Founded in 2012 with the vision to offer a strong liberal arts education to Savannah residents, Habersham experienced rapid growth in its early years such that by 2015, there was not enough room to house its entire student body at its Gould Cottage Campus located in Ardsley Park. Seff at seemingly endless impact that SCAD has made on Savannah and it’s residents is profoundly felt at The Habersham School. “Petroleum” Oil on Canvas 54” x 72” for series “Of Grit and Grace.” “This painting represents 3 plus years of graduate school,” said Seff. Jared Seff exemplifies the quality of artists and individuals that seek creative careers at SCAD, and we are honored that he would choose The Habersham School to continue these endeavors.” We are confident that Jared will accomplish any goal he wishes to pursue, and will positively impact colleagues and students in any creative or educational environment he chooses. He continually strived to improve himself and shared his knowledge and passion for art with others creating collaborative engagement and support with his classmates. He has the rare gift of being both an artist of exceptional talent and a teacher whose work bears consistently rich fruit in his students.” SCAD Associate Chair of Illustration, Arden von Haeger, offered further praise adding, “Jared maintained a level of excellence in his work and more importantly, with his behavior while completing both his BFA and MFA in illustration while at SCAD. Habersham’s Dean of Faculty & Academics, Jacquie Miller, offered great praise for Seff, saying “Jared’s work embodies our deepest principles and inspires all of us, teachers and students alike. ![]() I am confident that our art students will have the edge needed when seeking their own creative futures – perhaps even getting the opportunity to go to SCAD themselves.” ![]() Our pedagogical approach reflects that of SCAD’s Foundations department in that our program is rooted in 2D design, life drawing, color theory, sculpture, and more. “Since going back and receiving my masters, I will be able to build upon those tools, bringing the extensive knowledge of the industry and the skills acquired into Habersham’s visual arts curriculum. I am humbled to have played this role and thank SCAD for equipping me with the tools to do so,” said Seff. I look at the art program we have created at Habersham and see ourselves as pioneers as well. “SCAD is at the forefront in the creative fields, working with the likes of Disney, Pixar, and Amazon in equipping students and pioneering the way in terms of art education, innovation, and technology. With the addition of Seff, 71% of Habersham’s upper school faculty now hold advanced degrees in their field of study. Habersham’s lower school visual arts teacher, Braelyn Snow, recently completed the same degree. In 2013, he completed his BFA in Painting from SCAD and now adds to that an MFA in Illustration, also from SCAD. Jared Seff, a visual arts teacher at Habersham since 2012, has played a vital role in shaping the program, building it from the ground up. While they seem to exist in the physical world, the bodies in these works are transformed - and transgressive - reveling in their subjectivity.A strong relationship with SCAD continues to bolster the Fine Arts program at The Habersham School, a PreK3-12 private school with two campuses in the heart of Savannah. In Feast and Famine, the artist presents a selection of paintings from the past five years that reveal dichotomies in her work, with corporeality manifesting as either hard and slick or soft and sensual. ![]() Smith’s broom, presented as a figure lacking the traditional characteristics of a woman’s body historically depicted in painting, allows the artist to comment on the nature of domesticity, the male gaze, and other feminist issues without assigning human skin tone or explicit sexual attributes, inviting viewers to reevaluate accepted notions of painting through intersectional readings. The artist interprets this character from The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1797 and later popularized for American audiences in Disney’s 1940 animation. While pictorially genderless, the broom has become a metaphor for the working woman artist, referencing both housework and a paintbrush. ![]() Gaping mouths, extended tongues, eyelashes, eyeglasses, mustaches, and gun barrels all make appearances, codifying the layered and humorous visual toolkit that Smith wields to speak to feminist concerns.Īn important avatar in Smith’s work is the broom. Through further investigation, viewers uncover rich symbolism in the objects and figures. On first approach, her work is funny, charming, surprising, and pristine. Smith draws inspirations from sources as diverse as Ingres, Magritte, Art Nouveau, Pop Art, and the Pre-Raphaelites.
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