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Career Development events can be found here.

Please note that some of Career Development’s events are open only to SVA students. Check specific event listings for more detailed information.

The Chinese Alumni Association (CAA) is hosting an opening reception for “One,” an exhibition of work by SVA alumni. You're invited to join your fellow alumni to see the art and enjoy cupcakes, drinks, and a DJ.

Saturday, December 7, 5:00pm CST

Chi K11 Art Museum, 300 Huaihai Central Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai

Register here.

Reach out to svanyccaa@gmail.com with any questions.

This year's SVA Chinese Alumni Association (CAA) alumni event will be in the form of an exhibition. The CAA is now calling for SVA alumni to submit their work.

Venue: Chi K11 Art Museum, 300 Huaihai Central Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai

Opening: Saturday, December 7 (The time will be announced at a later date.)

Exhibition theme: ONE

ONE is Chinese family 

ONE is Community 

ONE is We

ONE is Light 

ONE is Infinite 

ONE is Sexy 

ONE is…?

Artwork requirements:

• Consistent with the theme of the exhibition
• Medium specifications include but are not limited to: photography, film, animation, sound works, illustration, paintings, small sculptures, and installations. Video and new media works are encouraged.
• Video and new media works must not exceed 10 minutes in length.
• Physical works will need to be printed and framed by the artist for the exhibition.
• Alumni located outside the region or overseas are limited to submitting work in video or new media formats.
• Note: The CAA cannot cover artwork shipping costs.
• Direct questions about these requirements to svanyccaa@gmail.com.

Submission method:

• Send your work via email to svanyccaa@gmail.com.
• In your email, include the following information:
• Artist’s name
• Major and year of graduation
• Information about the work (name, medium, size of the work, any special requirements for the exhibition, please specify)
• Short paragraph explaining the work
• Contact info (email or WeChat ID)

Selection process:

• The call for entries is open until Saturday, November 30.
• The CAA will notify the selected alumni by the end of November, and the final exhibition list will be announced in December.

Last year’s NYC event was such a success—we can’t wait to do it again!

Eat, drink, and mingle with your fellow SVA alumni in Greenwich Village.

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

7:00 – 9:00pm

Amity Hall Downtown

80 West 3rd Street

New York, NY 10012

Passed hors d’oeuvres and an open bar will be provided.

REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED.

Registration is required. Open to SVA alumni only. Space is limited. Admission will be first come, first served.

sva.edu/alumni-nyc

Questions? Email alumnirsvp@sva.edu or call 212.592.2300.

Connect with friends old and new at our SVA alumni gathering in Culver City!

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

7:00 – 9:00pm

Margot, outside on the main patio

8820 Washington Boulevard, Suite 301, Culver City 

Passed hors d’oeuvres and an open bar will be provided.

Tuesday, September 24 – Sunday, September 29

SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street

After School Special features some of the School of Visual Arts’ most accomplished film, television, animation and visual effects alumni. This multi-day festival will include screenings, panels and Q&As with industry insiders that offer behind-the-scenes looks at the world of television and cinema.

See the full schedule and list of participants here.

Connect with friends old and new at our SVA alumni gathering in Philadelphia

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

7:00 – 9:00pm

Philadelphia Distilling

25 East Allen Street, Philadelphia

SVA’s Chinese Alumni Association (CAA) is having their annual event on Saturday, December 16, 2023, in Shanghai. If you’re interested in learning more about the CAA and receiving an invitation to their event, email svanyccaa@gmail.com.

SVA’s Korean Alumni Association (KAA) is having their annual event on Friday, November 17, 2023, at Arts9 & Eatt9 in Seoul, South Korea.

If you are interested in attending or learning more about the affinity association, submit an application to join the KAA here.

In October, the KAA will send invitations to members via email for the event in Seoul. 

Join SVA Alumni Affairs for a get-together in New York, where you can catch up with old friends and mingle with new ones.

Wednesday, November 15, 2023, 7:00 – 9:00pm

The Smith NoMad, 1150 Broadway at 27th Street.

