SCAD students presented elevated designs at the fifth annual SCAD Hong Kong Fashion Showcase, Jan. 10, 2019, an event that attracted 450 industry guests. Curated by Michael Fink, Dean of the SCAD School of Fashion, the showcase featured fashion vignettes throughout the former North Kowloon Magistracy building in Sham Shui Po. A total of 52 designs from 20 senior fashion students and recent alumni were spotlighted.

Held at the university's historic North Kowloon campus, the event hosted special guests including renowned Hong Kong supermodel Kathy Chow, and VIP industry representatives Ma Yao, Mimi Tang, Janice Wong and Lu Lu Cheung, in recognition of SCAD students' technical and conceptual achievement in fashion.

SCAD alumni designs showcased at the Hong Kong Fashion Showcase 2019.

SCAD Hong Kong Fashion Showcase 2019 highlighted the university's commitment to professionally preparing young design talent for creative careers. The show provided a high-profile platform for students to connect with elite professionals from global leading brands including Chanel, Dior, Bulgari, Swarovski and YSL. The show was distinguished by the work of SCAD Hong Kong fashion students Maria Nava (B.F.A., fashion, 2018), Tammi Lau (B.F.A., fashion, 2018), Cheryl Ma (B.F.A., fashion, 2018) and Dylan Helyer (B.F.A., fashion, 2018).

Focusing on womenswear, Cheryl Ma is particularly interested in texture and tactile sensations as seen in her collection "RISE", inspired by the ability of fungi to continue to grow despite adversity. Ma is currently employed as a fashion designer for an established textile company in Hong Kong.

Maria Nava's collection "Green" is a futuristic women's collection inspired by movement and German Expressionism, visible in its custom fabrication, lenticular prints, odd silhouettes and distorted conventional shapes. Nava is currently developing her own label as a fashion designer.

Design from SCAD alumna Maria Nava’s "Green" collection, 2019.

Tammi Lau's abstract womenswear collection "Windaholic" draws inspiration from the movement of wind and its symbolic meanings. Incorporating illusion graphics, "Windaholic" creates a psychedelic mirage using neoprene fabrics. Tammi is currently working as an assistant fashion designer in the city.

Dylan Helyer's collection "Dream State" emphasized sustainability, incorporated Swarovski crystals, and was inspired by the ocean and aquatic life. Helyer currently works as senior fashion designer at ERTH.

SCAD fashion students gained first-hand experience running the show's backstage operations for this professional production, as special guest Kathy Chow shared her invaluable experience as a supermodel in the fashion industry in Hong Kong.

"The top ranked fashion program at SCAD offers a rigorous curriculum structured around principles of design, unbounded creativity and state-of-the-art technology, and this is evident in the latest fashion collections produced at SCAD Hong Kong," said Mr. Khoi Vo, Vice President for SCAD Hong Kong. "SCAD students are flawlessly prepared for leadership in the dynamic and ultra-competitive global fashion industry, and the creations presented at this year's Fashion Showcase 2019 are a true reflection of that."

Above: Design from SCAD alumna Tammi Lau’s "Windaholic" collection, 2019.

Top banner image: Design from SCAD alumna Cheryl Ma’s "Rise" collection, 2019.

Learn more about SCAD Hong Kong and SCAD fashion degree programs.

Julia Kier Wilson (M.F.A., photography, 2018) is the winner of Trestle Gallery's annual international open call for work. Her affecting oversize prints are on view at Trestle in "Introductions 2019: Julia Wilson" with an opening reception and artist talk this Friday, January 11.

Wilson's work was selected by curator Jason Andrew of Norte Maar from nearly 400 submissions.

"It was exciting to see artists' submissions from around the world for this opportunity through Trestle Gallery," said curator Andrew. "Julia Wilson stood out as someone who has honed her skills in capturing the world around her. I gravitated to her painterly approach to the image and her unconventional use of her personal computer as camera. There is an intimacy yet universal experience that she captures in her work."

