Join SCAD AT MIAMI for a celebration of contemporary art and creative education during Miami Art Week, Dec. 6–10, 2017. Central to SCAD AT MIAMI is "Chroma," an exhibition of immersive installations at Untitled, Miami Beach by the maestro, renowned international artist and SCAD deFINE ART 2017 honoree Carlos Cruz-Diez.

Presented by the SCAD Museum of Art in collaboration with Articruz and the Cruz-Diez Art Foundation, "Chroma" explores Cruz-Diez's experimental and multidisciplinary practice and groundbreaking color theory philosophies. The exhibition includes a large-scale public artwork, an exhibition of recent works and three new documentaries covering the artist's life and work.

Here, Storm Janse van Rensburg, SCAD head curator of exhibitions, shares his "things to know" about Cruz-Diez.

1. Carlos Cruz-Diez was born in 1923 in Caracas, Venezuela.


2. After completing his studies at the School of Fine Arts in Caracas, Cruz-Diez worked as an illustrator in 1944, contributing to publications including El Farol, La Esfera and Elite. He created comics for various newspapers and was an illustrator for El Nacional. He also worked in 1946 as creative director for advertising agency McCann-Erickson, Venezuela.



3. In 1960, Cruz-Diez settled permanently in Paris, France with his family. He currently lives and works between Paris and Panama City, Panama.

4. Cruz-Diez approaches his research into color from a scientific and theoretical point of view, paying close attention to the non-verbal and emotive aspects of color. His conceptual approach to art emphasizes not the artwork itself, but the space between the artwork and the viewer.



5. Throughout his career Carlos Cruz-Diez has retained close links to his country of birth, through various major public art projects, initiatives and cultural contributions. He has received the Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela and the Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Central, Caracas, Venezuela. 


6. Carlos Cruz-Diez’s ambitious works has been realized on a monumental scale in public contexts, whilst displaying a sensitivity to human scale and perception. "Ambientación de Color Aditivo" (1974) measures a total of 886 x 30 feet, and is made of hand-laid mosaics by a small team including the artist, and was commissioned for the Simón Bolívar International Airport, Maiquetia, Venezuela.


7. Carlos Cruz-Diez was the SCAD deFINE ART 2017 Honoree. His exhibition "Chroma" at SCAD Museum of Art featured specially-commissioned, large-scale, site-specific artworks including an altered, walk-in shipping container holding "Chromosaturation," a series of connected color chambers.

8. Cruz-Diez's "Chromatic Induction in a Double Frequency" (2011) graces the walkways of Marlins Ballpark Stadium in Miami. Made of one-inch square tile mosaics, the artwork measures a total of 5,485 square feet.



9. In 2012, Carlos Cruz-Diez received the Rank of Officer of The Order of Légion d'Honneur, the highest French order of Merit.

10. The 2017 success of "Chroma" at SCAD MOA inspired the exhibition to travel to SCAD AT MIAMI as this year’s Untitled, Miami Beach Special Project. Visit SCAD AT MIAMI for a transformative experience of color perception as only Carlos Cruz-Diez can create.

For more information visit SCADATMIAMI.COM.

Are you a SCAD student and a Katy Perry fan? Then visit SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film this weekend (December 2-3) and be automatically entered to win two tickets and two backstage passes to Katy Perry's "Witness: The Tour" concert at Philips Arena in Atlanta on Tues., December 12, 2017.

Admission to SCAD FASH is free with your SCAD student ID. So go check it out y'all…and you might get to see Katy too!

SCAD FASH's weekend hours are:
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday: Noon to 5 p.m.

SCAD Museum of Fashion + Film 1600 Peachtree St NW, Atlanta, GA 30309

For information on current exhibits, visit SCAD FASH.

