SCAD Sand Art Festival

This annual festival features competitions using sand and objects found on the beach, including shells and seaweed, as art. Categories include: sand castle design, sand sculptures, sand relief and wind sculpture.

Date: May 7th, 2010
Location: North Beach, Tybee Island
Admission: Free and open to the public
Website: www.scad.edu
Phone: 912.525.5231

SCAD Bus Schedule
Buses depart Dyson, Oglethorpe, Turner and Weston houses at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Buses depart North Beach at 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.

What to Bring
Picnic lunch, sunscreen, shovel, bucket, carving tools (wall putty knife, table knife, spoon, etc.)

Contest Rules
Contestants may compete individually or in teams of up to four members. Entries in the sand castle, sculpture, relief and underwater creature contests must contain only sand and natural objects found on the beach, such as shells, driftwood, seaweed, etc. Applying color or binding agents other than water to the same is not permitted.

Contestants may begin working at any time. Contestants who begin sculpting before 10 a.m. should view the festival map to ensure that projects are in the correct contest area. High tide occurs at 9 a.m. Early sculptors should distance their work from the water to avoid washout.

Gray's Reef Best Underwater Creature Award
Gray's Reef National Marine Institute is sponsoring an award for the "Best Underwater Creature" (realistic or fantasy) from the sand sculpture category. Awards are presented by the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation through Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary.

Sand Castle
Jurors will look for large-scale works that resemble castle architecture and demonstrate creativity of design as well as excellence of craft and detail.

Sand Sculpture
Jurors will look for large-scale works at least 3 feet high, sculpted fully in the round. Attention should focus on creativity of concept and design as well as excellence of craft and detail. Works may be representational, abstract or nonrepresentational.

Sand Relief
Relief is a hybrid between drawing and sculpture. These are 3-D works that rise above or recede into a 2-D surface. Relief entries may be carved into the beach, modeled on top of it or both. Jurors will look for large-scale works containing deep and/or high relief. Attention should focus on creativity of concept and design as well as excellence of craft and detail. Works may be representational, abstract or nonrepresentational.

Wind Sculpture
Wind sculptures are 3-D forms that engage the wind. Entries may be hand-held, such as kites, or free standing. Jurors will look for sculptures with a high degree of wind interaction, structural strength, creativity of design, and excellence of craft and detail. The contest is open to any media, scale and forming technique. Entries may be representational, abstract or nonrepresentational.