The small screen returns to the big time. It's aTVfest 2020, Atlanta's only festival dedicated to television. Now in its eighth year, the university's annual signature event celebrating the television industry will be held at SCADshow, February 27-29, 2020. Entertainment Weekly (EW) returns for the second year as Official Media Partner, SCAD aTVfest, for an exciting showcase of programs from ABC, CBS, Comedy Central, The CW, FOX, Freeform, NBC, Netflix, OWN, Paramount Network, Starz and more.

“This promises to be a fantastic aTVFest 2020 in Atlanta," said Christina Routhier, Executive Director, SCAD aTVfest. “We are excited to have Entertainment Weekly return as our official media partner. We appreciate the amazing support from networks and studios that bring top shows, talent, and below the line artists to our festival. aTVFest is dedicated to showcasing the best industry artists working in television today, from showrunners, directors and writers to costume designers, production designers and casting agents. Once again, we are thrilled to continue to highlight female talent in front of and behind the camera."

Producer/actress Kim Cattrall (FOX's Filthy Rich) will receive the Icon Award; Eric McCormack (NBC's Will & Grace) will receive the Impact Award; Tom Payne (FOX's Prodigal Son) will receive the Discovery Award, Actor; Hunter Schafer (HBO's Euphoria) will receive the Discovery Award, Actress; and the cast of NBC's Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist will receive the Rising Star Cast Award. Honorees are scheduled to attend screenings and participate in conversations regarding their work.  The festival's In Conversation Series includes talks with Eric McCormack, Malcolm Jamal-Warner, Hunter Schafer, Miss J Alexander and Grown-ish costume designer Michelle Cole and actress Yara Shahidi.

As the Official Media Partner for SCAD aTVfest, EW co-curated this year's programming and will have staff on-site to moderate select talent panels. EW will also host a photo and video studio for talent. Galleries will be available exclusively on EW.com and its social platforms. Shows and representatives attending this year's festival include the following (subject to change):

• 68 Whiskey (Paramount Network) with actors Sam Keeley, Jeremy Tardy, Gage Golightly, Cristina Rodlo, Beth Reisgraf and Executive Producer/Director Michael Lehman.
• Animation Domination (FOX) with Executive Producers Julie Scully, Mike Scully, Danny Smith and character artist Mike Cassidy.
• Awkwafina is Nora from Queens (Comedy Central) with actor BD Wong.
• The Baker and the Beauty (ABC) with actors Victor Rasuk, Nathalie Kelley, Carlos Gómez, Dan Bucatinsky, Lisa Vidal, David Del Rio, Belissa Escobedo and Michelle Veintimilla.
• Cherish the Day (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) with actors Alano Miller, Xosha Roquemore and Director Blitz Bazawule.
• Council of Dads (NBC) with actors Sarah Wayne Callies, Michael O'Neill, J August Richards, Clive Standen, Michelle Weaver and Co-creators/Showrunners Anthony “Tony" Phelan and Joan Rater.
• Deputy (FOX) with actors Brian Van Holt, Danielle Moné Truitt, annd Executive Producer Kimberly Ann Harrison.
• Filthy Rich (FOX) with actors Kim Cattrall, Melia Kreiling, Aubrey Dollar, Corey Cott, Benjamin Levy Aguilar, Mark L. Young, Olivia Macklin, and executive producers Tate Taylor and Abe Sylvia.
• For Life (ABC) with actors Joy Bryant, Nicholas Pinnock, and Executive Producers Doug Robinson, Hank Steinberg, Isaac Wright Jr.
• Legacies (The CW) with actors Jenny Boyd, Kaylee Bryant, Matthew Davis, Quincy Fouse, Chris Lee, Danielle Rose Russell, Aria Shahghasemi and Peyton Alex Smith.
• Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector (NBC) with actors Russell Hornsby, Arielle Kebbel, Michael Imperioli and Showrunner/Writer/Executive Producer Barry O'Brien.
• Mixed-ish (ABC) with actors Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tika Sumpter, Arica Himmel and Executive Producer/Co-Creator Peter Saji.
• New Amsterdam (NBC) with actor Tyler Labine and showrunner David Schulner.
• October Faction (Netflix) with actors Tamara Taylor, J.C. MacKenzie, and Maxim Roy.
• Prodigal Son (FOX) with actors Tom Payne, Keiko Agena, Frank Harts, Aurora Perrineau, and Halston Sage.
• Roswell, New Mexico (The CW) with actors Heather Hemmens, Jeanine Mason, Michael Trevino, Nathan Dean and Executive Producer/creator Carina Adly MacKenzie.
• Strike Back (Cinemax) with actor Warren Brown, director Bill Eagles, military technical advisor Paul Biddiss and writer/showrunner/Executive Producer Jack Lothian.
• VIDA (STARZ) with actors Melissa Barrera, Mishel Prada, Ser Anzoategui, Chelsea Rendon, Carlos Miranda and Roberta Colindrez.
• Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (NBC) with actors Jane Levy, Skylar Astin, Alex Newell, John Clarence Stewart and Producer/Choreographer Mandy Moore.