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SCAD® FASH Contest
NO PURCHASE OF ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE IS REQUIRED TO ENTER OR PARTICIPATE IN THIS CONTEST. PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONTEST IS FREE. PURCHASE OF THE SPONSOR’S PRODUCTS OR SERVICES WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. SPONSOR: The Savannah College of Art and Design, Inc., 342 Bull Street, Savannah, Georgia 31402 (the “Sponsor”).
2. ELIGIBILITY: The SCAD® FASH Contest (the “Contest”) is open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia who are current enrolled students of Sponsor at the time of entry (those under 18 years of age, must have permission to enter from a legal guardian).  The Contest is void wherever prohibited or restricted by law. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws. Employees, officers, directors, board members and agents of the Sponsor and its affiliates, and the immediate families (parents, siblings, children and spouse) and persons living in the same household (whether related or not) of such persons are not eligible to enter the Contest or win a Prize (as defined below).
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4. HOW TO ENTER: The Contest begins at 10:00 a.m. Savannah, Georgia time (“EST”) on Saturday, December 2, 2017 and ends at 4:59:59 p.m. EST on Sunday, December 3, 2017 (the “Contest Period”), according to the Sponsor’s time clock.
To enter, entrants must comply with the following entry requirements (“Entry Requirements”): entrants must visit the SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film in Atlanta, Georgia (the “Museum”) during normal business hours and use their student ID to gain admission to the Museum during the Contest Period (“Entries”).  Entrants who comply with the Entry Requirements and the other terms and conditions of these Official Rules will receive one (1) Entry into the Contest per admission to the Museum. Compliance with the Entry Requirements will be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Only one (1) Entry per person is allowed. Multiple Entries from the same person will be disqualified at Sponsor’s sole discretion.  Entries that violate, as determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, these Entry Requirements or do not fall within the Contest Period will be disqualified.
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6. PRIZE:  There will be one (1) Winner for the following prize: 1) two (2) Katy Perry’s “Witness: The Tour” concert tickets at Philips Arena on December 12, 2017, including two (2) backstage passes (the “Prize”).  The Winner and its guest is solely responsible for all applicable taxes and other unspecified expenses which may be required for the use of the Prize.  No other Prizes are part of the Contest. Limit one Prize per individual. Prize may not be redeemed for cash. No substitutions of the Prize by a Winner or its guest is permitted. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value for any reason in the sole discretion of Sponsor if the Prize is unavailable for any reason. In no event will Sponsor award more prizes than are provided for in these Official Rules and Regulations.  All Prizes are awarded “AS IS” and WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, express or implied (including without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose).

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9.  CONCERT TICKET CONDITIONS:  Seat locations at the event shall be determined in the sole discretion of Xfinity (the “Prize Provider”).  The event and event dates and times are determined in the sole discretion of Katy Perry’s “Witness: The Tour”, Philips Arena or Prize Provider (as the case maybe), and may be subject to change.  The terms and conditions of the Prize awarded will govern in the event an event is not conducted due to weather conditions, an act of God, and an act of terrorism, civil disturbance or any other reason.
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The Savannah College of Art and Design is proud to present SCAD AT MIAMI, a celebration of contemporary art and creative education, at Untitled, Miami Beach during Miami Art Week, Dec. 6–10, 2017.

Central to SCAD AT MIAMI is "Chroma," an exhibition of immersive installations by renowned international artist and SCAD deFINE ART 2017 honoree Carlos Cruz-Diez, presented by the SCAD Museum of Art, in collaboration with Articruz and the Cruz-Diez Art Foundation. Chroma explores Cruz-Diez's experimental and multidisciplinary practice and examines the artist's groundbreaking color theory philosophies.

SCAD Art Sales, the university's full-service art consultancy, introduces new works by SCAD alumni artists Christopher Paul Dean (M.F.A., sculpture, 2016), Cory Imig (B.F.A., fibers, 2008) and Britt Spencer (professor of illustration; M.F.A., painting, 2011; B.F.A., illustration, 2005) — three artists who, like Cruz-Diez, use vibrant color, pattern and crisp line as primary elements in their compositions. SCAD Art Sales is located within the Untitled, Miami Beach pavilion at Booth E28. Additional information is available at scadartsales.com.

