NYC Exhibitions: Gary Panter, Justine Kurland and George Boorujy
Current SVA faculty and alumni exhibitions explore everything from pop culture and car culture to the similarities between animals and humans. BFA Cartooning faculty member Gary Panter’s “Dream Town”...
View ArticleRepositioning Culture: SVA Students Revitalize Iconic Brands
After intensive study and practice, it was time to put it all together. The final challenge for second-year MPS Branding students: revitalize iconic brands that have fallen out of favor with popular...
View ArticleDesigning a Legend: George Tscherny in ‘Print’ Magazine
The August issue of Print magazine features an autobiographical essay by George Tscherny entitled “Designing a Legend,” which documents the designer’s visual influences from his childhood in 1930s...
View ArticleRepositioning Culture: SVA Students Revitalize Iconic Brands
After intensive study and practice, it was time to put it all together. The final challenge for second-year MPS Branding students: revitalize iconic brands that have fallen out of favor with popular...
View ArticleNYC Exhibitions: Brooke Larsen, Fred Wilson and Shai Kremer
Current SVA faculty and alumni exhibitions in New York City explore everything from nostalgia and race to tragedy and healing. BFA Fine Arts faculty member Brooke Larsen presents “Guide for Shy Guys,”...
View ArticleSVA Alumnus Donica Aida Wins 2014 Adobe Design Achievement Award
The 2014 Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA) category winners have been announced and out of nearly 4,500 submissions from over 1,500 colleges and universities worldwide, recent SVA alumnus Donica...
View ArticleSVA Alumnus Tyler Mintz Designs 24-Hour Bike Repair Kiosks in NYC
Alumnus Tyler Mintz (MFA 2011 Design) is part of a small team that created and launched Bikestock, a bike parts vending machine company that also offers free bike repair 24 hours a day in New York...
View ArticleSVA Students and Alumni Win Big at the 2014 CLIO Awards
Current students and recent graduates from the BFA Advertising and BFA Design departments earned 14 of the 35 student awards given out by the 2014 CLIO Awards for projects created in BFA Advertising...
View ArticleSVA Presents ‘Springtime and Rebirth’ in Southern France
SVA’s latest exhibition at the hospital in France where Van Gogh made many of his best-known paintings celebrates the restorative power of art. On view through October 21, “Springtime and Rebirth” at...
View ArticleSVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of September 2014
The September roundup of top five most discussed SVA Portfolios features some familiar names from last month, one newcomer, and another amazing typography project in the top spot. SVA Portfolios is...
View ArticleSVA Outside of NYC: Exhibitions by Jenny Morgan and Cat Del Buono
Current alumni exhibitions in Denver, Colorado and Chicago, Illinois explore topics ranging from metaphysical relationships to domestic violence. Jenny Morgan’s (MFA 2008 Fine Arts) latest solo...
View ArticleNYC Exhibitions: SVA Alumni Ryan Brady, Matthew Pillsbury and Federico Infante
Three SVA alumni are pushing boundaries and entering new artistic terrain this fall. Ryan Brady’s (BFA 2012 Visual & Critical Studies) exhibition “Irreverent Decadence” focuses on abstracting the...
View ArticleQ&A: SVA Alumnus Joana Avillez on Illustrating Lena Dunham’s New Book
Joana Avillez’s (MFA 2012 Illustration as Visual Essay) illustrations in Lena Dunham’s highly anticipated memoir Not That Kind of a Girl recently hit stores and gadgets worldwide. Reviewers have...
View ArticleSVA Alumnus Hilary Allison Creates Illustrations for Red Hot + Bach
After discovering her comic, “Bad Words,” in the 2012 BFA Cartooning Magazine, Funny Garbage CEO and of Red Hot founder John Carlin recruited SVA alumnus Hilary Allison (BFA 2012 Cartooning) to provide...
View ArticleWe Tell Stories: Q&A with SVA Faculty Member and Alumnus Yuko Shimizu
BFA Illustration faculty member Yuko Shimizu is a prolific and successful illustrator whose work has graced everything from graphic novels and international magazine covers to billboard ads and...
View ArticleWhat’s in Store: Italian Signs, Streamfully, and a Martial Arts Bunny
Two new books and an app by members of the SVA community explore everything from creative Italian signs spanning more than three decades to reading made easier and a kid-friendly bunny that’s skilled...
View ArticleSVA in Asia: Exhibitions by Suzanne Anker, Catherine Young and Byun Soon-choel
Current faculty and alumni exhibitions explore hopeful contestants, bio-life variations and fashion inspired by climate change. At the junction of fine art and biological sciences is BFA Fine Arts...
View ArticleWe Tell Stories: Q&A with SVA Faculty Member and Alumnus Nathan Fox
Comics, graphic novels and illustrations by Nathan Fox often appear to burst at the seams with over-the-top superheroes, huge gestures and eye-popping colors. Fox graduated from MFA Illustration as...
View ArticleSVA Alumnus Joseph Sywenkyj Awarded 2014 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic...
Alumnus Joseph Sywenkyj (BFA 2002 Photography) recently received this year’s $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Award in Humanistic Photography for his project, Verses from a Nation in Transition, which documents...
View ArticleSVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of October 2014
The October roundup of top five most discussed SVA Portfolios features some familiar names from last month, a wide array of impressive advertising and design projects, and more amazing typography in...
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