Take a scroll down the sidewalk, and see the beauty of Sidewalk Arts 2020. The festival, a beloved SCAD tradition since 1981, went online this year, eliciting artwork from more than 650 SCAD students, SCAD alumni, and talented high school students. The scrollable "virtual sidewalk" gives a sense of the depth and breadth across many forms of expression.

Sidewalk Arts' kick-off event this year took place on April 24 at St. Joseph's Candler Hospital in Savannah, where members of the SCAD community, including alumni and professors, created a chalk mural at the main entrance to honor the health care community. That opened the month-long competition period, where online submissions were assessed by judges including popular illustrator Donato Giancola and Whitewall editor Eliza Jordan.

"El Sidewalk Arts Festival es un concurso que hace SCAD todos los años," said Daniela Torres Wong (B.F.A., advertising), winner of the People's Choice Award, student division, for her piece "Reflejos" (above). "Muchísimas gracias a todos los que votaron por mi!"

Amelia Jamerson (B.F.A., advertising, 2011), winner of the  SCAD Alumni Spirit Award for her mixed media piece "Apart Together" (above) said that this was the first time she has won an art award: "I'm happy, humbled, grateful, and incredibly inspired. I never thought to sell my work or even share it much. This award is so momentous for my journey and I'm flying on cloud nine."

Kathy Varadi (B.F.A., painting, 2018) received the People's Choice Alumni Award for her painting "What's Happening": "It's great to be part of this important SCAD tradition. My painting is of two sisters I saw at the magic hour at Schoodic Point in Acadia National Park in Maine. I've entered Sidewalk Arts twice before. I said to myself, I'm going to win this someday! I really appreciate the opportunity, especially this year."

Congratulation to all the winners, whose work can be seen here.

Special thanks to the judges, and to everyone who entered artwork and enjoyed Sidewalk Arts 2020!

"He makes glamour for the next generation," read the headline of journalist Naomi Elizée's Teen Vogue profile of Christopher John Rogers (B.F.A., fashion, 2016) in February, 2019. At that moment, Rogers had just shown his second New York Fashion Week collection. In November, he was awarded the first-place, $400,000 prize Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)/Vogue Fashion Fund. The transformative award gave Rogers the juice to rent a studio in Soho, create his own eponymous line, and hire full-time the team he'd been working with since his days at SCAD.

This week, Rogers and his brand director Christina Ripley (B.F.A., fashion marketing and management, 2016), studio director David Rivera (B.F.A., dramatic writing, 2016) and production designer Alex Tyson (B.F.A., fashion, 2016) participated for a special Guests and Gusto virtual chat, hosted, appropriately, by Elizee. The wide-ranging, hour-long conversation, watched by SCAD students online, addressed what it means to work in fashion at this moment, and the joys of dressing celebrities including Michelle Obama, SZA, Lizzo, Cardi B, Lil Nas X, and Priyanka Chopra.

Elizée brought up the fact that brands big and small alike are struggling to stay afloat in a moment where there are no red carpets or editorial shoots.

"In the fashion industry, everything is interconnected," agreed Tyson. "This has forced us to literally sit still and recharge. I hope it only happens once!"

"Most of the people we work with have become like family: makeup artists, hairstylist, buyers, store owners," added Rivera. "Knowing that we're going through this together, we have a responsibility that for Spring/Summer 2021 we will make a collection that is joyful and hopeful about the future."

On how the fashion world will be changed, and what current SCAD can hope for, Rogers emphasized versatility and vision: "I think the days of being a blank slate and trying to please everybody are over. People are going to be focusing on hiring people who have an incredible amount of intention and are adaptable to many different situations.

"Show people that you care and are passionate about what you're doing. The summer before I graduated from SCAD, I interned in New York. I didn't have money to go out, so I was just working. One of my internships was with Tanya Taylor. She said, 'Who here knows how to illustrate fashion sketches?' I ended up sketching out their audition for the Swarovski collective. She got the sponsorship, and all the things I sketched for her wound up reaching fruition. She introduced me to the Swarovski team, and I was able to use Swarovski elements in my senior collection at SCAD."

The CJR team's final word? "Remember to be kind and check in with everyone!"

Thanks to Michael Fink, Dean, School of Fashion, Naomi Elizée, and all the Bees who Zoom-ed in!

Through the award-winning SCAD eLearning platform, SCAD launched its virtual spring quarter Monday, March 30, 2020 for more than 15,000 students around the globe. 
 
A pioneer in online creative education, SCAD has made significant enhancements to strengthen digital resources for this historic transition to virtual learning. These new online resources include Zoom-enabled masterclasses, conversations, and demonstrations with industry leaders like artist Marilyn Minter, creative director Donald Robertson, costume designer Ane Crabtree, actor Tommy Dewey, tastemaker Carson Kressley, and many other friends of SCAD.
 
In addition to offering an expansive electronic library archive, the university has arranged for students to have access to more than 35 software programs utilized in the professions SCAD graduates will soon be entering. From anywhere in the world, SCAD students can create captivating graphics and storyboards using Toon Boom, the same software used by leading animation producers. Students have the capability to create 2D and 3D games and immersive environments with Unreal Engine and Unity and develop superior graphics using Cinema 4D and ZBrush. They also have access to a full music-production suite with Ableton Live, the same program used by digital music impresarios like Diplo, David Guetta, and Deadmau5. 
 
