I cherished my experience at SVA and would recommend its Artist Residency Programs to anyone interested in strengthening their artistic practice. SVA’s Artist Residencies offer artists, designers and ...

The SVA Libraries are tailored to the needs of aspiring visual artists & design professionals at the School of Visual Arts.

Extensive and innovative courses in all aspects of the lens and screen arts, including but not limited to photography, video, and installation practices Continuously striving to create and understand ...

With hands-on instruction from our award-winning faculty and NYC as your classroom, you will graduate ready to jump into a career that could change your life—and, quite possibly, much sooner than you ...

We encourage students to push their preconceived boundaries and embrace early experimentation as a critical part of the iterative process. The MFA Computer Arts program emphasizes creativity and a ...

Our faculty and professional orbit of interior and architectural designers inspire students to foster cultural and social change while challenging conventions. Unlike most programs, from day one, ...

Co-chair, MFA Design Department, School of Visual Arts; co-founder, MFA Design Criticism, MPS Branding, MFA Interaction Design, MFA Products of Design programs, School of Visual Arts; art director, Op ...

Our graduates and faculty are some of the most influential cultural forces, consistently producing images unparalleled in concept, impact, and craft. For the last 75 years, SVA’s BFA Illustration ...

The School of Visual Arts lost one of its most beloved and influential figures late last week when artist, illustrator, author and filmmaker Marshall Arisman, founder and chair of the MFA Illustration ...

We value our differences. An SVA education is informed by multiple approaches to learning and making, and by the presence of diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds, perspectives, and ...

Located at 133/141 West 21st Street, the SVA Flatiron Gallery is SVA’s campus gallery in Manhattan’s Flatiron neighborhood. Primarily showing the work of SVA students in department and student-juried ...

Social design uses systems design, critical thinking, and imagination to move people to become more resilient and resourceful. It’s a balance of the academic and practical. Social design is a practice ...