Chalk it up as a Sidewalk Arts Festival for the ages! On Saturday, April 23, the 41st SCAD Sidewalk Arts Festival transformed Savannah's scenic Forsyth Park into a dynamic technicolor landscape of nearly 800 chalk compositions as SCAD students, alumni, and local high school students sketched vibrant designs and competed for cash prizes.

"SCAD Sidewalk Arts is our university's longest-running and most beloved festival," said SCAD President Paula Wallace. "A perfect pairing of Savannah pavement and SCAD preeminence, this spring tradition enlivens the senses, awakens the creative spirit, and fosters an unrivaled joy that can only come from art."

Prizes were  be awarded across categories including Best of Show, SCAD Alumni Spirit, SCAD Student Spirit, Student Individual, Student Group, Graduate Student, and Alumni. This year introduced the SCAD Peace Award for the artwork that best incorporates iconography of peace; the SCAD Love Award, featuring images of adoration; and the SCAD Homage Award, for the chalk artist who best replicates a painting by a renowned artist using approved SCAD Sidewalk Arts Festival materials.

In addition to the nearly 800 chalk designs, alumnae Juliana Lupacchino (B.F.A, fibers, 2017) and Sophie Tompkins (B.F.A., graphic design, 2016) painted a mural live during the event. The festival also included an installation of papier-mâché vases by Trish Andersen (B.F.A., fibers, 2005). Festival attendants shared their imagination and creativity through Instagram using #SCADChalk.

Congratulations to the winners!

SCAD Peace Award

$3,000 (open to current SCAD students, individual or a group)
Olivia Williams (B.F.A., illustration)

SCAD Love Award

$3,000 (open to current SCAD students, individual or a group)
Kassidy Keenehan (B.F.A., painting)

SCAD Homage Award

$3,000 (open to current SCAD students, individual or a group)
Yashvi Goel (B.F.A., production design)
Parth Bansal (B.F.A., sequential art)

SCAD Student Spirit Award
$3,000 (open to current SCAD students, individual or a group)
Val Slivka (B.F.A., sequential art)
Margaux Menand (B.F.A., fibers)
Marie Alvizo (B.F.A., illustration)
Alex Putprush (B.F.A., sequential art)
Julia Paiewonsky (B.F.A., animation)
Caleigh Steele (B.F.A., illustration)

SCAD Alumni Spirit Award

$3,000 (open to SCAD alumni, individual or a group)
Tyler Jacobs (B.F.A, advertising, 2018)

High School Student

Gift card to Ex Libris bookstore
Catherine Bock, Garrison School for the Arts, Savannah, GA

Best of Show

$1,200 (any participant)
Glen Osterberger (B.F.A., illustration, 1990)

Graduate Student Award

$700 (any current SCAD graduate student, individual or group)
Madhuri Guntupalli (M.F.A., illustration)
Rebekah Price (M.F.A, illustration)
Killian Hu (M.F.A., illustration)
Kiki Jenkins (M.F.A., illustration)

SCAD Student (Individual)
$1,000 (any current SCAD student)

Laura DiAngelis (B.F.A., sequential art)

SCAD Students (Group)

$1,000 (any current SCAD student group)
Kai Buffington-Cogliano (B.F.A., production design)
Isabelle Mercer (B.F.A., illustration)
Saige Buffington (B.F.A., writing)
Becca George (B.F.A., performing arts)

SCAD Alumni

$1,000 (any SCAD alumni)
Anné Revlett (B.F.A., illustration, 2019)

SEE ALL THE WINNING WORK!

SCAD Museum of Art hosted a momentous gala event on Thursday, April 21, 2022, celebrating the institution's 10-year anniversary, with over 300 attendees enjoying a suitably gorgeous Savannah evening. The celebration took place al fresco in the museum's Alex Townsend Memorial Courtyard and included performances, film screenings, and a three-course dinner by award winning hospitality group Daniel Reed.

The evening was hosted by SCAD President Paula Wallace, SCAD VP of brand experience Kari Herrin, and industrial design student Aniekanabasi Asanga. The event was co-chaired by creative leaders, sisters, and close friends of the university Wendy Goodman and Tonne Goodman. The gala host committee included Ellen and Jeep Bolch, MD, Arnika and Stephen Dawkins, MD, Katie Holderness, Melissa Rowan, Justice Leah Ward Sears, Anita and Michael Thomas, Michael Bishop and Shane Thomas.

The evening featured multiple, unique artistic delights. Accomplished actor and SCAD performing arts professor Isaiah Johnson and elite SCAD vocal ensemble The Honeybees both performed, as well as a DJ set by alumni Jose Ray (B.F.A., painting, 2011). Guests also experienced the debut of a short film celebrating SCAD Museums of Art's artful first decade and the institution's award winning historic preservation. Alumni artists' creative work was showcased, including hand-painted linens by alumni and associate curator at SCAD MOA Ben Tollefson (M.F.A., painting, 2014), and floral designs by alumna Audrey Wagner King (M.F.A., fibers, 2011).

Other notable guests included Domenico and Eleanore De Sole, Bob and Alice Jepson, Walter and Linda Evans, Gale Singer, Greg Parker, Ginny Brewer, Chiara Visconti di Modrone, David Paddison, and Lori Judge.

As a center for cultural dialogue, the SCAD Museum of Art engages students and communities through dynamic interdisciplinary educational experiences. A growing international roster of artists provides opportunities for students from all majors to learn about wide-ranging artistic practices and worldviews.

