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| Established: | 1947 |
| Type: | Private |
| President: | David Rhodes |
| Faculty: | approx. 800 part-time |
| Undergraduates: | 3,093 |
| Postgraduates: | 407 |
| Location: |  New York, NY |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Mascot: |  Squidley |
| Website: | SVA |
The School of Visual Arts (SVA), is an art school in Manhattan, New York City and is one of the nation's leading independent colleges of art and design. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and was renamed in 1956.1 SVA is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD), a consortium of 36 leading art schools in the United States.
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Curriculum
SVA is a fully accredited for-profit college that requires the completion of a four-year, 120 credit course for a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. This includes 72 accumulated credits' worth of studio classes (where the curriculum requires the creation of some type of art), 30 accumulated credits of Humanities and Sciences courses, 12 accumulated credits of art history courses, and six discretionary credits.
The Master of Fine Arts and Master of Professional Studies degrees require completion of 60 credits and a thesis project.
The MAT degree requires the completion of 36 credits and a thesis project.
As of 2006, the undergraduate degrees offered at SVA are Advertising, Animation, Cartooning, Computer art, Film & Video, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interior Design, Photography, and Visual & Critical Studies.2
In 1983, the school introduced its first graduate offering, a Master of Fine Arts program in painting, drawing and sculpture. Since then, SVA has added nine more graduate programs: Art Education; Art Criticism & Writing; Art Therapy; Computer art; Design; Design Criticism, Digital Photography; Illustration as Visual Essay; and Photography, Social Documentary Film, Video and Related Media.3
There are also non-degree departments offering courses in Art History and Humanities & Sciences, and a Continuing Education Division that offers non-credit courses from most SVA departments.4
Location and campus
The school has two Manhattan locations: in the Gramercy Park neighborhood, on the East Side; and in the Chelsea neighborhood, on the West Side, with a number of buildings catering to classes in different departments.
Main Building
The Main Building is located at 209 East 23rd Street, between Second Avenue and Third Avenue, and features classrooms, administrative offices, a cafeteria and an amphitheater. The upper floors are mostly designated for film and video courses. The building’s lobby and an adjoining room also serve as a museum space for exhibits and public events.
Second Avenue Building
The school does not own this entire building, which is located at 380 Second Avenue, but only three of its floors, including the second, where the school’s library and some classrooms are located, the fifth floor, where undergraduate animation studios and the graduate design department are located, and the eighth floor, where administrative offices, the school's computer store and classrooms designated for Humanities and Sciences classes are located.
Photography Building
Located at 214 East 21st Street, this building is where classrooms and studios used for undergraduate and graduate Photography classes are located, as well as the school’s radio station, WSVA, and some administrative offices.
West Side Building
This building, located from 133-141 West 21st Street, between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue, contains most of the studios serving drawing and painting classes, particularly for freshmen. It also features classrooms for courses in interior design, printmaking, BFA & MFA computer art, and art history. The lower level also features an art gallery and a cafeteria.
SVA also owns the building across the street, at 132 West 21st Street, which has offices, classrooms and studios for undergraduate Cartooning & Illustration, and graduate Illustration as Visual Essay, Computer Art, Art Education, Art Therapy, Art criticism and Writing.
Sculpture Building
Located at 30 West 17th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, this building is used for sculpture classes on the ground floor and lower level.5
Galleries
SVA has three gallery spaces: the Visual Arts Gallery, at 601 West 26th Street, 15th floor; the Westside Gallery, at 141 West 21st Street; and the SVA Gallery/Visual Arts Museum, at 209 East 23rd Street. The galleries show a mix of student and professional art.
Residence Halls
There are several dorms for students at SVA. The George Washington Residence (formerly the George Washington Hotel), the New Residence and the Gramercy Women's Residence all offer housing near the college's East Side Manhattan campus. A new dorm opened in late 2007 at 10th Street and 3rd Avenue, and a residence hall on Ludlow Street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan is scheduled to open in the 2008-09 academic year.
