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PAULA WALLACE
Paula Wallace is the president and
founder of the Savannah College of
Art and Design, a private, nonprofit,
accredited university for creative
careers. Established in 1978, SCAD
is the largest, most comprehensive art
and design university in the U.S. Since
her appointment as president in 2000,
Wallace has more than doubled the
university's enrollment from less than
5,000 students to more than 12,000
students hailing from more than 100
countries. Wallace has created several
signature SCAD events, including the
Savannah Film Festival, SCAD deFINE
ART, SCADstyle, Sidewalk Arts Festival
and SCAD aTVfest. Under her leadership,
SCAD was named one of the
2014 Red Dot Design Rankings top 10
universities in the Americas and Europe.
Further, the SCAD undergraduate interior
design program earned DesignIntelligence's
top ranking for four consecutive
years.
Wallace earned a Bachelor of Arts
degree from Furman University and
Master of Education and Education
Specialist degrees from Georgia State
University; she also was awarded an
honorary Doctor of Laws from Gonzaga
University. Wallace was appointed a
Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes
Academiques by the French Embassy
in the United States of America, and
the Georgia Historical Society named
her a 2015 Georgia Trustee. She serves
on the National Advisory Board of the
National Museum of Women in the Arts
in Washington, D.C.
ALEXANDRA SACHS
Alexandra Sachs is the executive director
of SCAD FASH and the university's
Atlanta galleries and exhibitions. Prior
to joining SCAD, she directed Solomon
Projects, a gallery of contemporary art
in Atlanta, for a decade. Additionally,
Sachs has worked for the Baltimore
Museum of Art and the British Council
at the Venice Biennale. She serves as the
vice president for board of directors of
Art Papers and is an active volunteer for
arts and civic organizations in Atlanta.
RAFAEL GOMES
Rafael Gomes is a fashion exhibitions
consultant for the Savannah College of
Art and Design. Before joining SCAD,
he was an archivist and exhibition coordinator
at Vivienne Westwood, where he
oversaw the coordination and styling of
global fashion shoots, videos and fashion
shows. Gomes also designed, planned
and executed large-scale exhibitions at
numerous world-renowned museums
and galleries, including the Victoria and
Albert Museum, the Palace of Versailles,
the New York Metropolitan Museum of
Art, and the SCAD Museum of Art.
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