The museum has presented exhibitions by artists including Jane Alexander, Radcliffe Bailey, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Subodh Gupta, Alfredo Jaar, Sigalit Landau, Liza Lou, Ebony G. Patterson, Robin Rhode, Bill Viola, Carrie Mae Weems, Kehinde Wiley and Fred Wilson, as well as site-specific installations by Daniel Arsham, Kendall Buster, Jose Dávila, Michael Joo, Odili Donald Odita and others. The museum's permanent collection includes the Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art, the Modern and Contemporary Art Collection, the Earle W. Newton Collection of British and American Art, the 19th- and 20th-century Photography Collection and the SCAD Costume Collection.

An award-winning, architectural icon, SCAD MOA incorporates the oldest surviving antebellum railroad depot in the U.S. into its striking design. Nestled in the heart of Savannah's vibrant historic downtown district, the museum attracts visitors from around the globe. It has been recognized by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, the Congress for the New Urbanism, the International Interior Design Association and the Historic Savannah Foundation, and received the American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Architecture, a pinnacle achievement.

Joël Díaz, director of the Walter O. Evans Center for African American Studies, brightens the gala.

For more information on SCAD Museum of Art and the current exhibitions on view, visit scadmoa.org.

SCAD Museum of Art would like to thank event partners Ghost Coast Distillery, Service Brewing Co., and Johnnie Ganem's Package Shop.

SCAD is proud to announce that students from the university's prestigious School of Fashion have earned the most scholarship wins of any university in the highly competitive Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF) Scholarship 2022 program.

As announced in a live awards gala on Monday, April 11 in New York City, a total of 19 students from SCAD's top-ranked School of Fashion earned national recognition, totaling over $165,000 in scholarships.

SCAD Atlanta junior Naecia Dixon (B.F.A., fashion design) presented a passionate monologue live in front of hundreds of industry executives, editors, stylists, designers, and program alumni. Dixon, from Kingston, Jamaica, was awarded the prestigious FSF $25,000 Grand Prize Scholarship for her ingenious digital case study, "Radical Optimism," an idea for a unique and sustainable design collaboration between Nike and Iris Van Herpen.

"This award has been an honor of a lifetime, and I am incredibly grateful to FSF for this recognition and opportunity," said Dixon. "I want the world to know the influence that my SCAD professors have had on me, and their tireless efforts to foster greatness in young, ambitious creatives like myself."

SCAD students were selected from thousands of entries across 65 universities, each developing imaginative case studies reviewed by a panel of industry icons representing major brands and designers.

Dixon and fellow School of Fashion students Kachina Daniel (B.F.A., fashion design), Korin Jones (B.F.A., fashion design; drawing), Gianni Williams (B.F.A., fashion marketing and management) were selected as recipients of the Virgil Abloh "Post-Modern" scholarship, which includes a $7,500 scholarship, a paid summer internship at one of the supporting partners, a master class program for professional development, and mentorship from industry leaders. The trailblazing late fashion designer Abloh, with the support of evian, Farfetch, Louis Vuitton, New Guards Group, and Nike, committed $1 million to support scholarships and career opportunities for Black students and to foster equity and inclusion within the fashion industry, managed with FSF.

Since 2019, SCAD has won an unprecedented portion of scholarship funds from FSF for its students, totaling over $600,000. SCAD offers one of the most elite fashion programs in the world with undergraduate and graduate degrees in accessory design, business of beauty and fragrance, fashion, fashion marketing and management, fibers, jewelry and luxury and fashion management. Students of the program network with expert insiders through virtual showcases and global red-carpet events and earn international accolades from Vogue, The Met's Costume Institute, CFDA and more. SCAD fashion alumni launch their own lines and dress cultural icons like Beyoncé, Michelle Obama, Zendaya, Maren Morris, Tracee Ellis Ross and lead the industry into the future at international houses like Chanel, Thom Browne, and Marc Jacobs.

Founded in 1937, the FSF is the foremost fashion-oriented nonprofit in the U.S. to assist with education and workforce development. In addition to awarding over $1 million each year in scholarships, FSF provides scholars with intensive mentorship, industry networking, internship and career opportunities, professional development and direct access to the world's top companies and most influential leaders in fashion and related business sectors.

FSF Grand Prize scholarship winner Naecia Dixon.

2022 SCAD STUDENT FSF SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

FSF 2022 Grand Prize Scholarship - $25,000
Naecia Dixon (B.F.A., fashion design)

SCAD 2022 Virgil Abloh "Post-Modern" Scholarship Winners – $7,500
Naecia Dixon (B.F.A., fashion design)
Kachina Daniel (B.F.A., fashion design)
Korin Jones (B.F.A., fashion design)
Gianni Williams (B.F.A., fashion marketing and management)

SCAD Class of 2022 FSF Scholars - $7,500
Laura Elena Bach (B.F.A., fashion marketing and management)
Sophie Berner (B.F.A., fashion marketing and management; jewelry design)
Regina Perez-Corona (B.F.A., business of beauty & fragrance; fashion marketing and management)
Kaitlyn Delong (B.F.A., fashion marketing & management)
Georgia Holbrook (B.F.A., fibers; fashion design)
Savannah Johnson (B.F.A., fashion marketing and management; fashion design)
Anna Lanyi (B.F.A., fashion design; fashion marketing & management)
Julia Malloy (B.F.A., fashion design)
Victoria Malloy (B.F.A., business of beauty and fragrance; fashion marketing & management)
Valeria Martinez (B.F.A., fashion design)
Grace Miller (B.F.A., fashion marketing and management; fashion design)
Sudarshini Mukherjee (B.F.A., fashion marketing and management; art history)
Olivia Rogers (B.F.A., fashion marketing & management; fragrance marketing & management)
Jack Winkler (B.F.A., accessory design)
Morgan Winslow (B.F.A., fashion design)

Congratulations Naecia and all the winners!