"SCAD's virtual resources meet and often exceed what our graduates will be using in the workplace in their future professions," said Dr. Gokhan Ozaysin, SCAD chief academic officer. "These resources are available to students regardless of location. We've crafted a curriculum for students to get comfortable with distance learning, as so many creative fields call for flexibility and remote work environments."
 
SCAD is the first creative university to earn the Instructional Technology Council's award for Outstanding Distance Education and the rank of Excellence in Institution-wide Online Teaching and Learning from the Online Learning Consortium. 
 
Of SCAD seniors, 63% have already taken an online class and are well positioned to excel during remote learning. SCAD eLearning students are taught by the same experienced faculty members who teach students at SCAD locations across the globe. 
 
"These are unsettling times affecting all of us, and the need to move to virtual classes is understandably disconcerting to many, especially those who've never taken an online course," said Dr. Audra Pittman, vice president, SCAD Atlanta.
 
"SCAD has been a world leader in online education for over a decade. We already offered 27 degree programs entirely online, the online world is not new to SCAD," said John Buckovich, vice president, SCAD Savannah. "We realize, for many of our students, virtual learning is not necessarily what they envisioned for our spring quarter, but change and the unexpected are part of everyday life. Our students and parents can have confidence in SCAD's ability to provide seriously substantive instruction every quarter, pandemic or no." 
 
To further assist students and faculty, SCAD also announces:
 

• Any student completing a course this spring and who is not satisfied will be offered a free retake of the same course. 
• No late fees will be charged for the spring quarter. 
• Fees for setting up a payment plan for the spring quarter will be waived. 
• All students will be allowed to register for Fall 2020, regardless of account balances that would normally prevent registration. 
• Students who chose to move out of SCAD residence halls are having their spring quarter housing and meal plan charges refunded in full, and will be able to keep the university housing portion of their scholarships for the spring quarter.
• Students who choose to defer enrollment until SCAD on-ground classes reopen will not lose their scholarships.

 
For more information on SCAD eLearning, visit scad.edu/elearning.
For more information on SCAD's robust response to COVID-19, visit scad.edu/coronavirus.

All senses will be stimulated, Feb. 18-20, at deFINE ART 2020. SCAD celebrates the eleventh annual edition of deFINE with a unique program of exhibitions, commissions, lectures and performances uniting an international group of emerging and established artists and creative visionaries. The signature event will take place at SCAD Savannah and SCAD Atlanta locations, highlighting the university's dedication to art programming, exhibitions, and community engagement.

This year's renowned deFINE ART honoree is artist Marilyn Minter. For over five decades, Minter has radically redefined the nature of feminist art. From early black-and-white photographs to her recent photorealist paintings, Minter has rebelled against male-appointed dictates of female representation in consumer culture. For deFINE, Minter opens an exhibition titled "Nasty Woman" at SCAD Museum of Art. "Nasty Woman" is a selective survey, highlighting the prescience of Minter's early practice, while immersing viewers in an array of the artist's most acclaimed work. Minter will deliver the deFINE ART keynote lecture in Savannah, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 6 p.m. at the historic Trustees Theater.

deFINE ART 2020 features an extraordinary roster of internationally acclaimed artists from nine countries across multiple continents, presenting solo exhibitions throughout the award-winning SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah and Atlanta. Exhibitions include a large-scale survey of Igshaan Adams (South Africa), a commissioned project engaging the SCAD Museum of Art permanent collection by Charlie Billingham (United Kingdom), the first large institutional exhibition of Kenturah Davis (USA), a specially commissioned group of works by Rodrigo Hernández (Portugal), a retrospective spanning five decades by Anna Maria Maiolino (Brazil), a site-specific presentation by Raúl de Nieves (USA), a video installation by Wong Ping (Hong Kong), the first US museum exhibition of SCAD alumni Xavier Robles de Medina (B.F.A., painting 2012) (Suriname), and an immersive installation by Shoplifter (Iceland).

Atlanta presentations will include a lecture by video and performance artist Janet Biggs (USA), an exhibition by Derrick Adams (USA), new work created with SCAD sculpture students led by Cynthia Gutiérrez (Mexico), an M.F.A. thesis exhibition by painting student Rhett Scott (USA). and a lecture by renowned theater director and visual artists Robert Wilson.

Other SCAD Savannah presentation include group exhibition "Hypothetical Function" featuring SCAD alumni, students, and non-affiliated artists at Gutstein Gallery. At Alexander Hall, an exhibition of dynamic photography by SCAD students and recent alumni titled "Aura and Invention: Alternative Processes in Photography" will be on display following a run at the Trois Gallery at SCAD Atlanta. 

"SCAD deFINE ART hosts creative leaders revolutionizing contemporary art and culture, giving SCAD students and the public intimate access to diverse practices," states Kari Herrin, Executive Director, SCAD museums and exhibitions. "Exhibiting artists infuse the museum with unconventional perspectives and help cultivate the next generation of cultural innovators here at SCAD."

Top ranked degree programs including sculpture, painting, film and television, fibers, and performing arts are represented through the signature event's exhibitions and programming. SCAD students and community members will have the opportunity to interact with artists during the three-day event, through gallery talks, masterclasses, installation collaborations, public art programming, and performances.

Visit scad.edu/defineart2020.

SCAD students and alumni fuel box office blockbusters and garner critical acclaim, this year more than ever. Over 200 SCAD alumni and students contributed to 21 Academy Award nominated films, with 16 of those alumni having worked on more than one nominated films. The Academy Awards will be held this Sunday, February 9, 2020, 8 p.m. EST.