Notable instructors
Animation
- Ralph Bakshi, animator and director of Fritz the Cat and The Lord of the Rings animated features.
- Irra Verbitsky, animator, works include early shorts for the PBS show Sesame Street.
- Aurelio Voltaire Hernandez, musician, animator, author and artist.6
Art history
- Donald Kuspit, author of numerous books, including The Cult of the Avant-Garde Artist; The Dialectic of Decadence
- Robert C. Morgan, art critic
Cartooning
- Jessica Abel, graphic novelist, La Perdida.7
- Sal Amendola, comic book artist primarily associated with DC Comics.8
- Will Eisner, comics legend whose SVA courses led to his famous book Comics & Sequential Art.
- Tom Hart: cartoonist/writer, Hutch Owen.
- Carmine Infantino, Writer and editor during the silver age of comic books.
- Phil Jimenez, Illustrator on Wonder Woman, New Xmen, Countdown to Infinite Crisis, JLA-Titans, Planetary/Authority.9
- Klaus Janson, a veteran of several Batman comics, including The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Black and White, and Batman: Gothic.10
- Harvey Kurtzman : cartoonist and magazine editor. Founding editor of the comic book Mad.
- Matt Madden, cartoonist/writer known for works such as Odds Off.
- David Mazzucchelli, illustrator of such works as Batman: Year One.11
- Joe Orlando, artist-editor, vice president of DC Comics, associate publisher of Mad.
- Gary Panter, cartoonist/writer, Jimbo in Purgatory.
- Walter Simonson, worked on Thor- and X-Men-related comics.
- Art Spiegelman, comics artist, editor, and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel memoir, Maus.
- Sam Viviano, contributor and art director at Mad magazine.
Fine arts
- Alice Aycock, creator of large, architectural sculptures; solo exhibitions include the Museum of Modern Art.
- Lynda Benglis, innovator of materials in the 1970s; feminist icon.
- Marilyn Minter, exhibitions include Salon 94 (NY), Whitney Biennial 2006.
- Joseph Nechvatal, digital art and theories of virtual reality.
- Jerry Saltz, former head art critic, Village Voice, currently writes for New York
- Gary Simmons, solo exhibitions include Site: Santa Fe.12
Graphic design
- Edward Benguiat, calligrapher and typographer who created over 600 typeface fonts, such as Barcelona and Bookman, and who has designed the logos for periodicals such as The New York Times, Playboy, Sports Illustrated, teaches typography.13
- Milton Glaser, designer who created the famous "I love NY" logo.
- Steven Heller, founder of the school's M.F.A. "Designer as Author" program.14
- Debbie Millman, partner and president of the design division at Sterling Brands.
- Stefan Sagmeister, award-winning graphic designer based in NYC.
- Paul Sahre: graphic designer
- Paula Scher, graphic designer and principal at the Pentagram design consultancy. Created redesigns of the Citibank and Tiffany brands; her work is featured in the Museum of Modern Art and the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.
- James Victore: independent graphic designer
- KAWS, graffiti artist, limited-edition clothing and toy designer.
Illustration
- Ray DiPalma, poet and visual artist.
- James McMullan, illustrator and designer.
- Robert Weaver, pioneering American illustrator from the '50s.15
- George Woodbridge, American illustrator known for his exhaustive research and historical accuracy, with exacting expertise in drawing military uniforms.16
Photography
- Guy Aroch, photographer, BFA photo professor.
- Elinor Carucci, photographer, BFA photo professor.
- Stan Shaffer, photographer.
- Amy Stein, photographer.
Filmmaking
- Roy Frumkes, screenwriter and independent filmmaker.17
- Chris Newman, sound engineer, three-time Academy Award winner and five-time nominee, sound mixer/director. Film credits include The Godfather, Amadeus, The Exorcist, The Silence of the Lambs, and The English Patient.
- Amy Taubin, curator, film critic and filmmaker (Film Comment, Millennium Film Journal, Artforum, Premiere, L.A. Weekly, Sight and Sound, The Village Voice).
