Nine Women Illustrators You Need to Know Now
SVA’s current “Women in Illustration” exhibition features work by female MFA Illustration as Visual Essay alumni who have recently authored or illustrated books and who, in the words of the curators,...
View ArticleFrom Proposal to Reality: SVA Alumni Scholarship Awards 2016
What does an animated short film about an aspiring mask maker, a photography project examining wildlife habitat on the Israeli and Palestinian border and a documentary about a blind soccer team all...
View ArticleLaughter as Medicine: A Mirror Designed to Help Cancer Patients
Salih Berk Ilhan (MFA Product Design 2015) focuses on making products that provide relief from unpleasant experiences. His latest creation, Smile Mirror, which is part of his Uplift project aimed at...
View ArticleSVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of February 2016
The February roundup of top five most discussed projects from SVA Portfolios features creative card designs, a tribute to Annie Oakley, an illustrated look at some legendary filmmakers and more. 5)...
View Article2016 Oscar Picks by Former Student Academy Award Winners
The 88th annual Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 28 and SVA Close Up caught up with two 2015 BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects graduates, Nick Manfredi and...
View ArticleBe Nice, Be Visible and Trust Your Gut: 7 Tips for a Life in the Arts
So, you studied art. Now what? The question has weighed on the minds of many students and recent graduates (not to mention parents), and to get to the bottom of the issue, SVA Alumni Affairs hosted a...
View ArticleArtists to Watch Are Watching You Back at PULSE New York
Sean Donovan (MFA Fine Arts) is using his work at PULSE New York Contemporary Art Fair to make new work. His two-part installation i’m so sorry is a play between mirrors, a camera and live footage that...
View ArticleFrom the Founder of Pace/MacGill to the Photo Director of ‘W': SVA Students...
“Mentors,” an exhibition that showcases the work produced by students of BFA Photography and Video under the guidance of prominent figures of the arts community, opens on March 19 at SVA Chelsea...
View ArticleDisney, Cartoon Network, FOX Studios and More: SVA Takes LA
While students throughout the country took a spring break, two groups from SVA headed out to California to expand their creative horizons. SVA Destinations programs brought students out west to Los...
View ArticleNew York Spring Exhibition Highlights: Paula Scher, David Row and Patrick...
The 2016 spring exhibition season in New York is off to a hot start with shows by two SVA faculty members and an alumnus that explore everything from the diversity of America to geometric abstraction...
View ArticleSVA Features Chris Prynoski of Titmouse Animation Studio and the Trailer for...
Next up in the SVA Features series is Chris Prynoski (BFA 1994 Animation), co-founder of the renowned animation studio Titmouse, Inc., which he opened in 2000 with his wife and fellow SVA alumnus...
View ArticleSVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of March 2016
The March roundup of top five most discussed projects from SVA Portfolios features a colorful candy-hungry monster, a creative nod to Nintendo’s Mario, a hilarious example of how to “cultivate an...
View ArticleSuperstar Designers in New York: ‘Print’ Magazine Celebrates Members of the...
Of the select group of creatives featured in Print magazine’s Spring 2016 issue on “56 Inspiring Designers,” nearly half of them are members of the extended SVA community. Dubbed The Hollywood Issue:...
View ArticleSVA to Honor Film Greats Tom Sito and Mark Ulano with Dusty Outstanding...
Animator and historian Tom Sito (BFA 1977 Animation) and Academy Award-winning production sound mixer Mark Ulano (1975 Film and Video) will each be honored with a Dusty Outstanding Alumni Award at the...
View Article#SVASPOTS: Welcome to New York City, SVA Style
This weekend hundreds of accepted students and their families will be visiting SVA for Accepted Students Day. Each student will receive a new publication designed by the Visual Arts Press called SVA...
View ArticleSVA’s Colorful New Subway Poster Bursts Just in Time for Spring
The College’s latest subway poster celebrates the creative and productive spirits at the heart of SVA. Designed and illustrated by alumnus and faculty member Viktor Koen (MFA 1992 Illustration as...
View Article‘SVA Premieres’: Introducing Hollywood to the Next Wave of Animators and...
SVA is thrilled to announce it is going Hollywood. On June 1 and June 2, 2016, the College will launch SVA Premieres, its film and animation showcase, at Linwood Dunn Theatre in Los Angeles. SVA...
View ArticleFrom ‘Game of Thrones’ to ‘Marco Polo’: SVA Features Director Daniel Minahan
Next up in the SVA Features series is television and film writer, producer and director Daniel Minahan (BFA 1987 Film and Video), who has directed several episodes of the HBO series Game of Thrones,...
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