These Bees represent award-winning SCAD degree programs including animation, visual effects, film & television, production design, sound design, television producing, sequential art, dramatic writing, motion media design, sculpture, and photography.

Dean Max Almy, School of Digital Media said, “Our programs in School of Digital Media are top rated in the world. Our alumni are working at Pixar, Disney, ILM, Blue Sky, Dreamworks and dozens of other great companies. It's no surprise hundreds of our alumni have worked on Academy Award winning and nominated films. We are so proud!"

SCAD students and alumni worked on the following Oscar-nominated films: 1917, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Ad Astra, Avengers: Endgame, Ford v Ferrari, Frozen II, Harriet, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Joker, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,  Marriage Story, Missing Link, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Richard Jewell, Rocketman, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The Irishman, The Lighthouse, The Lion King, The Two Popes, and Toy Story 4.

Nearly one quarter of the alumni nominated graduated in the past four years. Furthermore, in a study of Spring 2018 SCAD graduates, 99 percent were employed, pursuing further education, or both within 10 months of graduation.

Let's celebrate the unmistakable creative contributions of SCAD alumni across a stunning spectrum of this year's nominees!

Adams, Breanna (B.A., television producing, 2014) “Avengers: Endgame”
Agrawal, Harsh (B.F.A., visual effects) “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”; “Avengers: Endgame”; “Toy Story 4”
Alarcon, Carlos (M.A., visual effects, 2010) “Rocketman”
Albright, Shelby (B.F.A., animation, 2018) “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Alexander, Nathan (B.F.A., production design) “Avengers: Endgame”
Ali, Mir (B.F.A., visual effects, 2015) “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
Alvarez, Brian (B.F.A., visual effects, 2008) “Avengers: Endgame”
Amlaner, Sean (M.F.A., visual effects, 2007) “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Andersen, Catherine (B.F.A., film and television, 2017) “Avengers: Endgame”; “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
Anderson, Grant (B.F.A., visual Effects, 2017) “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
Baker, Rebecca (B.F.A., animation, 2019) “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
Barber, Brock (M.F.A., animation, 2017) “Missing Link”
Bellanich, Beau (B.F.A., film and television, 2016) “Avengers: Endgame”; “Ford v Ferrari”
Benson, Matthew (B.F.A., visual effects, 2015) “Toy Story 4”
Bidar, Alireza (B.F.A., visual effects, 2017) “Frozen 2”
Birdsall, Kimmy (B.F.A., sequential art, 2017) “Toy Story 4”
Black, Cameron (B.F.A., animation, 2014) “Frozen 2”
Bloch, Stephen (B.F.A., visual effects, 2008) “Avengers: Endgame”
Boehme, Madison (M.A., creative business leadership) “Frozen 2”
Boga, Nagender Raju (M.A., visual effects, 2016) “Avengers: Endgame”
Boon, Justin (B.F.A., visual effects, 2016) “Ad Astra”
Boyd, Scott Andrew (B.F.A., film and television, 2019) "Parasite"
Bradford, Stephen C. (B.F.A., film and television, 2014) “Avengers: Endgame”
Burstein, Jake (M.F.A., animation, 2017) “Avengers: Endgame”
Byun, Won Young (M.F.A., computer art, 2002) “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
Callaway, Katy (M.A., visual effects, 2016) “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
Cardin, Daniel (B.F.A., visual effects, 2015) “Frozen 2”
Chang, Hosuk (M.A., visual effets, 2008) “Toy Story 4”
Chang, Yung-Lo (B.F.A., computer art, 2002) “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
Chase, Ian (B.F.A., sound design, 2017) “The Irishman”; “The Two Popes”
Christensen, Amy (B.F.A., computer art, 1997) “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”; “Harriet”
Chu, Diana (M.F.A., visual effects, 2017) “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Clark, Scott (animation, 1992) “Toy Story 4”
Cobb, Seth (B.F.A., computer art, 2003) “Ad Astra”
Collins, Dannah (M.F.A., photography, 2009) “Marriage Story”; “The Irishman”
Colón, Steven Quinoñes (B.F.A., painting/architecture) “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Conrad, Heather (B.F.A., visual effects, 2015) “Ford v Ferrari”
Cook, Andrew (M.F.A., film and television, 2019) “Avengers: Endgame”
Cothron, Reed W. (B.F.A., film and television, 2017) “Avengers: Endgame”
Cox, Chad (B.F.A., animation, 2012) “Avengers: Endgame”
Crumbly, James Parker (B.F.A., film and television) “Ford v Ferrari”
Curtis, Alexander (M.F.A., animation, 2011; B.F.A., animation 2009) “Toy Story 4”
Davidson, Alex (M.F.A., animation, 2015) “Avengers: Endgame”
Davies, Jason (M.F.A., animatiin, 2003) “Toy Story 4”
Davis, Jonathan (B.F.A., computer art, 2004) “Frozen 2”
Dehner, Andrew (M.F.A., visual effects, 2013) “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
DeMeo IV, Anthony (B.F.A., animation, 2014) “Avengers: Endgame”
Desai, Sagar (M.F.A., film and television, 2010) “Avengers: Endgame”
Donnan, Melissa (B.F.A., animation, 2009) “Frozen 2”
Ehrlinger, Charles (B.F.A., film and television, 2004) “Ford v Ferrari”
Eisert, Kelly (M.F.A., animation, 2006) “Frozen 2”
Epstein, Jenn (B.F.A., visual effects, 2005) “Avengers: Endgame”
Erickson, Jesse (B.F.A., visual effects, 2008) “Frozen 2”
Everett, Jameson (B.F.A., film and television, 2016) “Ford v Ferrari”
Finley, Andrew (B.F.A., visual effects, 2015) “Toy Story 4”
Fuller, Sarah (B.F.A., visual effects, 2007) “Ford v Ferrari”
