SCAD students represent diversity in every way, shape and form; in their backgrounds and lifestyles, as well as their talents and interests. SCAD offers a wide variety of programs to cater to this individualism and encourages students to break boundaries and cross disciplines in their work. The writing and creative writing departments have been slowly expanding to welcome this multidimensionality and gain recognition among the other departments. The success of this effort is clearly represented in “Artemis”
The 2016 edition of SCAD’s undergraduate student literary journal was released May 5 with a reception and reading that began at 5 p.m. Select students read their works from “Artemis,” which contains a total of over 40 entries of poetry, short nonfiction, and fiction.
Each of these genres was well represented Thursday night, along with a wide range of creative and emotional content. Some students’ voices shook as they read their emotional pieces while others garnered laughs from the audience or boasted confident essays about none other than Beyoncé.
Whatever a reader’s preferred style, they will find a piece they love in “Artemis” and still be awed by the others.
Angela Brandt, liberal arts and poetry professor and an editor of “Artemis,” moderated the event. She spoke of the dedication writing majors and creative writing minors put into their craft and that “Artemis” was intended to showcase the best of that craft here at SCAD.
Brandt also thanked Paula Wallace, “for her continual support of writing and liberal arts here at SCAD.” That support is just another step in writing and creative writing gaining recognition among SCAD’s numerous other programs. “Artemis” is another step in that process, allowing SCAD writers to showcase their work in the same fashion as many liberal arts colleges, but keeping their work uniquely ‘SCAD.’
Written by Shelby Loebker.