For more information and a full schedule of events, visit atvfest.com.

"A lot of times I get good ideas in the bathtub," said Marilyn Minter during the Q&A portion of her keynote address at Trustees Theater. Playful, applicable, honest, and wet, her response epitomized both her artist talk and the stunning career survey 'Nasty Woman' at SCAD Museum of Art, part of deFINE ART 2020.

After receiving her deFINE honoree award from President Paula Wallace, Minter presented a slide and video show of her work, including lurid, purple-lipped images of explicit glamour, early paintings she deemed "terrible," and a series of TV commercials created especially to be shown during Late Night with David Letterman in the 1980s.

Enjoy these select remarks from Minter's memorable deFINE delivery:

Marilyn Minter:

When I first went to NYC in 1976, I liked the idea of painting overlooked things that were around the house. I wanted to be part of the vernacular, and photorealism was popular at the time. We were building rooms in our loft, and I threw this 2x4 on the floor and took a photograph. I made paintings of those photos. I thought, everyone's going to love these! I took them to galleries and they said, "These are photorealism, but really boring ones." It was really painful. But when I had my retrospective, I didn't have to search anything out. I still had all the paintings.

When you think something is the worst thing that can happen to you, but you still think that what you're doing is the right thing, you just wait it out. The way that artists make art is they listen to their own inner voice, from their personal vision. Sooner or later the zeitgeist catches up to you.

In 1989, in was time for women to own images for their own sexual pleasure and amusement. Women never paint pictures of porn. I thought, I should do that! I thought, not softcore, it'll have to be hardcore. I had the entire gay community behind what I was doing, but it was a shock to the art world. Most people thought that I was betraying feminism. I was asked, "What do the images mean?" I didn't have the answer, and that was my downfall.

I never wanted to make a remake of something. I wanted to make an image of something in the world that you know is true, but you've never seen a picture of it. You never saw art about armpit hair. You never saw pictures of people pulling their socks down where you could see the lines on their legs.

Everything human is shot through with imperfection. Trying to erase that will make you ill. We are untidy beings. Why should we feel ashamed about it? No one escapes having a pimple.

I don't think of myself as a photorealist painter, because if you get close to a true photorealist painting it looks like a photo. With my painting, if you get close to it, it falls apart and becomes abstract.

The eye craves what it doesn't see. If you don't know what to do, just start making marks. You have to work, though, for the ideas to come. You can't just sit there waiting for inspiration.

See 'Nasty Woman' at SCAD MOA through August 2, 2020.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Visit scad.edu/defineart2020.

The momentous exhibition featuring timeless designs by legends of style Azzedine Alaïa and Gilbert Adrian is open: Alaïa-Adrian: Masters of Cut, Feb. 11– Nov. 25, 2020, at the globally renowned SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film in Atlanta.

Masters of Cut brings together sleek designs and impeccably tailored looks by beloved designers Azzedine Alaïa (1935–2017) and Gilbert Adrian (1903–1959). Garments on view display the intricate detailing of Adrian's suits — the mitered stripes, clever seaming, and unexpected appliqués — in dialogue with Alaïa's body-celebrating designs.

Pairing their work, the exhibition reveals the designers' intertwined and enduring legacies. Alaïa was a consummate collector of Adrian's work, reveling in the designer's fit, form, and proportion. The Adrian garments on view, held by the Association Azzedine Alaïa, Paris, are presented in partnership with SCAD FASH. In addition to tailored looks from both designers, Masters of Cut features a selection of Alaïa's career-defining gowns worn by fashion icons including Grace Jones. SCAD FASH is honored to host the designer's first posthumous U.S. museum exhibition, nearly 20 years after his last stateside show.

"Our SCAD FASH exhibition of Alaïa and Adrian conveys the unique energy of a couturier collected by a couturier," said SCAD President and Founder Paula Wallace. "The young Azzedine Alaïa so admired Gilbert Adrian — famous for Dorothy's luminous ruby-red slippers and much more — that he ultimately collected more than 150 of Adrian's original pieces. Using the precision of laser cutting to achieve designs perfectly fitted to the body, Alaïa himself, like Adrian before him, became an exacting master of intricate and elegant couture. Genius knows genius!"