Notable alumni
Animation
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- Bill Plympton, twice Academy Award-nominated, New York City-based animator.
- Derek Drymon
- Chris Prynoski, animator.18
- Jerry Beck, animation historian.
Cartooning
- Peter Bagge, underground cartoonist. Attended SVA in the 70s but did not graduate.citation needed
- Kyle Baker, graphic novelist and animator. Attended SVA in the 80s but dropped out before graduation.citation needed
- Mark Newgarden, underground cartoonist and creator of the Garbage Pail Kids.citation needed
- Chris Batista, comic book artist. Attended SVA in the 90's. Worked on Legion of Superheroes and 52.
- Dennis Detwiller, comic book artist, Collectible card game illustrator (Magic: The Gathering) and video game designer (Scarface: The World is Yours). Attended SVA in the 90s on scholarship.
- Steve Ditko, Co-creator of Spider-Man, creator of The Question and others.
- John R. Dilworth, Director and creator of Courage the Cowardly Dog.
- Bob Fingerman, alternative/underground cartoonist and creator of White Like She.
- Archie Goodwin, longtime editor and writer for Marvel and DC.
- John Holmstrom, founder of PUNK magazine, co-founder of Comical Funnies with Peter Bagge, and creator of Bosko, "America's Least Favorite Cartoon Character."19
- James Jean, award-winning illustrator and DC Comics cover artist.
- Phil Jimenez, DC Comics writer/artist for Wonder Woman; artist for Infinite Crisis.
- John Paul Leon, comic book illustrator, known for work on Earth X, Static, The Winter Men, began drawing professionally while in his second year at SVA. He graduated in 1994 with a BFA.
- Carlos Saldanha, director and co-director of the films Ice Age, Robots and Ice Age 2.
- Joe Sinnott, legendary longtime Marvel Comics inker.
- Gerard Way, lead singer of My Chemical Romance, artist of The Breakfast Monkey and author of The Umbrella Academy.20
Computer art
- Jelena Vukosav, director and a photographer, founder of Love Studio in Croatia.
- Laurence Gartel (1956-), digital art pioneer.21
- Robert Castillo, Graduate of the MFACA program, Student Academy Award Winner for S.P.I.C., and founder of Robert Castillo Storyboards.
Film and video
- Chantal Claret: Founding member and lead singer of Morningwood, wife of Jimmy Urine, founding member and lead singer of Mindless Self Indulgence. 2223
- Michael Cuesta, Director of L.I.E..
- Michael Giacchino (1967-), film composer.24
- Jared Leto, film actor (Requiem for a Dream, Lord of War, Fight Club) attended SVA for a BFA in Film and Video; during which time he directed and starred in a short film entitled Crying Joy. He has also directed 2 music videos for his band 30 Seconds to Mars, The Kill and From Yesterday, under the alias of Bartholomew Cubbins.
- Jesse Richards, painter, Remodernist filmmaker and founder of U.S. Stuckism center attended SVA but left after a nervous breakdown.
- Harris Savides, graduated with a degree in photography and film. He is the cinematographer of the films Last Days, Elephant, and Gerry, and Zodiac.
- Bryan Singer , film director, attended SVA for two years before transferring to the USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles.25
- Dante Tomaselli, film director of Anchor Bay Entertainment's Satan's Playground. Currently in preproduction on The Ocean.
- Trevor Moore, comedian and founding member of the sketch comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U' Know.26
- Sam Brown, comedian and founding member of the sketch comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U' Know.26
- Zach Cregger, comedian and member of the sketch comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U' Know.26
- Ti West the director of the horror comedy The Roost and Cabin Fever 2. *David Spaltro, producer, screenwriter and independent filmmaker.27
Fine arts
- Ei Arakawa, performance artist.
