This is your time — experience it all
Cutting-edge resources. Connected faculty. Celebrated guests and world-renowned events. As a painting student at SCAD, you can capitalize on every opportunity.
Studios of unique expression
Whether you study painting at SCAD in Atlanta or Savannah, you will have studio space to explore your personal visions and to develop an impressive body of work. Each location also offers gallery spaces to display your work side by side with the work of visiting artists from around the world.
Premium tools always at your fingertips:
- More than 60 individual graduate studios
- Spacious dedicated critique spaces
- Life painting and open model rooms
- Mac computer labs with Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro, and other specialized software
- Easels and drawing tables available in every studio space
- Access to printmaking facilities for serigraphy, lithography, monotyping, intaglio, and relief printing
- Access to ceramics facilities, laser cutters, large-format laser printers. and 3D printers
Events to keep you inspired
No matter what SCAD location you journey to, there will always be something going on. At the university’s Open Studio, SCAD painters showcase their distinctive work to fine art’s international taste-makers. In addition, events such as SCAD deFINE ART help students expand their networks, earn international press, meet lauded guests, and just have fun.
SCAD deFINE ART
The university's annual contemporary art showcase, deFINE ART takes place each year across SCAD locations. The symposium features unique events with artists and designers all over the world who educate through studio visits, gallery talks, and mentorship.
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Make your SCAD experience even more unforgettable
Spend a quarter abroad at SCAD Lacoste, the university's international location, or explore other study abroad trips SCAD offers to gain cultural perspective, add a worldly dimension to your résumé, and draw inspiration from the sights, sounds, and characters of an entirely new setting.
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Take the first step to becoming a professional artist
We'll tell you everything you need to know about launching your career in the visual arts. Just request more information from SCAD, and let us do the rest.