"SCAD AT MIAMI marries ‘What's now?' and ‘What's next?' with three rising stars of art and design standing shoulder-to-shoulder with a lion of contemporary art, the maestro himself, Carlos Cruz-Diez," said SCAD president and founder Paula Wallace. "Awash in chromaticity and creative vitality, SCAD AT MIAMI takes guests on an ecstatic journey. Join us, SCAD and Untitled, Miami Beach, for an unforgettable ride."

This is the fourth year SCAD has exhibited during Miami Art Week. Previously, the university presented "CURVA," a solo exhibition by SCAD alumna Wendy White (B.F.A., fibers, 1993) that investigated the relationship between athletics and the artistic process; "i feel ya: SCAD + André 3000 Benjamin," an exploration of fashion, film and painting through the eyes of three dynamic artists: multihyphenate performer André 3000 Benjamin and two SCAD alumni, filmmaker Greg Brunkalla (B.F.A., video/film, 2001) and painter Jimmy O'Neal (M.F.A., painting, 2016; B.F.A., illustration, 1989); and "Theater of Self," a joint presentation of fashion and photography featuring works by London- based artist Daniel Lismore and SCAD alumni Bin Feng (M.F.A., photography, 2017) and Colin Douglas Gray (B.F.A., photography, 2004).

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

Untitled, Miami Beach takes place at Ocean Drive and 12th Street, Miami Beach, Florida.

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

The Savannah College of Art and Design will honor Reese Witherspoon with the university's prestigious SCAD Étoile award, presented in recognition of her celebrated lifestyle brand Draper James and her unique contributions to fashion, culture, design and style, at SCADshow theater in Atlanta at an event on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, 2 p.m.

The SCAD Étoile connotes brilliance, luminosity and glamour. The award is a tribute to the biggest and brightest stars of the fashion, style and design realms, and recognizes trendsetting, innovative leaders for their monumental contributions. Witherspoon joins a highly acclaimed coterie of SCAD Étoile honorees, including Jonathan Adler, Pierre Cardin, Catherine Deneuve, Carolina Herrera and David Yurman.

SCAD is also partnering with Draper James to design a limited edition capsule collection for the brand's Spring line. Students from SCAD's top-ranked fashion program will design a "Mommy + Me" capsule, which will debut at SCAD FASHWKND in May 2018. The SCAD collection will be available for purchase at draperjames.com.

"I'm so incredibly honored to receive the SCAD Étoile award and thrilled to be partnering with such a gifted and respected institution. I founded Draper James in order to showcase the originality and beauty of the South, and I'm thrilled it resonates so well with the emerging talent SCAD is known for around the world," said Witherspoon, the founder and creative director of Draper James. 

Created in tribute to Witherspoon's Southern heritage and her grandparents, Dorothea Draper and William James Witherspoon, Draper James is the epitome of contemporary, yet timeless, style.

"SCAD and Draper James belong together! I really admire the depth and breadth of Reese's accomplishments in film and fashion. Her Draper James line is smart and chic, suffused with Southern charm — just like SCAD," said SCAD president and founder Paula Wallace. "This partnership with Draper James is a dream for our students, who study within the world's preeminent School of Fashion. Every day these SCAD students manifest their dreams, just as Reese has done with her elegant, up-for-any-occasion brand."

The project joins students from SCAD degree programs in fashion, accessory design, graphic design, fashion marketing and management, and fibers with the brand's top design leadership to develop a complete, market-ready collection. The collaboration will be unveiled at SCAD FASHWKND, the university's annual fashion celebration, May 17-20, 2018. Hosted in Savannah and Atlanta, SCAD FASHWKND presents SCAD students' senior fashion collections, mentored and juried by fashion industry designers and influencers, in a full professional production. In 2017, SCAD FASHWKND featured an immersive runway show at the SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, tableaux vivant-style vignettes at 1600 Peachtree in Atlanta, and a Shop the Runway component of SCAD alumni work at both locations.

