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On the ground floor level of the original SCAD building, a former armory, this boutique sells arts and crafts made by SCAD students, professors and the university’s Working Class Studio—an eclectic collection of everything from whimsical patchwork dresses, handmade soaps, flamboyant pillows and knit fashions to one-of-a-kind beaded and gold jewelry and unusual baby gifts (a bib with a bar code). Paintings, photographs and prints that hang on the walls range from as little as $25 for a whimsical dog print to several thousands dollars for a mixed-media landscape. (It is also possible to visit the paintings building, where a regularly rotated selection of undergraduate and graduate works are available for purchase.) Twice a year SCAD hosts a studio-night open-house art fair that has become a regional cultural highlight, drawing people from Atlanta to view students’ works and visit their studios.