SCAD has received the 2008 American Institute of Architecture Students Special Accomplishment Honor Award for the
School of Building Arts lecture series 2008, titled "Application." The lecture series was conceived in 2006 by the SCAD AIAS chapter leadership as a way to generate renewed interest in AIAS among students, further the architectural discourse of the college, open its students up to divergent and innovative ideas, and attempt to engage the mission of AIAS as stated in the national charter. The "Application" Lecture Series focuses on architecture as a tangible reality, exploring the methods and practices that take architecture from a designer's idea to a built reality.
Professor
Huy Ngo has been invited by
Mark Gillem, professor of architecture at the University of Oregon and chair of the 2009 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Annual Conference, to serve as a "paper reviewer" for the conference. He will review papers on the topic of "Design Curriculum Design" and will assist the chair in selecting the best papers for presentation at the conference.
A research paper, titled "Collaboratively Crafting a Unique Architecture Education through MODEL Assessment" and written by
Scott Singeisen, architecture chair, and
David Dirlem, senior assessment coordinator, was accepted for the
SID08 conference.
Mike Mankin,
Julian Andretta,
Dylan Jenks, and
Mitchell Jones, architecture students in professor
Scott Sworts' ARCH 405/406 Design Studio, have received a "Citation of Merit" for their project titled "Integration of On-site Energy Generation" in the Leading Edge Design Competition sponsored by Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas and Electric, California Energy Commission, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, and New Buildings Institute. There were 111 entries from around the world; one first place and three merit citations were awarded.
Berlin-based artist Arturo Herrera donated four of his exhibition catalogs to the Jen Library. Herrera had hosted painting professor
Craig Drennen, art history professor
Dan Levine and nine SCAD students at his studio in Berlin as part of the SCAD off-campus trip to Germany.
Professor
Jeanne Lambin co-wrote, "The Recent Past is Groovy: Researching American Architectural Styles After WWII," which was featured in the July-August issue of the Alliance Review, a publication of the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions, which she also co-edited.
Jeanne Lambin attended the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions conference in New Orleans, La., July 10-13. She delivered a presentation titled "Dealing with Oddball Resources." Lambin is on the board of directors of NAPC.
Jeanne Lambin was the featured speaker at the
Northwest Modernism Symposium in Boise, Idaho, which was held Sept. 4-5.
Connie Pinkerton attended the Roger Williams 2008 International Fellows Program conference at Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I., July 11-12. The theme of the conference was "Stewardship of the Built Environment."
Students in professor
Jeanne Lambin's Preservation Planning class created a Savannah Shop Local Challenge to promote local businesses in downtown Savannah over Labor Day weekend. The event was highlighted in Preservation News, the online blog of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, as well as in the Savannah Morning News and local television stations. Many local businesses participated in the event. Students raised funds from more than 20 sponsors including the Savannah Development and Renewal Authority and the Downtown Business Association.
Find out more.Marlborough Packard delivered a speech on "Immigration, The Expendable Class" at Oxford University, England, to the Oxford Roundtable for Public Policy, Aug. 11-15.
John R. Bennett (M.A., historic preservation, 2007) was elected chairman of the Chatham Urban Transportation Study Citizens Advisory Committee. CUTS is the metropolitan planning organization for the Savannah area. He also serves on the CUTS policy committee. Bennett is director of student media at SCAD and is a student in the Doctor of Public Administration program at Valdosta State University.
Interior design junior
Jackie Livelli and professor
Sam Cribbs were featured in the May/June issue of boutique DESIGN magazine. Livelli was the first of three students featured in the "designer in the making" status. The article showcases renderings of her Billabong store project.
Berlin-based artist Arturo Herrera donated four of his exhibition catalogs to the Jen Library. Herrera had hosted painting professor
Craig Drennen, art history professor
Dan Levine and nine SCAD students at his studio in Berlin as part of the SCAD off-campus trip to Germany.
Work from M.F.A. candidate
Erica Gajewski's thesis exhibition was featured in the June/July issue of New American Paintings. Her show, "The Polar Bear Life", is on display at the Toronto Zoo as part of an exhibition with Polar Bear International. Polar bear jackets featuring Gajewski's work were created in collaboration with painting alumna
Margaret Chouist, and professor
Denise Falk created the video sound/installation for the show.
The film rights to "Mine All Mine," the new novel by professional writing professor
Adam Davies, have been sold to Touchy Feely Pictures, and Davies is under contract to write the screenplay. Vanity Fair said of the book, "Inspired by the [real-world] looting of artifacts from museums in the war-torn Middle-East, Davies addresses the politics of art and ownership while hanging on to his trademark eccentricity and sharp-edged comedy." Other reviewers call the novel "a rollicking, rocking good read" (David Benioff), "laugh-out-loud funny" (People), "unabashedly fun" (Entertainment Weekly), "raving mad…manic, frantic, deranged and insane" (USA Today) and "a comic thriller composed with literary refinement" (Troy Patterson, National Public Radio).
