Display your best work at Beyond the Dot 2022

Get early exposure for your finest artwork at this juried exhibition offering cash prizes and university-wide recognition.

Submissions are open to all students enrolled in a SCAD Atlanta School of Foundation Studies course during the 2021–22 academic year. Artwork in any medium is accepted but must have been created in a foundation studies class from April 2021 to April 2022.

To enter, compile up to five entries in a single PDF and email them to [email protected] by 11:59 p.m. Sunday, May 1, 2022. Three works can be from any of the exhibition categories, but the fourth and fifth entries must be for the Portfolio and Sketchbook categories.

Cash prizes will be awarded in the following categories:

• 2D design and visual design systems
• 3D design
• Color theory
• Digital drawing
• Expressive drawing
• Figure drawing
• Representational drawing
• Portfolio (new category)
• Sketchbook (new category)
• Interdisciplinary (including creative thinking strategies and time/4D design)

Both the PDF and the subject line of your email should read: LastnameFirstname_BTD2022. The body of your email should include the following:

Your name
Your SCAD Card ID number
Your SCAD email address
Your phone number
Your major or intended major and minor
Hometown
Instagram username (if applicable)

Each image slide of your PDF should contain the following:

BTD_2022_Your name
Your SCAD Card ID number
Your phone number and SCAD email address
Your major or intended major and minor
The title of the work
Medium
Dimensions (2D works should be H x W and 3D works should be H x W x D)
The class in which it was produced and the professor’s name
Intended award category

If your work is in video format, select and submit an image still. Note that the fourth and fifth entries in your submission must be in the Sketchbook and Portfolio categories.

Your submitted PDF should also include a title page with the following:

Your name
BTD 2022
Your SCAD email address
Your phone number
Your major or intended major and minor
Hometown
Instagram username (if applicable)

Both physical and digital submissions will be exhibited; specify if your work is digital and must be exhibited on an LCD screen. Images should be saved at 72 DPI and no more than 12 inches in any direction. Do not send your submission as a Microsoft OneDrive. All work must be digitally submitted together in a single PDF. This can be done in Adobe Acrobat, PowerPoint, or Keynote and converted to PDF. Submissions that do not follow these exact guidelines will not be considered.

Students whose work is accepted will be notified by email by Wednesday, May 4.

Accepted work must be delivered between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday, May 9, to Room 550 on the fifth floor of Building C at SCAD Atlanta, 1600 Peachtree St. NW.

Accepted works must be mounted, matted with a rigid backing board, or framed using plexiglass. Poorly presented works or those that diverge greatly from the digital image submitted may not be displayed. See the Delivery of Accepted Works section for more information on framing.

Awards

For each of the major categories, awards for first place ($200), second place ($150), and third place ($100) will be given in the following categories:

• 2D design and visual design systems
• 3D design
• Color theory
• Digital drawing
• Expressive drawing
• Figure drawing
• Representational drawing
• Portfolio (new category)
• Sketchbook (new category)
• Interdisciplinary (including creative thinking strategies and time/4D design)

A single $200 prize will be awarded for any smaller categories. Prize winners will be announced at the closing reception and awards ceremony.

Exhibition

Monday, May 16–Friday, May 27
SCAD Atlanta, fifth floor Building C exhibition hallway

Reception and awards ceremony

Friday, May 27
3–5 p.m.

The exhibition is free and open to the public. Students are welcome to invite their families and friends. The exhibition and reception are sponsored by the SCAD School of Foundation Studies.

Notification details
Students who submit their work for Beyond the Dot 2022 will receive an email notification with their jury decision no later than 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, May 4.

If your artwork is currently on display on the fourth or fifth floors at SCAD Atlanta, it will be available for framing after the May 4 notification. Information about picking up artwork already in the School of Foundation Studies exhibition collection will be provided in your notification.

Delivery of accepted works
All artwork accepted for the awards ceremony must be delivered for hanging between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday, May 9. Artwork must be professionally presented and ready to hang (with wire on back if framed) at the time of physical delivery to Room 550 at SCAD Atlanta.

Students are responsible for the best possible presentation of their work. 2D artwork must be matted in white or off-white. If the work is surface mounted, it must be to black board only; colored matting is not allowed. All matted works should have foam core behind the artwork as a backing. All matting and mounting boards should be cleanly cut. Dry mounting with rubber cement is required for mounted works. Framed work is highly encouraged, but not required. Artwork should be framed with plexiglass, not glass. Framing in white or black wood is recommended.

Email accepted digital artwork to [email protected] by 11:59 p.m. Monday, May 9. Digital artwork will be displayed on an LCD screen and must be formatted for optimal viewing; all digital work must be high quality and color corrected from RGB to CMYK.

If the delivered artwork differs from submitted images, it may be rejected from the exhibition. Students will receive an email notification regarding the rejection of any artwork due to poor presentation or any other reason by 11:59 p.m. Monday, May 16. The exhibition committee reserves the right to refuse any artwork that is not found to be representative of the work submitted for the application or does not meet professional presentation standards. SCAD is not responsible for damage due to poor craftsmanship in presentation or the use of glass in frames.

When the exhibition ends, all artwork will be removed from the exhibition by School of Foundation Studies faculty. Some artwork will be retained for accreditation and exhibition purposes. Students will receive an email if their artwork is available for pickup. If you have any questions, email [email protected].

Workshops to assist with presentation and framing
SCAD foundation studies professor Carl Linstrum and foundation studies associate chair Courtney Miller Bellairs will offer SCADextra workshops on matting and framing to students who submit their work to Beyond the Dot 2022. Registration is required.

Presentation Techniques I: Friday, April 22
Presentation Techniques II: Friday, April 29