SCAD student Jason Sheedy recently won a contest by “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” to be an intern with the show. Jason is a senior majoring in film and television. Watch Jason’s winning entry.
Everard and Company, an online auction company based in Savannah, Ga, presents “Fine Art and Antiques from the Estate of Ron Strahan and Various Owners”. Several works by SCAD alumni are featured in the auction. The auction ends Nov. 19. Visit iGavel.com for more information.
The People Network, a staff recruiting agency, seeks candidates for two industrial design positions for an electronic product development company in Dunwoody, Ga. One position is for a junior designer and one position is for a mid-level designer. Learn more on CareerBuilder.com.
Kate Rybicki (B.F.A., fashion, 2005) and Paul Diehl (B.F.A., product design, 2003) were recently chosen by The New York Times for a two hour interview about their story as a couple. The couple met eight years ago while attending SCAD and were married earlier this month in New York City. Both work in Manhattan, Kate as fashion designer at Polo Ralph Lauren and Paul as a product designer at Nicosia Creative Expresso. Kate and Paul put their SCAD education to good use in planning for their wedding. The couple designed their own wedding Web site, kateandpaulgetmarried.com, and the video shows clips of them silk screening gift bags for out-of-town guest. Congratulations Kate and Paul!
Keri Szymanski (B.F.A., sound design, 2007) is featured in a national commercial for WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010 video game. View the commercial on You Tube. Keri partners with fellow SCAD grad Steve Papagiannis (B.F.A., sound design, 2008) on sound design projects and the duo recently worked on “Tripping Tommy”, a feature film directed by Philippe Caland.
Chris Marshall (M.F.A., film and television, 2007) directed the film
“An Inconvenient Tax” chronicling the history and exploring the complexities of the American income tax system. Marshall interviewed the likes of Steve Forbes of Forbes, Inc.; Mike Huckabee, former Arkansas governor; Charles Rossotti, former IRS commissioner; John Linder, U.S. Congressman; Dick Arney, former House Majority Leader; and many others for the movie.
Remshart Row Gallery, owned by Carolyn Neely (M.F.A., painting, 2002), is available to rent. The gallery, located at 106 W. Jones St., Savannah, Ga., features two large room, 30 foot hallway, gallery lighting, and sunroom and walled garden perfect for receptions! For more information, e-mail Carolyn at carolyn@remshartrowart.com.
Brütal Legend is an epic action game set in the world of heavy metal with Jack Black featured as Eddie Riggs, an ex-roadie drawn back to an ancient world of heavy metal by a mysterious force. Brütal Legend is available in stores now. Christine Phelan (B.F.A., animation, 2006) is a character animator at Double Fine Productions and word on the video game.
Four SCAD School of Film and Digital Media alumni recently competed in the Red Bull Soapbox Race L.A. as Team Ironheade. Christine Phelan (B.F.A., animation, 2006), Sean Feeley (B.F.A., visual effects, 2006), Andrew Cook (B.F.A., film and television/visual effects, 2006) and Luke Nalker (B.F.A, animation, 2006) not only landed in first place, but they also broke Red Bull’s speed record clocking a top speed of 46.1 mph! The team out-raced over 40 other teams in front of a 110,000+ crowd of spectators.
Team Ironheade’s soapbox was modeled after the video game, Brütal Legend, to be released on Oct. 13. Christine Phelan is a character animator at Double Fine Productions and worked on the game.
You can read a summary of the event, view the team’s personal blog, watch a video of the event (Team Ironheade appears 1:29 in) and see event pictures on Flickr.
Scott Bishop (B.F.A., illustration, 1995) recently released his first CD, “New Lights”, on the Hide Your Candy label. A review of the CD by Boston’s “The Noise” states the CD is “clearly a labor of love.” The CD is available at cdbaby.com, iTunes, Amazon and Napster. Bishop also executed the final CD design based on a cover concept by Jen Ahern at Ellipsis.