The following was contributed by MFA candidate, Sarah Gibbons:
It seems to be becoming a tradition for SCAD grad students from Savannah to head out to Atlanta in the fall to see some great work and hang out with their counterparts in the Big Peach.
That was the case on Thursday November 8th when SCAD Atlanta hosted the Fall Open Studio Night. The event was well attended and just a much fun this year as it was last year, even if the students from Savannah were a bit underrepresented. We, some of my fellow grad students and I, went to check out our work in the juried show as well as try to see the ever awesome Steve Aishman (shown here with Sav turned Atl grad Denise Lira).
After checking out the awesome works and having a little chat with Tom Fischer, we met up with Atl grad student Walker Pickering who thought it would be great to interview us for their website PhotoAwesome.com (keep checking to see highlights of the night). This led to a great dinner with Walker, David Allen Jones and a few others. The conversation revolved around the two departments and general comparison between them. It was a great way to meet some new cool folks and have a few contacts in Atlanta. I look forward to hearing from these guys and seeing what they come up with on PhotoAwesome. I hope they can make it to Savannah in the spring for our Open Studio Night (here's me hoping we have one and do as great a job as the Atlanta program has!)
It seems to be becoming a tradition for SCAD grad students from Savannah to head out to Atlanta in the fall to see some great work and hang out with their counterparts in the Big Peach.
That was the case on Thursday November 8th when SCAD Atlanta hosted the Fall Open Studio Night. The event was well attended and just a much fun this year as it was last year, even if the students from Savannah were a bit underrepresented. We, some of my fellow grad students and I, went to check out our work in the juried show as well as try to see the ever awesome Steve Aishman (shown here with Sav turned Atl grad Denise Lira).
After checking out the awesome works and having a little chat with Tom Fischer, we met up with Atl grad student Walker Pickering who thought it would be great to interview us for their website PhotoAwesome.com (keep checking to see highlights of the night). This led to a great dinner with Walker, David Allen Jones and a few others. The conversation revolved around the two departments and general comparison between them. It was a great way to meet some new cool folks and have a few contacts in Atlanta. I look forward to hearing from these guys and seeing what they come up with on PhotoAwesome. I hope they can make it to Savannah in the spring for our Open Studio Night (here's me hoping we have one and do as great a job as the Atlanta program has!)Here are a few instillation shots of some of the great photography we saw.
Steffanie Halley
Shana D'Attilio
Katie Wright
Thanks to the Atlanta grad students and Steve Aishman for a great show. Don't forget to check out PhotoAwesome.com and SCADPhoto.
