The Savannah Urban Arts Festival (SUAF) is around the corner, and I’m so excited about it: 1) because All Walks of Life (AWOL), who coordinated this needed event, is one of my favorite local NPO’s (shout out to The Creative Coast Alliance, Citizens Advocacy, Union Mission, Sav21) and 2) everyone who knows me should know by now that I am a huge fan of the Hip Hop music. I always have been, and its because this particular genre of music, despite popular belief, involves more than just albums and videos pushed out by recording artist. Hip Hop is a genre whose fundamentals are based on local community, diversity in urban culture and among urban art forms, open discussion about difficult, yet important social topics, grass-root movements, stimulation for change, expressive outlets, etc.
By the looks of the event line-up, people are going to get a heaping helping of what Savannah has to offer in the urban arts. But all fun aside, SUAF’s intent is to do more than just serve as another music showcase. I talked with AWOL’s Patrick Rodgers about how important this annual event is to the City of Savannah, and here’s what he had to say…
Its that time of year again where the fashion elite gather in Savannah for the annual SCAD Fashion show, the culmination of SCAD’s annual style and design series, SCAD Style 2008. World-renowned artists, designers and industry professionals come to get a taste what SCAD’s fashion design students have cooking up this year.
A couple of months ago I happened upon a wonderful new networking site specifically for designers called designerID. Within minutes of uploading my first portfolio images, the creator Brian Hock of Brian Hock Design called me and asked if he could do a video interview with me. Well of course I said yes, and now it’s on the site for all the world to enjoy. I use the term “enjoy” loosely because it’s really long and I think only immediate family would want to sit through the entire ordeal.
Justin gave his reasons why he wanted to go back to school for his MFA and why he chose the Savannah College of Art and Design instead of somewhere in L.A. or New York.
Few of us can identify the exact cause of our attraction to something but Justin gives the specific moment when he got bitten by the motion graphics bug.
If you’ve read Justin’s postings on Motionographer or his blog chronicling his MFA work, you’ll find Justin’s very transparent with his writing. I asked him what made him want to open himself to the blogosphere like he has.
