School of Visual Arts

A close up of a person adjusting an image inside of a physical photo enlarger. A close up of a person adjusting an image inside of a physical photo enlarger.
A design for a new font done on paper, scribbled up with feedback in red ink. A design for a new font done on paper, scribbled up with feedback in red ink.
A student dressed in black making a point while students sit in the foreground and background. A student dressed in black making a point while students sit in the foreground and background.
A young woman illustrated with white hair holding a staff with a crescent moon on the end, surrounded by trees and nature. A young woman with white hair holding a staff with a crescent moon on the end, surrounded by trees and nature.
Two separate groups of three people inside of a print shop. One group is having a conversation around a table while the other is around a large print plotter. Two separate groups of three people inside of a print shop. One group is having a conversation around a table while the other is around a large print plotter.
The latin alphabet rendered in a 3 dimensional typeface. The latin alphabet rendered in a 3 dimensional typeface.
White monkeys, illustrated, seated on branches draped in red fabric while snow falls in the foreground; An illustration of white monkeys setting on branches draped in red fabric;
The earth, brightly illustrated, with a pink ring around it and a series of other wacky things happening around it. The earth, brightly illustrated, with a pink ring around it and a series of other wacky things happening around it.

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The 3rd Avenue and East 23rd Street Corner Signs with an official “SVA Way” sign underneath (Left); The 23rd Street building with two SVA NYC banners hanging above as students walk below.

Welcome to our urban campus, a slice of New York City life.

A subway station poster with an illustration of a pencil shaving and the words “Stay Sharp (left); Four different posters made by SVA Faculty over the years.

“Stay Sharp” (2024) poster by Riccardo Vecchio on a subway platform (left); more SVA subway posters by (clockwise from top right) Peter Hristoff, Marshall Arisman, Gary Panter and Carol Fabricatore.

Students reading at a round table with shelves of books around them (left); A student working on a painting on the wall while another works at a desk.

Interior of SVA Library (left); students working in a classroom facility.

A skyline showcasing differently sized buildings, some made of brick, others made of concrete.

New York City skyline as seen from the 23rd Street Residence, which exclusively houses first-year students.

An archival picture of students listening to a lecture (left); Two people observing a drawing at a desk.

An SVA drawing class circa 1960, courtesy of SVA Archives.

We are School of Visual Arts

SVA is a leader in the education of artists, designers and creative professionals.

By the Numbers

75+

Years Educating

Artists

56

Countries

Represented

46

States

Represented

30

Degree-Granting

Programs

1,544

Course 

Offerings

35

Extracurricular

Clubs

9:1

Student-to-Faculty

Ratio

43,000

Global Alumni

Community

SVA Features Rebecca Sugar
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Known for creating popular animation shows such as ‘Steven Universe,’ Rebecca Sugar (BFA 2009 Animation) has tapped into their musical side for a new career evolution.

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Pinar Yolaçan
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Faculty member Pinar Yolaçan, Mother Goddess, photograph. Yolacan’s new book Mother Goddess was published earlier this year—read more about the book in AnOther Magazine.

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a book spread with text on the left and a man with prints on the right

BFA Advertising and BFA Design Chair Gail Anderson collaborated with BFA Design faculty Joe Newton to design Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.’s new book from Letterform Archive, Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.: Citizen Printer. The monograph tells Kennedy’s inspiring story and contextualizes his work within the entwined legacies of Black printing and Black protest. 

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Frances Jetter
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SVA faculty member Frances Jetter’s new book, Amalgam: An Immigrant, His Labor Union, and His American Family in Brooklyn, was released today by Fantagraphics. Through visual narrative, Amalgam connects Jetter’s own life to her ancestors’ and their interweaving ties to the 20th-century labor movement. See a preview here.

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a digital illustration of a bug person and cat person dancing with the words "VASA Halloween Party" above them in bubble letters
Alex Kraus

SVA students are invited to a night of dancing, arcade games, desserts, and music by WSVA at this year’s VASA Halloween Party! Poster design by BFA Illustration student Alex Kraus.

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Lasley Kam Shu Lui’s (MPS 2024 Film Directing) short film After Dinner won Best Short at the New York Odyssey Film Festival this year. See After Dinner at the SVA Theatre tonight, September 27, 8:00pm, as part of After School Special 2024.

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