SVA’s 2023 Alumni Film and Animation Festival

Thursday, September 21 – Sunday, September 24

SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street

After School Special features some of the School of Visual Arts’ most accomplished film, television, animation and visual effects alumni. This multi-day festival will include screenings, panels and Q&As with industry insiders that offer behind-the-scenes looks at the world of television and cinema.

See the full schedule and list of participants here.

Join SVA Alumni Affairs in San Francisco for a mixer and celebration of MFA Design’s 25th anniversary! All alumni are invited to connect with friends old and new. Drinks, snacks and bowling are on us. 

Note: This event is open to all alumni—not just MFA Design graduates. 

Thursday, February 23

7:00 – 9:00pm

Lucky Strike

200 King Street

San Francisco, CA 94107

(Parking is located at The Beacon at 3rd St. & Townsend St.)

SVA is returning to Miami Art Week! SVA Alumni Affairs is hosting an evening mixer for alumni who will be in the area.

Thursday, December 1

8:00 – 10:00pm

Broken Shaker at Freehand Miami

2727 Indian Creek Drive

Miami Beach, FL 33140

Registration and the waiting list for this event are now closed.

Before the event, alumni who registered for the waiting list will be notified whether or not there is available space for them to attend.

Mix and mingle with friends old and new! Join your fellow alumni for an evening reception and dinner hosted by SVA Alumni Affairs in partnership with the Korean Alumni Association.

Friday, November 11

18:00 – 21:00pm

Westin Chosun Seoul (106 Sogong-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul)

Join Latinx Alumni Together in the Arts (LATA) for its End of the Year Mixer! This will be a great opportunity to meet other LATA members, share experiences, ideas and projects with each other and spend some time building connections.

The event will take place at Bonnie Vee (17 Stanton Street, NYC) on Thursday October 27, 2022, 7:00 – 9:00pm. Snacks and drinks will be served. Capacity is limited.

*There will be plenty of future opportunities for you to attend a LATA event. Please refrain from attending the event if you are not feeling well, are experiencing any Covid symptoms or suspect you might have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid. Thank you.

SVA’s 2022 Alumni Film & Animation Festival

Wednesday, September 21 – Sunday, September 25

SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street

After School Special features some of the School of Visual Arts’ most accomplished film, television, animation and visual effects alumni. This multi-day festival will include screenings, panels and Q&As with industry insiders that offer behind-the-scenes looks at the world of television and cinema.

See the full schedule and list of participants here.

The Black Alumni Association at SVA invites alumni to an Evening of Two Exhibition Tours in New York, followed by refreshments.

On Friday, August 12, at 4:00pm, the evening will begin with a tour of the exhibition at Phillips, “Arrangements in Black” (which includes two SVA students) at 432 Park Ave. Then, the group will head to tour “Black Venus,” curated by Aindrea Emelife, at Fotografiska Museum, 281 Park Ave South. The evening will include networking over cocktails on the 6th floor of Fotografiska from 6:00 – 8:00pm.

The SVA alumni community is invited to join SVA Latinx Alumni Together in the Arts (LATA) for its relaunch party on Thursday, May 12, 2022, in New York City. This is the group's first in person event since 2020, and will be a great opportunity to meet other members and enjoy a moment together.

The event will take place at the backyard area of Bonnie Vee (17 Stanton Street) from 7:00 – 9:00pm. Snacks and drinks will be served.

Join the SVA Chinese Alumni Association for their launch event in Shanghai, China! The event will take place Saturday, December 18, 2021, 4:00 – 6:00pm.

SVA alumni may bring one guest. Please provide your guest’s name when you register. After you RSVP, you will receive a confirmation email that will serve as your ticket to gain admission to the event.

This event is limited to 150 people. RSVPs will close on Friday, December 17.

Updated 7.31.23

The following reminder email message was sent to the class of 2023 on 7.31.23.

Reminder and Update | Important! Action Required: Your Access to SVA-Hosted Cloud Services Is Ending Soon

IMPORTANT | You will soon lose access to multiple SVA-hosted cloud services. | Please read this email in its entirety.

