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SCAD FASH is host to original exhibitions by prominent and emerging creative minds, engaging primary and secondary schools through programming that immerses students in an environment where they find inspiration to look closely, think critically and discuss art.
For information on how your K-12 school group can arrange a personalized learning experience at SCAD FASH, email [email protected] or call 404.253.3132.
Learning activities and lesson plans
SCAD FASH curriculum guides provide exercises tied directly to National Core Arts Standards, and are designed to support educators, both within the museum’s exhibition spaces and in the classroom. The guides create engaging learning experiences, enhancing understanding of art through investigations that reveal relevant personal, historical and cultural connections, while promoting skill sets necessary for today's innovative careers.
Recognizing the guides’ high standard of quality, the American Alliance of Museums’ 2014 Museum Publications Design Competition honored the SCAD curriculum guide for the exhibition "Divine Comedy: Heaven, Purgatory and Hell Revisited by Contemporary African Artists" with the No. 1 prize in the education category.
'Patrick Kelly, The Journey' curriculum guide
Investigative prompts in this curriculum guide encourage students to consider how imagery influences identity and self-empowerment. The exhibition emerges from research conducted by celebrated artist Derrick Adams, whose diverse body of work illuminates oft-hidden Black stories and perspectives. In vibrant abstract collages and sculptural works, Adams recovers the legacy of the influential African-American designer Patrick Kelly, who found acclaim on the runways of Paris in the 1980s but whose story has dimmed in the margins of fashion history. Students contemplate the creative process as a form of collective consciousness, experimenting with the formal qualities of balance, rhythm, and unity.
'Form & Function: Shoe Art by Chris Francis' curriculum guide
Thought exercises in this curriculum guide encourage students to experiment with ideas and forms to express their experience. Approaching shoemaking with this freethinking spirit, Chris Francis implements unconventional techniques and materials, with strong colors, bold shapes, and sharp lines. Form & Function presents a selection of Francis’ iconic footwear that plays with the visual languages of Brutalism and the Constructivist, Bauhaus, and De Stijl schools of art with a subversive, punk rock attitude.
Mary Katrantzou curriculum guide
Design activities in this curriculum guide prompt students to create personally meaningful work by challenging conventions and embracing improvisation, experimentation and iteration. Students generate themes and concepts and are encouraged to engage with each other as they respond to the designer's work and process. Acclaimed for her bold colors, textures and prints, Mary Katrantzou is known for her limitless imagination, creating harmony from disparate and unexpected sources of inspiration. "KALEIDOSCOPE KATRANTZOU: Mary Katrantzou, 10 Years in Fashion" features iconic looks that reveal her innovative approach combining fashion, art and technology.
'Cinematic Couture' curriculum guide
This "Cinematic Couture" guide explores costuming as the essential ingredient in the authenticity of a period film. Students interact with the exhibition of more than 50 costumes created by the world-renowned London firm, Cosprop Ltd., through several interdisciplinary standards-based activities. Viewers can get close to the costumes and appreciate the fine details that are often seen only briefly on screen. "Cinematic Couture" showcases costumes from 24 acclaimed films, including Academy Award-winners and nominees "Titanic," "Sense and Sensibility," "Out of Africa," "The Duchess" and "The Danish Girl" as well as award-winning British television series "Pride and Prejudice," "Downton Abbey" and "Victoria."
'Dressing for Dystopia' curriculum guide
This "Dressing for Dystopia: 'The Handmaid's Tale' Costumes by Ane Crabtree" guide investigates the psychological languages of costume design and its essential contributions to the collaborative art of filmmaking. Through interdisciplinary standards-based activities, students explore costume design, worldbuilding, sound and scriptwriting. "Dressing for Dystopia: 'The Handmaid's Tale' Costumes by Ane Crabtree" explores iconic costumes from "The Handmaid's Tale," an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning Hulu original series, produced by MGM Television. Students are invited to examine the subtleties of color used in costumes and the process of transferring ideas form text to textile.
Pierre Cardin curriculum guide
The Pierre Cardin curriculum guide investigates the prolific designer's connections to fashion, architecture, technology, entrepreneurship and diverse arts organizations. A revolutionary force in the fashion industry for seven decades, the indomitable 95-year-old fashion futurist continues at the helm of his creative enterprises and has earned numerous accolades for his contributions to fashion and humanitarian causes. "Pierre Cardin: Pursuit of the Future," a major retrospective, presents iconic looks for both women and men from the 1950s to present. In this guide, students explore the past, analyze the present, and envision the future through the life and works of one of fashion's most influential designers.