Widely known for his fanciful designs for The Wizard of Oz, Adrian was the head of costume design for MGM during the Golden Age of Hollywood (1928–41). His garments for stars like Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, and Norma Shearer were praised by the fashion press and emulated by stylish moviegoers worldwide. In 1942, Adrian established his own atelier in Beverly Hills, and for the next decade his chic, strong- shouldered, narrow-waisted suits and gowns changed the fashion industry and the lives of women everywhere. Alaïa, who trained as a sculptor, left Tunisia for Paris in the mid-1950s to pursue fashion design.

His gift of construction and his obsession with cut and fit shaped garments that are unrivaled in accentuating the female form. Recognized internationally in the 1980s and early '90s for designs draping iconic supermodels Naomi Campbell, Stephanie Seymour, and Linda Evangelista, Alaïa continued to dominate the world of fashion throughout his celebrated career.

Alaïa-Adrian: Masters of Cut is curated by fashion historian and curator Olivier Saillard and organized for SCAD FASH by Rafael Gomes, director of fashion exhibitions.

www.scadfash.org

"I think about where my furniture will live," says Erin Tutcher (M.F.A., furniture design), gesturing towards the couch, mirror and table of her master's thesis collection, "and how the pieces will live with one another."

"Between 7th and 8th" (named after Manhattan's garment district) is the culmination of a sustained process. From conception and sketching through SolidWorks designs, material sourcing, fabrication and display, the pieces epitomize the depth and quality of Tutcher's SCAD experience.

Before coming to SCAD, Tutcher worked as an interior designer for a staging company in New York, staging furniture in opulent for-sale apartments. "I knew I needed to understand furniture better, so I decided to pursue my master's degree at SCAD."

"Between 7th and 8th" is currently on display at Cedar House Gallery in Savannah. The table and mirror are rich and strange. The fainting couch will take your breath away.

Erin Tutcher:

My thesis project transposes techniques of pleating from haute couture fashion into modern furniture design. I incorporated the idea of pleats into elements of each piece. My work tends to have angles and repeated forms. It's a combo of Art Deco and Hollywood Regency, and the organic lines of Art Nouveau. There's a new term, Neo Deco, that might describe my work too.

In haute couture you see fainting couches in dressing rooms as people are getting dressed. In Victorian England they tied corsets so tight that women fainted. I liked the drama of that, and wanted to create a fainting couch as a statement piece in my collection.

I designed and built the interior frame of the couch, did tab-and-slot construction, and had it CNC'd at SCAD. I brought the upholsterer a legless couch and said, don't upholster over the T-nuts, because that's how it's going to attach. The fabric is performance velvet.

The couch legs started as gnarly chunks of raw steel, 20 pounds each. The legs were also CNC'd, and had to be bolted to the machine leaving bolt holes in them. Instead of covering them with a metal plate, I turned spikes for them on the metal lathe. Once I turned them on the lathe, everyone in the shop got pumped, because I was making sharp, aggressive objects for the couch's feminine form. They're meant to look like studs, inspired by an Alexander McQueen shoe with a similar detail.

After the base was welded together I had it powder-coated. It was a challenge making sure everything fit and that the joints were strong enough. You can't have the welds break when people are sitting on it. Professor George Perez gave me key guidance.

The prongs are 3-D printed nylon that I painted with acrylic. When you sit on the couch with another person, its angles mean you face each other. It's a literal conversation piece.

The mirror frame began as a two-inch chunk of ash, five feet long and 80 pounds. I wanted the wood to have a finish where you could still see the grain of the curly ash. I pickled it with whitewash, then took a steamer and raised the wood grain, rubbed in wood grain filler with a palette knife, hand-rubbed gold pigment into the grain, sanded it, added more, sanded again, and finally, lacquer. It has a pearlescent, iridescent finish.

I designed the mirror so the center matches up directly to where the couch swoops in. The language of the mirror perfectly mimics the couch. It feels like they were meant for one another.

Learn more about SCAD furniture design.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Adrienne Dixon:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Adrienne Dixon photo: Dana Rogers

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

Learn more about SCAD painting and visit SCAD MOA!

Lina Deeb Forrester (B.F.A., interior design) is standing beside "The Tree of Life" in Pepe Hall. The block-printed English pattern, drawn from Indian and Chinese motifs, is currently printed in Thailand by Kravet, the trade home furnishings industry leader with whom Deeb Forrester interned in 2019.

A linguist who speaks Indonesian, Arabic and Malaysian, Deeb Forrester served in the military before coming to SCAD: "I was thinking about going back to school, and learned that SCAD is ranked #1 for interior design. I came to Savannah, took my first tour and said, ‘Let's start this now!'"

