SCAD Alumni Association’s Blog

F5 is a new two-day creativity festival coming to New York City April 16-17. Created by Motionographer founder Justin Cone (SCAD broadcast design major) and NBC-Universal Executive Creative Director Carlos El Asmar, F5′s eclectic lineup is built around “creative collisions”—moments of lasting insight and inspiration that come from venturing outside your comfort zone and smashing into other fields.

That’s why F5′s speakers include people like:

* MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow
* Photographer/filmmaker Charlie White
* Celebrated game developers Media Molecule
* Science journalist Jonah Lehrer
* Alternate reality gaming guru Elan Lee
* Digital Domain co-founder Ed Ulbrich

F5 will also host Motionographer favorites:

* Psyop
* Shilo
* Prologue
* Tronic
* Digital Kitchen
* 1st Ave Machine
* Dvein
* … and many others

See our full speaker lineup:
http://f5fest.com/speakers/

PLUS! Media Temple, the world’s most excellent web hosting service, is throwing an epic after-party. Join us for *the* creative event of the year!

Chapman Design Group, led by Donald Chapman (B.F.A., interior design 1989; M.Arch. 1990), received a Pinnacle Award from the Home Builders Association of South Carolina for outstanding craftsmanship in the construction and remodeling of quality homes, as well as in sales and marketing. The award received was for new home construction with a project cost of $1.5 million to $1.99 million. The home was designed by Chapman.

The 2009 CODA (Craft Organization Development Association) Conference “Crafting Partnerships for Growth: Creative Connections” will be held Apr. 23-26 in St. Paul, Minn.

Milledgeville-native photographer Bailey Davidson (M.F.A., photography, 2002) announces the publication of his first self-published book, Milledgeville Then and Now. The book is available for purchase in select bookstores and at www.MilledgevilleThenandNow.com. A book signing is scheduled for Sunday, April 19, 3-5 p.m. at Tara’s Tea Thyme, 140 N. Jefferson St., Milledgeville, GA

Meryl Truett (M.F.A., photography, 2002) and Lynn Wright (M.F.A., photography, 1994) are featured in “Southern Landscapes” group exhibition now through May 3 at Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, 425 Peachtree Hills Ave. #25, Atlanta, GA