SCAD is proud to announce the wonderful work of more than 150 alumni who have contributed their talents to films nominated for the 94th Academy Awards®. This year, SCAD alumni and students contributed to a total of 21 films that received nominations from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

These talented SCAD Bees represent a variety of award-winning degree programs, including animation, visual effects, film and television, production design, sound design, performing arts, sequential art, illustration, motion media design, fashion, painting, and photography.

Notably, SCAD alumni worked on all five films nominated for Best Visual Effects, including "Dune," "Free Guy," "No Time to Die," "Spider-Man: No Way Home," and "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings." Four of the five nominees for Best Animated Feature also featured the work of SCAD alumni, including "Encanto," "Luca," "Raya and the Last Dragon," and "The Mitchells vs. the Machines."

Standout SCAD alumni Andrew Finley (B.F.A., visual effects, 2015) and Alejandro Solorzano (B.F.A., animation, 2011) each worked on three different nominated films. Finley is currently Look Development Artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios; Solorzano is Lead Technical Animator at Luma Pictures.
 
SCAD alumni also made notable contributions to the look of Academy Award-nominated films outside of digital media. Jurasama Arunchai (M.A., production design, 2010) worked as assistant art director on "West Side Story," nominated for Best Production Design and Best Picture; Lauren Stewart (B.F.A., film & television, 2010) and Jordan Law (B.F.A., fashion, 2013) worked on props and costumes for "The Tragedy of Macbeth," also nominated for Best Production Design.

Three 2021 graduates contributed to nominated films: Hope Schroers (B.F.A., visual effects) was an effects intern for "Luca"; Vivian Amaro (B.F.A., visual effects) worked on "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" and "Spider-Man: No Way Home" (both nominated for Best Visual Effects) as a VFX artist for Perception; and Madison Boehme (M.A., creative business leadership) worked as Production Supervisor at Disney on Best Animated Feature nominated films "Encanto" and "Raya and the Last Dragon."

"Our students work in an environment of collaboration where the classroom is a living model of the industry," said Andra Reeve-Rabb, dean of the SCAD School of Entertainment Arts. "Cutting edge facilities, equipment and mentorship by Oscar-winning professors elevate student experience and creative content. Unique to our university, students work on professional film sets in above and below the line roles in Savannah and Atlanta during their time at SCAD, making them ready to launch the moment they graduate!"

Max Almy, Dean of the SCAD School of Digital Media said, "Our programs in the School of Digital Media are top rated in the world!  Our graduates are working at Pixar, Disney, ILM, Blue Sky, DreamWorks and dozens of great companies and the word is that they are the most talented, prepared and professional.  It's no surprise that so many of our alumni have worked on Academy Award®-winning and nominated films.  We are the best and we are so proud!"

SCAD is the only university named by the Hollywood Reporter in all of its top entertainment rankings: film, performing arts/drama, production design, costume design and visual effects.

Congratulations to the students and alumni who contributed to this year's Oscar-nominated films:

