2010 CODA Leadership Conference
April 6-9, 2010 (Tuesday-Friday)
Savannah, Georgia
Hosts: Georgia Made Georgia Grown LLC and Savannah College of Art & Design
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Tour of SCAD Furniture, Jewelry and Fiber departments
Pre-Conference Tour (No additional fee, but a limited number of seats are available on the bus)
Grab your seat immediately for the pre-conference tour of three of Savannah College of Art & Design’s departments! SCAD – The University for Creative Careers offers more degree programs and specializations than any other art and design university in the United States, including a choice of 45 majors and more than 50 minors.
Our pre-conference tour picks up at 12:45pm. The first stop is the Gulfstream Center for Industrial and Furniture Design, a 44,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility with studios, labs & workshops, high-end computer labs and the latest industry software.
From the Gulfstream Center, we move to Pepe Hall, the new home of the Fibers Department. 149 undergraduate and 17 graduate students have chosen whether to concentrate on designing for industry (surface design or woven design), studio production, or fine art (2-D or 3-D approaches to fibers or a combination of these disciplines).
Our last stop is Fahm Hall, Metals and Jewelry Department. The facility provides classrooms, professionally equipped production facilities, and a showcase for student work.
The tour concludes at approximately 3pm with drop off at our host hotel, the Inn at Ellis Square.
Friday, April 9, 2010 • 8:45am - 3pm
Savannah and Coastal Georgia Geechee Kunda Tour, $75.00 per person (includes lunch)
• 8:45am – Pick up at Inn at Ellis Square, bus loads
• Stop at the Beach Institute for a private viewing of The Ulysses Davis Collection
• Then south to Geechee Kunda Cultural Center: http://geecheekunda.com/
Performance, cultural practices of the Geechee and visual art of the Georgia Geechee
• 3pm – tour ends, attendees can exit either at airport or Inn at Ellis Square
Guests are welcome to attend for the same price of $75 per person, just indicate additional fee and guest name on registration form.
There will be a maximum of 39, advance registrations required with a cutoff date of February 29, 2010.
Post-Conference Tour of Georgia’s Coast and experiences with the Geechee descendents of the slaves who were brought over from Africa 200 years ago to work the Coast’s indigo, rice and cotton plantations. Current Geechee now strive to save traditions of their culture that have all but disappeared. They are known for preserving more of their African linguistic and cultural heritage than any other African American community in the United States. We’ll tour historic African-American churches and sites in Savannah – including the Beach Institute and the Ulysses Grant collection as well as visit the Kunda Geechee Cultural Center in RIceboro GA to enjoy a performance, and see Saltwater Geechee Enterprise crafts made on Sapelo Island.