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Still from a stop motion film depicting a blonde female character in blue clothes laying unconscious in a fleshy pink floor with neon green goopy substances around her and swirly hair-like things coming from the floor.

Meet 2024 SVA Alumni Scholarship Award Winners Michael Dondero and Shengnan Dong

The graduating MFA Computer Arts students’ award-winning thesis project is a short animated film called ‘Nostril.’

May 7, 2024
Portrait of a group of people dressed up at an LGBT rave.

SVA Grad Emma Rose Milligan on Breaking Out in the Photo Editorial Field

In the last seven months, Milligan’s work has appeared in ‘The Washington Post,’ ‘The Wall Street Journal’ and ‘The New York Times.’

Rodrigo Perez
May 6, 2024
Several pictures in a collage of cardboard boxes decorated with the interior of a room, and colorful graphics on the outside. There's also a young man's face on each side of the box, each side with a different angle of it.

Top Projects on SVA Portfolios for April 2024

The month’s notable projects included a type design riff on a famous SVA poster, a charming children’s illustration, and a project from a ‘Creative Thinkers Wanted’ Continuing Education course.

May 1, 2024
A woman with a bandana in her gray hair smiles, wearing a jean jacket and a colorful scarf.

SVA’s BFA Advertising and BFA Design Chair Gail Anderson Named Penn State’s College of Arts and Architecture 2024 Commencement Speaker

Additionally, Anderson will talk about her work with the dean in Penn State’s College of Arts and Architecture.

May 1, 2024
An urban display of various posters for the Rubin Museum, which includes an intricate sculpture image and multicolored geometric elements.

May 2024 Exhibitions and Events at SVA

This month brings a full slate of thesis exhibitions, screenings, open studios and talks at the College.

Maeri Ferguson
April 30, 2024
Picture of an installation with three walls being projected with the same image: A foggy dimly lit environment, with several people strewn about the floor, and a single figure of a strong man standing, backlit, against the only source of light.

Six SVA Community Members Bestowed Prestigious 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships

Rodrigo Perez
April 25, 2024
A black caligraphy-drawn "S" next to a red Square resembling an "I," the words "Society Of Illustrators," in black ink above, "Founded in 1901" below.

SVA’s Yuko Shimizu and Steven Brodner Inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame

Rodrigo Perez
April 24, 2024
A still from a 3D animated movie depicting two young girls talking in front of a row of lockers in a high school hallway. One of the girls is taller, pale, and has reddish brown hair, while the other is shorter, dark-skinned, and blonde.

Meet 2024 SVA Alumni Scholarship Award Winner Avery Pendleton

The fourth-year BFA 3D Animation and VFX student’s award-winning thesis project is an animated short called ‘Open Mind Open Heart.’

April 19, 2024
A photograph of a sculpture incorporating neon shaped into furniture forms and decorative mirrors.

Introducing the Spring/Summer 2024 ‘Visual Arts Journal’

The latest issue of SVA’s magazine includes features on alumni Ja’Tovia Gary, George Boorujy, Selina Alko, and more.

April 17, 2024
Bright red poster depicting illustrations of a female cabaret dancer and a man. Large white text on top of the image reads "Lotte Goslar's Pantomime Circus in for humans only, with Lotte Goslar, Freddie Albeck & Co"

SVA Archives’ Beth Kleber on the Release of the Bob Gill Collection

The legendary designer’s work is now open for research at the College’s Archives.

Rodrigo Perez
April 16, 2024