Aaron McGriff (B.F.A., animation, 2005) "Luca"
Adnan Hussain (B.F.A., computer art, 2000) "Spider-Man: No Way Home
Alasdair Willson (B.F.A., broadcast, 2008) "No Way Home:
Alejandro Solorzano (B.F.A., animation, 2011) "King Richard", "Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings", and "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Alex Dubois (B.F.A., film and television, 2016) "West Side Story"
Alex Moed (B.F.A.,visual effects, 2011) "Free Guy"
Alex Wood (B.F.A., visual effects, 2014) Free Guy"
Alexander Snow (B.F.A.,animation, 2009) "Encanto" and "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Alexis Cabone (B.F.A., visual effects, 2018) "Cruella"
Alireza Bidar (B.F.A., visual effects, 2017) "Encanto" and "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Allan Cox (B.F.A., sound design, 2009) "Coming to America"
Andre Danylevich (B.F.A., film and television, 2009) "Lost Daughter"
Andrew Finley (B.F.A., visual effects, 2015) "Encanto", "Luca", and "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Andrew Hudson (B.F.A., sound design, 2010) "tick, tick…BOOM!" and "West Side Story"
Annie Taylor (M.A., sound design, 2019) "Lost Daughter"
Austin Bonang (B.F.A., computer art, 2005) "Dune"
Ben Girmann (M.F.A., animation, 2016) "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Benjamin Lopatin (B.F.A.,visual effects, 2014) "The Mitchells vs. the Machines"
Bianca Gee (B.F.A., animation, 2012) "The Mitchells vs. the Machines"
Bobby Taylor (B.F.A., animation, 2009, "The Mitchells vs. the Machines"
Brandon Lee Karcher (B.F.A, animation, 2018) "Cruella" 
Brandon Martin (B.F.A., animation, 2008) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Brandon Nelson (M.F.A., visual effects, 2008) "King Richard"
Brian Freesh (B.F.A. film and television, 2005) "The Tragedy of Macbeth"
Brooke Eilers (M.F.A., visual effects, 2019) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Caitlin Low (M.F.A., animation, 2017) "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Cameron Black (B.F.A., naimation, 2014) "Raya and the Last Dragon
Carlos Alarcon (M.A., visual effects, 2010) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Carmen Wong (M.F.A., visual effects, 2014) "King Richard"
Chad Cox (B.F.A., animation, 2012) "King Richard"
Chana Klein (B.F.A., film and television, 2018) "Coming 2 America"
Charles Cronkite (B.F.A., animation, 2012) "The Mitchells vs the Machines"
Charles Ehrlinger (B.F.A., visual effects/film and television, 2004) "The Tragedy of Macbeth"
Chien-I Kao (B.F.A., animation, 2006) "Free Guy"
Christian Rodriguez (B.F.A., visual effects, 2021) "Encanto"
Christine Uyemura (M.F.A., visual effects, 2017) "Cruella"
Courtland Jones (M.F.A. performing arts, 2012) "CODA"
Courtney Stephens (B.F.A., film and television, 2013) "CODA"
Daniel Irons (B.F.A., film and television, 2015) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Daniel Jardin (B.F.A., visual effects, 2015) "Encanto" and "Raya and the Last Dragon"
David Butler (B.F.A., computer art, 1997) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
David Michaels (B.F.A., computer art, 2002) "Free Guy" and "West Side Story"
Davies Rushing (B.F.A., animation, 2019) "Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings"
Dawoon Kim (B.F.A., animation, 2018) "Don’t Look Up"
Demorrius Sims (B.F.A., animation, 2014) "Encanto" and "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Derek Nelson (M.F.A., visual effects, 2019) "Encanto" and "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Diana Chu (M.F.A., visual effects, 2019) "Coming 2 America"
Diana Li (B.F.A., visual effects, 2008) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
D'Lun Wong (M.F.A., visual effects, 2001) "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Douglas Addy (B.F.A., visual effects, 2007) "Encanto"
Dwayne Green (M.F.A., film and television, 2014) "Coming 2 America"
Dylan Nett (B.F.A., visual effects, 2020) "House of Gucci"
Elise Hannon (B.F.A., visual effects, 2018) "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Emily Cramer (B.F.A., film and television, 2018) "Cruella"
Enna Chow (B.F.A., production design, 2017) "Coming 2 America"
Erik Toth (B.F.A., visual effects, 2013) "Free Guy"
Erin Choroszylow (B.F.A., film and television, 2012) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Eryn Gruttadauria (B.F.A.,  film and television, 2020) "Free Guy"
Gal Roiter (B.F.A., animation, 2006) "The Mitchells vs. the Machines"
Galina Pak (B.F.A., animation, 2018) "Cruella"
George Watson (B.F.A., film and television, 2014) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Gian Ignacio Lombardi (B.F.A., visual effects, 2014) "Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings"
Hope Schroers (B.F.A., visual effects, 2021) "Luca"
Ian Ruhfass (B.F.A., visual effects, 2008) "Encanto" and "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Ian Steplowski (animation, 2003) "Luca"
James Kuroda (M.F.A., computer art, 2002) "Free Guy"
James Spadafora (M.F.A., visual effects, 2017) "Free Guy"
Jameson Everett (B.F.A., film and television, 2016) "Free Guy"
Jamie German (B.F.A., visual effects, 2013) "Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings"
Jason Koh (B.F.A., visual effects, 2016) "The Mitchells vs the Machines"
Jayda Cardoza (B.F.A., film and television, 2020) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Jeannine Kernisan (B.F.A., animation, 2015) "Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings"
Jenn Epstein (B.F.A., visual effects, 2005) "House of Gucci"
Jeremy Carroll (B.F.A., visual effects, 2006) "Free Guy" and "Spider-Man: No Way Home:
Jesse Erickson (B.F.A., visual effects, 2008) "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Jesse Hildreth (B.F.A.,visual effects, 2008) "No Time to Die"
Jessica Spinelli (B.F.A., visual effects, 2015) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Jie Meng (M.F.A.,visual effects, 2015) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Jocelyn Cofer (B.F.A., animation, 2009) "The Mitchells vs the Machines"
Johnathan Nixon (B.F.A.,visual effects, 2007)"Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings"
Johnny Nam (B.F.A., animation, 2016) "Cruella"
Jon Balcome (M.F.A., visual effects, 2011) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Jordan Law (B.F.A., fashion, 2013) "The Tragedy of Macbeth"
Jordan Schilling (B.F.A., visual effects, 2006) "The Eyes of Tammy Faye"
