"How would you describe your day in a color?"

As the SCAD Summer Seminars students offer their answers ("orange," "greenish," "sort of gray," "light blue"), professor Jennifer Lee Hallsey walks around the upstairs aerie in Wallin Hall, peeling off correspondingly hued sheets of construction paper and placing them beside the acid-free notepads on each desk.

After Hallsey passes out pages ripped randomly from discarded dimestore novels, students scissor letters, words, and phrases, and glue them to the vellum. The construction paper is cut or torn and likewise affixed. Adornments are added with Micron pens and Prismacolor pencils atop flat washes of watercolor. Abstract artworks appear, borne of rhythmic improvisation. "Let the process dictate what you're doing," Hallsey says.

Over the next five days, these high school students will take a deep dive into the world of mixed media. Professor Hallsey's workshop is part of a series of weeklong immersive experiences for high schoolers interested in all things SCAD. Hallsey is herself a SCAD alumna thrice over: B.F.A. painting, 2005; M.A. jewelry, 2015; M.F.A. jewelry, 2016. "This is my fifth year teaching summer seminars, and my third year teaching foundation studies at SCAD. My experience teaching Summer Seminars led me to realize I wanted to be a professor."

"We're here to create process-based work, versus product-based work," Prof. Hallsey tells the class. "Product-based work is when we sit down with an idea in our head. I want us to create process-based work, which is about constantly generating new ideas. To do that, we have to have a common language."

Writing on a whiteboard, Hallsey explains elements and principles of art and design, including space and proximity, scale and proportion, variety and economy, emphasis and repetition. "Form in support of content is unity," Hallsey says. "Now, what's the opposite of unity?" "Chaos!" comes the chorused response. "Right! The message of your artwork may be chaos. It's fine to have that message, but have your form support that message."

From a front table laden with supplies, students select felt-tipped pens, glue sticks, pink-handled X-ACTO knives, filbert brushes and water-soluble graphite sticks. "Respect your tools," Hallsey says. "Healthy bristles make for happy brushes."

By mid-week, Hallsey has put mixed media in historical context, showing students the work of Hannah Hoch and Robert Rauschenberg, and connecting Caspar David Friedrich's 1818 "Wanderer above the Sea of Fog" to the calligraphic expressionism of Cy Twombly. She screens an inspiring episode of Netflix program "Abstract" about British set designer Es Devlin. When the students return to work, a playlist of songs by the Breeders and Dressy Bessy keeps the vibe rocking.  

Morgan Gross, a rising junior at School of the Woods in Houston, Texas, learned about Summer Seminars after a SCAD representative gave a presentation at his school. "I actually felt more motivated in school because I had a goal to come here this summer." By Friday, Gross has completed a mixed media piece incorporating stark, repeated images of birds in cages, exploring themes of obedience and liberation.

Talbot Potter, a rising sophomore at St. George's Episcopal School in Milner, Georgia, is finishing a layered work in an accordion notebook. "I signed up through the SCAD website to receive emails because I'm interested in art. When SCAD sent me a notice about Summer Seminars, I thought, sounds great! I loved being here this week. In the mornings I took acrylics class, which ties in with mixed media in the field of visual art. I'd love to come back next year."

"It's exciting to bump into students I taught at Summer Seminars who are now attending SCAD," Hallsey says. "I hope some of these students here today feel that inspired."

Above: SCAD Summer Seminars student Talbot Potter.

Top photo (l-r): Talbot Potter, Morgan Gross, Prof. Jennifer Lee Hallsey, Mickenzie "Mickey" Millsap, Charlotte Clark.

SCAD Summer Seminars return in 2019. Learn more about the program here.

Award-winning designer Cesar Idrobo (M.A., accessory design, 2016; B.F.A., industrial design, 2012) is steadily climbing the ranks in the footwear industry. His résumé includes pattern-making and product design for well-known brands ADIDAS, Altra Running, and Nike. Idrobo landed his newest role as head pattern cutter at Kanye West's YEEZY shoe line in part through the power of social media and smart networking.

SCAD: What drew you to SCAD initially, then compelled you to return for your master's degree?

