Who is eligible to apply for this exhibition?
  Any current ATL SCAD student that has taken Foundation Studies classes during the 2024/25 school year can submit work for the exhibition. All work submitted must come from Foundation Studies classes from April 2024 to April 2025. 

Award Categories
        2D Design
        3D Design
        4D / Time
        Digital Art / Design
        Color Works
        Drawing
        Figurative Works
        Sketchbook: collection of process work with at least half the compositions coming from foundation studies courses.
 

Award Criteria
  Awards are given to works that exemplify creativity, skill, and craftsmanship.
 

When are the awards announced?
  The awards will be announced during the exhibition closing ceremony on May 23th, 2025, between 3:00 - 5:00 pm. Award presentation will happen at 4:30. Participants should be present to receive their awards.
 

How many works can I submit?
  In total, a student may create three submissions: three individual project / sketchbook submissions across any Foundation Studies course taken from April 2024 - April 2025. Students can submit more than one project from a single course.
  For a sketchbook category submission, please submit images of at least four pages, designed and composed into a single image file, submitted as a JPG.

Minimum presentation requirements for accepted works
- We strongly encourage you to frame your work for the exhibition. All framed works must use plexiglass, no glass will be allowed. Framing in white or black wood is required, no metal frames.

- If you choose not to frame the work, a white or off-white window mat may be used. Colored mats are not allowed.
- Artworks must be professionally presented and ready to hang (with wire on back, if framed) at the time of submission.
- The exhibition committee holds the right to refuse any works that are not found to be representative of the work submitted for the application or does not meet professional presentation standards. SCAD is not responsible for damage due to poor craftsmanship of presentation or the use of glass in frames.
- Accepted works that do not meet these requirements or do not exhibit a high level of craftsmanship may not be exhibited.
 

Digital artworks must adhere to these presentation requirements:
- Images must be submitted as a .jpg (at highest resolution) and be at least 3000 pixels on the largest side, with a 300 ppi resolution, and should be saved in RGB color mode.
- Videos must be submitted as a .mov or MP4 file and be no larger than 100 MB.

All students are encouraged to work with their professors to ensure professional presentation standards.
 

Matting workshops
  A workshop for matting will be offered on May 9 to assist those students that would like to mat their own work. You may also have your work professionally framed. We recommend Binders for framing works for the Beyond the Dot exhibition.
 

Delivery of accepted works
  Accepted works must be delivered, between the hours of 10am and 5pm to room 567C of 1600 Peachtree street on May 10th.
 

Calendar
        April 4 - Submittable portal open for submissions
        April 18 - Deadline for submission is 11:59 pm
        April 25 - Students will be notified of accepted works
        May 9 - Works must be delivered, framed and ready to be exhibited
        May 16 - Works will be installed
        May 19 - Exhibition opens on 5C / 1600 Building
        May 23 - Exhibition Awards and Closing Ceremony. Please invite friends and family.

Questions?
  For any questions about the exhibition, please email beyondthedot@scad.edu 

SCAD's Trois Gallery seeks proposals for MFA Thesis Exhibitions for the academic year 2025-2026. Students on track for their MFA Thesis Exhibition are able to apply to exhibit during the quarters listed below, and are encouraged to apply as early as possible.

Please note this application is ONLY for MFA Painting OR Photography Thesis Exhibitions for Trois Gallery at SCAD Atlanta Campus. Only students who will be based in Atlanta at the time of their Thesis Exhibition should apply to this call. 

Deadline for FALL 2025: Sun., June 15, 2025 at 11:59PM EST.

Deadline for WINTER 2026: Sun., September 7th at 11:59 PM EST.

Deadline for SPRING 2026: Sun., November 16, 2025 at 11:59PM EST.

If you submit your application after the deadline, your application will not be considered for that quarter. 

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

Before submitting your application: 

• You must review your application materials with a professor. This can be an MFA Thesis  Advisor, a professor on your thesis committee, the professor of your  pre-thesis or thesis course, or a graduate coordinator.

How to prepare your application: 

• Select and gather up to 5 images or videos of works that best represent your practice OR that you would like to include in your exhibition. Each image should only capture one  work. 
• The image/video file names must  follow this format: Last Name, First Name, "Title," date, media, dimensions. (Ex: Smith, John, “Landscape,” 2023, oil on canvas, 20 x 40  in.).
• Please visit Trois Gallery to understand the space for your exhibition. Refer to the floorplan (LINKED HERE) for wall dimensions, but please be advised these dimensions are approximate.

If your submission is accepted:

• You must be  available for installation and de-installation of your exhibition.  Installations happen the week before the exhibition’s open date, and de-installations happen the week after the exhibition’s closing. You will      be expected to install/de-install your works independently. 
• You must deliver,  transport, or arrange the delivery of your works to Trois Gallery. These  details will be decided in discussion with SCAD Curators. 

PLEASE NOTE: SCAD reserves the right to reject applications that do not follow the guidelines, procedures, and deadlines outlined above. SCAD also reserves the right to prohibit exhibition of works that appear incomplete by the time of installation, or are different from the work(s) originally proposed in the original application.

SCAD's Alexander Hall Gallery seeks proposals for MFA Thesis Exhibitions for the academic year 2025-2026. Students on track for their MFA Thesis Exhibition are able to apply to exhibit during the quarters listed below, and are encouraged to apply as early as possible.

Please note this application is ONLY for MFA Painting OR Photography Thesis Exhibitions for Alexander Hall at SCAD Savannah Campus. Only students who will be based in Savannah at the time of their Thesis Exhibition should apply to this call.
 

Deadline for FALL 2025: Sun., June 15, 2025 at 11:59PM EST.

Deadline for SPRING 2026: Sun., November 16, 2025 at 11:59PM EST.

If you submit your application after the deadline, your application will not be considered for that quarter.
 

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

Before submitting your application: 

• You must review your application materials with a professor. This can be an MFA Thesis Advisor, a professor on your thesis committee, the professor of your pre-thesis or thesis course, or a graduate coordinator.

How to prepare your application: 

• Select and gather up to 5 images or videos of works that best represent your practice OR that you would like to include in your exhibition. Each image should only capture one work. 
• The image/video file names must follow this format: Last Name, First Name, "Title," date, media, dimensions. (Ex: Smith, John, “Landscape,” 2023, oil on canvas, 20 x 40 in.).
• Please visit Alexander Hall’s Gallery to understand the space for your exhibition. Refer to the floorplan (LINKED HERE) for wall dimensions, but please be advised these dimensions are approximate.

If your submission is accepted:

•  You must be available for installation and de-installation of your exhibition. Installations happen the week before the exhibition’s open date, and de-installations happen the week after the exhibition’s closing. You will be expected to install/de-install your works independently. 
• You must deliver, transport, or arrange the delivery of your works to Alexander Hall. These details will be decided in discussion with SCAD Curators.
   

PLEASE NOTE: SCAD reserves the right to reject applications that do not follow the guidelines, procedures, and deadlines outlined above. SCAD also reserves the right to prohibit exhibition of works that appear incomplete by the time of installation, or are different from the work(s) originally proposed in the original application.