SCAD PRESENTS "COLLABORATION AND EXPANSION" A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF ILLUSTRATION AND GRAPHIC DESIGN

APRIL 14 AT TRUSTEES THEATRE
Savannah, GA (March 31, 2010) -- SCAD's Illustration and Graphic Design Departments have joined forces to present Collaboration and Expansion, a panel discussion about the future of these two communication art forms. The event is on Wednesday, April 14, at 6pm at the Trustees Theatre, and will be free and open to the public.
Collaboration and Expansion will address the profound changes the communication arts industry has seen over the past few years and the new opportunities these changes have opened up. The panel will look at such ground-breaking advances as the switch from print to digital and will address such issues as how illustrators and designers can navigate the new world to their best advantage, how young illustrators and designers just entering the work force can find a place for themselves in this tight economy and how creatives can collaborate with one another to make a niche for themselves in this increasingly-specialized marketplace.
Moderated by SCAD Professor of Illustration, Julie Lieberman, the panel will include Tyler Darden, art director of Virginia Living Magazine; Anita Kunz, an artist/illustrator whose work has appeared regularly in Rolling Stone, Time and The New Yorker and internationally in galleries and museums; Bridgid McCarren, art director of How Magazine; Christoph Niemann, whose illustrations have appeared on the covers of The New Yorker, Newsweek and The New York Times Magazine; Yuko Shimizu, an award-winning illustrator and one of Newsweek Japan's "100 Japanese People The World Respects," and Christopher Sickels (Red Nose Studio) , considered one of the best mini-sculptors/illustrators working today.
There will be short presentations by each of the panelists as well as discussion and Q & A.
For more information on Collaboration and Expansion, please call (912) 525-5192.