Galley, Sarah (B.F.A., film and television, 2008) “Ford v Ferrari”
Gaytan, Minor (B.F.A., animation, 2007) “Frozen 2”
Gernhart, Danika (B.F.A., fim and television, 2012) “Missing Link”
Gernhart, Kyle (B.F.A., sequential art, 2012) “Missing Link”
Ghoniem, Ashraf (B.F.A., computer art, 2005) “Avengers: Endgame”
Girmann, Benjamin (M.F.A., animation, 2016) “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
Godwin, Bryan (B.F.A., computer art, 1998) “Joker”
Goldman, Alyssa "Grizzly" (B.F.A., film and television) “Ford v Ferrari”
Greene, Adam (B.F.A., sequential art, 1999) “Missing Link”
Grey, Aaron (B.F.A., animation, 2007) “Avengers: Endgame”; “The Irishman”
Hacker, Ethan (B.F.A., film and television) “Ford v Ferrari”
Harkleroad, Travis (M.F.A., visual effects, 2013) “Avengers: Endgame”; “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”; “The Irishman”
Hayden, Joseph (B.F.A., visual effects, 2006) “Avengers: Endgame”
Helm, Neil (M.F.A., animation, 2010) “Toy Story 4”
Henderson, Holly (B.F.A., jewelry design, 2010) “Missing Link”
Herbst, Calvin (B.F.A., film and television) “Ford v Ferrari”
Hildreth, Jesse (B.F.A., visual effects, 2008) “Avengers: Endgame”; “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Holtsclaw, Joshua (B.F.A., illustration, 2006) “Missing Link”
Hou, Xiao (sound design, M.F.A., 2015) “American Factory”
Howison, Josiah (B.F.A., visual effects, 2004) “Joker”
Hwang, Seona (M.A., visual effects, 2014) “Avengers: Endgame”
Jacobson, Terence (M.F.A., animation, 2005) “Missing Link”
Johnson, Sarah (B.F.A., animation, 2013) “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
Junking, Jessica (M.A., fibers, 2012) “Missing Link”
Karcher, Brandon Lee (B.F.A., animation, 2018) “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
Kayser, Maia (B.F.A., visual communication and electronic arts, 2001) “Avengers: Endgame”
Kelly, Dayna (B.F.A., visual effects, 2015) “Ford v Ferrari”
Kennedy, Walker (B.F.A., visual effects, 2017) “Frozen 2”
Kernisan, Jeannine (B.F.A., animation, 2015) “Avengers: Endgame”
Kirby-O’Connell, Kate (B.F.A., animation, 2013) “Frozen 2”
Klock, Sam (B.F.A., visual effects, 2011) “Frozen 2”
Kocenko, Leighann (B.F.A., photography, 2011) “Avengers: Endgame”
Kojeva, Katerina (B.F.A., production design, 2016) “Avengers: Endgame”
Koonce, Jim (B.F.A., visual effects, 2016) “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
Kowalewicz, Joseph (B.F.A., visual effects, 2013) “Missing Link”
Kowalewicz, Tiffany (B.F.A., animation, 2013) “Missing Link”
Kracht, Harrison (B.F.A., film and television) “Ford v Ferrari”
Kumar, Varshini Naveen (M.A., visual effects) “Avengers: Endgame”
Kupferer, Tyler (M.F.A., animation, 2011) “Frozen 2”
Kurras, Kenneth (B.F.A., film and television, 1994) “Missing Link”
Laird, Jonah (B.F.A., visual effects, 2017) “Toy Story 4”
LaVietes, Steve (B.F.A., computer art, 1996) “Toy Story 4”
LeBlanc Chantal (B.F.A., visual effects, 2013) “Missing Link”; "Frozen 2"
Lee, Hongdon (B.F.A., film and television) “Ford v Ferrari”
Leerasanthanah, Win (M.F.A., animation, 2016) “Avengers: Endgame”
LeMaster, Frederick (B.F.A., animation, 2005) “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Leone, Nicholas (B.F.A., film and television, 2010) “Avengers: Endgame”
Leu, Nicolas (M.A., visual effects, 2015) “Avengers: Endgame”
Lewis, David (M.F.A., visual effects, 2012) “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
Lindahl, Matthew (B.F.A., computer art) “Toy Story 4”
Leonard, Lindsay (B.F.A., motion media design, 2013) “Bombshell”
Liu, Tingting (M.F.A., animation, 2012) “Missing Link”
Lombardi, Gian Ignacio (B.FA., visual effects, 2014) “Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood”
Loughran, Sean (B.F.A., visual effects, 2008) “Avengers: Endgame”
Low, Katie (M.F.A., animation, 2017) “Frozen 2”
Madrigal, Carol (B.F.A., computer art, 2002) “Avengers: Endgame”
Marcil, Leo (B.F.A., sound design, 2015) “Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood”
Martinez, Paul (B.F.A., visual effects, 2008) “The Lion King”
Mayer, Jason (M.F.A., computer art, 2004) “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
McEwan, Sean Ryan (B.F.A., visual effects, 2011) “Ad Astra”
McGrew, John David (M.F.A., animation, 2015) “Missing Link”
McSpadden, Jennifer (M.F.A./B.F.A., visual effects/film and television) “Avengers: Endgame”
Meccay, Connor (B.F.A., film and television) “Ford v Ferrari”
Mendez, Nicole (B.F.A., visual effects, 2018) “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
Messeder, Filipe (B.F.A., sound Design, 2016) “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”; "The Lighthouse"
Miller, Rachel (B.F.A., illustration, 2016) “Missing Link”
Millhollon, Tori (B.F.A., animation, 2015) “Missing Link”
Moed, Alex (B.F.A., visual effects, 2011) “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
Mohr, Kyle (B.F.A., animation, 2005) “Toy Story 4”
Monaghan, Shawn (B.F.A., computer art, 2004) “Avengers: Endgame”; “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Myers, Bobby (B.F.A., visual effects, 2015) “Ad Astra”
Myers, Emily (B.F.A., animation, 2007) “Missing Link”
Narse, Prasad Kamalakar (M.F.A., animation, 2014) “Avengers: Endgame”
Nelson, Derek (M.F.A., visual effects, 2009) “Frozen 2”
Nelson, Jonathan (M.F.A., computer art, 2005) “Ford v Ferrari”
Nieves, Michael (B.F.A., animation, 2014) “Toy Story 4”
Nixon, Tom (M.F.A., visual effects) “Avengers: Endgame”
Northcutt, Brett (B.F.A., painting) “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Null, Stephen (B.F.A., visual effects, 2005) “Frozen 2”
