eye candy from shopscad

One last, but certainlynot least, tidbit from my SCAD trip: shopscad

A bit of background from the shopscad website:

"ShopSCAD is a unique gallery store that exclusively features the artwork and designs of students, faculty, staff and alumni of the Savannah College of Art and Design. The development of a more informal gallery space and retail store was the conception of SCAD President Paula Wallace. Her idea was placed in the hands of Managing Director Amy Zurcher (B.A. fashion design and merchandising, marketing alumna, Ball State University) and SCAD alumna Katie Runnels (M.F.A. painting, 2003) who put their backgrounds together for the creation of shopSCAD."

Many thanks to Amy and Kyle, who allowed me to snap some pics of their amazing space to share with my readers (oh, and friends, you can browse the inspiring product offering online, and purchase what you love online too)! Check it out:

crazy travel schedule = hard to blog x LOTS to share = long post (or a couple of mid-sized ones)

I'll keep the writing to a minimum -- a big step for me!

First and foremost, beautiful Savannah scenery from my trip to Savannah College of Art and Design fondly known to most as SCAD. This beautiful "campus" is located, well, throughout all of the historic district of Savannah, GA, so, it's not really a "campus" in the traditional sense. Very cool story how it all came to be, to learn more, check out these history tidbits.

Some eye candy for you (man do I miss the beautiful weather in the South):

The graphic design building, one of the first buildings that SCAD bought to restore and start the college.

Architectural color-so many unique and bold buildings!

Any literature buffs out there? I loved this book

Bill, my travel companion to SCAD and a studio manager in Animation here at Hallmark, enjoys blacksmithing -- he was impressed!

The Gryphon Tea Room on campus -- wish I had interior photos of the bright orange furniture -- so cool!

Love this

Shady front porches on which to drink sweet Southern tea all summer long...ah how I long for summer...

Yet another example of this old city's architectural charms


Well, there you have it -- the city was inspiring to me -- I felt so fortunate to be there for almost a week.

It wasn't just the city either... it was the many unique people I met within Savannah and within SCAD that really made my visit inspiring, memorable, and certainly worthwhile. Well, that and I stayed in a haunted hotel. Makes for a unique visit...

Blocked. Plain and simple. No access.

Ok, so, the hotel where I'm staying blocks their free wireless internet-users from using "social networking and personal blog sites" -- can you believe it?! I know you've been waiting for a blog entry, and the only reason I haven't posted is because of my internet drama-situation. I am also flippin' out because I haven't Facebooked since Saturday night!

So, I've been all over Savannah trying to find a free wireless connection that doesn't need a student ID and password to log on.... Good news -- I've found it! In the lobby of a different hotel than the one I'm staying at (sneaky, I know). JBU wrap-up post coming tonight, guaranteed!

John Brown University, Part II.5

Hey friends: I'm totally lovin' it here in Siloam. Today was a jam-packed day, but again, excellent. Very tired, so no blogging tonight -- just wanted to say THANKS for being inspiring, passion-led, talented people! I will be sad to say goodbye tomorrow. Watch for the wrap-up of my JBU visit this weekend. Then I'm off to Savannah!

Oh, and keep me bookmarked: Just because I'm leaving JBU doesn't mean that I'll leave you hangin'! I'll write about my travels a bit, but will definitely keep the creative inspiration and conversation coming your way!