SCAD Alumni Association’s Blog

Christopher Hoff (B.F.A., painting, 1998) is documenting the construction progress made on the World Trade Center towers and 9/11 Memorial with support from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation and the Artist Trust GAP Grant program. The first three of his eventual 11 World Trade Center Project paintings can be found on his website. Read more of Hoff’s update on the SCAD Painting Department Blog.

World Trade Center cite photo taken by Christopher Hoff

Join the SCAD Denver Alumni Group tonight at 6:30 p.m. at SALT in Boulder, Colorado. SCAD career services and admission personnel will share career services available to alumni and offer tips for networking.

The event is free to attend and cash bar will be available. Business casual attire. R.S.V.P. via the Facebook event. There will be a second event of this kind in Denver on Thursday, August 19 at Forest Room 5.

The season eight premiere of Project Runway is tomorrow night at 9 p.m. on Lifetime. April Johnston (B.F.A., fashion, 2010) is a design contestant and was recently interviewed by Blast online magazine. Read more about her experience on the show and watch for her tomorrow night!

AccessoryArtists.com is a new e-commerce boutique launching August 10 looking to showcase independent jewelry designers and their fresh collections. The site is focused on selling fresh , unique fashion, semi-precious and precious gemstone jewelry from quality, emerging, independent and new jewelry designers. Learn more at the SCAD Alumni Association LinkedIn group.

The SCAD exhibitions department presents “SCAD Painting: Expressions of Application,” a group exhibition uniting alumni and graduate students from the SCAD painting department. Through Aug. 8
the inspiring works are on display at Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St., Savannah, Ga. Experience the fusion of painting, sculpture, collage and assemblage, demonstrating abstract, conceptual, landscape and representational works. This event is free and open to the public.

The newest poster, “Give a Damn,” by Greg Eckler (M.F.A., graphic design, 2009) was recently featured on French Paper Sample Room.

HG is currently seeking new talent to create art with an Asian feel for a hotel in Beijing. Artwork may include paintings, mixed media and photography. Artists selected by HG will have their work published into high-quality giclees and their work exhibited on the HG website and in the showroom open exclusively to industry designers and buyers.

To submit your portfolio, please e-mail 10 images, your website address and Artist Curriculum to Marlene London. If you do not have access to email, please send a CD with the 10 images, an Artist Curriculum, and contact information to the following address.

Marlene London
HG-Artist Register
6170 Edgewater Drive
Orlando, Fl 32810

Mary Labberton (B.F.A., fashion, 2008) unveils Javalina, her debut clothing collection, at Love Me Again Clothing Exchange in Charleston, SC. The collection mixes 1930s silhouettes with punk rock elements. Read more about Labberton on Charleston City Paper’s blog Seersucker & Stilettos.

Sam Spratt (B.F.A., illustration, 2010) is a semi-finalist in the illustration category of the Adobe Design Achievement Awards competition for his portrait of Sir Ian Mckellen. His is one of 29 illustrations selected out of more than 4,000 submissions. Spratt is also runner-up for Creative Quarterly 20 and was accepted to American Illustration 29.

Jon Hill (B.F.A., photography, 1992) directed the short film, “The Farm,” which will be showing at the LA Shorts Fest, Friday, July 23 during the 3 p.m. program slot. The Farm tells the the story of a man fighting for his land during the depression era, drawing parallels to today’s housing crisis.

The LA Shorts Fest is held at Laemmle Sunset 5 Theaters, 8000 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Ca.