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SVA Students and Alumni Win 3×3 Annual Awards
Contemporary illustration magazine 3×3 recently announced the winners of its 2013 ProShow Annual and several SVA students and alumni took top honors. André da Loba (MFA 2009 Illustration as Visual...
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What’s In Store: Elders, Pumpkins, Tongue Twisters and More
Respecting My Elders (Self Published, 2013) by Ellen Wallenstein: MPS Digital Photography and BFA Photography faculty member Ellen Wallenstein presents a collection of color portraits of 30 creative...
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Masters and Monsters: A Conversation with Artist Mark Lang
Known for his multilayered re-imaginings of art historical works and fictional museum scenes, Mark Lang (MFA 1990 Illustration as Visual Essay) had a long stint as a freelance illustrator after...
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Members of the SVA Community Nominated for Emmy Awards
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recently announced the nominees for the 34th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards and several members of the SVA community are being recognized...
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Q&A with Alumnus Allison Kaufman on ‘Friday Nights at Guitar Center’
A four-minute montage of impromptu in-store performances at big-box music stores, Friday Nights at Guitar Center, by photo and video artist Allison Kaufman (MFA 2008 Photography, Video and Related...
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SVA Students and Alumni Advance to Semi-Finals in 2013 Adobe Design...
Thirty-seven SVA students and alumni have advanced to the semi-final round of the 13th Annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards, which showcases individual and group projects created with Adobe software...
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Flower Power: SVA’s Logo Gets NYC Treatment
For the past two decades, SVA’s visual identity has been anchored by a symbol many people know simply as “the flower”: a blossom made up of brushstrokes created by veteran designer George Tscherny in...
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SVA Headliners: 2012 – 2013 in Photos
With a new academic year about to begin, SVA Close Up thought it would be a good time to recap an eventful 2012 – 2013. Check out the photo slideshow below for a look back. Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt Has...
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‘Kush’ by SVA Alumnus Shubhashish Bhutiani Screening at the 2013 Venice Film...
After winning top awards at SVA’s 24th Annual Dusty Film & Animation Festival, the short film Kush by recent alumnus Shubhashish Bhutiani (BFA 2013 Film and Video) is now set to screen the 2013...
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Q&A with Tim Okamura: A Painter with a Purpose
An eclectic heritage, a penchant for hip-hop, and life as an artist in New York City set Tim Okamura (MFA 1993 Illustration as Visual Essay) on a path toward social consciousness. Collected by...
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SVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of August 2013
The August roundup of top five most discussed SVA Portfolios is just as diverse as last month’s, and features some newcomers and an impressive showing by two current students (one landing in the top...
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Take It On: Stefan Sagmeister Discusses SVA’s New Subway Posters
Deep down on New York City’s subway platforms, a man’s face is obscured by the tangled tentacles of an octopus sitting on his head. A woman’s beautiful visage is covered with graceful swoops of hair,...
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Q&A with Artist Sakura Maku: From Freddy Kreuger to Garfield
From slasher films to Garfield, Sakura Maku (BFA 2004 Illustration) taps into a surprising mix of pop culture sources for inspiration. “Jason, Freddy, Michael, Chucky—you name it, we watched it,” says...
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Works by Maria Berrio, Brian Adam Douglas and Sol LeWitt on View
Maria Berrio (MFA 2009 Illustration as Visual Essay) presents her latest collection, “Dream Gardens,” which explores concepts ranging from fantasy and reality, to utopia and paradise lost. Mixing...
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What’s In Store: Train Sounds, Funny Faces and Tiny Pie
New books by SVA’s Gilbert Girion, Hanoch Piven and Edward Hemingway. Sound of a Train (Pleasure Boat Studio, 2013) by Gilbert Girion. This novella by BFA Film and Video Department and Pre-College...
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SVA Alumni Create Visual Effects for ‘The Butler’
Several SVA alumni were part of a team that created the stunning visual effects for Lee Daniels’ historical drama The Butler, starring Oprah Winfrey and Forest Whitaker. Visual effects and motion...
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‘Moving Innovation’: Animation Legend Tom Sito Lectures at SVA
The SVA Office of External Affairs recently hosted a presentation by distinguished alumnus, Tom Sito (BFA 1977 Animation), whose screen credits include the Disney classics The Little Mermaid, Beauty...
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SVA Alumni Profiled in ‘StudentFilmmakers’ Magazine
The latest issue of StudentFilmmakers magazine features several MFA Social Documentary Film alumni discussing current projects and revealing their shared appreciation for the professional relationships...
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SVA Alumnus Matin Zad on Winning the New Exposure Photography Competition
Toronto-born photographer Matin Zad (MPS 2013 Fashion Photography), who first made news stateside this spring with a poster for Duckie Brown, won Bottega Veneta’s 2013 New Exposure Photography...
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SVA’s Gary Simmons Wins Joyce Alexander Wein Prize
BFA Fine Arts Department and MFA Art Practice Department faculty member Gary Simmons (BFA 1988 Fine Arts) has won the eighth annual Joyce Alexander Wein Prize, given by the Studio Museum in Harlem....
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