Joseph Hayden (B.F.A., visual effects, 2006) "Free Guy"
Josh Holtsclaw (B.F.A., illustration, 2006) "Luca"
Jurasama Arunchai (M.A., production design, 2010) "West Side Story"
Ka Yaw Tan (B.F.A., computer art, 1995) "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Kaitlin Duchene (B.F.A., visual effects, 2017) "Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings"
Karen Heston (photography, 1998) "King Richard"
Kate Kirby-O'Connell (B.F.A.,animation, 2013) "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Kirsten Yamaguchi (M.F.A., animation, 2009) "Luca"
Kori Amacker (M.F.A., animation, 2017) "Encanto" and "Ray and the Last Dragon"
Kurt Judson (B.F.A., computer art, 1997) "The Mitchells vs. the Machines"
Landon Lott (B.F.A., sound design, 2010) "Free Guy" and "The Tragedy of Macbeth"
Lauren Driskill (B.F.A., fashion marketing and management, 2011) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Lauren Longoria (B.F.A., film and television, 2017) "Cyrano: 1 Tale 3 Hearts"
Lauren Stewart (B.F.A., film and television, 2010) "The Power of the Dog"
Liaowei Chen (M.F.A., animation, 2017) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Lindsey Butterworth Langston (B.F.A., animation, 2007) "The Mitchells vs. the Machines"
Liz Feldstein (M.F.A., visual effects, 2015) "Free Guy"
Lucas Gregg (B.F.A., film and television, 2016) "Coming 2 America"
Madison Boehme (M.A., creative business leadership, 2021) "Encanto" and "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Mallory Mahar (M.A., animation, 2011) "The Mitchells vs. the Machines"
Margaret Cardell (B.F.A., motion media design, 2013) "Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings"
Marla Walkuski (B.F.A.,  production design, 2017) "Coming 2 America"
Marq Faulkner (B.F.A.,  visual effects, 2009) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Matt Ward (B.F.A., film and television, 1999) "Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings"
Maya Peart (B.F.A.,  sound design, 2016) "tick, tick…BOOM!"
Melanie Weldon (B.F.A.,  visual effects, 2017) "Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings"
Meredith O'Malley (B.F.A.,  animation, 2018) "Luca"
Michael DalBello (B.F.A.,  sound design, 2016) "The Mitchells vs the Machines"
Michael Rogers (B.F.A., visual effects, 2010) "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings"
Michelle Gao (B.F.A.,  visual effects, 2015) "The Mitchells vs the Machines"
Mitchell Snary (B.F.A., computer art, 1999) "Encanto" and "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Nancy Cummings (2000) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Nathan Engelhardt (B.F.A., animation, 2007) "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Naveen Sabesan (M.F.A., animation, 2017) "Free Guy" and "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings"
Nicole Taylor (B.F.A., animation, 2017) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Nicholas Cochran (B.F.A., sound design, 2011) "Coming 2 America"
Nicholas Leone (B.F.A., film and television, 2010) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Nick Bartone (B.F.A., visual effects, 2008) "Luca"
Noah Hamdan (B.F.A., visual effects, 2012) "Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings"
Paris Smith (B.F.A., animation, 2017) "Free Guy"
Patrick O'Connor (B.F.A., visual effects, 2015) "Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings"
Prasad Kamalakar Narse (B.F.A., visual effects, 2014) "Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings"
Rachel Bell (B.A., production design, 2019) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Rachel Clarke (B.F.A., visual effects, 2012) "Cruella"
Rattanin Sirinaruemarn (M.A., visual effects, 2013) "Encanto" and "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Rebecca Ulmo (MA., film and television, 2012) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Rich Fallat (B.F.A., visual effects, 2005) "Encanto" and "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Ross Macaluso (M.F.A.,  visual effects, 2014) "Spider Man: No Way Home"
Ryan Duhaime (B.F.A.,  visual effects, 2007) "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’
Ryan Magid (B.F.A., computer art, 2003) "Cruella"
Sam Klock (B.F.A.,  visual effects, 2011) "Encanto" and "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Samantha Lee (B.F.A., painting, 2014) "Free Guy"
Sarah Ridenour (B.F.A.,  animation, 2016) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Satyajit Ranaprathapan (B.F.A., animation, 2016) "Mitchells vs. the Machines"
Scott Clark (B.F.A., illustration, 1992) "Luca"
Scott Johnson (B.F.A., film and television, 2007) "The Eye of Tammy Faye"
Scott Lebeda (B.F.A., film and television, 2005) "CODA"
Sean Loughran (B.F.A.,  visual effects, 2008) "Coming 2 America" and "The Eyes of Tammy Faye"
Sean Palmer (B.F.A., visual effects, 2005) "Encanto" and "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Shannon Dingle (B.F.A.,  animation, 2011) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Sharmishtha Sohoni (M.A.,  computer art, 2000) "Encanto" and "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Shaun Galinak (B.F.A., visual effects, 2009) "Luca"
Sophia Yu (B.F.A., animation, 2015) "Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings"
Stephen Null (B.F.A., visual effects, 2005) "Encanto" and "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Suan Tan (M.A., computer art, 1999) "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Taylor Aseere (B.F.A., animation, 2017) "Free Guy"
Taylor Tiahrt (B.F.A., animation, 2013) "Encanto"
Thomas Neugebauer (B.F.A., sound design, 2020) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Trevor Young (B.F.A., animation, 2008) "Encanto"
Tyler Kupferer (M.F.A., animation, 2011) "Encanto"
Tyler Old (B.F.A., visual effects, 2017) "Spider-Many: No Way Home"
Viki Chan (B.F.A., illustration, 2016) "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Vivian Amaro (B.F.A., visual effects, 2021) "Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings" and "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Walker Kennedy (B.F.A., visual effects, 2017) "Encanto" and "Raya and the Last Dragon"
Wuyang Wang (M.F.A.,  visual effects, 2018) "Mitchell vs. the Machines"
Yuna Chen (M.A., visual effects, 2019) "Mitchells vs the Machines"
Zane Yarbrough (B.F.A., sequential art, 2010) "Encanto"