- Samuel Bayer, Popular music video and commercial director. He has directed many music videos for bands such as Nirvana, Green Day, The Offspring, Blink-182, The Smashing Pumpkins, David Bowie, Metallica, and My Chemical Romance, as well as Green Day's concert film Bullet in a Bible. He has also directed many commercials for companies such as Coca-Cola, Toyota, Nike, and several commercials for the United States Army "Army Strong" campaign. He graduated from SVA with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1987.
- Tom Burr, installation artist.
- Robin Byrd, pornagraphic actress who took art and sketching classes at SVA. To help pay for classes she did life form modeling.28
- Gregory Edwards(1981-2007), New York City and Frankfurt, Germany painter/artist conceptual artist.
- Inka Essenhigh, painter.
- Neck Face, graffiti artist.
- Andrea Fraser, performance artist.
- Barnaby Furnas, painter.
- Keith Haring attended SVA, but was expelled when he used the interior of an SVA building as a canvas for graffiti in a project with Jean-Michel Basquiat.1
- James Jaxxa, multimedia artist, living and working in New York City.
- Reverend Jen, aka Jen Miller, performance artist.
- Joseph Kosuth, conceptual artist.1
- Dinh Q Lê (1968-), fine arts photographer.29
- Steve Mumford, painter.
- Sol LeWitt, American artist working in multiple mediums. Studied at SVA in the 1950s.
- Elizabeth Peyton Painter, studied at sVA in the mid 1980s.
- Solomon Rabinowitsch Art Restoration
- Sarah Sze, sculptor and MacArthur Fellows Program ("Genius Grant") recipient.30
- Charlie White, artist, working primarily in photography.
Graphic design
- Deborah Adler, designer (notable designer of Target's ClearRx pill bottle)
- Peter Buchanan-Smith, contemporary designer based in NYC.
- Todd Radom, designer of logos for professional sports teams and leagues.
- Cojo, Art Juggernaut fine artist, commercial artist, cartoonist.
Illustration
- Federico Castelluccio (1964-), Italian-born actor, most known for portraying Furio Giunta on the HBO series The Sopranos3132
- J. P. Targete, illustrator and concept artist.33
- Tomer Hanuka (1974-), illustrator.
- James Jean (1979-), illustrator, graduated from SVA in 2001.
Photography
- Noah Kalina, 2003 Graduate - Art and Editorial Photographer. Internet Meme.
- Sean Siegel, (1984-) 2006 Graduate - NYC based Editorial Celebrity/Fashion Photographer.34
- Christopher Berger, (1984-) 2008 Graduate - NYC based Eclectic Photographer/Artist/Storyteller/Traveling Vagabond/Space Cowboy.35
- Amy Stein, photographer
References
- ^ a b c Kennedy, Randy (2007-06-30). "Silas H. Rhodes Dies at 91; Built School of Visual Arts", The New York Times. Retrieved on 21 July 2007.
- ^ School of Visual Arts website
- ^ School of Visual Arts website/Graduate Programs
- ^ School of Visual Arts website/Continuing Education
- ^ School of Visual Art/Campus map website
- ^ Aurelio Voltaire Hernandez
- ^ Jessica Abel at schoolofvisualarts.edu
- ^ Sal Amendola at schoolofvisualarts.edu
- ^ Phil Jimenez at schoolofvisualarts.edu
- ^ Klaus Jason at schoolofvisualarts.edu
- ^ David Mazzucchelli at schoolofvisualarts.edu
- ^ Metro Pictures Galley
- ^ Bruckner, D. J. R., "Design View: How the Alphabet Is Shaping Up In a Computer Age", The New York Times, September 10, 1989. Accessed 2008-06-18.
- ^ "Up Front", The New York Times, November 16, 2007. Accessed 2008-06-18.
- ^ Smith, Roberta. "Robert Weaver, 70, Painterly Illustrator and Noted Teacher", The New York Times, September 9, 1994. Accessed 2008-06-18.
- ^ Nash, Eric. "George Woodbridge, 73, Artist For Mad Magazine Since 1950s", The New York Times, January 22, 2004. Accessed 2008-06-18.