Wilson, recipient of the 2017 Passporte Prize Juror's Award in Surreal Photography Honoring Man Ray, currently works as a studio assistant at Cottage 8 Films in New York City. "Introductions 2019: Julia Wilson" is the first exhibition of Trestle's 2019 season.

SCAD: How do you approach the daunting process of submitting your work to competitions and galleries?

Julia Kier Wilson: The amazing photography professors at SCAD really emphasize the importance of getting your work out there and how to do it without compromising the integrity of your art. My professors fostered the confidence in me to stand behind my work, and the tools to get it in front of the right people. It's a dance I'm constantly trying to figure out. I receive rejections constantly, but one acceptance in sea of submissions makes it worth it.

SCAD: Some images in your Trestle exhibition also appeared in your SCAD senior thesis show. How does re-contextualizing the work in a different gallery change its presentation?

JKW: My work is about the fluidity of interpretation and the cultivation and translation of experience with images and words, so naturally the show will change with time. Interpretation constantly changes by means of the individual viewer and shifting surroundings.

Working with Trestle curator Jason Andrew was wonderful. I came in with the set sequence in mind, and he obliterated that. Fresh eyes and a new perspective can completely alter how a show is perceived, and I look at my own work in a new way after going through this process with someone who, prior to my submission, had no idea who I was, where I came from, or what my work was about. It's been an incredible experience.

"Introductions 2019: Julia Wilson" on view through January 30.

Opening reception: Friday, January 11, 6:30-9 p.m. Art talk 7 p.m.

Trestle Gallery, 850 3rd Ave., Suite 411, Brooklyn, NY, 11232

For more information and gallery hours, visit Trestle.

Read SCADworks' previous interview with Wilson here.

www.juliakierwilson.com

SCAD is proud to present SCAD AT MIAMI, a celebration of contemporary art and creative education at Design Miami/ during Miami Art Week, Dec. 5-9, 2018. SCAD is the official university partner for Design Miami/ and will host and participate in events throughout the week to celebrate the university's 40th anniversary.

This year SCAD AT MIAMI will host the SCAD Alumni Showcase at Design Miami/, allowing guests to discover six artists shaping innovative environments. The alumni artists include Christian Dunbar (M.F.A., furniture design, 2016; B.F.A., furniture design 2013); Katie Glusica (M.F.A., fibers, 2011); Kristina Larson (M.A., arts administration, 2012); Kyle Millsap (B.F.A., illustration, 2006); Eny Lee Parker (M.F.A., furniture design, 2018; M.A., furniture design, 2016: B.F.A., interior design, 2011); and Katy Skelton (M.F.A., furniture design, 2011).

From furniture design and sculpture to textiles and ceramics, the work of these alumni-artists explores expressive elements of texture and shape in relationship to habitable environments. As a point of reunion, this space promises a unique opportunity to learn more about the innovative work of SCAD alumni and the university's numerous award-winning degree programs.

"This year's Design Miami celebration of contemporary design coincides with SCAD's 40th anniversary,” said SCAD's president and founder Paula Wallace. "I applaud our university's more than 40,000 alumni around the world who shape today's global art and design culture. Be sure to check out SCAD AT MIAMI inside Design Miami for fresh takes on all that's new in design — from a classic cabinet elevated by lustrous brass knobs and geometric moulding to a teardrop lamp formed from delicate strips of river recovered cypress."

In celebration of SCAD's 40th anniversary, president Wallace will also lead two dynamic discussions as part of Design Miami's Design Talks program. The first will be a panel discussion titled "Lighting Fires: Design Education for a Changing World” exploring the evolving nature of design education and how institutions are reimagining programs to allow sustainable futures for their students.  President Wallace will be moderating the panel with design leaders including Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian director of education Ruki Neuhold-Ravikumar, designer Sabine Marcelis, and CGJ consulting principal Carolina Garcia Jayaram.

The second design talk, "Next Gen Insight: Students Innovating Design from the Inside Out” will be an insider discussion between President Wallace and Google design manager III Michael Buzzard on the importance of building connectivity between design professionals and academia. Directly following the design talks, university alumni and guests will be invited to the SCAD 40th anniversary celebration at Design Miami/ at 5:30 pm.

