Each issue of the Visual Arts Journal features campus news, alumni notes, and features on noteworthy work being done by SVA’s growing, global community of graduates, students, and faculty.

Created to reinvigorate one’s passion for art and design through short-term, destination-based study, SVA Destinations programs have long merged restorative travel experiences with dedicated, ...

BFA Photography and Video presents its first cycle of fall 2026 student exhibitions, with three students’ work on view at 214 East 21st Street. On the 2nd floor, Clio Bildman will show “Inside the ...

The MacArthur Fellowship is awarded each year by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more.

Over the past 30 years, Murray Hill (MFA 1997 Photography and Related Media) has built a noted career as a comedian and emcee, drawing audiences with his old-school style, a winking throwback to the ...

This month, SVA Theatre opens its doors for the After School Special, its annual film and animation festival featuring work by—and homecomings from—School of Visual Arts alumni in the entertainment ...

Illustrator, cartoonist, storyteller, and BFA Illustration faculty member Koren Shadmi (BFA 2006 Illustration) has written and illustrated several graphic novels over the past 10 years—including ...

This month, SVA Galleries, in collaboration with several academic programs at the School of Visual Arts and external partners, is presenting three shows at its on-campus exhibition spaces, just in ...

It’s been an exciting start to the fall semester, with new undergraduate and graduate students arriving at SVA for in-person information sessions, virtual events, facility tours, and social activities ...

This summer, the School of Visual Arts (SVA) BFA Animation department partnered with Mighty Oak, the Emmy and Clio Award-winning, woman-and-queer-owned creative studio, to host the Stop Motion Puppet ...

There may not be a chill in the air just yet, but the fall 2026 semester at SVA starts this month, and with it comes a full slate of events and exhibitions, all free and open to the public. Special ...

SVA presents an exhibition of work by graduates of the MFA Photography, Video, and Related Media class of 2026, organized by program faculty Randy West and Erin Davis (MFA 2016 Photography, Video, and ...