Living 148% Of The Dream…

Emily Smith is one of the thousands of examples of how far a SCAD education can take you. As Creative Director of Lafayette 148, she’s lived her fashion and branding dream practically since the day she graduated in 2001. She’s an honored SCAD alumna and continual mentor for current students and alumni – four of whom you’ll hear from on this episode: Nzingha Helwig, Daniela Gutierrez, Mallika Patel, and Cassie Dean. Join Smith and Paula Wallace as they discuss global fashion, finding your dream, and the hopeful future our fashion graduates are entering.

Eyes Always Open…

On today’s episode, we hear from Christian Siriano ahead of his first-ever solo museum exhibition, “People are People,” hosted by the SCAD Museum of Art. Siriano is many things: a dreamer, a lightning-fast facilitator, a generous mentor, and a fascinating talker. Listen as he and Paula Wallace reminisce about his early days, explore the core of his creativity, and how fashion can work for everyone and every body.

Welcome back to SCADcast for season six of On Creativity with Paula Wallace! In today’s premiere episode, we hear from entrepreneurial icon, queen of fashion, and longtime friend of SCAD: Diane von Furstenberg. Within her latest book, “Own It,” von Furstenberg mines the values that have propelled her career as a leader and innovator. Paula Wallace and von Furstenberg explore the book’s inspiring messages, the impact of empowerment, and the remarkable road to personal independence open to all of us. You’ll also hear from recent SCAD School of Fashion alumni Lauren Hays and Nzingha Helwig as they moderate a Q&A from the virtual student audience.

Caps And Gowns...

In today's season five finale, you'll hear from SCAD film and television alumni and the creative team behind HBO's "Murder on Middle Beach," Madison Hamburg and Solomon Petchenik. Their intimate docuseries follows Madison's investigation into the unsolved murder of his mother in 2010. It's an often heart-wrenching tale of coming of age, familial ties, and commitment. Today's interview comes from SCAD's 2021 aTVfest, where Madison and Solomon returned to SCAD as panelists. Paula Wallace reconnected with the team, and they spoke about the years-long making-of process, where the investigation stands, and how the two will continue to work together in the future. As commencement approaches, Madison and Solomon are a powerful example of SCAD partnerships staying alive beyond the hive.

Doubly deFINEd...

When Paula Wallace founded the SCAD Museum of Art in 2011, today's programming was exactly what she envisioned for the teaching museum - an international forum for cultural conversation. Within its walls, visitors and current students interact with and learn from legendary masters, contemporary icons, and notable alumni through exhibitions, gallery talks, and lectures. In today's episode, you'll experience a piece of that magic through two conversations. In part one, you'll hear from the interdisciplinary virtuoso and 2021 SCAD deFINE ART honoree Sanford Biggers. In part two, you'll hear from SCAD graphic design alumna Emily Furr. Both artists opened exhibitions during deFINE ART 2021 along with previous season five guests Albert Watson and the Haas Brothers. The Sanford conversation comes from Paula Wallace's zoom interview during the festival, and the Furr interview comes from a one-on-one walkthrough with Paula and Emily through her exhibition space in the SCAD MOA Alumni Gallery.

Atelier Day II...

In keeping with SCAD and Paula Wallace's commitment to championing our alumni, today we bring you a conversation with our fall 2020 Alumni Atelier Ambassadors: Kacie Willis and Eric Ross. The pair were our first-ever virtual Atelier Ambassadors, and their presence was felt through zoom classroom visits and one-on-one virtual mentor meetings with current students. Kacie Willis is an M.F.A. sound design alumna working and living in Atlanta, GA. Her Atelier project was creating and producing a new podcast series called "White-Angle." The show examines perspective and privilege in art and culture by pairing white directors of race-related documentaries with black filmmakers. Eric Ross is a B.F.A. and M. Arch. SCAD alumnus who currently works as a director at the leading "cradle-to-cradle" architecture firm McDonough + Partners in Charlottesville, VA. His Atelier project titled "A Return to Zero" is a case study that examines the critical eco-conscious building material mass timber. Both Kacie and Eric represent historic firsts for the Atelier Ambassadorship and today's conversation comes from Paula Wallace's virtual Atelier pinning ceremony with the Ambassadors in November 2020. You'll hear more about their projects, virtual Atelier experience, and time spent with SCAD faculty and students.

I'm Me...

Oscar Wilde's wise council, "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." is lived to the fullest by today's special guest, Daniel Lismore. Lismore's life thesis is to "live as art." He seeks to promote and foster suitability in the fashion industry through the imaginative reuse of discarded clothing, broken jewelry, and material scraps. In using what he discovers in his environment, Lismore creates bold and unforgettable looks of complex layers. He becomes a living statue, and his committed work has led to multiple high-level collaborations and artistic ventures. He's designed costumes for the English National Opera, worked to improve sustainability at H&M, taught jewelry-making skills in Kenya, been a fashion model, journalist, and creative director — he has done it all and always stayed true to himself. In today's interview from summer 2020, Paula Wallace reconnects with Lismore over Zoom before a live student audience via SCAD's ongoing Guests and Gusto program. You'll also hear from SCAD fashion alumna and current M.F.A. design for sustainability candidate Laura Ramirez as she moderates the post-interview Q&A between Lismore and current SCAD students.

A Master In Focus...

During SCAD deFINE ART 2021, The SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion and Film in Atlanta opened the first-ever U.S. exhibition dedicated solely to photography master Albert Watson. The exhibition, "The Light Behind the Lens," unites fifty definitive images from Watson's nearly fifty years of professional work. He's photographed royalty, music icons, the brightest stars, and the most alluring of landscapes. As a student of graphic design, his eye designs compositions that immediately capture the viewer. On today's episode, Paula Wallace interviews Watson from the museum gallery adorned with his seminal works. The two explore Watson's preparation, how he refers to other disciplines for inspiration, his embrace of new techniques over the years, and more. You'll also hear from SCAD M.F.A. photography candidate Emma Hopson as she moderates the post-interview Q&A between Watson and current SCAD students.

Atelier Day...

In 2016, Paula Wallace launched and endowed a unique artist in residency for SCAD alumni: the Alumni Atelier Ambassadorship. Every quarter, alumni are eligible to submit proposals for patronage and, if chosen, receive the resources and support to bring it to life. The program is a glowing reminder of SCAD's commitment and encouragement for its alumni. Atelier projects have helped alumni launch new careers, dive into unexplored mediums, and dedicate themselves entirely to creative initiatives. During the winter 2021 academic quarter, the Atelier program operated remotely with two alumni participating from California: fashion designer Caroline Mae Heidenreich and furniture designer CoCo Ree Lemery. Today on SCADcast, you'll hear from CoCo and Mae as they present their work to Paula Wallace, reflect on the Atelier experience, and describe their careers since graduating.

Never Out Of Style...

During the 2020 holiday season, famed illustrator and fine artist Marc-Antoine Coulon visited the SCAD family virtually to create a holiday card for the SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion and Film in Atlanta. The museum was the site of his first solo museum exhibition in 2018, the start of a cherished friendship between SCAD and Coulon and SCAD. His elegant portraits and fashion sketches evoke a sense of life, wonder, and beauty. They produce a sense of movement and feel organic and alive. In today's conversation, Paula Wallace talks with Coulon about the resurgence of illustration in commercial publications, how a portrait session evolves, and how illustrators can best market themselves.