SCAD is consistently ranked by Business of Fashion and Fashionista as a top fashion university, offering more than 200 courses focused on preparing students for professional careers in fashion industries. SCAD has pioneered programs in accessory design and luxury fashion management, and offers the largest fibers and jewelry degree programs in the U.S. SCAD fashion alumni work at globally renowned brands like Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren, Kate Spade, and Lanvin. In the past three years, SCAD students have won over 130 major fashion-related industry awards including consecutive Supima Design Competition grand prize awards, the CFDA Geoffrey Beene Design Award, and the International Design Awards Emerging Fashion Designer of the Year.

The presentation and conversation are free and open to the public with a reservation. Reserve your seat at SCADShow and present your ticket at the event.

Jacob Lawrence had never met Josef Albers when, in the spring of 1946, the young African-American painter received an unexpected invitation from the German-born Bauhaus master to teach a painting course at a progressive liberal arts college in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Lawrence's experience that summer at Black Mountain College became a milestone for the artist, initiating him into the ranks of teacher and transforming his artistic practice.

Julie Levin-Caro, Ph.D., delivered her scholarly and spirited presentation "Jacob Lawrence at Black Mountain College, Summer 1946" during the recent symposium celebrating the exhibition "Jacob Lawrence: Lines of Influence" at SCAD Museum of Art. The lecture was enhanced by an astonishing array of visual materials Levin-Caro culled from the State Archives of North Carolina in Asheville, including Albers' original letter of invitation to Lawrence (mentioning a $25-a-week honorarium) and rare photographs by Nancy Newhall and Bacia Stepner of life at Black Mountain – a fully integrated campus in the Jim Crow South.

Levin-Caro, a professor of art history at Warren Wilson College, explained that at the time of Albers' invitation, "Lawrence had just returned to New York. He'd served two years in the Coast Guard during World War II. He'd resumed his painting career and was on a Guggenheim Fellowship and had started the 'War' series." As for Black Mountain, the college, founded in 1933 (it ceased operations in 1957) was in the summer of '46, as Levin-Caro put it, "fully under the sway of Josef Albers."

Albers and his wife Annie were in the United States as refugees of Nazi Germany. "When Albers arrived at Black Mountain, a student asked him, 'Mr. Albers, what are you going to teach us?'," Levin-Caro said. "To which Albers responded: 'To open eyes.'

"The idea was that Albers wasn't training artists, he was training people to see, to have visual perception. Another thing Jacob Lawrence got from Albers was a vocabulary and a confidence to talk about his work in formal terms. It makes us think about Jacob Lawrence as a formalist, and sometimes that gets overshadowed by the content and we lose sight that he's communicating this content through formal means."

That summer, Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence took sculpting with Leo Amino, sat in on Albers' painting classes, and taught an informal dance class to students in the dining hall, a location of no small importance, as Levin-Caro said: "Jacob Lawrence said that he was touched to notice that every day Albers would move around the dining hall and sit next to a different painting of his and look at it very closely."

Decades later, the experience at Black Mountain in the summer of 1946 continued to resonate. When interviewed in 1968 by Carroll Greene for the Archives of American Art, Jacob Lawrence said:

"Teaching has been a very good thing for me. It's led me into areas of exploration, areas of thinking which I may not have gone into it had I not had the experience of teaching. When you teach, it stimulates you. You're forced to formalize your own theories so that you may communicate them to students."

Special thanks to Dr. Julie Levin-Caro and all the presenters and attendees of the "Jacob-Lawrence: Lines of Influence" public symposium. SCAD Museum of Art will be closed Nov. 23-24 but reopens for normal hours on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017. "Lines of Influence" is on view through Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018.

