Urban Outfitters hosts SCAD student and graduate art sale
Written by Jazmin Unruh
Photos courtesy of Creative Commons
Earlier this weekend, Broughton Street’s Urban Outfitters hosted an art sale and exhibition featuring the work of six local artists. In collaboration with The Dreamers and Doers Marketplace, Urban Outfitters held the sale from 12-7 p.m.
Several tables covered with paintings, handmade clothing and greeting cards welcomed shoppers in the store’s entrance. SCAD graduate Melissa Hagerty from Louisville, Kentucky, assisted the store’s merchandise manager Keri Straughn in choosing the selected artists.
“I helped start the Savannah Bizarre and I happily passed over the names of some talented people that I know,” said Hagerty. “It’s been a great day — lot’s of people coming through who are interested in the art and willing to spend some money on art, which is a great thing to see in our community.”
“This is like the Savannah Bizarre at Southern Pine, except there is a lot more traffic,” said Jessica Sornson, a SCAD photography graduate from Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sornson sold a number of items from her brand, The Efflorescent Present, which includes handmade jewelry.
“People are coming in here already wanting to spend $30 on a necklace, and are happy to see that we have handmade ones for sale,” said Sornson. “The type of people we get sometimes at the Bizarre don’t want to spend that kind of money, but at Urban [Outfitters] they don’t mind.”
SCAD graduates Van Seales and Alfredo Martinez represented their company, 13 Bricks. The two work with local artists, particularly SCAD students and graduates, and sell everything from shirts to posters with original designs printed on them.
Along with the many graduates involved in the event, several current SCAD students also took part. Second-year illustration major Inbal Sella from Denver, Colorado, sold original paintings, prints and greeting cards.
“Two of these paintings were actually made for my life drawing class,” said Sella. “I have done a lot of local work, some for local bands and personal portraits, as well as window designs for Go Fish and Savannah Bee [Company].”
Other students involved in the event were Sam Roberts, a second-year fibers major from Hunterdon, New Jersey, and Esther Boller, a second-year fashion design student from Fort Wayne, Indiana.
“I’m loving this. It is an amazing opportunity. This is the first time I have ever sold anything like this,” said Roberts. “I had made these little bras that sold in less than an hour.”
The artists involved in the sale hope the event will draw more attention to the artwork Savannah residents have to offer. Coming or going, selling or buying, The Dreamers and Doers Marketplace proved a fun and creative addition to Savannah’s local art scene.
For more information on the artists, look to the links listed below.
http://blog.urbanoutfitters.com/blog/dreamers_and_doers_college_marketplace
www.melissahagerty.com
www.inbalsella.com
www.13bricksclothing.com
esther-fromthesticks.blogspot.com
www.jessicasornson.com
www.samroberts.com
