entry by Oki Honda is highly  compelling because it combines very gestural charcoal marks with digital drawing.  The color and movement are really intriguing."

Finished drawing/composition ($500 Prize)
Demonstrating drawing abilities in the production of a fully realized finished work.
Winner: Jenna Ward
Title: "Untitled"
Media: Charcoal
Major: Illustration
Campus: Savannah
Caroline Farouki, judge: "I awarded the completed work prize to Jenna Ward for a portrait that shows a real depth of emotion and beauty in the line work. Afterwards I learned the subject is the artist's grandfather, with whom she is very close."

Drawing Works 2018 exhibition through March 18 at Alexander Hall Gallery. All displayed artworks are for sale.

This Saturday, March 3, attend SCAD Day in Atlanta, and use your photo skills and social media savvy to be entered to win two tickets to the upcoming inaugural SCAD ForwardFest!

From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, SCAD Day will introduce prospective SCAD Atlanta students to the university’s award-winning degree programs, thriving student life and inspiring learning spaces at SCAD Day.

At this open house event, prospective students and their families are invited to engage with faculty and students, participate in hands-on demonstrations, start the enrollment process and learn more about financial aid and scholarship opportunities. Take advantage of the SCAD Day concierge and design your SCAD Day to perfectly complement your unique interests and professional goals.

To enter the SCAD Day to ForwardFest contest, attend SCAD Day on Saturday, March 3 and post a photo to either Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #SCADDay and tagging @scaddotedu. Photos must be posted by 11:59 p.m. Saturday, March 3 to qualify.

About those tickets: ForwardFest will take place at SCAD Atlanta, April 19-20, 2018. Presented by SCADFILM, Forward Fest is an exploration through demos and experiences of “mixed reality” – a world where AR, VR and visual effects deliver a recombinant future.

The winner will be chosen at random from entries meeting the above requirements. The prize is two tickets to the inaugural SCAD ForwardFest, held April 19-20, 2018. The prize drawing will be conducted Monday, March 5 and the winner will be contacted directly.

Visit the SCAD Day site for more information.

SCAD Atlanta 1600 Peachtree St. NW 30309

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The Sponsor reserves the right to extend the Contest Period, the right to select fewer than potential winners and the right to cancel the Contest and not award any prizes if, in its sole discretion, there are not a sufficient number of eligible and qualified Entries received during the Contest Period.  The decisions of the Sponsor are final and binding on all matters relating to the Contest.
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7. PRIZE:  There will be one Winner for the following prize: two tickets for SCAD ForwardFest being held in Atlanta, Georgia on August 19 - 20, 2018 (the "Prize"). The Prize has an estimated retail value of $40.00.  The Winner is solely responsible for all applicable taxes and other unspecified expenses, including travel expenses, which may be required for the attendance/use of the Prize.  No other Prizes are part of the Contest. Limit one Prize per individual. Prizes may not be redeemed for cash. No substitutions of the Prize by a Winner is permitted. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value for any reason in the sole discretion of Sponsor if the Prize is unavailable for any reason. In no event will Sponsor award more prizes than are provided for in these Official Rules and Regulations.

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Kayo Chang is an intriguing global citizen. The Taiwanese-Canadian graduate student, formerly head librarian at SCAD Hong Kong, is now enrolled as an M.F.A. candidate in the SCAD writing program. She has penned essays for SCAD Manor on subjects including clothing designer Janet Wong (B.F.A. fashion, 2016), who not so coincidentally designed the dress for Chang's wedding to Derek Black, associate dean of academic services, SCAD Hong Kong. Currently studying at SCAD Savannah, Kayo will return to Hong Kong next quarter to begin an internship at ArtAsiaPacific. There's more to come from this busy Bee.

SCAD: How does your SCAD story begin?

KAYO CHANG: I started working at SCAD Hong Kong in January 2014, after the human resources director messaged me to say: "We're looking for a librarian." At that specific moment I was in Causeway Bay picking up my runner's pack for a marathon. The following Monday I went to the SCAD Hong Kong building in Sham Shui Po for an interview. I fell in love with SCAD as soon as I walked into the building oozing color and beauty. When I started working at SCAD Hong Kong as head librarian, I had two staff and four part-time employees. I loved the students and the books and my colleagues. It was ideal.

SCAD: How did you, as librarian, collaborate with professors?

CHANG: One instance is when Professor Cristina Kountiou and I developed an assignment for her class "FASM 400: Contemporary Issues in Fashion Merchandising." Instead of writing a research paper, each student would edit an existing Wikipedia page on a topic of their choice. For example, one student chose the topic "fast fashion." When we looked at the Wikipedia page it had nothing on the environmental impact of fast fashion, so the student added the whole section. The point was to teach critical thinking, improve students' writing skills, and gain insight into the bias present on Wikipedia. It was a really cool project.

SCAD: How did you go from being head librarian to becoming a student?

CHANG: I always wanted to be a writer. My husband Derek said, "You should!" So, I took my first writing class in winter 2017, "Nonfiction I" in Hong Kong, via SCAD eLearning, while I was still working full-time as the head librarian.

This quarter I'm here in Savannah taking "The Publishing Process" with the professor Lee Griffith. I'm writing a proposal for a book I want to write, part of my M.F.A. thesis. I'm using this book to explore different ideas and combined narratives. I had a secular and Canadian worldview as a young adult, so one narrative is about growing up in Vancouver. Another narrative is about going to Taiwan as an adult and learning about my family. And a third concerns Guan Yin, "The Goddess of Mercy," who my grandmother has a statue of and who has special significance to me.

The writing is a challenge, but with the support of my thesis chair, Dr. James Lough, it's going well. The SCAD curriculum is perfect for the kind of writer I want to be.

SCAD is at the forefront of the world of branded entertainment. In 2014, SCAD began offering the first academic degree program in branded entertainment in the United States. And at SCAD aTVfest 2018 in Atlanta, branded entertainment was the focus of multiple panel discussions, including "The Art of Branded Entertainment" featuring panelists Caressa Douglas of Branded Entertainment Network and Brian Tolleson of creative agency Bark Bark.

At "The Art of Branded Entertainment,", aTVfest attendees learned how an apparently new model of promotion has roots as old as television itself.

Douglas, a senior vice president at the Bill Gates-founded Branded Entertainment Network, explained that branded entertainment dates to early television shows entirely sponsored by a single brand. When production costs and talent fees increased from the late 1950s through the 1970s, sponsorships converted to multiple brands buying 30-second spots on shows.

Modern product placement took off in the early 1980s with the insertion of Reese's Pieces in the blockbuster film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial." More than three decades later, entire companies exist to create content for brands that want to be in this space. One such agency is Atlanta-based Bark Bark, whose founder is Brian Tolleson.

"Television once had interruptive commercials," Tolleson told the aTVfest audience, "but now with integration, brands have become part of storytelling."

Today's younger viewers are accustomed to skipping commercials with streaming and online viewing. With $150 billion spent globally each year on all types of advertising buys, even the biggest player in the business, Netflix, must participate. If they do not, the advertising dollar will find a willing partner elsewhere.

Another reason is the increase in quality and budgets of television series. For example, "The Crown" is budgeted at $5 million per episode. To interrupt such a visually sophisticated production with a commercial simply wouldn't work.

Both panelists emphasized that brands add value and reach that cannot occur without a massive media budget. A campaign to increase tourism goes farther when a joyous musical routine in an airport is branded by travel website Orbitz. People want the brands they buy to share their values. Branded entertainment makes this happen, and offers more opportunities for content developers. Like the SCAD students immersed in learning how it works, branded entertainment is the future of content.