O'Connor, Patrick (B.F.A., visual effects, 2015) “Ad Astra”; “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
O'Grady, Brian (B.F.A., film and television, 2015) “Avengers: Endgame”
O'Malley, Meredith (B.F.A., animation/visual effects, 2018) “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
Old, Tyler (B.F.A., visual effects, 2017) “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
Ouellet, Sasha (B.F.A., visual effects, 2019) “Toy Story 4”
Ozanne, Mitchell (B.F.A., animation, 2016) “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
Page, Joseph Harold (B.F.A., film and television, 2007) “Ford v Ferrari”
Pak, Galina (B.F.A., animation, 2018) “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
Palmer, Sean (B.F.A., visual effects, 2005) “Frozen 2”
Park, Hongseo (M.F.A., computer art, 1999) “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
Parrish, Zach (B.F.A., animation, 2007) “Frozen 2”
Pfeifer, Mikaela (B.F.A., animation, 2017) “Missing Link”
Pickering, Michael (B.F.A., visual effects, 2018) “Joker”
Pierce, Colleen (B.F.A., visual effects, 2018)  “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
Preston, Timothy (B.F.A., motion media design, 2015) “The Irishman”; “The Two Popes”
Radcliffe, Ben (B.F.A., computer art, 1997) “Avengers: Endgame”
Radcliffe, Chris (B.F.A., computer art, 2003) “Avengers: Endgame”
Ramsey, Austin (B.F.A., film and television) “Ad Astra”; "Joker"
Reisweber, Jared (B.F.A., visual effects, 2011) “Frozen 2”
Renus Tyler (B.F.A., visual effects, 2016) “Missing Link”
Revenger, Brett (B.F.A., visual effects) “Avengers: Endgame”; “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Rose, Allen (B.F.A., visual effects, 2005) “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
Ross, Adam Wesley (B.F.A., computer art, 2002) “Avengers: Endgame”
Sabesan, Naveen (M.F.A., animation, 2017) “Avengers: Endgame”
Samms, Haley (B.F.A., animation, 2017) “Avengers: Endgame”
Saunders, Davis (B.F.A., visual effects, 2006) “Avengers: Endgame”
Saunders, Evan (B.F.A., photography, 2008) “Avengers: Endgame”
Schneider, Dan (M.F.A., visual effects, 2006) “Avengers: Endgame”
Schneider, Tim (B.F.A., visual effects, 2011) “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
Scroggie, Catlin (B.F.A., animation, 2015) “Ad Astra”
Sedmak, Georgia (B.F.A., sculpture, 2018) “Avengers: Endgame”; “Ford v Ferrari”; “Richard Jewell”
Serei, Sorya Sean (M.F.A., visual effects, 2014) “Ford v Ferrari”
Sherman, Victoria (B.F.A., production design, 2018) “Ford v Ferrari”
Shilt, Alex  (B.F.A., visual effects, 2016) “Toy Story 4”
Sims, Demorrius (B.F.A., animation, 2014) “Frozen 2”
Sirinaruemarn, Rattanin (M.A., visual effects, 2013) “Frozen 2”
Snary, Mitchell (B.F.A., computer graphics, 1999) “Frozen 2”
Snow, Alexander (B.F.A., animation, 2009) “Frozen 2”; “Missing Link”
Solorzano, Alejandro (B.F.A., animation, 2011) “Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood”
Spadafora, James (M.F.A., visual effects, 2015); "Avengers: Endgame"; "The Irishman"; “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Spivey III, Kenneth Royce (M.F.A., sculpture, 2015) “Avengers: Endgame”
Sridharan, Dhivyasimhon (M.A., animation, 2014) “Missing Link”
Steplowski, Ian (computer art, 2003) “Toy Story 4”
Stifter, Megan (B.FA., visual effects, 2012) “Toy Story 4”
Strode, Kjell (B.F.A., visual effects, 2010) “Joker”
Sullivan, Jeff (animation) “Frozen 2”; “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
Takehara, Cindy (sound design, M.F.A., 2015) “American Factory”
Talesnick, Kelly Wetzel (M.A., animation, 2009) “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
Tan, Ka Yaw (B.F.A., computer art, 1995) “Frozen 2”
Taylor, Don (B.F.A., computer art, 1994) “Frozen 2”
Taylor, Regan K. (B.F.A., performing arts, 2015) “Avengers: Endgame”
Tiahrt, Taylor (B.F.A., animation, 2013) “Frozen 2”
Thorvilson, Dalton (B.F.A., film and television, 2017) “Avengers: Endgame”
Tower, Becki (M.F.A., animation, 2008) “Toy Story 4”
Tyler, Julie (B.F.A., visual effects, 2015) “Ad Astra”; “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
Underwood, Bridget (B.F.A., animation, 2012) “Missing Link”
Usher, Darren James (M.F.A., film and television, 2018) “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
Uyemura, Christine (M.F.A., visual effects, 2017) “1917”; “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
Walters, Brian (B.F.A., visual effects, 2006) “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
Wang, Houhan (M.A., motion media, 2018; B.F.A., animation, 2016) “Avengers: Endgame”
Wang, Pablo (B.F.A., computer art, 2002) “Avengers: Endgame”
Watson, George Tyrell (B.F.A., film and television, 2014) “Avengers: Endgame”
Weglein, Jesse (visual effects, 2008) “Toy Story 4”
Weldon, Melanie (B.F.A., visual effects, 2017) “Ad Astra”
Wiggins, Daniel (B.F.A., digital multimedia, 2002) “Avengers: Endgame”
Wijsmuller, Kylie (B.F.A., visual effects, 2017) “Toy Story 4”
Williams, Samantha (B.F.A., visual effects, 2017) “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
Wilson, Chris (B.F.A., visual effects, 2009) “Ford v Ferrari”
Wong, D'Lun (M.F.A., visual effects, 2007; B.F.A., computer art, 2001) “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”; "Frozen 2"
Woodall, Cameron (M.F.A., photography, 2006) “Avengers: Endgame”
Wright, Jobey (B.F.A., sound design)  “Avengers: Endgame”
Yard, Justin (B.F.A., visual effects, 2014) “Avengers: Endgame”
Yu, Sophia (B.F.A., animation, 2015) “Avengers: Endgame”
Zylberman, Ben (M.F.A., sequential art, 2010; B.F.A., sequential art 2006) “The Lighthouse”; “Harriet”; Ad Astra”