Six SCAD Hong Kong fashion design and fashion marketing students embarked on an immersive trip to Shanghai, China with accompanying professors Cristina Kountiou and Cory Quach to gain firsthand understanding of the fashion industry in Asian markets. Fashion marketing and management students Amanda Ceide, Evan Solomon and Margaret Hoyle and fashion students Sabrina Batiz, Delia Wade and Madison Gabriela Davis participated in this unique learning experience.

The trip began with a visit to flagship luxury department store Lane Crawford, located in Shanghai Times Square. The group were given a tour of the ground floor's center by a visual merchandiser from Lane Crawford China, including a large-scale presentation of the latest Calvin Klein collection.

Students then attended the Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics fair, where they experienced a panel discussion led by Christina Dean, founder of Hong Kong based NGO, Redress. The panel focused on the question "Can fast fashion be sustainable?" with participants from textile manufacturer Sorona, fashion retailer H&M and the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. The conversation encompassed the future the fashion industry, particularly how sustainable apparel can be made more accessible to everyday consumers. During an afternoon visit to the Swarovski collaborative showroom, students inspected the meticulous collections and engaged with brand representatives.

On day two, the group enjoyed a train ride to Tongxiang, where they toured Zhejiang XinAo Textiles, a facility that cleans and spins approximately 10 million kilograms of wool a year for textile company Woolmark. Wool from Merino sheep goes through a wash of water and generic detergent six times. Seventy percent of the water is recycled from the previous stage, reducing deposited water waste returning to soil. The company resells fibers for woolen yarn, and even sells dirt expunged from the cleaning process.

The subsequent concept retail tour started in Shanghai's K11 (a gallery-mall fusion with several locations in Asia, including Hong Kong), which hosts artists who define culture and stores that enrich it. Students continued on to 10 Corso Como, a bookstore, gallery, restaurant and retail store, its many levels displaying a variety of products in a curated boutique experience. Seeing brands presented in several formats showed students the expansive possibilities of well-crafted retail spaces.

On the final day of the trip, everyone met in the Former French Concession, a prominent shopping and dining district often referred to as the "Paris of the East." Starting at Dongliang, a villa transformed into a multi-level clothing store, the group was exposed to rising Chinese designers as well as familiar brands from abroad. Students spent their day exploring the streets of Shanghai, soaking up the beauty, history, and rich culture of this vibrant city. A unanimous decision was reached: no-one felt ready to leave Shanghai, but we were all ready to take what we gained from our experience and apply it to our studies.

Embracing a lively schedule, Veit Hoenle exudes clarity and calm. This week the SCAD writing student travels to Vancouver, Washington with his Sun Conference-winning teammates and SCAD Coach Patrick Reagan for the NAIA Men's National Cross Country Championships. Hoenle, a native of Freiburg, Germany, is a two-sport, same-season athlete who also races with the SCAD cycling team. "I don't need a lot of free time," the amiable Hoenle says. "I'm happy working, training and competing." The key to Hoenle's placidity may be in an essay he composed for a SCAD writing class: "Patience not only affects ourselves, but our environment and the people around us."

SCAD: What's your key to getting everything done?

VEIT HOENLE: I've been disciplined before coming to America, so I know what it is to not have a lot of free time. I enjoy being at SCAD, and I've figured out a way to combine my athletics and my education.

On our recent drive to Florida for the conference championship, I interviewed Coach P., the bus driver, and two runners for an essay for my non-fiction writing class. When we reached Ave Maria, the race started at 8:30 in the morning, and we got to the course at 6:45 a.m. The moon was still up, a full moon with a lake all around the racetrack, a magical feeling before the race.

I didn't want us to be the first team in years not to win the conference. I tried to set a good pace. We were supporting each other. As soon as one of us fell behind there was another guy who could push him. Coach P. said that's the kind of running he wants the program to do. Why is SCAD men's cross country so strong that we won the conference championship three times in a row? Coach P. creates team spirit.

