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Welcome
Dear dreamers, makers, and future company founders,
Bees build. Bees create. Bees give generously of themselves to their communities and their homes, working harmoniously together. They’re diligent, collaborative, and enterprising. And, just like us, they love beautiful things. They live with purpose. Each bee understands the assignment. Bees have a crew, a team, a hive—and now, so do you.
Here at SCAD, Bees imitate bees by building bespoke brands, founding world-famous fashion houses, and establishing entertainment empires. They do it hand-in-hand with their classmates, SCAD grads, and our student-focused faculty and staff. You will always have an advocate in your corner, a mentor to rely on, and the support of the entire SCAD family. Through graduation and beyond, you will be working alongside your best friends. Creators who get it, who understand what you are building and are eager to build it with you.
Nicola Rinciari (B.F.A., film and television, 2020) directed and produced his Student Academy Award–nominated film, Our Side, with Emily Dillard (B.F.A., film and television, 2020) and brought 21 fellow SCAD Bees to film and create on location in Sicily. The entire crew excelled as a unit, dazzling the veteran filmmakers they encountered abroad. No wonder they were nominated for an Oscar.
Ciaran McGuigan (B.F.A., film and television, 2014) transformed Orior, an Irish furniture company, into a luxury design studio with the help of five of his best friends, all SCAD grads. They took the company international when they opened Orior’s first U.S. showroom in New York City. When you’re in Tribeca, pop in and tell them Paula sent you.
MEPTIK, an immersive virtual reality technology company, was founded by eight SCAD grads. Christopher John Rogers (B.F.A., fashion, 2016) founded his world-famous couture fashion label with his fellow Bees, friends he met during his first year at SCAD. And there are so many more!
SCAD is where you will find your people, and where your people will find you!
Over the past year, SCAD has been named the number one art school in the U.S. by Art & Object, the number one design school by Red Dot Design, Forbes’ number one university for “Shaping the Future of Fashion,” and the only university named in all five of The Hollywood Reporter’s academic rankings for top universities.
SCAD is the preeminent source of knowledge in every subject we teach, and the Bees that take flight from our hive shape Fortune 100 companies, start their own labels, and launch studios worldwide.
If you want to fly…if you want to transform the world ahead of you…if you want to make the world a better place alongside your best friends, welcome to our hive!
In love and possibility,
