All mail & shipping services for the School of Visual Arts are handled through Mail & Office Services, including inter-office, overnight/express, first-class and bulk mailings. You may reach out to them at mos@sva.edu for further inquiry about any of the services mentioned below:

Incoming Mail

All incoming mail should use SVA’s primary address:

209 East 23 Street

New York, NY 10010-3994

Please note, mail addressed to other locations will be delivered by USPS personnel and dropped off in the building’s lobby. This may lead to delays and/or loss.

Mail & Office Services' staff retrieves incoming mail from the Madison Avenue Post Office once per day. This mail is distributed using the department mailboxes located in building lobbies.

Due to the large volume of official SVA mail, Mail & Office Services does NOT accept personal mail for students, faculty, or staff. Personal mail arriving at the Mail & Office Services locations will be refused and returned to the sender.

Interoffice Mail

Internal correspondence should be enclosed in an inter-office envelope.

Outgoing Mail

Individual mail pieces are sent out daily at the USPS First Class rate. Mail placed in the designated mailbox slot before our pickup time will process on the same day; except for our Westside locations, the mail is shipped the following day. Any Express mail dropped in the mail slot after our pickup time will process the next business day. If you require a pickup for larger amounts of mail that cannot fit in your designated mail slot, please contact mos@sva.edu for assistance.

Large mailings of 300 or more pieces require a two-week notice and a Mailing Request Form. For any mailing that requires addressing, folding, inserting, collating, etc., a sample piece should accompany the Mailing Request Form to determine the postage rate, machinability, and amount of labor required.

USPS, Express Mail, UPS, and FedEx are currently the only authorized overnight shipping services.

Purchasing