If you are aware of a name missing from this list, please email information (Name, Degree, Film) to [email protected].

"I'm always thinking about my paintings as 3-dimensional objects," says Adrienne Dixon (B.F.A., painting, 2011). "My intention is to make the materiality of the work as important as its pictorial illusions."

A graduate of Chopticon High School in Morganza, Maryland, Dixon counts Carmen Herrera, Ellsworth Kelly, and Josef and Annie Albers among her art world heroes. Her vibrant, widely-exhibited paintings are in collections including the Kentucky International Convention Center in Lexington, Chateau d'Orquevaux Permanent Collection in Orquevaux, France, and the private collection of Danai Gurira.

This year, Dixon's artistic process of transference has taken on new context. Limited-edition socks (and a complementary water bottle), based on her paintings, are currently for sale exclusively at Tad Café in the SCAD Museum of Art. They are functional and fun. Wear them and become part of the art.

Adrienne Dixon:

SCAD is a great place for thinking about design holistically. SCAD students work in interdisciplinary ways. In the SCAD painting program we were encouraged to contact professional artists to interview them about their studio practices, professional practices, and how they navigate their careers. I reached out to Monica Cook (B.F.A., painting, 1996) and we corresponded. Her work is so luscious, with an astonishing amount of detail. There are a lot of Monica's paintings on display in SCAD buildings. She's a total rock star.

Another illustrious graduate of the SCAD painting program, Michael Scoggins (M.F.A., painting, 2006) said, "If you have to have a day job, have a day job that does not deplete you. Work somewhere that fuels your practice, teaches you a skill, or inspires you."

Currently I'm the events director for a non-profit gallery and event space called Lexington Art League in Lexington, Kentucky. We're in the gothic revival Loudon House with 11,000 feet of gallery space. We hold an event called Woodland Art Fair where we bring in 60-70,000 people every August. My day job is a lot of work but I love it and it is rewarding.

The design for the socks and water bottle originated with a series of paintings I created called "Area/Matter." The patterns in "Area/Matter" came out of spaces I've encountered: a median strip, the ceiling of the D.C. Metro. A lot of my work is influenced by architecture. There was an interesting pitch in a room of a townhouse I was living in, so I made an observational drawing and thought about how I could play with the color palette, flipping it compositionally in different orientations.

The commission came from Alan Slattery (B.F.A., accessory design, 2016), who took my work and formatted the designs onto functional objects, a water bottle and a pair of socks. He sent the mock-ups to me, said what do you think, and I said, of course!