Cesar Idrobo: When I visited SCAD for the first time, I was impressed by the facilities and equipment. It was eye-opening to see so much space and so many high-tech tools for students to execute projects, explore and be creative. I felt lucky to have access to it all.

At the end of my undergraduate program, I wanted to explore something new for my industrial design senior project, so I decided to design a traveling bag for short business trips. I wasn't fully versed in the technical aspects of making a bag, so I collaborated with an accessory design student Christine Hartzog (M.F.A., accessory design, 2017; B.F.A., accessory design, 2013). Through this project, I realized how collaborating with others can enhance the creative process and discovered my interest in accessory design. I knew I had to come back to SCAD.

SCAD: Your footwear line "The Flash Collection" won gold at the A'Design Award Competition last year. What inspired that line?

Idrobo: The inspiration for that line came from watching the TV show "The Flash." It was an interesting exercise for me to connect the dots from the character and the shoes. The character is being used as an emotional attachment to appeal to people who have or had special memories with comics, superheroes, or simply love the color red.

SCAD: How did you land the job at YEEZY?

Idrobo: I was finishing up a project with Nike when a YEEZY recruiter reached out to me via Instagram to say there was an open position in footwear development and asked if I wanted to apply. Of course, I said yes! The day after the Nike project ended, I got a call from the design director at YEEZY; he offered me the job and said I'd be hearing from one of "his people" soon. Forty minutes later, I got a call and it was Kanye West saying how excited he was to bring me aboard.

I'm enthusiastic about having the opportunity to learn from all the amazing designers on the team. It is always a pleasure to be in collaborative environments with talented artists.

SCAD: How does SCAD play a role in your creative career?

Idrobo: When applying for jobs, I always show the work I did at SCAD because it best highlights my capabilities and expertise. I showed Kanye the footwear collection I did at SCAD, one of the most complete projects I have ever done. Many places I've interviewed at have a hard time believing I've made not only a shoe, but an entire footwear collection while at SCAD. SCAD provided me with the right space, tools and academic program to bring my ideas to reality.

Above image: from “The Flash Collection” by Cesar Idbrobo, winner of the 2017 A’Design Award Competition's “Gold A’ Design Award.”

See more of Cesar’s sensational work here!

This fall, alumna Palmer Hefferan (B.F.A., sound design, 2007) is making history on Broadway. The composer and sound designer is part of the all-female design team for "The Lifespan of a Fact," a new play about a contentious tête-à-tête between a writer and a fact-checker. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Bobby Cannavale, and Cherry Jones, the play opens its 16-week limited engagement on September 20.

Assembled by director Leigh Silverman, the design team also features scenic designer Mimi Lien, costume designer Linda Cho, lighting designer Jen Schriever, and projection designer Lucy Mackinnon.

"It's amazing being part of the groundbreaking design team for 'The Lifespan of a Fact'," Hefferan enthuses. "I never imagined that this was going to be my Broadway debut as head sound designer. That the show is at the legendary Studio 54 makes it even more special."

Lest Hefferan's modesty suggest neophyte status, the four-time Helen Hayes nominee's credits prove otherwise. She has worked ceaselessly over the past decade as sound designer and composer on theater productions in Boston, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Atlanta, and New York. "I've worked in a lot of female-dominated environments in the past couple years," Hefferan says. "It's a trend being led by the theater world, one I'm proud to be part of."

SCAD: How are you approaching "The Lifespan of a Fact"?

PALMER HEFFERAN: The play is about an editor, a writer and fact-checker going through the process of fact-checking a story. There's resistance by the writer to have his work fact-checked. The character development is quick, and that lends itself to comedy.

There are quick blackouts where nothing physically is changing on-stage, but hours have passed. I'm writing original music created to match the rhythm of the play and its tonal shifts.

The first question I ask myself when I start work is: What is the era of this play? What is the setting? With a contemporary score, based in pop music, I use a lot of electronic drums and samples that have pop rhythms. I work in Ableton Live to create and manipulate sounds. If it's a play that needs a string quartet, I'll write a string arrangement in Sibelius that I send to string players I hire individually who record it live before I mix it.