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

Researched and produced by Jonathan Sage and Shannon Dade.

"Helping people has always been my goal, and your hand is so important to your life," says Chrissy Glover (B.F.A., fibers, 2017).

With Imago Rehab, CEO Glover and her team have created a telehealth solution enabling stroke survivors to conduct occupational therapy from home. Imago, recipient of a new investment from SCADpro Fund, is "a robot-assisted virtual clinic for stroke recovery," Glover explains. Focusing on hand rehab, Imago is developing a textile-based robotic glove that facilitates rehab activities.

"If you've had a stroke of the severity where you have little or no hand function left, it's been likely you will stay that way for the rest of your life," Glover says. "Patients need to do high-frequency rehab but can't drive themselves to a clinic. The solution is to get them the glove and an at-home telehealth program."

SCADpro Fund director Ray Crowell is enthusiastic: "Partnering with Chrissy and Imago exemplifies what we want to achieve: backing alumni start-ups using cutting-edge technology to make the world a better place."

As a SCAD student, Glover studied textile design and apparel design with an emphasis on wearable tech and textile-based sensors. By senior year, she was focused on assistive wearable technology for individuals with disabilities. She designed garments to help mediate the sensory environment for people with processing challenges such as autism. "I studied the clothing part of the equation first, and when I got involved in assisted wearable technology, I realized this was the kind of company I wanted to start."

When WOVNS co-founder Dena Molnar came to speak to SCAD fibers students, Glover was intrigued that Molnar's personal trajectory included Harvard Design School. After graduation, Glover decided to pursue her MDes in Technology at Harvard Graduate School of Deisgn, where she also worked as a researcher at Harvard BioDesign Lab.

Now based in Massachusetts, Glover prefers to bike to the Imago Rehab office in Arlington along the Minuteman Commuter Bikeway. "I've been an athlete most of my life. You learn a lot through sports that is applicable to work: soft skills like time management, the importance of rest, tempo, and interval days."

Chrissy competes in 2017.

At SCAD, Glover was an All-Conference runner in cross-country and a standout member of the cycling team. A native Savannahian who attended Savannah Country Day, she grew up with fellow hometown phenom Juliana Lupacchino (B.F.A., fibers, 2017), whose success she admires.

"I wanted to go to SCAD since I was little," Glover says. "I remember seeing a big purple boat they used to park outside Poetter Hall on SCAD Days, and as a little kid I'd think, Woah! Wait, so after high school you go to college? Well, I'm definitely going to SCAD!"

In February, Glover returned to SCAD in person as a judge at StartUp 2022, where she was awed by the advanced level of student projects and their potential viability in the marketplace. "You can't know everything at the start, because even you don't totally know what direction your company is going in. Surround yourself with mentors who can fill in key gaps in your knowledge and approach," she suggests.

"Everything I learned at SCAD set the foundation for what I'm doing now," Glover adds. "It feels great to continue my SCAD connection, which includes being a judge at StartUp, and having SCADpro Fund back what we're doing at Imago Rehab."

"How does the paint behave?" asked Katharina Grosse, from the stage of the Trustees Theater. The potential answers seem as limitless as the artist's own works.

SCAD deFINE Art 2022 came to a stirring conclusion as Grosse, this year's honoree, engaged in hourlong exchange of ideas, discussing her career from her student days in Düsseldorf to her deft new exhibition Chill Seeping at SCAD MOA.

Alumna Bethani Blake (B.F.A., painting, 2021) presented Grosse (b. 1961, Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany) with the deFINE award from the historic Trustees proscenium. "Challenging our perceptions of surfaces and ideas of spectatorship, she creates rich connections between colors, shapes, and elements of architecture and landscape," Blake said of Grosse. "The artist's unique creative process, which involves the use of an industrial spray gun, and the resulting gestures and movement coalesce in otherworldly installations that expand the dimensions of painting."

Though Grosse has worked and traveled extensively in the United States, it was her first time in the city of Savannah. "To see the work in the context of the artists in the other galleries, which I would never be able to see staying home, gives you the feeling of being and belonging to a larger field of other artists being honored, that you have taken inspiration from and that you are grateful for," Grosse said. "To have the work here is important for me. It was a great process to think about the show for this very dramatic space."

The space Grosse spoke of is the Pamela Poetter Gallery at SCAD MOA, where her large-scale acrylic on canvas paintings and diaphanous drapeworks transform the corridor-shaped gallery.

"I am grateful to [curator] Humberto [Moro] for going through this process of developing the show," Grosse said. "I would love to thank SCAD for having me here tonight, to share my thoughts and stories."

In front of a theater filled predominantly with SCAD students, Grosse was joined on stage by arts writer and educator Dan Cameron, who asked Grosse to speak about her own days as a student.

"I started to paint really late in life, when I was 20 years old. I thought I would be a psychologist," Grosse said, getting a laugh. As a student, Grosse took classes from major artists including Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, and Nam Jun Paik. "Bit by bit I started to develop a method of questioning my work. Of asking small questions. I realized it was raw color that was the leading agent in my work. So, I decided to reset it all and start again and only use those raw colors, without any kind of idea or concept that I would paint something I saw, or imagined I saw."

Grosse determined her painting would be aggressive, "but not aggressive in negativity—aggressive in getting very close to your system."

She has achieved this by her gallery work, as well as painting directly on dirt, houses, roads, beaches, and other public spaces to expand and explore perceptions of where and how painting can and should exist.

"Monet and his large water lily paintings were a real epiphany about how to relate the image to the surface," Grosse said. "Maybe the image he paints is bigger than the canvas, so its relationship to the edge of the canvas is open."

Cameron asked Grosse if she meant that the edges of a painting can be ambiguous. Her response went deeper, asking us to consider a work as a worldview:

"The painting is the membrane perforated by the necessities or conditions of the everyday life."

Katharina Grosse, "Untitled," 2021, acrylic on canvas, 117 3/4 x 387 in. © 2022 Katharina Grosse and VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Courtesy of Gagosian. Photo by Jens Ziehe.

A special thank you to honoree Katharina Grosse, and everyone who attended SCAD deFINE Art 2022.