It's exciting to see the project come to fruition and the items be for sale at SCAD MOA. I want what I purchase to have a special place in either my wardrobe or my house. You cherish something more when you're in love with the color, or if it's a conversation piece. Who wants bland socks?

Adrienne Dixon photo: Dana Rogers

Banner image: Adrienne Dixon, "Don’t Do It VI" (detail), acrylic, glitter, and resin on panel, 2018.

Learn more about SCAD painting and visit SCAD MOA!

No dream home is complete without a Bert John painting or four. Featured in HGTV Dream Home 2020, the paintings of John (M.F.A., interior design, 2006) represent his lifelong affinity for coastal life, connecting habitant to habitat. With Savannah-developed design sensibilities applied to the home on Hilton Head Island, Bert delivers Lowcountry life in high style.

Bert John:

I went to medical school for two years, studying pharmacology, while getting up early to help my cousin renovate a house. When I decided to go for it and pursue my masters in interior design, I looked for a university where all the students get hired after they graduate. One of my dad's businesses in Jacksonville was an antique shop, so we'd been coming up to Savannah since I was a kid – that's how I knew about SCAD.

At SCAD, I took elective painting and drawing classes with the late professor Jorge Alvarez, including Oil-based Techniques and Exploration [PNTG 203]. Gold leaf is the signature in all Alvarez' paintings. In Granite Hall, the alligator and snake painting with gold leaf, that's his. I sometimes use gold leaf on the side or face of my paintings because Alvarez always used gold leaf. I thought I'd carry it forward.

I paint more like a watercolorist with my oil paints, with how I layer and the looseness of the paint versus thick impasto painting. I developed my technique over time, including my color block approach for small paintings. If I add gray to my paints it makes them more chameleon-like. When I paint the marsh, I let nature create the perspective and then I do the underpainting in orangey red. Alvarez always talked about letting the process show through. The old masters used sanguine pencils, and if you look at their underpaintings sometimes you can see red marks from sanguine pencils. I'm doing it intentionally.

Producer and interior designer Brian Patrick Flynn at HGTV Dream Home likes to feature local artists and designers as much as he can. With HGTV Dream Home, I'm given the palette and approximately how many pieces he might need. I look at the palette and what my goal is: Is the painting going to be completely abstract, an abstract marsh scene, photo-realistic, or color block? Then I paint. With my color block paintings, I can use radical colors like coral and pink and fuchsia. The painting in the master bathroom of HGTV Dream Home 2020 is tailored towards the shower tile and the blush color, from the Sherwin-Williams for HGTV color palette of the year.

My work has strong horizontal lines. I use a tape measure as a scribe and charcoal to get that perfect horizontal line. Funny thing – the same box of line charcoal that I had when I graduated SCAD, I still use! There's four full pieces and a few nibs in there left. So I'm still using the supplies, inspiration and connections I made while at SCAD.

See more at Bert's official site and visit him on Instagram.

SCAD AT MIAMI, a wondrous celebration of contemporary art and creative education at Design Miami/ during Miami Art Week, took place December 4-8, 2019. Artists and experts conversed in a state-of-the-art media suite, and experienced dynamic new work by SCAD alumni. Current M.F.A. candidate Justin Armstrong (B.F.A., painting, 2016) discussed the inspiration and process behind his sensational bespoke work.

Justin Armstrong:

SCAD reached out to me with a proposal for working on the official SCAD AT MIAMI space, commissioning a large-scale painting covering the entire interior and exterior walls of the booth. Of course, I said yes.

The SCAD booth that I helped design is a large-scale painting split with vertical lines with primary colors and holographic light. The second you come around the corner you see this all-over explosion of eye-catching color and light. I wanted people to have an aesthetic experience and absorb the moment.

I look at my work, at its core, as a conflict of visual interest. I create repetitive line paintings that cause optical vibrations in the vein of Bridget Riley and Carlos Cruz Diaz. I work with paint but I also work with holographic vinyl. Holographic vinyl is an amazing material that refracts light across the entire color spectrum. Then I create vertical lines of paint to divide that holographic space. Working in repetitive lines can look mechanical, but I'm not a machine. If people see a curved line, that's a component of the work.

Even though my work works well on social media, I use the holographic component because I want people to actually come see the work in person. It's a different experience when you see it with your eyes instead of your iPhone.

The install process started with a digital mockup file to give a general idea. From there, we had the holographic vinyl installed, then lay vertical lines of tape from top to bottom. We lay the one-inch wide tape, because we want one-inch negative space. It's repetitive so there's no focal point except for the whole. After we lay the tape, I paint the entire space with red, teal and yellow while the tape is up. Then we peel the tape when it's done. When the tape is up, it's strictly a painting, because you can't see the holographic vinyl, but when I peel the tape I'm technically removing half the painting. As I like to say, half my painting has to die for the other half to live.

See more at justinarmstrong.net.

One of the cornerstones of a SCAD education is gaining professional experience beyond the classroom. For architectural historians, for whom formal presentation skills are essential, this means participating at academic and professional conferences.

Fall quarter witnessed the architectural history department's highest number of student conference paper presentations, with three at the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH) annual meeting and two at the Society of American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH) conference – a significant achievement.

Like design competitions for other majors at SCAD, conferences involve a competitive process of submission and selection. Students author a one-page proposal for a paper and submit it for consideration alongside proposals submitted by professionals and academics.