SCAD: Did you come to SCAD intending to study sound design?

PH: My SCAD story begins when I was a 15-year old high school student in Orlando. I was signing up for electives and they put me into television production. That piqued my interest in pursuing that for a career. Also, my family started coming up to Savannah since it's not too far from Orlando.

When I was a high school junior my mom booked a SCAD tour for us. One of the amazing things about SCAD and Savannah is the beauty of the city and how SCAD is nestled in there. SCAD knocked it out of the park with the tour! I really got a full idea of the SCAD experience.

My freshman year at SCAD I took an intro to sound design class with a professor named Lauren Weinger, a sound artist who'd created a piece called "Silo" recorded in a grain silo. She complimented me on my work and invited me to take a master sound design class. It was significant to identify with her as a female artist, and receive that encouragement.

Studying sound design at SCAD, my mind was expanded and my listening habits transformed. I took a class in experimental sound design taught by Dr. Andre Ruschkowski where we learned about John Cage and created our own musique concrète pieces. It felt divergent in a positive way. It's important to know professional techniques, but what's your perspective? SCAD taught me both of those things. It's still a big part of who I am.

Experience sound samples of Palmer Hefferan's work here.

Come hear Hefferan on Broadway this fall in "The Lifespan of a Fact"!

Sage Coffey (B.F.A., sequential art and animation, 2016) is a SCAD graduate, cartoonist, storyboard artist, wrestling enthusiast, and editor of "Sweaty Palms Anthology," a comic anthology about anxiety. As a successful sequential artist and author of a comic strip editorial about surviving as a freelancer, Sage imparts wisdom for those striking out on their own.

SCAD: You recently produced an excellent comic for The Lily, published by The Washington Post. How did you place your work there?

SAGE COFFEY: An editor from The Lilly contacted me after reading a recent work I did for The Nib, which is a media outlet focused on memoirs and politics. She asked me to pitch a few ideas and we went from there! Freelance, from my experience, has had a domino effect. Once I put something out for an outlet like The Nib, I usually get an email in response to it, and a client/artist relationship builds from there.

SCAD: Your piece addresses the challenges of being a freelancer. What key lessons have you learned?

SC: Have a contract and make sure that contract is clear on payment, time-frame and distribution rights. A good example is a "kill fee," where a client only has so much time before they have to pay a fee to pull the plug on whatever you've been working on. It's one way to protect yourself. Doing freelance, you end up working on a lot of different projects at once. It's a lot like running a small business only instead of fancy pastries, you're selling your time and skills.

SCAD: What advice you would give to a current or prospective SCAD sequential art (SEQA) student?

SC: SCAD is such a huge resource that exposes you to different people and career paths. "Networking" is a word you hear a lot, and the friends I've made at SCAD have served as a support system and broadened my horizons on what is possible for my career. There's a sense of camaraderie, like "we're all in this together!" regardless of major or background.

SCAD: How has SCAD uniquely prepared you to pursue your current career?

SC: It's going to be hard not to turn this into a thank you letter to the professors who essentially raised me artistically: Chris Schweizer, Jackie Lewis, Doug Dabbs. "You have to learn all the rules to break them," is something professor Shawn Crystal said that always stuck with me. We had visiting artist days where current working professionals would review our portfolios, and talk about their experiences in the industry. I still have sketchbooks filled with notes from visiting artists like Brian Stelfreeze and Eric Canete that I look at. All the SEQA professors want you to succeed and because of that, they're honest with you and push you.

SCAD: What’s next, Sage?

SC: One exciting thing is the "Sweaty Palms Anthology Vol. 2" Kickstarter launching in July. "Sweaty Palms" is a comic anthology about anxiety that SCAD alumna Liz Enright and myself started in 2015. It has blossomed into an international anthology where artists share their personal experiences living with mental illness. It's rare we talk about our mental health so having over forty contributors being vulnerable and candid about their experiences is important. The new volume’s contributors list includes SCAD SEQA students and alumni like Brian A. Prince and Ahmara Smith. I have more coming to The Nib and The Lily as well, so keep your eyes peeled!