Starting Mon. Feb. 28, and continuing through Wed. March 2, SCAD deFINE ART 2022 comes alive with in-person and streaming events in Savannah and Atlanta. The 13th edition of the university's annual program features conversations, curated experiences, and exhibitions at the SCAD Museum of Art, including a special appearance at Trustees Theater by visionary artist Katharina Grosse, this year's honoree. In Atlanta, a keynote address will be delivered by master of photography Duane Michals.

This year, deFINE ART brings together an international roster of vital voices in art and design from countries including Canada, Cameroon, Germany, Iraq, South Korea, and the U.S. These artists' thought-provoking work and ideas encourage deeper engagement with inherited histories, creating spaces in the present moment to envision a future full of opportunity.

New exhibitions whose openings align with deFINE include a site-specific installation by Elaine Cameron-Weir (b. 1985, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada); recent works by Matthew Angelo Harrison (b. 1989, Detroit) in the museum's Evans Center for African American Studies; new works by artist Norbert Bisky (b. 1970, Leipzig, Germany) and designer Sang Hoon Kim (b. 1979, South Korea); recent paintings by Hayv Kahraman (b. 1981, Baghdad, Iraq); new large-scale commissions by Doreen Lynette Garner (b. 1986, Philadelphia); a survey of work by Barthélémy Toguo (b. 1967, Mbalmayo, Cameroon); and the first museum exhibition for SCAD alum Carter Flachbarth (b. 1996, Atlanta; B.F.A., painting, 2020).

This year's honoree, Kartharina Grosse (b. 1961, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany), will be represented by an expansive site-related textile installation as well as large-scale works on canvas created between 2006 and the present. Exhibitions programming also includes the group photography shows Icons Only and Taking Shape.

"Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the opening of the SCAD Museum of Art, the world's finest teaching museum, this year's SCAD deFINE ART promises special magic," said SCAD President Paula Wallace. "From honoree Katharina Grosse's extraordinary paintings of incendiary color to Matthew Angelo Harrison's sculptures that explore diasporic identities, SCAD deFINE ART 2022 both interrogates the zeitgeist and begets boundless beauty."

Many of the university's top-ranked degree programs, including sculpture, painting, fibers, and furniture design, are represented in the signature event's exhibitions and programming. SCAD students and community members can interact with the artists during the three-day event through gallery talks, conversations, master classes, collaborations, and public art.

Experience SCAD deFINE ART 2022.

Katharina Grosse, "Untitled," 2021, acrylic on canvas, 117 3/4 x 387 in. © 2022 Katharina Grosse and VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Courtesy of Gagosian.

Photo by Jens Ziehe.

Benny Goldberg is redefining "peak" performance.

Goldberg (B.F.A., industrial design) has won the Global Footwear Award 2022 in Sports Performance, student division. His winning design, The Street Hiker, featuring colorways inspired by U.S. National Parks, is "designed to be worn by fashion and streetwear enthusiasts as they explore the urban world."

"I set my alarm and woke up in the middle of the night to check the announcement," Benny says, with a mixture of pride and disbelief. "To win is so sick."

The highest global recognition for ground-breaking footwear designs, the Global Footwear Awards acknowledge both professional and emerging designers. Goldberg's design was selected by an impressive panel of judges, including shoe designers, product managers, and style editors from powerhouses like Puma, Adidas, Hugo Boss, and British GQ.

Benny began designing his boot in The Development of Product Form (IDUS 250) with Professor Rafael Corazza in Spring 2021. As Benny recalls: "The project prompt was a mood board with luxury hiking gear. Some [of my classmates] designed flashlights, water bottles, and backpacks. I focused on footwear because that's my passion."

Benny sketched a boot with a rocky midsole, extending his concept to a plastic heel cup "like a mountain on the back." He transferred early iPad sketches into Rhino and kept working.

"I saw Balenciaga and other companies making hiking-type boots, but people don't really wear them to go hiking," Benny says. "My idea was to bring the mountain to the street, so you're literally walking on a mountain range as you walk down the street."

Benny rendered the Street Hiker in Keyshot, selecting colorways eye-dropped from photographs of Glacier National, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon. He refined his design and its presentation in Fall 2021, in Portfolio and Resumé Development (IDUS 316) with Professor Paul McGroary.

"From the beginning of portfolio class, Benny had a strong vision of what he wanted to achieve, and he worked tirelessly to make that happen," McGroary says. "He took chances, made wonderful mistakes, and developed. The result is an edgy set of deliverables that ooze design poise and professionalism."

"Designing a shoe is really fun because it's problem solving," Benny says. "You know what you want it to look like, you've done the sketches, but getting the shapes to work, getting the lofts and lines to come together, that's the challenge."

Were Benny solely focused on academic projects, his Global Footwear win would be impressive. Yet this artist-athlete is also the starting goaltender for the SCAD men's lacrosse team, whose season is now in full swing.

Growing up playing lacrosse and ice hockey in and around Birmingham, Michigan, Benny says he always felt like something of an outsider—until his parents sent him to Savannah for SCAD Summer Seminars, the pre-college program for high school students.

"My Summer Seminar experience changed me," Benny says. "From that moment I owned the fact that I wanted to do art. SCAD has always felt like home to me."

Witness Benny's fresh portfolio here,

and come see him protect the net this Saturday, Feb. 26,

as SCAD men's lacrosse takes on Point University at the SCAD Athletics complex.

