If you’re looking for an MFA photography program, studying in NYC at SVA is the right choice.
- Extensive and innovative courses in all aspects of the trans-media engaged by still and moving imagery
- Creating and understanding new technologies, criticism, and professional practices for success in a world driven by social media
- We draw faculty, lecturers, mentors, and advisors from a worldwide creative network
- Merit-based scholarships available
The MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Department at the School of Visual Arts is the premiere program for the study of Lens and Screen Arts. For more than 28 years, the department has produced remarkable graduates who have flourished as exhibiting artists, journalists, curators, scholars, and teachers. New York City is the hub of an invaluable network that provides creative and professional support that students engage throughout their matriculation and long after graduation, as they continue to pursue their goals.
We continually push the boundaries of the techniques, theory, and practice of the new technologies. The camera has always been a multidisciplinary tool that encompasses science, arts, and the humanities. Today’s students are engaged in the management, creation, and understanding of not just how to produce, but how to interpret the image. They are required to read images through the protocols of different disciplines, as well as create new means to make them. Mastery of the “vision machines” is the stuff of their professional practice. A new artist is an interlocutor who enables others to create and see.
Our students are encouraged to rethink their own assumptions and engage an enlightened audience, not only visually, but also contextually. The department’s celebrated faculty actively works with students to develop contemporary and responsible creative initiatives, including experimental, narrative or documentary video, installation and conceptual art, tableau, and real-world-witness photography. We encourage the critical thinking necessary for students to expand their ideas and make notable contributions to both the social and cultural environments.
Charles H. Traub, Chair
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April 8th, 7:49am
RT @jaime_permuth: YONKEROS featured in @photoespana @trasatlantica "Confluencias" #exhibition in São Paulo. @SVADigitalPhoto @SVA_News @m…
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April 6th, 1:04pm
RT @collegeart: Artist Math Bass in conversation with Mia Locks, cocurator of the 2017 @whitneymuseum Biennial https://t.co/KJhWrUZFwW @mia…
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April 6th, 1:03pm
RT @SVADigitalPhoto: New York Spring Exhibition Highlights: @SVADigitalPhoto grad Ima Mfon & @mfaphotovideo grad Shen Wei #fineartphoto htt…
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April 6th, 1:02pm
RT @SVA_News: WIRED Q&A w/Samantha Bee & Jo Miller features photos by SVA @mfaphotovideo grad Ryan Pfluger @fullfrontalSamB @WIRED https://…
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March 27th, 4:21pm
RT @SVADigitalPhoto: New York Spring Exhibition Highlights: @SVADigitalPhoto grad Ima Mfon & @mfaphotovideo grad Shen Wei #fineartphoto htt…
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Thursday, April 12, 2018
SVA Alumnus Lynn Shelton on ‘Outside In’ and Advice to Young Filmmakers
Her latest indie drama is in theaters now.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018
7 Upcoming SVA Alumni Art Shows You Should Know About
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Tuesday, February 27, 2018
2018 SXSW Conference & Festivals: The SVA Preview