Teaching is, if nothing else, a form of mentorship—guiding students with the experience one has accrued and passing it on as clearly as possible. For BFA Design faculty member Eric Baker, that idea ...

The Lunar New Year marks the arrival of spring and the beginning of the year on the lunisolar calendar. Celebrations are taking place around the world as the first new moon of the calendar year ...

At a time when art and cultural institutions are working to embrace diverse forms and ideas, it is no surprise that the intersection of art, craft and design at the heart of ceramics and its global ...

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 ...

SVA returned to the Annecy International Animation Festival in France this year with a larger presence and wider reach. Alongside 17,400 attendees from 103 countries, SVA faculty, staff and alumni ...

Can a symbol ever escape its most nefarious usages and connotations? And should it? Renowned art director and writer Steven Heller, co-chair of MFA Design at SVA, has spent much of his career ...

This past fall and winter, the Metropolitan Museum of Art presented “Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina,” a critically acclaimed exhibition of ceramics made by African ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Renowned artist James Jean (BFA 2001 Illustration) seems to rarely skip a year without creating a movie poster for some popular film that has entered the cultural zeitgeist. In recent years, he ...

Amid the frenzied back-to-school hubbub, SVA’s galleries and gathering spaces offer a respite and reminder of the creative community blossoming all around. September is always a full month, and this ...