SCAD EMBRACING CHANGE THROUGH THE UDE OF GUEST AND GUSTO.
The most popular slogans of the Coronavirus pandemic like ‘social distancing’ and ‘working from home,’ create an opportunity for the art industry to make significant changes in the field. Like all aspects of the human daily lives, the fashion realm is not exceptional to change. Several experts’ state there needs to be a complete shift on the fashion seasonal schedule and deliveries.
Also, these experts predict a radical change in fashion venues from brick and mortar shops to virtual online showrooms. Some institutions such as the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) have embraced this change by venturing into new online teaching avenues with their students. SCAD Savannah launched a Zoom series platform dubbed, Guest and Gusto. The Zoom series features exclusive content that represents all the institution’s degree programs displayed through drop-ins and conversations.
SCAD offers undergraduate and degree programs with a total fee of $58086 and $59133 respectively. SCAD tuition for the undergraduate class of 2020-21 is $37575 and $38475 for a graduate degree, which is based on three-quarters of class attendance. The institutions budget is an approximation cost of loan fees, books, accommodation, transportation, and miscellaneous. Students that attend fewer quarters should use a third of individual amounts for every quarter of class attendance to estimate their budget.
The Zoom series is a way for the Savannah-based art institution to offer students and guest a platform that blends agility, technology, and creativity. Apart from Guest and Gusto, the university launched another technological masterpiece for motion media students called Project V-Lab that allows them to access on-site servers with use high-end computers and software, offsite. Such technology promotes collaborations and forging of friendships among students, thereby stimulating creativity.
Students at the institution are urged by alumni and experts to use this time that has fewer distractions to tap into their artistic elements. Additionally, learners can use this period to add texture and creativity to their school projects. Art students have contributed positively to the pandemic by creating artful masks and face shields for the front line workers.