StartUp is a week-long design challenge, led by the SCAD user experience design club known as FLUX and supported by the SCADpro collaborative design studio. Now in its eighth year, StartUp continues to foster entrepreneurship and collaborative design thinking between students from over 30 different academic majors.

This year, close to 95 teams drawn from over 300 students are competing Feb. 4-11 for over 40K in cash prizes. Over the course of the week, students are able to interact with industry guests and alumni mentors from companies including IBM, Google, Zillow, Mailchimp, and TikTok Creative Lab.

On the ultimate day, with final judging underway, StartUp student directors Lara Felderspiel (B.F.A., user experience design) and Amadeus Cameron (B.F.A., user experience design) found time to talk. What follows is a condensed version of that conversation.

Lara Felderspiel: I directed StartUp last year with Savannah Wilkinson (B.F.A., user experience design). This year, I knew I couldn't do it alone, and Amadeus and I had worked together for an alumni app designer named Joe Kennedy (B.F.A., user experience design, 2018). I knew Amadeus would be a great partner.

Amadeus Cameron: At the time, it was a big question: "Would you be interested in being the new co-director?" It was affirming to be asked to put together this massive event.

LF: All the StartUp outreach was student-led, including deciding who we wanted as the mentors and judges. Finding sponsorship means we're able to print t-shirts and bags and offer prizes. This year our sponsors are Gulfstream and Savannah Economic Development Authority (SEDA).

AC: StartUp means connecting students with leading industry professionals as much as possible. These are leaders of companies, and when they get an awesome pitch from a student, they ask, "Can I see their portfolio?" We're facilitating that level of contact and potential hiring opportunities.

LF: This year's StartUp theme is "Where do we go from here?" We really wanted to dive into moments in history that impacted the whole world, and how we can build from there. When the iPhone was introduced, it changed tech, and human connection. We wanted to focus on research and applying it to the future.

AC: And we wanted students to look at their own past and ask the question, "How was I affected?" I grew up in the suburbs of Nashville, without a way to get to town, a bike was too dangerous, and sometimes I felt trapped. How can we make the suburb-to-city experience more accessible for kids?

LF: The judges listen to 12 to 15 pitches and pick one to advance to the final. Each pitch is four minutes long, plus a four-minute question and answer session with the judges.

AC: The prompt is wide-angle and open-ended, and as a result the judges are seeing so many different views of how our students work.

LF: Later this afternoon, everyone comes back together for a Zoom call, and we'll announce the finalists, and then they present in front of 500 or so people on Zoom. The judges will break out, make their decision, and we'll present first, second and third places, plus Fan Favorite, and our new MVP Award. It's exciting!

AC: Passion counts!

StartUp student directors Lara Felderspiel (left) and Amadeus Cameron.

Follow StartUp on Instagram to see the announcement of the winners!

This Friday, Feb. 11, SCAD will celebrate the powerful role of women in Georgia history with the 2022 induction ceremony for the Savannah Women of Vision investiture. SCAD is welcoming four new honorees this year—Linda J. Evans, Sarah Mills Hodge, Joyce Roché, and Gale Singer—into its elite cadre of Savannah trailblazers.

Savannah Women of Vision, established by SCAD President and Founder Paula Wallace, recognizes women of peerless valor, altruism, and intellect whose remarkable ideas, insightful leadership, and distinguished service form the fabric of the Savannah community.

The university will celebrate the 2022 honorees with a public event Friday, Feb. 11, at 3:30 p.m. in Arnold Hall Theater, 1810 Bull Street. The celebration will include original poems read by SCAD alumni, a screening of the SCAD-produced documentary Savannah Women of Vision: Etched in History, and a live performance by members of SCAD's elite vocal ensemble the HoneyBees featuring American Idol winner Candice Glover (B.F.A., dramatic writing).

As a permanent tribute, gold relief portraits of Evans, Hodge, Roché, and Singer—carved by SCAD alum Michael Porten (M.F.A., painting, 2012; B.F.A., illustration, 2004)—will ornament the Savannah Women of Vision gallery in Arnold Hall, home to SCAD's School of Liberal Arts.

"When SCAD students, community members, guests, and school children visit the Savannah Women of Vision gallery in Arnold Hall, I want them to look up at those radiant portraits and feel inspired, loved, and seen," President Wallace said. "I want our students and community to know that smart, fearless women have always made history in Savannah."

President Wallace created the Savannah Women of Vision investiture to elevate recognition of strong female leadership and its salutary influence on society. She chose honorary portraits to adorn the walls of Arnold Hall, where a 1930s New Deal-era mural depicting titans of Savannah history is notable in its omission of women. With the addition of this year's honorees, President Wallace continues a vital tradition of civic recognition, commending and commemorating the profound influence of women whose ingenuity and dedication have indelibly shaped Savannah.

In addition to Friday's celebration, Arnold Hall will be open to the public Saturday, Feb. 12, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. for docent-led tours of the Savannah Women of Vision portrait gallery. Throughout the year, the university offers tours to K–12 students, educators, and others, and a free curriculum guide provides additional historic context. 

This year's honorees join 17 other women, inducted in 2020, 2018, and 2016: Emma Morel Adler, Mother Mathilda Beasley, Mary Musgrove Matthews Bosomworth, Miriam Center, Edna Jackson, Alice Andrews Jepson, Clermont Huger Lee, Nancy N. Lewis, Juliette Gordon Low, Abigail Minis, Mary Lane Morrison, Flannery O'Connor, Suzanne Shank, Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears, Fredericka Washington, Sema Wilkes, and Frances Wong.

Learn more about Savannah Women of Vision.