In addition to being the university partner at Design Miami/, SCAD will co-present the 2018 Design Visionary Award to this year's recipients Pedro Reyes and Carla Fernandez. The annual award is given to creative talents across all fields engaging with design who have made significant contributions that offer a tangible and lasting impact.

Contemporary artist Reyes and fashion design Fernandez, who are married, will present a collaborative exhibition at Design Miami/ 2018 that will travel to the SCAD Museum of Art for the university's annual deFINE Art festival in February 2019. SCAD deFINE ART is the university's annual program of exhibitions, lectures, performances and public events that highlights emerging and established artists and visionaries. This year marks the 10th anniversary for SCAD deFINE ART and will take place Feb. 26-28, 2019 at the university's Atlanta, Hong Kong, and Savannah locations.

This is the fifth year SCAD has exhibited during Miami Art Week. Last year, the university presented Chroma, an exhibition of immersive installations by renowned artist and SCAD deFINE ART 2017 honoree Carlos Cruz-Diez.

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

Design Miami/ takes place at Meridian Avenue & 19th Street, Miami Beach, Florida.

For more information about SCAD AT MIAMI, visit SCADATMIAMI.COM.

On a cinematically misty Wednesday evening, a group of SCAD interior design and fibers students gathered in a corner classroom of Pepe Hall for an awards presentation. Representatives from Kravet, the industry leader in to-the-trade fabric and home furnishings, were joined by SCAD chair of fibers Cayewah Easley, chair of interior design Ryan Hansen, school of building arts dean Geoffrey Taylor and honorary dean Margaret Russell, as well as a number of SCAD fibers and interior design professors.

Thirty-four student teams, each comprised of one SCAD fibers student and one SCAD interior design student, displayed mock-ups of collections based on historic and current Savannah. It was the culmination of the Kravet Design of Distinction Competition, part of the company's Design Grad initiative facilitating students becoming working professionals. It was a full house.

At the front of the room stood Beth Greene, Kravet executive VP of marketing and strategic branding. "You know the guy at the end of 'Fiddler on the Roof' holding the sewing machine? That's our founder, Samuel Kravet," Greene said. A film commemorating the 100th anniversary of the family-owned business was screened, depicting its founder sourcing fabric on the Lower East Side and scenes inside the company's current spacious design studio in Manhattan. Then it was award time.

"We judged based on your inspiration," Greene told students, "the way you told your story, the way you presented it visually, and the way you interpreted the prompt to create fabrics."

Four runners-up received lavish coffee table books and certificates, before Greene announced "the winning team…Shelby and Sheridan!" An extended ovation followed as Shelby Pogue (B.F.A., fibers) and Sheridan Markham (M.F.A., interior design) threaded their way to the front of the room. "As a special treat for winning the competition," Greene told them, "we're going to bring you to New York to visit our archive and design studio." (Sheridan: "Trying not to cry right now." Shelby: "Thank you so much. Can I hug you?")

Room concept, part of Markham and Pogue's winning design.

After the winning duo enjoyed bonus kudos from their fellow students, everyone crowded around a table where Kravet sales representatives Tim McAlpin and Savannah Emerson unfurled sumptuous patterned fabrics from the company's Modern Tailor collection with names like London Calling, Pocket Square, Proxmire, and Catwalk.

"Wool is one of our favorite fabrics because it has breathability," McAlpin said. "Mohair velvet will last forever."

"Paisley and plaids are coming back," added Emerson. "The generational skip and granny chic are real."

The Kravet fabrics were wonderful to look at and feel. (Touching was encouraged). Afterwards, the winning team spoke about their work.

Sheridan Markham: "We're actually friends. We're both from Clearwater, Florida."

Shelby Pogue: "I went to the fibers club interest meeting for this Kravet competition, and thought, maybe Sheridan will want to do it with me. Then she reached out to me and said, why don't we work together?"