View more of Sage's great work here!

The portal is open.

"All at Once in Every Place," on view at SCAD Museum of Art, features 17 artworks by Abel Macias (B.F.A., illustration, 2002). Paintings of deserts and mountains and oceans project surreal naturalism; pidgin landscapes are entry points to other worlds, other dimensions. The dominant "A Pink Sky" is a force field drawing the viewer in.

"I wanted a visual representation of the sensation of a portal," Macias says. "A portal can transport you to a memory, the way a smell can. Vibrating lines hypnotize you, reinforcing this idea of going somewhere else."

Macias, the 2018 SCAD Sand Arts Festival alumni guest artist, is a striking presence with his batik shirt, shaved head and Zapata mustache. Born 1979 in Atlanta, Georgia, he lived in New York City for a decade and a half before relocating to Southern California. His new work reflects the palette of the Southwest.

"Making a new painting from scratch is always the most difficult thing for me. I start by putting a color down, to erase the evidence of the white canvas. After that I'll add texture, mixing dirt into the paint then scraping it off. I don't like things to be too precious. I purposely bang the painting on the floor and scuff it up. All these tricks I do make me feel like the image is coming up."

One of the small-scale oils in the show, "Floating Rock" depicts an eggplant-colored Seussian submersible with leaf-headed branches growing antennae-like from its surface. A cutaway window reveals its interior, where a fantastic world thrums at an opposite end of the color spectrum.

Hung on the same wall, "The Smog" admits pollution as beauty. An abstracted smokestack spews chiffon-yellow speckles into a sky familiar from Van Gogh's "Starry Night"; figures in the foreground could be flattened mounds of waste or dying cars. Lines vibrate at pigment's lurid limits. The effect is oddly playful.

"Desert Land" and "Rock Cave" are large, 46" x 64" paintings, pictorial representations of Macias' styrofoam and stone "Rocks" that rest, stacked, on adjacent shelves. Fake rock atop real rock; a riff on verisimilitude and the quest for authenticity, perhaps a response to Ugo Rondinone's similarly colored, similarly stacked "Seven Magic Mountains."

The exhibition's uncanny sculpture, "Prosthetic Tree" addresses humanity's attempts to improve upon nature and inability to transcend it.

"On a hike one day, I saw this perfect stick that could stand on its own," Macias explains. "In my studio I started sanding it down, but didn't alter it so much that it didn't look raw. It became this humanoid stick with prosthetic limbs. It reminds me of the walking brooms in 'Fantasia.'"

Wood, wire, rubber, rope: barely a tree, the way prostheses can barely resemble their intended limbs. Root tips are painted royal blue. A branch extended with a length of rubber approaches tumescence. An RCA plug and its electrical corollary dangle from the sculpture, asking to be plugged in. The work is deceptively simple, the structure full of potential; the viewer's imagination decides to what end.

"You can be stationary, but in all these different places at once in your head," Macias says. "In my studio I'll stare at an object and it will take me somewhere else. Again it's the idea of the portal that can transport you. I like the tone of the title."

"All at Once in Every Place" is on view through Sunday, August 5, 2018.

All quotes taken from Abel Macias' SCAD MOA gallery talk, moderated by curator Ben Tollefson.

See more of the artist's work at www.abelmaciasstudio.com.

SCAD festivities continued across the globe with the joyous 2018 SCAD Hong Kong commencement, a week following the Savannah and Atlanta editions. The sun shone for the celebration, held in the glimmering Diamond Ballroom of the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong on June 9.

SCAD president and founder Paula Wallace opened the ceremony touting the class of 2018's achievements: "Thank you for contributing your infinite gifts to SCAD. To earn this moment, you have had to call on your whole being—hand, head and heart—and we are so very proud of you!"

SCAD Hong Kong graduates, majoring in disciplines including animation, motion media design and fashion, study in the former North Kowloon Magistracy building in the dynamic Sham Shui Po district. Revitalized by SCAD to include technology amenities like digital labs and a green screen studio, the building welcomes students and visitors with vibrant art, created by students, faculty and alumni.

