AMP 150 – Design Your Deck
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2-3 p.m.
A well-designed slide deck elevates understanding and amplifies engagement for your audience. Learn how to complement and deepen the impact of your verbal presentation through high-impact visuals. The Zoom link will be emailed to registered participants.
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AMP 320 – Fill The Room
Thursday, Jan. 14, 11 a.m. – noon
Presentations are only effective if they can be heard. Explore vocal projection techniques for various modes of verbal communication (e.g., microphones, phones, computer-based communication software) to find appropriate vocal energy for all situations. The Zoom link will be emailed to registered participants.
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AMP 150 – Design Your Deck
Thursday, Jan. 14, 2-3 p.m.
A well-designed slide deck elevates understanding and amplifies engagement for your audience. Learn how to complement and deepen the impact of your verbal presentation through high-impact visuals.
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Symmetry for Character Design (Photoshop CC)
Friday, Jan. 15, 10-11 a.m.
A great way to develop ideas for characters, designs, projects, and artworks is using symmetry. In this workshop, students will learn how to harness the power of the symmetry tool in Photoshop for quickly generating visual ideas! This workshop is for beginners, intermediate and advanced creatives.
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Loving Vincent: A Discussion of Vincent Van Gogh
Friday, Jan. 15, 10-11 a.m.
Independently view the world’s first fully painted feature film, “Loving Vincent” (2017) — a fictionalized account of Vincent Van Gogh’s last days and the circumstances of his untimely death — and then join art history professor Emily Webb for a discussion of the man, his art and the making of this groundbreaking masterpiece.
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Color Palette Instagram Challenge!
Friday, Jan. 15, 10-11 a.m.
Gather and create color palettes while analyzing various color schemes with professor Courtney Ryan. Students can tag their images @scadfoundations.atlanta for viewers to vote on their favorite color palettes!
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AMP 330 – Communicate as a Team
Friday, Jan. 15, 11 a.m. – noon
Effective communication is key to any successful collaboration. Be a valuable team player by expressing your ideas concisely, listening actively, and using your individual skills to secure the team’s collective success. The Zoom link will be emailed to registered participants.
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Zoo Atlanta – Where the Wild Things Are
Friday, Jan. 15, noon-2 p.m.
Sketch and discuss the process of capturing animal attributes with animation professor Greg Azzopardi and illustration professor Melissa Howell on this drawing excursion to the Atlanta zoo. Please meet at the main building exit at noon. SCAD transportation will be provided. Students should bring drawing materials (pencils, markers, pads).
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The Greatest Show in Atlanta
Friday, Jan. 15, noon-2 p.m.
Capture the marvelous Mercedes Benz Stadium, either through photography or rendering, jointly led by professors Forest McMullin and Peili Wang. Please meet at the main building exit at 12:30 p.m. SCAD transportation will be provided. Students should bring rendering materials: Graphite Wood Pencil (HB) or mechanical pencils, Sakura Pigma Micron Pen (005, 0.3, 0.5, Brush) or other brand of graphic pens, roll artists tape or Drafting Dots, 12-inch roll of white/yellow tracing paper, sketch book. Photography materials include: digital camera with a zoom lens capable of shooting wide angle. A tripod will be helpful, but not necessary.
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Character and Costume Drawing
Friday, Jan. 15, 1-2 p.m.
Discover and explore creative ways to develop unique silhouettes and characters. Participate in a live demonstration and experiment with different methods to create memorable and fun designs. Participants will need pencils, pens, sketchbook and/or drawing tablet.
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Composition Rule in Art
Friday, Jan. 15, 1-2 p.m.
Learn how to make compositional choices based on The Rule of Thirds and The Golden Ratio Rule. This will help students arranging the elements to guide the viewer’s eyes to explore concepts and subjects in the artwork.
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Laser Cutter Demonstration
Friday, Jan. 15, 1-2 p.m.
Students will learn the difference between raster engraving and vector cutting and how to set Rhino or Illustrator files to achieve their desired results. Multiple examples of laser processed materials will be shown. Materials, submission requirements, and processing times will be covered.
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Publishing on LinkedIn
Friday, Jan. 15, 1-2 p.m.
Learn what kind of content works best on LinkedIn and begin crafting your own LinkedIn article. LinkedIn is one of the best ways to connect, meet, and engage with potential employers. Students should bring their laptops/phones with them if possible.
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Storyboard Pro – Introduction and tips for effective storyboarding
Friday, Jan. 15, 1-2 p.m.
Award-winning short film director and animator Matthew Maloney will demonstrate effective use of Storyboard Pro. This technical demo will cover drawing techniques for storyboarding as well as specific functionality of industry standard storyboarding software.
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Design of Dissent
Friday, Jan. 15, 1-2 p.m.
Designers have given visual voice to movements for change throughout our history. Explore some of the best protest posters of the past and present and then take a turn at igniting change by designing your own.
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Oil Painting Essentials: Glazing and Scumbling
Friday, Jan. 15, 1-2 p.m.
Students will learn the essential practice of oil glazing and oil scumbling to unify a painting, to change overall color temperature, to create a hierarchy in the forms or to develop texture in the work.
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Non-Traditional Painting Materials
Friday, Jan. 15, 4-5 p.m.
Explore ways to paint without traditional painting supplies. We’ll explore alternative substrates and materials to use as paint particularly focusing on common items found in hardware and grocery stores.
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Acting with Accents
Friday, Jan. 15, 4-5 p.m.
Professor Adam Fristoe, actor and dialect coach for several large scale productions, will provide students with a front row seat to the process of approaching accent study.
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Adobe Lightroom for Beginners and Non-Photographers
Saturday, Jan. 16, 10-11 a.m.
Explore Adobe Lightroom and gain the confidence to work with Adobe’s editing software without the complications of Photoshop. Participants will learn to import, edit, and export.
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Gig Posters Through the Ages
Saturday, Jan. 16, 10-11 a.m.
Music has inspired countless design movements through the ages, from the cool vibes of Blue Note Records, to the psychedelic explosion of Filmore Street. Explore some of the most impactful moments of music and design. Then turn up the tunes and design your very own gig poster for the ages.
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1600 Woodshop Certification Demonstration
Saturday, Jan. 16, 1-2 p.m.
Students will be shown how to safely operate the 1600 Woodshop equipment. The miter saw, band saw, panel saw, sanders, and some hand tools will be covered. After attending the demonstration and completing the online written test, students will be certified to use the 1600 Woodshop.
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Fashion Illustration at SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film
Saturday, Jan. 16, 1-2 p.m.
Explore and learn about fashion illustration based on the current exhibition within the SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film.
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Motion Projection
Saturday, Jan. 16, 4-5 p.m.
Explore the possibilities of projection mapping on unique surfaces. Professor Alessandro Imperato will help you get started into this world of high resolution interactive displays.
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