To prepare students for participation at a conference, the SCAD School of Building Arts hosts a "Peer Practice Session" dress-rehearsal. An important component of these sessions is to invite students as well as faculty from other departments to provide feedback. Faculty also present work at such sessions, and students experience the process of refinement based on peer feedback. Dr. Geoffrey S. Taylor, dean of the School of Building Arts, noted: "Peer Practice Sessions expose students to current research, demonstrate shared interests amongst the students and faculty from across our disciplines, model professional engagement, and create a dialog celebrating a curiosity for and the critical assessment of the built environment."

At SESAH, held in Greenville, South Carolina, three students, three faculty and two alumni all presented papers, and another alumnus was elected to the SESAH board of directors. Graduate students Madi Alspector (M.F.A., architectural history) and Monica Gann (M.F.A., architectural history) and undergraduate Clara Miller (B.F.A., architectural history) presented papers that grew out of their respective term papers from Chair Robin Williams' "Power and the Built Environment" winter 2019 research seminar. Madi spoke on "Driving Out Destruction: Preservation Activism and Highway Revolts" of the 1950s and ‘60s in American cities. Monica analyzed "The Power Dynamics of the Courtroom Layouts," an examination of how courtrooms have evolved in response to the professionalization of lawyers, and how the configurations of courtrooms may affect the perception of justice. Clara's talk on "Urban Carnage and Social Disempowerment: Buffalo's Failing Blight Removal Campaign" challenged the wisdom of demolishing thousands of historic houses in an effort to revitalize a city.

Faculty members served as mentors at the conferences, helping guide the students through the appropriate ways to hear papers in different concurrent sessions, making introductions to facilitate networking, and supporting presentations. At the SESAH conference it was especially gratifying for current students to interact with alumni Nathaniel Walker (M.A., architectural history, 2006), an assistant professor at the College of Charleston, Marisa Gomez Nordyke (B.F.A., architectural history, 2007), a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Ruben Acosta (M.F.A., architectural history, 2010), an architectural historian at the Florida State Historic Preservation Office.

SCAD at SESAH (left to right): Chair Robin Williams, Clara Miller, Madi Alspector, Monica Gann, alumnus Ruben Acosta, alumna Marisa Gomez Nordyke, Professor Patrick Haughey, Professor David Gobel and alumnus Nathaniel Walker.

Lean more about SCAD architectural history degree programs.

Muchas felicidades and sumptuous congratulations to Nicolás Ramírez (M.F.A., sound design, 2018) for his extraordinary achievement: Nico is a Latin Grammy winner as inginerio de sonido on 2019 Latin Grammy Song of the Year, "Mi Persona Favorita" by Alejandro Sanz & Camila Cabello.

"Mi Persona Favorita" was recorded at Art House, the Miami studio and record label of Julio Reyes Copello. As recording engineer at Art House, Ramírez has worked on sessions with superstars including Will Smith, Jennifer Lopez, Residente, Shakira, and Bad Bunny, as well as developing artists like Colombian compatriot Paula Arena and Argentinian prodigy Nahuel Pannisi.

One of Ramírez's great skills is creating emotional intimacy through sound. As Nico says: "It doesn't matter if a song is in Spanish or English, if it gets into your skin, that's the incredible thing." Now he has a Latin Grammy to show for it.

Nicolás Ramírez:

When I graduated from SCAD I had the option to intern in Miami at Art House. I knew how internships are: connecting cables, making coffee. But at the same time, I'd be at Julio's studio, where I knew they were making great records with incredible artists.

When I arrived, they were working on Alejandro Sanz's album, #ELDISCO. One day Julio told me: "We need to record some drums, do you know how to do it?" Alejandro wanted Larnell Lewis, an incredible drummer from the band Snarky Puppy, to play on "Mi Persona Favorita." Of course I knew how to record drums. The equal question was: "Can you handle the pressure?" Technology can fail and you have to solve it right away, because recording is all about flow and energy. Julio saw I knew both the technical side and how to be a professional.

The Latin Grammys were an incredible experience, because it was the first Latin Grammy award for my sister Natalia too. She did the vocal post-production for Alejandro's album, including "Mi Persona Favorita." When we got back from Las Vegas to Miami, Alejandro invited the whole team to his house and made us a paella. Paella says it all.

Of course my SCAD experience was key. I came to U.S. from Colombia to study for my masters degree, which was a huge jump for me. SCAD sound design professors David Stone, Mitch Gettleman, and Matthew Akers were essential to my development in different ways. David emphasized that working is not only about the technical aspect, it's about bonding with the people you're working with. From Mitch, I learned how to working quickly and efficiently. With Matthew Akers, I learned about synthesizers, the art of sound, and creating outside the box.

My experience as part of the SCAD cycling team was important too. When you're doing workouts, you're suffering but you get stronger. Mentally, you know can do it. Now, when I'm in a situation in the studio where I need to push to the end of the session, I know I can do it. Another way cycling is like recording: the best way going forward is as a team.

Working at Art House, I go to sleep thinking, is this really happening? The Latin Grammy is my highest professional highlight so far. I'm going to squeeze all the juice of enjoyment from this, while looking forward to what's next.

Nicolas y su novia Amalia Restrepo (M.F.A., illustration, 2018) at the 20th Latin Grammy Awards.

Visit Nico at niccolasramirez.com.

Banner photo: Manolo Alzamora.

And stay tuned: Alejandro Sanz's #ELDISCO is nominated for Best Latin Pop Album at the Grammy Awards, Jan. 26, 2020!