The 2018 SCAD Hong Kong commencement ceremony suffused students, friends and family with delight.

Here are five highlights from the festivities:

1. SCAD alumna Nikki Louise Palomaria (B.F.A., graphic design, 2015):

"During your studies, you’ve been surrounded by some of the most incredible people you’re going to meet. And as you continue from this point forward, you still have them. Stay in touch, show each other your work, make use of the SCAD family network to enrich your professional and personal life, to keep you creating and craving new knowledge and experience."

2. Valedictorian Michelle Claase (B.F.A., painting, 2018):

"At SCAD, I explored newfound interests in film and took a screenwriting class, opening up something inside me that I didn't know existed. It led me to minor in film and television and changed the course of my future."

3. Excelsus Laureate Jonathan Lau (B.F.A., photography, 2012; M.A., photography, 2018):

"As a child, I visited the North Kowloon Magistracy Building on a school field trip. When I returned years later as a SCAD student I felt a sense of déjà vu as the wood paneling and large podium in the main courtroom had transformed into SCAD Hong Kong. The regional emblem of Hong Kong remained, but the building has become a celebration of art, a place where my old and new stories meet."

4. SCAD Hong Kong vice president David Pugh, awarding SCAD Honorary Doctorate of Arts and Sciences to William Lim, founder and managing director of CL3 Architects Ltd.:

"His eye for the extraordinary permeates the objects he acquires for his pleasure, and the art he creates for ours."

5. Wen Zhou, CEO, 3.1 Phillip Lim, SCAD Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters recipient:

"I am so impressed that 100% of SCAD Hong Kong graduates are employed or seeking higher education within the first ten months of graduation. As you seek your first job, on your first interview, ask not only about salary, benefits, and technicalities, but think about the company’s values and culture. Don’t be afraid to ask questions. You are our next generation of thinkers, of leaders. It is my honor and privilege to welcome you with open arms."

Friends, family, and fans of the SCAD Atlanta Class of 2018 convened at the Georgia World Congress Center on Saturday, June 2 for the university's commencement ceremony. Along with a global audience following online, they watched as each of the graduates filed across a stage that glowed under a backdrop created by SCAD alumna Lauren Clay (B.F.A., painting, 2004).

SCAD also presented an honorary doctorate of humane letters to Juliet Blake, head of TV and curator of special projects at TED, and later presented the same honor to Oprah Winfrey, media and performing arts magnate.

Diplomas in hand, graduates returned to their seats for the conferment of degrees and a final, joyous expression to mark their initiation as SCAD alumni.

The Bees, the dynamo SCAD student vocal ensemble, took to the stage with an emotional cover of "Stand By Me." As video screens overhead played congratulatory messages from luminous honorees and guests at the year's signature events, performers from the SCAD Drumline, the SCAD Performance Ensemble and iLuminate LED dancers entered the arena.

As performers belted out "Come Alive" from "The Greatest Showman," graduates rose from their seats and waved colorful LED light sticks with abandon. The moment punctuated an afternoon elevated by the remarks of speakers including outstanding graduates, honorary degree recipients, and an accomplished SCAD alumnus.

1. SCAD president and founder Paula Wallace:
"I imagined SCAD would be a new kind of higher education — with the audacity to put the words ‘professional careers' in our SCAD mission statement! … At SCAD, we teach our fashion students to design the clothes they want to wear, and we teach developers to design the game they want to play. And so I set out to create the kind of arts university that I wished I had attended."

2. Juliet Blake, honorary degree recipient:
"Stay connected. In the words of another TED Speaker, the brilliant Brene Brown: ‘Connection is why we are all here, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives.' This community extends well past commencement, and you still have a lot to share with each other."

3. Valedictorian Alexis Houpt (B.F.A., fashion, 2018):
"We've worked hard to arrive at this stage, ready to take the next leap in our careers. I, for one, know that when I was stretched to my limit this past fall, this day felt so far away. And yet, that's exactly when I interviewed and landed a position I'd dreamed of. The high expectations we set for ourselves — and were held to by our classmates, professors, and advisors — that's what led us to SCAD."

