The School of Fine Arts invites SCAD students and alumni to submit entries for the Fine Arts Showcase.
 

Important dates:
Submission Portal open: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Submission Portal Close: Friday, March 28, 2025, 11:59 PM
Acceptance Notice: Monday, March 31, 2025
Accepted Work Drop off: April 7-9, Between 10 AM and 4 PM in 567C
Exhibition Opens: Friday, April 18, 2025
Artwork Consignment Dates: April 7, 2025 - June 6, 2025
 

This is an on-ground exhibition to showcase outstanding SCAD community work. Any sold work will be processed through SCAD Art Sales, and you will be notified to submit an invoice.
 

**Please see terms and conditions below for more information**
Submission images must be a maximum of 72 PPI. Submitted artwork images will represent your artwork accurately for jurying purposes. Please submit images that are true representations of completed artwork. In the case of multiple entries, SCAD Art Sales encourages a concise body of work.
Multiple entries require multiple submission forms. Example: An artist submitting 5 artworks will have to go through the online submission process 5 times.
Pricing: Accepted submissions will be reviewed for accurate artist and retail pricing. Artists will be contacted if the submitted retail and artist pricing is inaccurate. If an artist does not respond to phone or e-mail outreach, SCAD Art Sales will correct the pricing or remove the piece from the online exhibition. Artist price for students = 70% of your retail price. Artist price for alumni, faculty, and staff = 50% of your retail price.
Sculpture: Sculpture submissions must weigh under 50 lbs and not extend over 5 ft in any direction.
Framing: Works on paper (including drawings, illustrations, photography, and printmaking) must be ready to hang and look professional when installed. In most cases, this requires framing. If a work is framed, the submission image must include the frame. All framing should look professional. "Glass with clips" and plastic craft store frames are not acceptable. All work submitted must be for sale.
Sold Artwork: If an artist's work is accepted and sold, they will receive new vendor paperwork via email after the sale. All sold works must be delivered to SCAD for client delivery. You will not receive an email if your work is not sold.

 

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:  June 16, 2025 at 11:59PM EST.

Deadline for SPRING 2026: November 13, 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.

Foundation Studies Honors Show 2024-2025 

Thank you for considering the Foundation Studies Honors Show (FSHS)! The purpose of this annual special exhibition is to spotlight the most stellar achievements of students enrolled in Foundation Studies courses during the past year. 

Eligibility: Open to all students enrolled in a Foundation Studies Class at the Savannah location during the 2024-2025 academic year.  Students may submit up to five (5) entries from any Foundation Studies course in any medium. 

Important Dates: 

• Call for Entries: Saturday, March 8 
• Entry deadline: Sunday, March 30, by 11:59 p.m. 
• Notification of Acceptance:  Monday, April 7     
• Delivery:  by Thursday, April 10 if student wants to have matted by SCAD Frame. All remaining delivery April 9 - 18 by 5 p.m. 
• Exhibition Dates: Monday, April 21 – Thursday, May 1, at Wallin Hall. 
• Reception: Friday, April 25, 4 - 6 p.m.   

Procedure: 

All files must be digitally submitted individually via the Submittable link provided. Images must be .jpg or .jpeg

Best in Show/Foundation Studies/Ex Libris Purchase Award: $1,000 direction). 

• Images must be .jpg or .jpeg, 300 dpi, and not exceed 12 inches in any direction.
• Video – mp4 or mov. files only.
• Digital Work that is not time-based that is accepted for exhibition will be displayed as prints. This will be will be addressed in the Acceptance Information.

Applications will need the following information:

·  Student Full Name

·  SCAD Email address (No external email accounts)

·  SCAD Student ID number

·  Student Phone number

·  Student Intended Major

·  Home Address (not your SCAD address)

·  Instagram Handle (if applicable)

·  Artwork Title

·  Artwork Medium 

·  Artwork Dimensions - Dimensions should be listed (in inches) as height x width. Or for 3D work height x width x depth. For example: 48" x 24" x 3"

·  Date of Completion

·  Class in which it was Produced

·  Professor of class in which work was produced

·  Question: Was this work in a different SCAD student competition or exhibition?

NOTE: 

All pieces submitted for review must be available to hang on or before April 18, 2025 by 5 p.m. Further information will be provided upon final notification about the exhibition. The exhibition committee holds the right to refuse any works that are not available or are found not to be representative of the work submitted for the application. 

Awards:

Best in Show/Foundation Studies/Ex Libris Purchase Award: $1,000

The Purchase Award goes to the acquisition of a work that becomes part of the Foundation Studies permanent collection. 

DRAWING: 

• First place $500 - value prize 
• Second place $300 - value prize 
• Third $200 - value prize 
• Fourth $100 - value prize 

DESIGN:

• First place $500 - value prize
• Second place $300 - value prize 
• Third $200 - value prize 
• Fourth $100 - value prize 

NOTE:

The above categories include all areas of Foundations practice, including 3D, process works, video etc.