SCAD Alumni Association’s Blog

Charleston Green Home, 103 Logan St., Charleston, SC, welcomes Whitney Kreb (M.F.A., painting, 2003) tonight, Thursday, April 30, with a wine tasting from 5-8 p.m.

SCAD Alumni in the Denver, Colo. area save the date for this year’s La Piazza dell’Arte Chalk Art Festival June 6-7. For more details, check out the Facebook event.

SCAD-Atlanta had a wonderfully successful Scholarship Gala featuring over 100 pieces of original artwork for auction, honorary chair Miles Redd, and a record breaking 600+ in attendance. Final figures of how much money was raised to help students will be announced soon. Thank you to all the students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends who helped make this year’s event so spectacular!

Design Thinking deadline for submissions is Monday, May 4. To submit work for consideration, e-mail completed entries to: callforentries@scad.edu using Design Thinking in the subject line (incomplete submissions will not be considered): The exhibitions department invites SCAD students, faculty and alumni from the School of Design to submit work for the summer sales exhibition, Design Thinking. Showcasing the breadth of SCAD’s design discipline, Design Thinking will also represent designers as artists who are receptive to a synthesis of open source practicality, luxury, conceptual thinking and creativity, and who satisfy our complex needs and stimulate our active curiosity. Submissions are welcome in all media from students, faculty and alumni from the School of Design.

Entries must include:

• Maximum of six images of completed individual works, image file titled to match the title of the work. Note: images of two-dimensional work must incorporate the frame if applicable.

• Word document checklist of work(s) including full contact information (name, mailing address, e-mail address, phone number) and list of works submitted, which must include full credit information (name, title of work, medium, dimensions, year, artist price*). Student artwork should also include hometown, degree and major after the name; faculty artwork should note professional title, such as “professor of painting”; alumni submissions should include degree, major and year of graduation after name. *Please note that the artist price is marked up 50 percent for faculty and alumni and 30 percent for matriculated students.

• A word document résumé and/or C.V. including exhibition history (separated into group and solo shows), awards and honors. Please do not include contact information or graphics.

Artists will be notified of a decision in mid-May. Please limit your attachment size to 4MB. Exhibition Information: Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St., Savannah, Ga., June 24 – Aug. 9 For more information, visit www.scadexhibitions.com.

SCAD’s Student Preservation Association and the historic preservation department announce the annual Preservation Week lecture series.  The theme of this year’s series is International Preservation, with speakers covering a variety of topics, from Russian architecture to urban conservation issues worldwide. All lectures take place at 7:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Learn more at http://www.scad.edu/news/2009/annual-preservation-week.cfm or read The Square, the historic preservation department’s blog at http://blog.scad.edu/history.

Attend the Creative Economies Convocation on May 6, 10 a.m.-noon at Art Station on Manor Drive in Stone Mountain, GA. City leaders need and want your help in the planning and implementation of an arts incubator to nurture an artist and crafter community in an effort to draw tourists and residents to the main street and its present and future businesses and attractions. Areas of discussion include job creation, historic preservation, downtown re-vitalization, essential community facilities, and cultural tourism among others. R.S.V.P. to jbs5951@aol.com or 770-856-1377.

Working Class Studio is pleased to launch the new Un Petit Tour de Lacoste collection featuring the work of illustrator Allan Drummond, SCAD professor of illustration. These delightful eight-inch stoneware plates depict the sights and sounds of Lacoste, France. Home to SCAD-Lacoste, the village welcomes students each quarter to study in its inspiring setting. The collection is a perfect keepsake for students and alumni who have had the pleasure of visiting Lacoste and a perfect gift for others. Sold as a set of four plates in a decorative gift box, the collection also includes a 12-inch platter. Plates and platter are dishwasher, microwave and oven safe. These plates can be purchased at shopSCAD and are also available online.

Join us for an evening of cocktails, light Italian fare and beverages during the American Institute of Architects 2009 Convention. Whether you live in the Bay area or are attending the conference, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to network and re-connect with fellow alumni. Faculty and staff attending the conference include Margo Jones, School of Building Arts professor and internship coordinator, and Allicia Pickett, assistant director of career services. Hors d’ouevres will be provided and a cash bar will be available. Don’t forget to bring your business cards if you are available for hire!

The Details:
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 6:30-8 p.m.
Location: Ducca
Address: 50 Third Street, San Francisco, Calif.
Meet at the entrance of the restaurant.
Attire: Business casual
Event contacts: Margo Jones, 404.668.8680 or Allicia Pickett, 912.272.1757

Respond no later than April 28. For questions or more information, e-mail SCAD Alumni Relations.

SCAD painting professor Craig Drennen announces his “Mistresses, Apemantus, and Flattering Lords” exhibit April 24- May 16 at Gallery Stokes, 261 Walker Street SW, Atlanta GA. An opening reception is scheduled for April 24, 7-10 p.m. during the Castleberry Hill 4^th Friday Art Stroll. This exhibition contains adult language and imagery that may not be suitable for minors or sensitive viewers.

Brian MacGregor (B.F.A., illustration, 2004) announces his “i.Candy” exhibit at Kai Lin Art, 800 Peachtree Street NE, Suite A, Atlanta, GA through June 30.