4. Excelsus Laureate Alexandra Badiu (M.F.A., illustration, 2018):
"The collaborative nature of these CLC projects resulted in friendships and partnerships that led me to more enjoyable work — creating backgrounds for senior films, working as a multimedia editor of SCAD Connector and SCAN magazine. The cover illustration I made for SCAN's 2017 spring issue won first place in Columbia Scholastic Press Gold Circle Awards, but to see the excitement in the eyes of my peers when they saw the cover, and feel the way we empower each other through our art was the best reward."

5. SCAD alumnus José Reyes (B.F.A., graphic design, 1995), founder, principal and creative director, Metaleap Creative:
"Your friends, siblings, parents, your elementary and high school art teachers — these people believed in you before you took your first drawing class. Take a moment to remember the people in this room and in your life who spoke into that decision. Remember all the ‘well dones' you heard from them, because each kind word was a step toward this moment."

The SCAD Savannah Class of 2018, the largest in the university's history, convened at the Savannah Civic Center for dual commencement celebrations on the morning and afternoon of Friday, June 1.

"You're sitting here today because you had a dream, and you chose to pursue it," said Hilary Swank, SCAD honorary degree recipient. The two-time Oscar-winning actor, producer and fashion entrepreneur spoke of the extensive preparation behind her career success and commended graduates on their achievements.

"You worked incredibly hard, applied your unique creativity to everything you touched, and did not stop until you crossed the finish line. So congratulations on successfully graduating from such a prestigious university. Given the elite education offered by this university, you couldn't have done a better job positioning yourself for whatever your next step in life may be."

After degrees were conferred, all formalities were dispensed with and the jubilation flowed forth in earnest with a musical medley led by the dynamo SCAD performance ensemble, The Bees. Once the confetti cannons erupted in a final exclamation, the Class of 2018 processed from the auditorium to the sun-lit streets of Savannah as SCAD alumni, carrying with them the words of the illustrious commencement speakers:

1. SCAD president and founder Paula Wallace:
"Today, you are actors, architects, animators, designers, writers, filmmakers. And yet one day, as your dream unfurls like a proud banner across your life, you will find yourself playing surprising new roles: You will become parents, creative directors, studio founders, company presidents. What some call wishful thinking in you today will be hailed as fearlessness in the years to come."

2. SCAD alumnus An Le (B.F.A., photography, 2012), owner An Le Studio:
"The people who sit next to you, the friendships that you've made here at SCAD, and the valuable skills your professors have taught you will be all you need to succeed and achieve your dreams. I believe, as artists, we can make something out of nothing, create the extraordinary out of the ordinary. We can turn blank canvases into beautiful paintings, rolls of fabric into stunning creations."

3. Valedictorian Nicolas Barrera Castañeda (B.F.A., architecture, 2018):
"I know you'd all agree — reaching this stage has taken a tremendous amount of work, years of diligent effort. And now, as we move to the next stage of our SCAD careers — as graduates — I know that my first impressions of SCAD were spot on. This university is exactly what I sought."

4. Excelsus Laureate Shannon Vanderhill (M.F.A., design management, 2018; M.A., jewelry, 2018):
"My passion for jewelry led me here, to the nation's largest jewelry program, with its amazing studios and thoughtful faculty, where we create works of design and art that interact with people — as experiential, conversational, and sometimes sentimental objects. And SCAD led me to my work today. I found my stride as a designer in another program that matched my interests perfectly. In design management, I worked to research, synthesize and communicate insights — to facilitate conversations, experiences, and the design process from end-to-end."

5. SCAD alumnus Deron Bennett (B.F.A., sequential art, 2002), owner AndWorld Design:
"SCAD has prepared you in more ways than you know. It's because of my professors' and classmates' critiques that I can distinguish between design that works, and design that needs more work. Today, know that you chose the right path. After you walk across this stage and through those doors, more doors of opportunity await you. SCAD has given you the keys, and you have to open them."