Guo Pei curriculum guide
Learning opportunities in this curriculum guide highlight Guo Pei's cultural contribution to the world of fashion and her ability to invoke history and mythology through intricate craftsmanship and avant-garde silhouettes. Each design on view in her first U.S. solo museum exhibition, "Guo Pei: Couture Beyond," presented by SCAD, underscores how her dedication to process, technique and precision imbues contemporary high fashion with symbolism. By studying Guo Pei’s most dramatic gowns, alongside a selection of her custom dresses and jackets, accordant footwear and imperial accessories, students are motivated to consider how their own style might be representational of their backgrounds.
Omar Victor Diop curriculum guide
Educational exercises in this curriculum guide lead students on a rich exploration of Omar Victor Diop's collection of 18 works of art. The exhibition explores the often neglected, but deeply entangled historical relationships between Africa and the rest of the world, including trade, early diplomatic encounters and the legacy of slavery. Combining historical portraits with modern sports memorabilia, Diop creates evocative and complex photographic works. Students are invited to analyze the qualities of Diop's unique portraits, explore the aesthetic of cool and even compose plans for their own formal portrait incorporating Diop's signature style.
Threads of History curriculum guide
Educational activities in this curriculum guide lead students on a sartorial voyage through "Threads of History: Two Hundred Years of Fashion," an exhibition celebrating fashion's capacity to reflect historical and cultural trends. Womenswear, menswear and children's ensembles from the ornate Rococo era and the grand Belle Époque to the glitzy Roaring '20s, and the elegant New Look revolution following World War II, reflect society's shifting values through the centuries. Students are invited to analyze fashion's role as a social signifier, discuss the relationship between fashion and art, explore how fashion reveals character and reflect on the past and anticipate the future.
Carolina Herrera curriculum guide
Instructional exercises in this curriculum guide explore 35 years of the designer's oeuvre from "Refined Irreverence," a dual exhibition presented concurrently at SCAD FASH in Atlanta and the SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah. Herrera's timeless style is synonymous with effortless elegance and modern refinement, enriched by the incorporation of deep personal, historical and literary influences. Students are invited to draw connections between individual ensembles in the exhibition and the diverse creative disciplines that inform Herrera's fabric and conceptual choices. Additional context elucidates the strong intersection between fashion and art evident in each collection.
Jonathan Becker curriculum guide
Activities in the curriculum guide give students additional context with which to analyze Jonathan Becker's images and investigate his methods, including how to plan and create one's own portrait. The guide also includes a comprehensive overview of Becker's journalistic photography and portrait work and explores how angle, depth of field, lighting and framing can be used to create a sense of narrative in portraiture and photography.
Daniel Lismore curriculum guide
Learning opportunities in this curriculum guide reflect London-based artist, stylist and designer Daniel Lismore's distinctive form of self-expression and his unique, sustainable approach to fashion. Lismore infuses each ensemble in his exhibition "Be Yourself; Everyone Else Is Already Taken" with rich social, historical and cultural themes from around the world, emphasizing the Elizabethan era. However, he also creates looks through repurposing — reusing garments, charity-shop finds, trinkets and other found objects rather than discarding them. Studying Lismore's eccentric creativity and his sartorial point of view empowers students to discover and analyze their own personal identity and individual sense of style.
Oscar de la Renta curriculum guide
Learning exercises in this guide capture Oscar de la Renta’s approach to fashion and the essence of his designs, with emphasis on the influence of surrounding cultures and attention to the wearer’s sense of individuality. Oscar de la Renta’s work is further illuminated by the addition of ensembles from the fashion house’s new creative director, Peter Copping, providing students with opportunities to investigate the coexisting creative forces of inspiration and individuality.
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Lectures
In support of the academic and professional mission of the university, SCAD FASH hosts a diverse selection of guest lecturers. From illustrious filmmakers to icons of the fashion world, lecturers at SCAD FASH enhance student learning and provide unique opportunities for authentic access to the world's leading art and design professionals.
Lectures are open to the public and are included in the price of admission to the museum. See the museum schedule for the upcoming program of lectures.
Films
Films are commissioned for each exhibition on display at SCAD FASH, in addition to film screenings featuring critically acclaimed work that spans the history of world cinema. Through attendance at these exhibitions and screenings, SCAD students and museum visitors have the opportunity to share ideas and insights with other film enthusiasts and exchange opinions with filmmakers, scholars and critics.
Film screenings are open to the public and are included in the price of admission to the museum. See the museum schedule for the upcoming program of films.
Drawing in the galleries
Drawing lies at the heart of the artistic curriculum at SCAD, and SCAD FASH encourages all students to engage in sketching while visiting the museum galleries. Guests are encouraged to bring a sketchbook, pencils and an eraser and make drawing come to life in the museum.