This program aims directly at enabling the whole artist: body, mind, and spirit. We foster the development of soulful artists who make art to nurture and to challenge all that is best in human life.

We have something like 20 series in production. Twenty years ago, that would have been almost the whole animation industry. “It’s very surreal. I don’t really believe it,” says Shannon, who is ...

When Caspar David Friedrich was just a child in Greifswald, Germany, his brother fell through thin ice and died tragically young. Historians debate the truth of the events that unfolded, but Friedrich ...

In this edition of “The Five,” SVA alumni are focused on the environment and sustainability across animation, immersive installations, and design, and two international filmmakers are on the rise, ...

A nearly two-hour-long event at the School of Visual Arts last spring delved into topics like the nature of machine versus learning, creativity in a tech-dominated era, and the very purpose of ...

The 2024 SVA Alumni Scholarship Awards winners have been announced, with 86 thesis or portfolio projects out of 204 applications receiving a total of $62,000. This assistance helps the artists realize ...

Fall has arrived, and a full slate of exhibitions and events awaits at SVA. The College’s theatre, classrooms, and gallery spaces, as well as its new Graduate Center, host sculpture, painting, ...

What better way to beat the heat than in the cool climes of SVA’s galleries and studios this month? End-of-year showcases from graduates in art education, photography, digital and narrative art, and ...

Acclaimed artist Paul Davis, who recently designed the College’s 75th-anniversary subway poster, is one of SVA’s own. He attended SVA on a scholarship from Scholastic magazine, where he studied with ...

In the aftermath of Iran's 2009 presidential election, an Iranian photographer who goes by "Green Bird" urged artists from all over the world to create posters supporting his country's popular Green ...

SVA Features: SVA Features: SVA Alumnus Vivienne Medrano and Her Show Hazbin Hotel Hazbin Hotel centers on a young woman named Charlie, the daughter of Lucifer, as she attempts to reduce the ...

The semester may be winding down, but events and exhibitions aplenty will close out the year. Illustration, design, and fine art keep SVA’s gallery spaces full through December and into the New Year, ...