Congratulations to all the students, alumni and faculty who took part in an incredible SCAD FASHWKND 2018, with special appreciation to SCAD Étoile recipient Derek Lam. This slide show offers a glimpse of the runway looks designed by the following students and alumni. Thank you all!

Catalina Robles San Martin (B.F.A., fashion) in collaboration with India Cohen (B.F.A., accessory design); Elisa Londono (B.F.A., fashion marketing and management); Tatiana Faria (B.F.A., fibers); Andrea DiLello (B.F.A., fashion marketing and management)

Danica Deyanara Borges (B.F.A., fashion)

Laura London (B.F.A., fashion)

Alexandra Ghalibaf (B.F.A., fashion) in collaboration with Paige Miele (B.F.A., fibers)

Adorr Reynolds (B.F.A., fashion)

Brennan Brower (B.F.A., fashion)

Alexandra Powell (B.F.A., fashion) in collaboration with Manuel Ortiz (B.F.A., industrial design); Elise Bennett (B.F.A.accessory design); Sara Wynn (B.F.A., fibers)

Sarah Baker (B.F.A. fashion)

Claire Kimsey (B.F.A., fashion) in collaboration with Tia Strickland (B.F.A., fibers)

lnjoo Kim (B.F.A., fashion)

Libo Zhou (M.F.A.fashion; B.F.A., fibers, 2013)

Maria Nava Melgar (B.F.A. fashion) in collaboration with Hau Yee "Chocolate" Tsang (B.F.A., fashion, 2018); Nok "Nara" Chan (B.F.A.,fashion, 2017); Ngai Yung "Jasmine" Chow (B.F.A., fashion, 2017); Ka Sin "Janet" Wong (B.F.A.,fashion marketing and management)

Carly Eager (B.F.A., fashion) in collaboration with Porter Hamilton (B.F.A., photography); Lillian Garlick (B.F.A., fashion); Elise Bennett (B.F.A. accessory design)

Jose Criales-Unzueta (B.F.A., fashion) in collaboration with Paola Maldonado (B.F.A., fibers); Valentina Angulo Gomez (B.F.A., jewelry); Vivian Sredni (B.F.A. accessory design)

Sebastian Acuna (M.A., fashion)

Alexis Houpt (B.F.A. fashion)

Theo Gough (M.A., fashion;B.F.A., industrial design, 2016) in collaboration with Eric Prieto (B.F.A., industrial design, 2018)

Lawrence Chang (B.F.A., fashion)

Cheryl Ma Suet Man (B.F.A., fashion)

Jackson Wrenn McCabe (B.F.A., fashion) in collaboration with Kadi Flory (B.F.A., fibers); Craig Matola (B.F.A. industrial design); Aliyah Salmon (B.F.A., fibers); Nikki Kaia Lee (B.F.A.,fashion, 2018, B.F.A., fibers, 2018); and Jon Pulse (B.F.A., photography, 2017)

Shuting Dong (M.A ., fashion, 2017)

Zhongyuan Qiu (B.F.A., fashion)

Mariana Alvarez Zubillaga (B.F.A., fashion) in collaboration with Lucia Marti (B.F.A., jewelry); Christina Garcia (B.F.A. accessory design); Anvi Shah (B.F.A., fibers)

Dylan Helyer (B.F.A., fashion)

Ashley Romasko (B.F.A., fashion) in collaboration with Elise Bennett (B.F.A., accessory design); Julia McDonough (B.F.A., fibers); Max Condon (B.F.A., fashion); Vivian Sredni (B.F.A. accessory design) Emily Cole (B.F.A., fashion marketing and management); Carlo Pardo (B.F.A., fashion marketing and management); Kyle Rose (B.F.A., film and television); Ryan Hance (B.F.A., film and television); Kendle Meacham (B.F.A., fibers); Ymke Franssen (B.F.A.,photography, 2017)

Calvin Johnson (B.F.A., fashion)

Spencer Price (M.A ., fashion, 2018)

Sabrina Fortenberry (B.F.A., fashion)

Abbie Ross (B.F.A., fashion) in collaboration with Ana Karina Serfaty Calvino (B.F.A., accessory design)

