Comments on: SCADs of Interesting Arts College News http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2008/07/29/scads-of-interesting-arts-college-news/ Arts and Culture for North Texas and Far Beyond Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:28:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Hallie http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2008/07/29/scads-of-interesting-arts-college-news/#comment-1859 Hallie Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:47:27 +0000 http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/?p=1385#comment-1859 Here's the deal. I just graduated from SCAD in Savannah and let me just say, SCAD is truly a one of a kind amazing school. For them to open a campus here in Dallas will do wonders for the community! Here’s the deal. I just graduated from SCAD in Savannah and let me just say, SCAD is truly a one of a kind amazing school. For them to open a campus here in Dallas will do wonders for the community!

]]> By: Bill M. http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2008/07/29/scads-of-interesting-arts-college-news/#comment-1758 Bill M. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:18:57 +0000 http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/?p=1385#comment-1758 Interesting what effect this will have on the Meadows School and other local college art programs. Is a university setting the best place to train visual artists and designers? Are places like SCAD better because they come close to an apprenticeship system? A study of the Chicago Art Institute program many years ago found that vanishingly few graduates went on to become working artists. Some became elementary and high school art teachers; most simply vanished from the art scene. It would be interesting to hear from working artists how well they think their training served them. Interesting what effect this will have on the Meadows School and other local college art programs. Is a university setting the best place to train visual artists and designers? Are places like SCAD better because they come close to an apprenticeship system? A study of the Chicago Art Institute program many years ago found that vanishingly few graduates went on to become working artists. Some became elementary and high school art teachers; most simply vanished from the art scene. It would be interesting to hear from working artists how well they think their training served them.

]]> By: Alan http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2008/07/29/scads-of-interesting-arts-college-news/#comment-1753 Alan Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:22:54 +0000 http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/?p=1385#comment-1753 We visited Savannah for a few days in 2006, and I was impressed with what SCAD has been able to do to help bring vitality to the city's already-interesting downtown area. You've got all the squares and southern culture (think "Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil"), but now all that is interspersed with galleries, arts venues, sidewalk cafes and other things you'd associate with a vibrant cultural scene. Let's hope they can bring some of that to the West End, which has seemed somewhat down at the heels in recent years. We visited Savannah for a few days in 2006, and I was impressed with what SCAD has been able to do to help bring vitality to the city’s already-interesting downtown area. You’ve got all the squares and southern culture (think “Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil”), but now all that is interspersed with galleries, arts venues, sidewalk cafes and other things you’d associate with a vibrant cultural scene.

Let’s hope they can bring some of that to the West End, which has seemed somewhat down at the heels in recent years.

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