Lina's international experience, collector's mentality, and fibers minor all informed her extraordinary selections from the Kravet archive, currently on display in Pepe Hall.

Lina Deeb Forrester:

Last year, Kravet Chief Creative Director Scott Kravet came to SCAD to lecture on the textiles from around the world that are in the Kravet archive. I was fascinated. Afterwards I introduced myself, and later emailed a follow-up. There was no actual archive internship position at the time. I was persistent. Eventually Kravet created the position to accommodate me!

I interned in the climate-controlled Kravet archive at their corporate office in Bethpage, Long Island for two and a half months. I was in frequent contact with the Kravet design studios including Lee Jofa, Kravet Couture, and Brunschwig and Fils. If they were looking for a piece with say, a specific bird, I'd look it up in the database of almost 40,000 items, find it, package it and send it to them so they could physically use the archival piece as inspiration for the creation of new designs.

As part of my internship last summer with Kravet, I helped curate an exhibition in New York called "Pattern & Process." I examined the boxes and drawers in the Kravet archive to select the best pieces. One of the oldest items in the archives is a Coptic weaving from Egypt from 200 B.C. To be able to touch it was mind-blowing. As a student, to do something I'd never done before and be given a leadership role really fulfilled my soul.

The items from the Kravet archive I selected to display here in Pepe Hall are glimpses into the depth and diversity of the Kravet holdings. Block printing is one of the oldest ways of creating images on fabric. "The Tree of Life" uses 365 different blocks interlocked like a puzzle to create one three-yard repeat pattern. When you look at the back you can see the variation in the pressure each artist applied to their blocks. There are obis from Japan, alongside shuttles from the 19th century that use silk and metallic threads. There are point papers from Orinoka Mills, originally one of the largest mills in the Philadelphia area. On the back each artist wrote the sizes and colors for the swatches, and how long it took them to work on a piece.

I had an incredible experience at Kravet, and I'm really happy that I'm able to translate the experience to this exhibition at Pepe Hall. It emphasizes how connected the world is via the art of textiles. An archive is a living thing.

Special thanks to Kravet Executive VP and co-owner Ellen Kravet, Kravet special projects manager Karen Lerman, and the entire Kravet team.

Learn more about SCAD fibers and SCAD interior design degree programs.

This Thursday, January 9, SCAD Hong Kong presents the sixth annual Fashion Showcase. Over thirty fashion designs will be showcased around SCAD Hong Kong in the heart of Sham Shui Po, including collections designed by students Ivy Lam (B.F.A., fashion) and Yasmin Baratova (B.F.A., fashion).

Design by Yasmin Baratova. Photo: Chester Siu.

New collections by top senior and graduate fashion students and recent alumni from across SCAD's four global locations are chosen to participate in the annual event. Each year, Fashion Showcase is curated by Michael Fink, Dean of SCAD's School of Fashion. The showcase is a reflection of SCAD's highly ranked degree programs.

In 2018, the prestigious Red Dot Design Rankings placed SCAD as the No. 1 university in the U.S. and in the top two universities in the Americas and Europe. Career preparation is woven into every fiber of the university, resulting in a superior alumni employment rate. According to a recent study, 99 percent of SCAD Class of 2018 alumni were employed, pursuing further education or both within 10 months of graduation. 

The annual Fashion Showcase demonstrates the university's dedication to prepare students to lead the ever-evolving world of style through a curriculum anchored in creative thinking and innovative technology. Providing a platform for students to connect with the industry's leading names, SCAD prepares students for the commercial world after graduation. 

Design by Ivy Lam. Photo: Katie Ulsh and Mathushaa Sagthidas.

Ivy Lam's collection "Bloom" was inspired by the Chinese phrase "floral world" (花花世界), symbolizing numerous types of flowers as a metaphor for our diverse society. An orchid is the focus for the design elements in terms of prints, style lines, shapes, forms, textures and layers. The concept defines self-expression and identity through the experimentation of hybridising different styles and silhouettes.

Yasmin Baratova's collection "HE CMOTPИ" embodies the resilient, rebellious and romantic spirit. The construction techniques, silhouettes, and prints originate from traditional and the Soviet references. The tactile human element is emphasized through crudely hand-embroidered and hand-painted details and rust dyeing.

"The collections highlighted in the Fashion Showcase 2020 are a true reflection of our comprehensive fashion curriculum, which is both professionally focused and intellectually rigorous," says Khoi Vo, Vice President of SCAD Hong Kong. "Each year, the designs we see at SCAD Hong Kong seem to be more innovative than the last. We hope this year's Fashion Showcase inspires both current and future SCAD students."

Learn more about SCAD Hong Kong.

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

Bert John:

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

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

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

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

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

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