SCAD: How has your writing progressed at SCAD?

HOENLE: Before coming to SCAD I never wrote about things that interested me, only for assignments. Now with Professor Lough I write about what's interesting to me and look forward to it. I really enjoy his non-fiction writing class. I've learned to make my writing more specific, more concrete. Editing is the most important thing I've learned, when a sentence is not necessary. Sometimes it's hard, because the words are good but you can cut them.

SCAD: What's the connection between athletics and creativity?

HOENLE: Physical exertion stimulates the mind. When I ride my bike or when I swim, I come up with good ideas. There's a reason, neurologically. You can write in a romantic way, and you can swim with exaggerated strokes. I want to have flow while I'm writing, the same as when I'm on my bike. And there is pleasure when I finish. It's important to have goals and to be happy with what you have achieved. Sometimes it's easy and sometimes it's a struggle and nothing seems smooth. Improvement comes with effort over time.

SCAD: Good luck this week at Nationals!

HOENLE: This will be my first time traveling to the Pacific Northwest. I'm looking forward to it. As Coach P. says, "The competition is the celebration of all the hard work we put in."

In its very first year, SCAD GamingFest attracted experts from Cartoon Network, EA Sports, Google Daydream and many more for a two-day exploration of the creative development of today's most popular games.

Held at SCAD's 13,300-square-foot SCADshow theater in the heart of Midtown Atlanta, SCAD GamingFest was the newest example of the university's prestigious leadership in the gaming industry. Students attendees represented a wide swathe of carefully curated SCAD degree programs including animation, branded entertainment, film and television, graphic design, illustration, motion media design, sequential art, sound design, television producing, visual effects and writing.

SCAD is home to the nation's largest academic degree program for interactive design and game development, with nearly 5,500 SCAD alumni of gaming and related programs working for industry leaders including Electronic Arts, Blizzard Entertainment and Nintendo. Notable alumni have launched also their own studios and titles, including Tiny Monsters and Ker-Chunk Games.

SCAD GamingFest schedule highlights included:

The Art of Voiceover: Dave Fennoy and Brian Bremer, voice actors for the "The Walking Dead" game and the creative team behind the voices, discussed how the best voice actors bring a game to life. 

In The Huddle: An Evolution of Story in "Madden NFL": Some of the creators behind the longest-running sports video game in history, "Madden NFL," explored how story has advanced in EA SPORTS and how those advancements helped create the game's first ever story mode, "Longshot." 

Google Daydream – AR Lessons Learned for Success: Designers at Google's Daydream Labs figure out the who, what, why and how of successful augmented reality applications. As the Apple and Android platforms widen to allow more augmented reality, the Google Daydream experts explained how they make important discoveries to help developers succeed.

Gaming in Atlanta: Top professionals from Nektr, at American Gaming Systems, and the Georgia Game Developers Association talked shop about the business and culture of producing hit games. 

Special Screening of "The Wizard": An enthusiastic Friday night audience enjoyed this 1989 cult classic about two brothers (Luke Edwards and Fred Savage) who run away from home, meet a girl (Jenny Lewis), and hitchhike across the country to compete in a video game tournament. A conversation on the film's cultural significance and renewed relevance in the world of gaming followed the film. 

Another crucial component of GamingFest was a presentation of SCAD+, the groundbreaking university program designed to assist alumni in developing commercially viable digital products. From hundreds of applications, nine participants were selected by the SCAD+ advisory board, placed on teams, provided a living and work space and access to resources to develop their original product ideas. As presented to an engaged and eager GamingFest audience, the three projects – focussing on gaming, virtual reality, augmented reality and mobile experiences – will be ready for presentation to potential investors at the end of the year.

