In October of 2022, I was approached about being involved in the Savannah College of Art and Design academic catalog for 2023-24. Many months later in September of 2023, the catalog was unveiled including the Paper Dorm (and myself!)

As the project was to represent the Foundations Studies department, we wanted to feature works from those classes alongside elements of my dorm room, which shared one main commonality: paper! Creating a paper environment served as our North Star, and I believe this concept was successfully communicated in the final space.

This experience was an extremely collaborative and exciting opportunity to bring a collective vision to life while immersing me in the realities of piecing together a large-scale project within the professional world. From sketches to mockups to installation, everything was thoughtfully planned and developed to create a room representative of the bold creativity SCAD fosters.

As much as I was a part of this process, I played a minimal role in relation to the fantastic individuals who helped realize these concepts in ways better than I could have imagined.

Thank you,

Anna Robertson
Hadley Stambaugh
Kris Hegland
Darrin McWhorter
Alexander Neumann
Ben Copperwheat
Allison Revelle
Yani Pedroza
Lauren Getz

and many more for making this possible, along with the Savannah College of Art and Design for providing me with such a defining experience.

-JA