Savannah College of Art and Design Fibers Program

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B.F.A., M.A. and M.F.A. in fibers
SCAD-Savannah

Concentrations
Weaving, surface design, 2-D and 3-D fine art, studio production or a combination of these areas

SCAD, Savannah, fibers, students use the fabric printer

SCAD, Savannah, fibers, students use the fabric printer

Facilities
Hand weaving, computer dobby, jacquard, screenprinting, surface design, sewing and graduate studios, as well as a dye lab and papermaking equipment.

Exhibition and Competition Opportunities
SURTEX, Sculpture Objects and Functional Art expositions, the International Textile Market Association, Joseph Beyda Design Foundation, Hand and Lock Embroidery, Surface Design Association and others

Real-life Experience
ShopSCAD (Atlanta and Savannah), Working Class Studio

Employers converge for SCAD Career Fair
04/21/08

05/05/08	--	André Leon Talley to address SCAD graduates: Vogue’s editor-at-large will speak at Savannah and Atlanta ceremonies
04/25/08	--	Nearly 48 percent of employers at SCAD Job and Internship Fair plan to offer positions to students
04/08/08	--	SCAD to host SCAD Style, April 10-May 17: Month-long series has become a signature style and design event
03/27/08	--	London-based artist Yinka Shonibare, MBE, to speak at SCAD
02/13/08	--	SCAD hosts Fibers Open Studio 2008

SCAD, Savannah, fibers, students dye their own materials

Careers
• designer — carpet, gift wrap, knitwear, stationery, surface, theater/film costume, upholstery, wallpaper
repeat pattern artist
• studio artist
• textile designer for apparel, and home and commercial furnishings
• bookbinder
• CAD display designer
• embroiderer
• fine artist
• hand weaver
• papermaker
• studio production artist
• textile colorist
• textile museum curator
• textile stylist

Some Employers of SCAD Alumni

• Anthropologie
• American Rug Craftsmen
• Bloomcraft
• Burlington Industries
• Cascade Fibers
• Chatham Fabrics
• Claire Murray
• Collins & Aikman
• Cone Jacquards
• Cyrk Inc.
• Dillard’s
• DuraLee Fabrics
• Elite Textiles
• Fonthill and Watkins
• Frances Meyer Inc.
• Gibbes Museum of Art
• Gibson Greetings
• Guilford Mills

• Hamrick’s Inc.
• Ikea
• Judy Ross Textiles
• Kiviranna’s
• Liz Claiborne
• Lowe’s
• Mohawk Home
• Mulberry Neckwear
• Nutmeg Mills
• The Rug Barn
• Scalamandre
• Shaw Industries
• Springs Industries
• Target
• Valdese Weavers
• Viv Inc.
• Wesley Mancini Ltd.