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Visual Arts Journal

Biannual editions of the Visual Arts Journal, produced by Visual Arts Press. Biannual editions of the Visual Arts Journal, produced by Visual Arts Press.

Visual Arts Journal is the magazine of the School of Visual Arts. Published twice a year, in the fall and in the spring, the Journal covers recent and upcoming projects by SVA community members, SVA news, notable alumni and trends and topics in art, design, filmmaking, photography and their related fields. The magazine is produced by SVA External Relations and designed by the Visual Arts Press. 


To contact the editors of the Visual Arts Journal, write to extrelations@sva.edu.

Fall/Winter 2024–25

A magazine cover featuring a photograph of a sculpture made of high-heeled shoes against a blank white background. The sculpture resembles a mask or a face with its tongue sticking out. A magazine cover featuring a photograph of a sculpture made of high-heeled shoes against a blank white background. The sculpture resembles a mask or a face with its tongue sticking out.
Credit: Willie Cole
Credit: Willie Cole
  • a portfolio of work by multimedia artist Willie Cole (BFA 1976 Media Arts);
  • the little-known story of the late, mysterious psychedelic musician Harumi (1965 Advertising);
  • a look at the perils and promises of generative AI in the education and practice of art and design;
  • scenes of daily life at the U.S.–Mexico border, observed and drawn by artist Steve Mumford (MFA 1994 Fine Arts);
  • an interview with Todd Radom (BFA 1986 Media Arts), the designer behind some of your favorite sports teams’ identities.

Spring/Summer 2024

A magazine cover featuring a photograph of a neon and mirror sculpture. The neon has been sculpted to take the forms of a stool and a vanity table. A magazine cover featuring a photograph of a neon and mirror sculpture. The neon has been sculpted to take the forms of a stool and a vanity table.
Credit: Ja'Tovia Gary/Paula Cooper Gallery
Credit: Ja'Tovia Gary/Paula Cooper Gallery

Fall/Winter 2023

A magazine cover consisting of a photograph of an installation of three sculptures. All are made with wire and are of ballet dancers in the midst of performing.

Minseop Yoon (MFA 2013 Fine Arts), Dance for the Night (detail), 2022.

Credit: Minseop Yoon

Spring/Summer 2023

The cover of the spring/summer 2023 Visual Arts Journal magazine, featuring a silkscreen image of a statue of people and a horse that has been bisected and partly obscured by a thick band of red.

Nona Faustine (BFA 1994 Photography), In Praise of Famous Men No More, 2019, silk screen.

Credit: © Nona Faustine

Fall/Winter 2022

A magazine cover featuring a photograph of a two-tiered cake that has been decorated with a number of small signs bearing the number 75.

The cover of the fall/winter 2022 Visual Arts Journal, featuring a custom cake by baker Shannie C. Mitrovich (BFA 2004 Graphic Design).

Credit: Sam Morgan

Spring/Summer 2022

A magazine cover featuring an illustration of an artist on the subway, sketching her fellow riders.
Credit: Cannaday Chapman

Fall/Winter 2021

A magazine cover featuring a fantastical artwork of a plant–animal hybrid.
Credit: Mu Pan

Spring/Summer 2021

A photograph of two dancers—one lying on the ground and the other midair with arms outstretched.
Credit: Nir Arieli

Fall/Winter 2020

A magazine cover featuring a realistic portrait painting of a woman facing the viewer, with her arms crossed over her head. The background features several colorful motifs.
Credit: Kira Nam Greene

Spring/Summer 2020

A magazine cover featuring a semi-abstract color painting of many obscure figures gathered together in what appears to be a field, under a blue sky.
Credit: Ali Banisadr and Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, London, Salzburg. Photo: Jeffrey Sturges.

Fall/Winter 2019

A magazine cover featuring a color photograph of a lightning-bolt shaped sculpture against a blank background. The sculpture incorporates a variety of fabrics and a chain.
Credit: Trish Tillman

Spring 2019

A magazine cover featuring a photograph of a sign painter at work. He is painting the magazine's title on a pane of glass between himself and the camera.
Credit: Kurt McRobert/Brittany Bartley

Fall 2018

A magazine cover featuring a red-and-white painting of an isolated high-rise building, viewed from below. The white paint used to render the building is streaked, giving the appearance of the building being on fire or collapsing.
Credit: Gary Simmons and Metro Pictures, New York

Spring 2018

A magazine cover featuring an illustration of a small figure holding up a large jewel, from which a number of colorful rays are emanating into a field of circular shapes.
Credit: Scott Bakal

Spring 2017

A magazine cover featuring a colorful page from an artist's sketchbook that is filled with notes and drawings of various architectural details and observations from life.
Credit: Carl Titolo

Spring 2017

A magazine cover featuring a color photograph of a coastal cityscape. An illustration of a man stepping over buildings and into the water is drawn on the photograph.
Credit: Christoph Neimann

Fall 2016

A magazine cover featuring a color photograph of a house's exterior wall. In each of the two downstairs windows, you can see a woman on a swing.
Credit: Kate Gilmore