Volume 2, No. 28 June 14, 2002
SCAD welcomes art educators By Ally Jackson What do teachers do when they want to learn skills themselves? For those involved with art, a good option is to attend the Savannah College of Art and Design’s Art Educators’ Forum. The annual forum will be held June 15-22 and features more than 50 workshops taught by SCAD professors. The workshops are designed to introduce new concepts and enhance current skills. Workshop subjects include Web page design, product design, dance, sculpture, drawing, screenwriting, digital photographic production and video production, all using SCAD’s state-of-the-art facilities. Participants also enjoy the extensive college library and resources in film and video, printmaking, photography, computer graphics and animation. Being an art educator is mostly about passing along the knowledge gained through years of being a practicing, working artist. However, when most of a teacher’s time is spent furthering the growth of student artists, that "edge" needs some sharpening. That is precisely the goal of the forum. "We’ve been working hard to prepare for Art Educators’ Forum 2002 and it is sure to be the best ever," said Pamela Afifi, vice president for admission and communications. "The participants are so enthusiastic about the opportunity to come back to school and learn new skills. We look forward to having them here at SCAD." In addition to the workshops, participants will enjoy events such as a welcome picnic in Forsyth Park, an ice cream social and visits to the Pei Ling Chan Gallery and the Earle W. Newton Center for British-American Studies. The week of work culminates in a closing reception and exhibition at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center on Hutchinson Island June 21 at 7 p.m. Nearly 450 participants from 47 states and nine countries have signed up to get their hands dirty while sitting on the opposite side of the easel (or desk) for a week. Upon returning to their respective schools, it is their students who will benefit from new techniques, methods and processes of art making.
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