SCAD Sand Arts Festival on Tybee this Friday
Dust off your beach chair and come out to Tybee this Friday as The Savannah College of Art and Design’s School of Fine Arts, School of Foundation Studies and sculpture minor program presents the annual Sand Arts Festival on Tybee Island’s north beach near Tybee Lighthouse, 30 Meddin Drive, Friday, April 30, 10 a.m.-4.pm. (rain date May 14). Talented SCAD students and alumni compete in the festival and invite the public to attend this seaside celebration of creativity.
The Sand Arts Festival will feature competitions in sand castle design, sand sculpture, sand relief and wind sculpture. Contestants may work individually or in teams. Entries in the sand castle, sand sculpture and sand relief competitions are judged for creativity of concept and design, as well as excellence of craft and detail. Entries in the wind sculpture competition are evaluated according to structural development, surface decoration and ability to fly. SCAD faculty members judge all competitions.
"The Last Song" is based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks and was filmed on Tybee during the Summer of 2009. The movie is now playing in a theater near you. Click on image above to watch a trailer for the film and to learn more about it.