- ^ Frook, John Evan. "Director Matthau collects 'Dust'", Variety (magazine), November 24, 1992. Accessed 2007-11-27.
- ^ Furman, T.J. "Bordentown native creates MTV cartoon: Cable network's newest show to premiere Tuesday", Princeton Packet, July 31, 1999. Accessed December 11, 2007. "Chris Prynoski graduated from SVA in 1994 and started working for MTV the next day."
- ^ Morgan, Jeffrey. "John Holmstrom: Floating in a bottle of formaldehyde", Metro Times, February 4, 2004. Accessed July 6, 2008. "Harvey Kurtzman and Will Eisner (my teachers at the School of Visual Arts who both later hired me for freelance work before I started PUNK) also had a huge influence on me."
- ^ Gustines, George Gene. "Superhero Stylings From Stars of Pop", The New York Times, October 20, 2007. Accessed November 27, 2007. "For Mr. Way, “Umbrella Academy” was another way to be productive when he wasn’t recording with the band. It also used skills he developed as a student at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan."
- ^ Cotroneo, Nicole. "Mouse Almighty", The New York Times, November 4, 2007. Accessed November 27, 2007. "...he grew up in North Shore Towers, on the Queens-Nassau County border, and after receiving his bachelor of fine arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, he studied photography at C. W. Post."
- ^ http://www.fashiontribes.com/newsletter/1106/rp/feature.php?sec=tribe_feature"
- ^ http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Chantal+Claret+of+Morningwood/
- ^ Burlingame, Jon. "Michael Giacchino's Mission: Make the Old Music New", The New York Times, May 7, 2006. Accessed November 27, 2007. "The backyard for Mr. Giacchino, 38, was in Edgewater Park, N.J., where he grew up watching — and listening to — Hanna-Barbera cartoons, "The A-Team" and reruns of "The Dick Van Dyke Show." He graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York, but, as music became his main interest, he took classes at Juilliard and, later, film-music extension courses at U.C.L.A."
- ^ Weinraub, Bernard. "FILM; An Unusual Choice for the Role of Studio Superhero", The New York Times, July 9, 2000. Accessed November 27, 2007. "Mr. Singer attended the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan for two years, and then transferred to the University of Southern California."
- ^ a b c DeBartolo, Dick; Mad magazine #486; February 2008; Page 26.
- ^ Theodore, Jeff. [1]
- ^ Morris, Bob. "Cable's First Lady Of Explicit", The New York Times, June 23, 1996. Accessed December 3, 2007. "At 17, Ms. Byrd got her graduate equivalency diploma and then pursued advertising design at Baruch College but dropped out in her senior year. By then it was the early 1970's and she was modeling at the School of Visual Arts, where she had been taking life-drawing classes."
- ^ Johnson, Ken. "Images of Vietnamese in the Generation Since the War", October 7, 2005. Accessed November 27, 2007. "Mr. Le came to the United States with his family when he was 11 and eventually received a master of fine arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan."
- ^ Kastner, Jeffrey. "ART / ARCHITECTURE; Discovering Poetry Even in the Clutter Around the House", The New York Times, July 11, 1999. Accessed November 27, 2007. "Since completing her master's degree at the School of Visual Arts in New York in 1997, she has mounted projects at institutions across Europe, from Greece and Luxembourg to France and Austria."
- ^ "«I Sopranos? No agli stereotipi ma non facciamone un dramma» - Federico Castelluccio, il Furio Giunta della celebre serie tv, a Toronto per incontrare gli zii", Corriere Canadese, May 11, 2005
- ^ Cast and Crew Biography of Federico Castelluccio from The Sopranos, accessed December 25, 2006
- ^ The Gnomon Workshop website J.P. Targete is an accomplished digital and traditional illustrator, concept artist and art director for books and video games. He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York and started working professionally at age twenty, illustrating book covers for Avon Books.
- ^ About page at seansiegel.com
- ^ Gallery on Metal Workers.com
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