MFA Interaction Design Department Holiday Gift Guide
Looking for the perfect gift? The MFA Interaction Design Department has compiled a Holiday Gift Guide featuring unique items invented and produced by department students, faculty and alumni. These...
View ArticleNYC Exhibitions by Lisa Kirk, Allan Frame and T.M. Davy
Multimedia artist Lisa Kirk (BFA 1991 Fine Arts) presents “Left Behind,” an exhibition examining the paradoxical nature of collective fear and the imbalance of power structures. Using artifacts,...
View ArticleVisual Effects Pro Johnny Han Meets with Students at SVA
Visual effects and computer graphics pro Johnny Han (BFA 2003 Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects), whose credits include Pacific Rim, Spider-Man 3, Heroes and Smallville, to name a...
View ArticleSVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of December 2013
The December roundup of top five most discussed SVA Portfolios features some familiar names from last month and before, as well as some newcomers. SVA Portfolios is regularly viewed by gallery...
View ArticleSVA’s ‘Art in the First Person’ Spring 2014 Lecture Series
SVA’s “Art in the First Person” lecture series kicks off again on Tuesday, January 14 at 7:00pm at 136 West 21st Street, Room 418F with a talk by photographer Lois Greenfield, best known for her unique...
View ArticleNYC Exhibitions by Melissa Meyer, Nir Arieli and Jenny Santos
BFA Fine Arts faculty member Melissa Meyer presents a new series of paintings, each an accumulation of calligraphic marks that intertwine, overlap or abut each other, on top of pale colors laid down to...
View ArticleSVA Well-Represented at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival
SVA alumni are headed to Park City, Utah to screen new work at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, taking place January 16 – 26. Lynn Shelton (MFA 1995 Photography, Video and Related Media), director of...
View ArticleMFA Computer Art Alumni Win Big in 2013
MFA Computer Art ended this past year on a high note: Its class of 2013 made a strong showing at the Taiwan International Student Design Competition, six alumni making it to the semifinal round and...
View ArticleSVA Alumnus Shares the Healing Power of Art at Mount Sinai Hospital
SVA alumnus Joan Di Lieto (BFA 1985 Fine Arts) believes in the healing power of art. As a cancer survivor, Di Lieto is now hoping to inspire others battling the disease through “Project Miele,” a...
View ArticleFrom ‘Adventure Time’ to ‘Nebraska’: Work by SVA Alumni on a Screen Near You
Director Alexander Payne’s latest movie, the Oscar-nominated Nebraska, features a performance by Devin Ratray (BFA 1998 Film and Video ) as Cole, the money-driven nephew of main character Woody Grant...
View ArticleSVA Alumnus Brian Floca Wins 2014 Caldecott Medal for ‘Locomotive’
Alumnus Brian Floca (MFA 2001 Illustration as Visual Essay) has been awarded the 2014 Caldecott Medal for his illustrated children’s book Locomotive, which tells the adventurous tale of a family on a...
View ArticleSVA Alumnus Jonathan Bartlett’s ‘Art Wall’ Mural for Ralph Lauren
Normally, Jonathan Bartlett (MFA 2010 Illustration) is a small-format kind of guy—his work usually appears in magazines, books and ads. So when he was tapped to illustrate the entire façade of a...
View ArticleSVA Alumnus Charles Fazzino Creates Artwork for the Super Bowl and Olympics
“Master of 3D Pop Art” Charles Fazzino (BFA 1977 Media Arts) knows there’s more to the Super Bowl than junk food and a year of bragging rights. As the NFL’s officially licensed artist, Fazzino is...
View ArticleSVA Portfolios: Five Most Discussed Projects of January 2014
The new year is off to a strong start on SVA Portfolios! The January roundup of top five most discussed projects features new work in the number one slot from the same creator of last month‘s top...
View ArticleNYC Exhibitions: Bo Kim, Moira Dryer and Thordis Adalsteinsdottir
Current exhibitions by SVA alumni contemplate the links between man and nature, and the organic and synthetic. Bo Kim’s (MFA 2013 Fine Arts) “No Small Potatoes” offers a subtle meditation on basic form...
View ArticleSVA Alumni Launch New Issue of ‘Vector’ Art Journal
The latest issue of the up-and-coming art journal Vector is now available online. Helmed by MFA Fine Arts alumni Peter Gregorio (2007) and Austin Shull (2007), along with Valerie Garlick, the new...
View ArticleBook Cover Designs by SVA Alumni Featured in ‘The New York Times’
The New York Times recently published “Book Covers: Before and After,” an online slideshow of proposed and final versions of covers for recent releases, featuring commentary on the creative and...
View ArticleFilms by SVA Alumni at MoMA’s 2014 Documentary Fortnight Fest
Of the select films picked for this year’s Documentary Fortnight festival at MoMA (through February 28), two of them are by SVA alumni. Director Beyza Boyacioglu (MFA 2012 Computer Art) presents...
View ArticleUnder the Lens: SVA Alumni Take On ‘Natural Selection’
Works by 16 MPS Digital Photography alumni (class of 2013) will be on display in “Natural Selection” at the Calumet Gallery, 22 West 22nd Street, February 20 – 28. Curated by MPS Digital Photography...
View ArticleSVA Outside of NYC: Exhibitions by T.J. Wilcox, Tim Rollins and K.O.S., and...
Art enthusiasts have good reason to travel this spring with exhibitions by SVA faculty and alumni in Palm Beach, Florida; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Savannah, Georgia. A master of the craft of visual...
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