Sheridan: "We started by identifying three key elements of Savannah: native plants, building materials like Savannah brick, and distinctive architectural motifs."

Shelby: "I love to draw flowers, so we went to a botanical garden and found flowers native to Georgia. Our color palette came from that, as well as the print that wound up on the curtains and planters."

Sheridan: "It was amazing to watch Shelby work because she drew all the flowers herself, scanned them in after she watercolored them, then pieced them all together. And as we were walking around town, we started seeing the quatrefoil everywhere. It's a detail from the historic homes of Savannah, and we used that motif in our fabric design."

Shelby: "That inspired the print on the pillows. I took a potato and carved that shape into the potato and put in ink and stamped it and made an embroidery stitch."

Sheridan: "She used a real potato!"

At the event's conclusion Kravet's Beth Greene came forward with a final enticement to all participating SCAD students.

"We've made a commitment as a company to support the future of this business, and that starts with you," Greene said. "When you're in the New York vicinity, you have an open invitation to visit us."

Sheridan Markham and Shelby Pogue are already on their way.

Kravet Design of Distinction Competition winners Shelby Pogue (left) and Sheridan Markham.

This year's SCAD Savannah Film Festival featured the Georgia Production Panel, moderated by Steve Gaydos, executive editor of Variety. The panel welcomed five top professionals responsible for Georgia's status as the number one state for film and television productions in the U.S. Notably, the panelists were all women. Here are selected highlights from their insights.

Panelists:
Kate Atwood, executive director, ChooseATL
Lisa Ferrell, co-president, Georgia Production Partnership
Beth Nelson, executive director, Savannah Film Office
Andra Reeve-Rabb, dean, SCAD School of Entertainment Arts
Michelle Sneed, president of production and development, Tyler Perry Studios

Lisa Ferrell: This is now the tenth year of the Georgia tax incentive. With a 500K-plus spend, filmmakers get a twenty percent incentive, and if you use the peach logo at the end of your production that's an additional ten percent. Georgia is also now known for gaming, animation and motion capture. This year we have a post incentive and a music incentive. People come here and see Georgia's infrastructure with our studios, and we've got professional crew thanks to places like SCAD.

Michelle Sneed: Tyler Perry Productions is celebrating our 25th anniversary this year. We have acquired 330 acres of production space, we have 11 stages up, and a backlot. The studio is half for Tyler productions and half for third party productions.

Andra Reeve-Rabb: SCAD is the only university that has a designated casting office that's professionally run. We built it based on what my office looked like when I was at CBS, where I worked in casting for ten years. Our students are literally building their resume while they're at SCAD. We have sophomores booking Netflix shows and then going back to class on Monday. We have production design students working on the Disney movie filming right now in Savannah.

Beth Nelson: Our local Savannah incentive is an extra ten percent local spend, funded by the Savannah Economic Development Authority (SEDA). Productions call me and then I call Andra and she finds students who are talented and ready. It's about creating jobs, creating an industry here, where people can live and work. It's having a huge impact on the community. Small businesses are thrilled.

Ferrell: Film can revitalize a small town. I say that if you're in Georgia, you're in the film industry. If you run hotels or sell clothes, if you're a carpenter or hairdresser, the money comes back to benefit your region.

Kate Atwood: ChooseATL is here to do make sure Atlanta stays a thriving place for talent. Last spring we launched THEA, a curated video streaming platform for Atlanta-based content creators. I show up every day to make Atlanta the place you want to be. SCAD has really anchored us for the past forty years with a wellspring of talent. These major production companies and talent agencies are realizing they can come here to discover you all.

Ferrell: I'm on the board of the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA). The executive director of ASIFA-South is a SCAD alumna, Marisa Tontaveetong (M.F.A., animation, 2018). I need young women to see there is a sisterhood of people who will help you in a traditionally male industry.

Reeve-Rabb: At SCAD, we have a real focus on diversity and women in film. The president of our university is a woman and she models that for us every day. My production design students are 86 percent women and they're going out and getting jobs in all these different avenues. Television productions in Georgia just keeps rolling from show to show to show. We are always promoting women in film from within.

