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Making Art Public With #SAVEARTSPACE
This week, #SAVEARTSPACE presents its second public art exhibition during Miami Art Week at various locations throughout the Wynwood neighborhood. Curated by co-founders Travis Rix and Justin Aversano,...
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The Bold and Bright Word Art of Andrew Brischler
Artnet recently included Andrew Brischler (MFA 2012 Fine Arts) in its article “5 Key Trends We’re Seeing at Art Basel in Miami Beach This Year” for his bold and captivating “word art.” With Brischler...
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SVA Wins Gold Medal for Soil Testing Bio Art Project
SVA won the gold medal for the Best Art & Design Project at the iGEM 2015 Giant Jamboree. Hosted every year by the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Foundation, this year’s...
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Alcee Walker Wins Jury Award from Directors Guild of America
Alcee Walker, an alumnus of MFA Social Documentary Film (2014) and MPS Directing (2015), recently won the Directors Guild of America Student Film Awards’ Jury Award for his film Inferno. This is...
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Q&A with Molly Heintz, New Co-Chair of MA Design Research, Writing and Criticism
Molly Heintz, an alumnus of MFA Design Criticism (2011), was appointed co-chair of MA Design Research, Writing and Criticism this semester. She is the co-founder of Superscript, a consultancy firm that...
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10 Last-Minute Book Ideas for Anyone On Your List
With the holiday season in full swing, SVA Close Up offers 10 critically acclaimed books by faculty members and alumni that are sure to suit anyone on your gift-buying list. For the activist: March:...
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Highlights: SVA in Miami Through Seven Snapshots
Now that the press has written their stories about one of the art world’s largest meet ups, SVA Close Up takes a look back at Miami Art Week from a decidedly SVA POV. “Miami Art Fair Week provided a...
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BFA Advertising Honored for Projects Addressing Gun Violence, Child Slavery,...
BFA Advertising alumni were recently honored in this year’s Communication Arts Advertising Annual for projects that address gun violence, child slavery and innovation in digital advertising. The annual...
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Michelle Poler’s ‘100 Days Without Fear’ Project to Become an Online Social...
Michelle Poler’s (MPS 2015 Branding) 100 Days Without Fear project, which she started as a graduate student at SVA and has since gone viral (it’s been featured everywhere from CBS Sunday Morning to...
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SVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of December 2015
The final roundup of top five most discussed SVA Portfolios of 2015 features a familiar name from last month, experimental motion graphics, illustrations that celebrate the human form, and design...
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‘Make It Here’: SVA’s Inspiring New Subway Posters Celebrate NYC
The College’s latest subway poster series celebrates SVA and NYC as hubs of opportunity and potential. Containing the tag line “Make It Here,” the trio of posters designed by BFA Design faculty members...
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Worthy Cause: Support the ‘Tin Soldiers’ Adaptive Sports Film
With the holiday season upon us and the spirit of giving in the air, SVA Close Up saw it fitting to highlight the inspiring new documentary Tin Soldiers, which is currently seeking funding on...
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‘elmuseo@SVA’ Spotlights Outstanding Latino Artists
MFA Fine Arts presents “elmuseo@SVA,” currently on view through February 20 at the SVA Chelsea Gallery. The exhibition highlights the work of Latino MFA Fine Arts alumni, and represents a unique...
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SVA at Sundance: Michael Simmonds on Visualizing ‘White Girl’
Michael Simmonds (BFA 2000 Film and Video) has served as director of photography on everything from big budget movies like Paranormal Activity 2 to critically acclaimed foreign films such as The...
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Inside the Creative Process of Filmmaker Alan Berliner
The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has fiscally sponsored artist Benita Raphan (BFA 1984 Media Arts) to create a seven-part podcast series on filmmaker and MFA Social Documentary Film faculty...
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Ryan Pfluger on Photographing Caitlyn Jenner and More
Since graduating from SVA, Ryan Pfluger (MFA 2007 Photography, Video and Related Media) has been an in-demand editorial photographer for many top magazines, and recently shot Out magazine’s 2015 Out...
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SVA Faculty and Alumni Receive 2016 Creative Capital Awards
Six members of the SVA community have been named recipients of 2016 Creative Capital Awards, which support projects in the arts that are “bold, innovative and genre-stretching.” Each awardee receives...
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New York Winter Exhibition Highlights: Matthew Craven, Jong Oh and Robert Melee
The 2016 winter exhibition season in New York is off to strong start with three shows by MFA Fine Arts and BFA Fine Arts alumni that explore everything from prehistoric cultures to the psychology of...
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SVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of January 2016
The first roundup of top five most discussed SVA Portfolios of 2016 features some familiar names from last month and beyond, plus gorgeous fashion photography, a vision of the future, some...
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How Yuko Shimizu’s Illustrations Transformed Michael Cunningham’s Vision
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham collaborated with MFA Illustration as Visual Essay faculty member and alumnus Yuko Shimizu (2003) on A Wild Swan and Other Tales (Farrar, Straus and...
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