Stephen Street (B.F.A., fashion) in collaboration with Ferrell Drury (B.F.A., fibers); Julia McDonough (B.F.A., fibers); Paige Rimko (B.F.A., accessory design)

Miranda Yurgin (B.F.A., fashion) in collaboration with Griffin Hunt (B.F.A., accessory design); Elizabeth Ludwig (B.F.A., jewelry); Bailey Strom (B.F.A., fibers)

Drew Gocke (B.F.A., fashion) in collaboration with Ansley DeDomenico (B.F.A., fibers); Elizabeth Sommerfeld (B.F.A., fibers)

Kianni Hughes (B.F.A., fashion) in collaboration with Manuel Ortiz (B.F.A. industrial design); Amy Kamsickas (B.F.A., fibers); Keely Bean Davis (B.F.A., fibers)

Ethelynn Hong (B.F.A., fashion) in collaboration with Sabrina McCracken (B.F.A., illustration, 2018); Maximiliano Acevedo (M.A., design management; B.F.A., industrial design, 2016)

Stephanie Asanza (B.F.A., fashion) in collaboration with Brynna Hall (B.F.A., fibers)

Sidney J. Ruebensaal (B.F.A., fashion) in collaboration with Janina Mistecky (B.F.A. film and television)

Delia Wade (B.F.A., fashion) in collaboration with Julia Mangione (B.F.A., fibers); and Lawson Germann (B.F.A., accessory design)

Selina Luque (B.F.A., fashion)

Graham S. Lewis (B.F.A., fashion) in collaboration with Grace Millar (B.F.A., graphic design); Lawson Germann (B.F.A., accessory design); Brenton Clarke (B.F.A., accessory design); Rebekah Kirkley (B.F.A., accessory design); Maximillian Moritz (B.F.A., fibers)

Shenyue Huang (M.A., fashion)

Etizaz Felemban (M.F.A., fashion)

Jessica Rubinstein (B.F.A., fashion) in collaboration with Jonathan Rubinstein (B.F.A., accessory design); Jocelyn Desisto (B.F.A., jewelry, 2017); Christina Garcia (B.F.A., accessory design)

Mathuson "Sam" Anthony (B.F.A., fashion) in collaboration with Mary-Catherine Crisp (B.F.A., fashion); Forrest Lockhart (B.F.A., fibers); Alaina Aylward (B.F.A., fashion); Zericah Camel (B.F.A., jewelry)

Alexandra Porter (B.F.A., fashion)

Maken Payne (B.F.A., fashion)

Paige Welch (B.F.A., fashion)

Friday, May 11, 2018, Tybee Island: Be there or be chagrined to miss the sunniest SCAD signature event of the season. Presented by the School of Foundation Studies, Sand Arts Festival will, for the second consecutive year, be held on South Beach, adjacent to the historic Tybee Island Pier and Pavilion.

Eminent alumnus Abel Macias (B.F.A., illustration, 2002) will construct a unique, site-specific edifice near the pier, as well as mentoring and judging the estimated 200 entrants in this year's festival competition. Concurrently, Macias's paintings are being shown at SCAD Museum of Art in his solo show "All at Once in Every Place." Get primed the day before Sand Arts, when Macias gives a gallery talk at the SCAD MOA Emerging Artists Gallery.



Make the most of Sand Arts 2018 with these tips:

1. Check-in for competitors begins at 9:30 a.m. Competition starts at 10 a.m. Entrants must check in to receive an assigned space on the beach. Any work started before 10 a.m. or in an unassigned space may be disqualified.
2. Do not bring dogs. Do not walk on dunes. Do have a good time.
3. Free shuttles will run to and from Tybee Island all day. More information on getting there, here.
4. Pack your sunscreen, water, chic chapeau and any additional beach-centric implements you may need.
5. Honor nature and the coastal Georgia community by signing up with SCAD Serve to clean and level the sand at Tybee Island after Sand Arts. All volunteers will be given pizza and transportation back to the Student Center at 6 p.m. To sign up, visit SCAD Serve.