Learn more about SCAD film and television academic programs here.

Shanghai is a city of expansive spaces and opportunities for growth. This quarter, five luxury and fashion management (LXFM) students from SCAD Hong Kong spent an insightful week in China's biggest city, accompanied by SCAD professor of fashion and fashion marketing and management Cristina Kountiou and SCAD associate chair of building arts, fashion and language studio Robert Meeder.

The group visited multiple events, including the Inaugural Summit on Sustainability initiated by yehyehyeh, the Business of Fashion (BoF) Summit, and Shanghai Fashion Week, part of Shanghai International Fashion Culture Festival. Along the way, SCAD students met and interviewed industry professionals, influencers and entrepreneurs, all of whom spoke with enthusiasm about the rapid evolution of society and industry in China.

At SCAD, students are exposed to circular design thinking, which means thinking of the "death" of an item during its conception. As the Chinese luxury fashion marketplace matures and the meaning of "Made in China" is redefined, the need for a conversation surrounding sustainability grows.

During the Inaugural Fashion Sustainability Forum, held at the Edition Hotel in the Bund, Nike senior director of sustainable business and innovation Virginia Rustique-Pettini spoke about the company's innovative sustainability efforts in developing the Flyknit and Air sneakers. Event host Shaway Yeh, yehyehyeh founder and co-creative director for NOWNESS China, is a leading force behind the push for sustainable thinking in China. The subject remains at the forefront of concern for all those in fashion.

The BoF Summit, the primary catalyst for the SCAD visit to Shanghai, was an eye-opening experience. The summit began with a fashion principal smashing the proverbial bottle of champagne on the BoF China Summit yacht. The dazzling presence of the glitterati of China's fashion scene made the event a style watcher's delight. 

The keynote conversation between Gucci CEO Marco Bizzarri and BoF founder Imran Amed focused on how Shanghai's "fashion industry is gaining global credibility" and the future of Gucci. Bizzari spoke about how his management style fosters innovative thinking and the importance of letting his team be creative without controlling them. He stressed Gucci's continuing growth in Asian markets, specifically China. 

The SCAD students in attendance were privileged to have met the professionals at the conference, who spoke freely about their international work experiences. The summit demonstrated how motivated China is for the luxury fashion industry to grow and admit innovation into the sphere of the spending superpower.

Shanghai Fashion Week was infused with nostalgic references to 1920s Shanghai. Once regarded as the "Paris of the East," it's only fitting that the city, with its rich heritage, is the setting for new designers and artistic creativity.

Fashion Week in Shanghai is like a contact sport: the coolest shoes, most watched stories and best parties win. Balenciaga sneakers, tight plaid suiting, two phones (one for China and one for Hong Kong), WeChat, Weibo, and Douyin were all in. Attendees were fast and fierce with scanning each other's contact info. Shanghai continues to open itself to artists and creators alike—making it the ideal location for SCAD students to have this unique learning experience.

Participating SCAD Hong Kong students: Vivien So, Lynn Serulla, Nikita Mitla, Jeng Yiu Chan and Odelia Wong.

"Do you know how sophisticated it is to marry navy blue and black?" exclaims legendary fashion journalist André Leon Talley amidst the riotous whirl of a runway show in director Kate Novack's new documentary "The Gospel According to André." In a film bursting with lush color, the statement feels shaded with metaphor. Talley, a Diana Vreeland acolyte, Anna Wintour ally, former correspondent for Women's Wear Daily in Paris and longtime Vogue editor-at-large, was raised by his fastidious grandmother in the Jim Crow South. His journey was, and is, astonishing. As he says in Novack's film: "I made it look effortless sitting on the front row all those years. But...."

"The Gospel According to André" screened at this year's SCAD Savannah Film Festival in the Lucas Theater, one of Savannah's finest historical and cultural landmarks. The gorgeous setting was only proper: Talley, who holds an honorary doctorate of humanities from SCAD, has mentored students at the university for over a decade, and his name adorns the eponymous André Leon Talley Gallery at the SCAD Museum of Art. In September of this year, he visited SCAD Atlanta for a screening of "The Gospel According to André" at SCADshow, including a discussion of the film and its production.