SCAD GamingFest is the newest professional engagement program through SCADFILM and highlights SCAD's support of Atlanta's growing gaming industry, responsible for 3,200 jobs in Georgia. Next year's GamingFest is already in the works, so be sure to level up for the next installment of this memorable, enlightening, game-tastic SCAD tradition.

"I am a sound designer myself, and what that really means is that I am a storyteller," said Mitch Gettleman, SCAD chair of sound design, addressing an enthusiastic audience at SCADshow for GamingFest. "I believe that sound and sound design are where the emotion lives for the experience of the audience. There's really no bigger part of storytelling process and sound design than the voiceover performance."

Gettleman, whose professional credits include supervising sound editing on TV shows "Scrubs," "Californication" and "Lady Dynamite," was hosting "The Art of the Voiceover," a key panel during SCAD GamingFest, a two-day convocation of industry luminaries, working professionals and student talent to examine the evolving world of game design and development.

Joining Gettleman on stage were four leading industry creatives who through sound design and voiceover performance bring games to life: Dave Fennoy and Brian Bremer, voice actors of "The Walking Dead" game, Ariel Gross, audio director of QC Games, and Jeffrey Umberger, voice talent agent for The Umberger Agency. The panel shared their experiences, expertise and wit with a captivated GamingFest audience.

"The importance of characters in video games is that they're the human connection element," Gross remarked. "Voice acting is probably the most important thing in audio that we do in games."

Fennoy and Bremer lit up the panel with character riffs and charm. As trained actors who rely on talent, voice control and imagination to deliver performances that enhance the player experience, Fennoy and Bremer advised those interested in joining the world of voiceover work to take improv classes, acting classes and become familiar with the numerous resources, coaches and studios.

Hosted by SCAD, GamingFest is the newest professional engagement program through SCADFILM and highlights SCAD's support of Atlanta's growing gaming landscape. SCAD is the first and only university to offer a B.F.A., M.A. and M.F.A. in sound design. Over 2,800 SCAD alumni currently work in Georgia's entertainment industry.

This Thursday and Friday, Nov. 9-10, 2017, join SCAD in Atlanta for the premiere SCAD GamingFest, a two-day convocation of industry luminaries, working professionals and student talent to examine the evolving world of game design and development. With a focus on artistry, development, design, and production, GamingFest features 14 panels and presentations, including appearances by experts from EA SPORTS, Ubisoft, Cartoon Network, Tunewelders, American Gaming Systems, Google Daydream Labs, and Georgia Game Developers Association.

SCAD GamingFest is the first event of its kind in Atlanta dedicated to artistic development and design for games, exemplifying SCAD's leadership in the digital media education space. All GamingFest events will be held at the 13,300-square-foot SCADshow theater.

GamingFest highlights include "The Art of Voiceover" panel featuring voice actors Dave Fennoy and Brian Bremer from "The Walking Dead" game; "In The Huddle: An Evolution of Story in Madden NFL" presented by the creators behind EA SPORTS' longest-running sports video game;  and "South Park," a case study with Jolie Menzel, Ubisoft lead narrative designer, on the acclaimed new game "South Park: The Fractured But Whole." On Friday evening, SCADFILM will screen the "The Wizard," 1989 cult classic starring Fred Savage and Jenny Lewis about siblings who hitchhike across the country to compete in a video game tournament.

Hosted by SCAD, GamingFest is the latest professional engagement program through SCADFILM and highlights SCAD's support of Atlanta's growing gaming industry, now responsible for 3,200 jobs in Georgia. SCAD undergraduate and graduate interactive design and game development programs are led by faculty hailing from Activision, Blue Sky Studios, Nickelodeon Digital, Savage Entertainment, and beyond. Buoyed by their SCAD education, students have won the Electronic Entertainment Expo College Game Competition three times. In August 2017, Wired dubbed "Dream Daddy," created by SCAD alumna Leighton Gray, "The Gaming Miracle of The Year."

For more information and tickets, visit the official SCAD GamingFest site.