The Savannah College of Art and Design will hold its third annual Art Materials Trade Show Oct 1 – 3, 2009, highlighting demonstrations and lectures from leading industry professionals at the River Club, 3 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Oct. 1, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Oct. 2, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., and Oct. 3, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

The public is invited to attend free demonstrations taught by exhibitors, which are open to all ages and skill levels. The workshops will focus on different disciplines and media and will be held outside the River Club all three days.

The Art Materials Trade Show will host more than 50 exhibitors, including SCAD alumni Lance Main, owner of Occhuzzie Paint Company, and James P. Sulkowski, owner of MasterPanels. The exhibitors will demonstrate their custom-made art materials, all of which will be available for purchase at a discounted rate during the three-day event.

The Art Materials Trade Show Seminar Series will feature free lectures from Mark Golden, CEO and founder of Golden Acrylics; David Pyle, author of “What Every Artist Needs to Know About Paints and Colors”; Scott Gellatly, project manager for Gamblin Artists’ Colors Co.; and Michael Skalka, conservation administrator at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Topics will include safety and testing, research and development, archival nature of art and design materials, and up-to-the-minute changes in art and design.

Student roundtable discussions will be during the trade show in order to bring independent artists and professionals in the art and design materials industries together with students to talk candidly about the “real world” of art. Roundtables will be held at the Student Center, 120 Montgomery St.

The Arts Materials Trade Show events are coordinated by the SCAD School of Foundation Studies to fund student scholarships. The trade show exhibition hall and lectures are free and open to the public.
Visit www.scad.edu/tradeshow for a full schedule of events.