The return of Talley to SCAD Savannah during film festival was heralded by SCAD a cappella group HoneyBees performing Aretha Franklin classics "Respect" and "Think," arranged by American Idol winner and current SCAD student Candice Glover (B.F.A., dramatic writing). "President Wallace has treated me like a prodigal son," remarked the esteemed guest.

After the screening, Talley appeared to a standing ovation. Resplendent in a silk caftan atop an opulent ottoman, he was joined on-stage by author Julia Reed. Together the pair regaled attendees with outrageous stories from their days working together at Vogue. "I don't live for fashion, I live for beauty and style," Talley said, con brio. SCAD has not seen the last of this legendary figure.

One dividend from screening multiple movies in close sequence is the revelatory flash when they reflect each other unexpectedly. This experience was in brilliant supply during the opening days of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, including its essential "Docs to Watch" programming.

So, what could the upbringings of superstar athletes Wayne Gretzky, Jerry Rice, and Serena Williams—all analyzed by director Gabe Polsky in his sports documentary "In Search of Greatness"—possibly have in common with an aloha shirt-loving, academically underperforming high school student named Robbie in Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster’s "Science Fair"?

The answers seem both obvious and counterintuitive: an emphasis on unstructured creative play, a parenting style that makes room for discovering passions on one’s own terms, and the encouragement to pursue interests beyond the core curriculum. Gretzky, Rice and Williams are all-time great champions. Robbie is an impish kid salvaging computer parts from garbage dumps and experimenting with artificial intelligence. Yet they have these factors in common.

Robbie’s programming project leads him to travel to Los Angeles to compete along with some 1700 high school students in the 2017 International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). In Costantini and Foster’s feature, we meet other teens on their way to the fair, including an outspoken prodigy from Kentucky named Anjali; Kashfia, a Muslim introvert at a football-obsessed high school in South Dakota; Myllena and Gabriel, two students from a poor village in Brazil decimated by the Zika virus; and Ivo, a German aeronautics devotee revisiting a concept that industry dismissed decades ago.

"Science Fair" radiates inspiration. During the Q&A following the packed screening in Trustees Theater, co-director Costantini said: "People tell us, ‘Your cast is so diverse!’ The fact is, that’s what the world of Science Fair looks like. If we didn’t have girls, if we didn’t have immigrants and the children of immigrants, it wouldn’t be reflective of what this world looks like. There are tons of kids, not just in science, but in many fields, who need to be encouraged to follow their curiosity. They should be our focus."

Costantini’s comment reconnects to "In Search of Greatness," where Gretzky, the least physically naturally gifted of Polsky’s subjects, delivers a quote handed down from his father: "Skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been." In a sense, and with the planet’s future at stake, the kids of "Science Fair" are heeding that call.

The SCAD Savannah Film Festival continues through Nov. 3, 2018. View a full schedule of screenings and events at the official festival website.

SCAD and SCAD Art Sales present Open Studio Night, Friday, Oct. 26, 7-9 p.m. at Alexander Hall. On the eve of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, the event features the best work in SCAD illustration, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture created by students, faculty and alumni. Members of the SCAD community and greater Savannah will have the opportunity to browse hundreds of works for sale throughout Alexander Hall's vibrant gallery spaces. The event is free and open to the public.

Open Studio Night will feature unique demonstrations and hands-on interactive including:

• Professor Debora Oden's Graduate Printmaking Processes students screen printing original small artworks for purchase
• Projection mapping created by students of SCAD professor Will Penny (M.F.A., painting, 2013; B.F.A., painting, 2008) projected on the front of Alexander Hall
• Live painting installation in the Alexander Hall parking lot by selected students as well as guest painting interactive activations
• Professor Curtis Bartone's Innovative Applications in Lithography students demonstrating printing and discussing lithography process with attendees
• Ceramic demonstrations on the second floor of Alexander Hall
• Live music on the Alexander Hall front porch, including a performance by soul stirrers Laiken Love and the Fellowship of Love
• An appearance by the special "art car" edition Volkswagen Bug, celebrating the 40th anniversary of SCAD

Open Studio Night Savannah is open to everyone from 7-9 p.m. The V.I.P. reception begins at 6 p.m.

