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2015 Foundation Studies Portfolio Award Exhibition seeks outstanding student work

Exhibition dates:  Feb. 21-27

Deadline for submissions: Jan. 30

Closing reception: Wallin Hall, Friday, Feb. 27,  2 p.m.

Eligibility:

Any undergraduate student who has not accumulated more than 71 credit hours and have completed, or are currently enrolled in, at least one foundation studies course at SCAD.

Requirements:

  • Five original pieces of artwork completed while attending SCAD. Digital images of the work must be submitted in a Microsoft PowerPoint application. Images should be saved at 72 PPI. (For instructions on photographing, sizing and loading your photos in a PowerPoint format, visit the foundation studies blog.)
  • Submission: Submit images of your work in a PowerPoint format.

    • Subject line of your email should read: "2015 FSPA"
    • The email content should include your name, SCAD email and phone number, and your major or intended major
  • Image requirements: Each PowerPoint image slide should include:

    • Name of student
    • Contact information
    • Title of work
    • Medium(s) used
    • Physical dimensions
    • Class in which it was produced (including the professor's name)
    • A typed, one-page, double-spaced statement titled "Why Foundation Studies is Important to My Education." This statement should be submitted in hard copy and digitally as an attached document via email to professor Jeffrey Hicks.
    • A completed entry form
    • An unofficial transcript (accessible via MySCAD)

All requirements must be emailed to professor Jeffrey Hicks.

Awards and prizes:

The 10 finalists will receive a $100 Ex Libris voucher. One finalist will be selected as the overall winner and will receive a tuition scholarship for one class for a subsequent quarter at SCAD.

Any submission that does not follow the exact guidelines will not be considered. We reserve the right to reject work that is poorly prepared or otherwise lacking in craftsmanship or diverges greatly from the digital image submitted.

Learn more on the foundation studies blog.