Open Studio Night Atlanta takes place November 2. See the Open Studio Night Atlanta page for more details.

Open Studio Night
Friday, Oct. 26, 2018 | 7–9 p.m.
Alexander Hall | 668 Indian St.

Two SCAD buses will loop between the SCAD Museum of Art, Alexander Hall and Turner Annex, 6:45–9:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 26, and the Turner Annex parking lot will be open for guest parking.

Turner Annex | 224 W. Boundary St.
SCAD Museum of Art | 601 Turner Blvd.

After parking, meet at the front entrance of the SCAD Museum of Art or Turner Annex to take the bus to Alexander Hall. To return to your car, meet the bus at the same spot in front of Alexander Hall.

Open Studio Night is an official event of SCAD Art Sales.

The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and Entertainment Weekly (EW) have announced a partnership to spotlight two of the university’s annual signature events celebrating the film and television industries. EW will serve as an offical media partner for both the 2018 SCAD Savannah Film Festival and the 2019 SCAD aTVfest in Atlanta.

For the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, EW will help program and moderate select talent panels. EW will also host a photo and video studio where talent will create exclusive content to run across EW’s print, digital and social platforms.

"SCAD Savannah Film Festival is a key event for the film community so Entertainment Weekly embraced the opportunity to participate in a larger way this year," says Henry Goldblatt, Editor in Chief of Entertainment Weekly. "We are thrilled to be able to help bring together our incredible EW writers and editors with some of today’s most compelling talent to showcase their experiences and projects."

As part of the partnership, Entertainment Weekly will host the EW Breakout Award Panel during the SCAD Savannah Film Festival on Saturday, October 27. The panel will highlight compelling talent who have contributed significantly in a performance role this year. A moderated discussion will showcase their personalities as they reflect on their roads to success and current projects. Participating in the panel are SCAD alumna Kayli Carter ("Private Life"), Raúl Castillo ("We the Animals"), Winston Duke ("Black Panther"), Elsie Fisher ("Eighth Grade"), Thomasin McKenzie ("Leave No Trace"), Hari Nef ("Assassination Nation") and Millicent Simmonds ("A Quiet Place").
 
In addition, SCAD Savannah Film Festival and Entertainment Weekly are proud to announce two more honorees: Chloë Grace Moretz will receive the Lumiere Award and John David Washington will receive the Distinguished Performance Award. They join fellow honorees Hugh Jackman, Emily Blunt, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephan James, John Krasinski, KiKi Layne and Amandla Stenberg.

Moretz is currently starring in the title role of "The Miseducation of Cameron Post," which will screen on Friday, November 2 with a Q&A. Known for her roles in "Kick-Ass," "Let Me In"  and "Clouds of Sils Maria," she lent her voice to "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya," which received a 2015 Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature Film.
 
Washington will participate in a Q&A following a screening of "BlacKkKlansman," directed by Spike Lee on Wednesday, October 31. The film premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival to a standing ovation and won the Grand Prix.

Celebrating its 21st year, the SCAD Savannah Film Festival provides SCAD students with opportunities as unique as the selected films. This year, the SCAD Savannah Film Festival received a record-breaking 2,300 submissions for the competition film series. During the festival, students from every academic discipline connect with leaders from the entertainment industry through master classes, coffee talks, lectures, workshops and panel discussions. Savannah, a premier film hub in the Southeast, promotes quality movies produced by independent and studio filmmakers.

Tickets and passes are available for purchase online at savannahboxoffice.com, by telephone at 912.525.5050, or in person at the Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St., Savannah. Visit filmfest.scad.edu for a complete list of films and screening locations.