Updates to the original message sent on June 12, 2023: 1) SVA MediaSpace access will also be cut off on August 31, 2023. Read on for more details. 2) The class of 2023 has access to both branches of the SVA Library until August 31, 2023.

On behalf of SVA IT, we are sending this email to inform you of the services that you will soon lose access to now that you have graduated (or are soon to graduate) from SVA, as well as the services that you will maintain access to as an alumnus.

If you have any questions about this or need assistance, please contact SVA IT at helpdesk@sva.edu or via the Helpdesk tile on MyID.

Extended access to the following SVA-hosted services ends August 31, 2023:

• Google Drive
• Adobe Creative Cloud
• SVA Library Databases
• The class of 2023 also has access to both library branches until August 31, 2023. After August 31, refer to your alumni benefits for information regarding the policy for alumni library access.
• Microsoft 365 — Office, OneDrive
• SVA MediaSpace

If you have content stored on Google Drive, Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft 365 OneDrive and/or SVA MediaSpace, you must migrate the content to another cloud service or a local storage device by the August 31 deadline, or else you will lose it. All data hosted on those platforms will be purged after August 31. Data recovery and extended access after the deadline are not available options.

After August 31, 2023, you will continue to have access to these services via SVA MyID: 

• Gmail and Google Calendar
• Box.com – See details below
• MyServices
• TouchNet Student Accounts
• Canvas LMS

Box.com details

Alumni from the class of 2023 are the first class to receive one year of access to unlimited cloud storage on Box following graduation. See below for information about accessing your SVA Box Premium account. You will find a tile for Box on your MyID dashboard that links to your account.

Access to cloud storage on Box will end one year following your graduation. SVA has three graduation periods; please see the list below for annual end dates for access to Box.

• Spring (May graduation) -> May 1st of the following year extended access to Box concludes. A reminder email will be sent on April 1st. 
• Fall (September graduation) -> Sept 1st of the following year extended access to Box concludes. A reminder email will be sent on August 1st. 
• Winter (February graduation) -> Feb 1st of the following year extended access to Box concludes. A reminder email will be sent on January 1st. 

All data hosted on Box will be purged following the respective 5/1, 9/1, and 2/1 end dates. Prior to that deadline, your content must be migrated from your SVA Box account to another cloud service, a paid personal Box account, or a local storage device. Data recovery and extended access are not available options.

Box Access and Support Links:

SVA Box URL

https://svanyc.app.box.com

Box Drive App Download for Mac, Windows, and Mobile

Download Box Apps On All Devices - Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android | Box

Box Overview

Content Cloud: A Secure Content Management Platform | Box

Box Training Videos, Tutorials, and Live Classes

Box University User Courses - Live & Self-Paced – Box Support

Box Support Articles

Getting Started for Beginners – Box Support

Free Box Support – Ticketing and Live Chat

Submit a request – Box Support

One year after graduation and beyond*, you will continue to have access to these services: 

• Gmail and Google Calendar
• *Perpetual access is not guaranteed and is subject to the discretion of SVA and its relationship with vendor partners such as Google.
• MyServices
• TouchNet Student Accounts
• Canvas LMS

For information about additional alumni benefits and resources, click here.

Alumni are not allowed access to campus unless explicit permission has been granted and a special arrangement has been coordinated with a specific department. Alumni will need to sign in using the SPLAN system and show photo ID in order to enter any SVA building.

Important: For anyone who does not graduate, services will cease after 8/31/23, including Box.

The first notice about this change was sent to the class of 2023 on 6.13.23.

Updated 2.28.23

As of Sunday, January 1, 2023, SVA alumni no longer have access to their @sva.edu Google Drives. Alumni access to SVA email and Google Photos is not affected by this change.

SVA Alumni Affairs sent out multiple messages about these changes from October through December 2022.

SVA Alumni Google Drive Data Recovery Assistance

While the deadline for migrating your data from Google Drive has passed, we understand the importance of the data you maintained on the service. 

If you were unable to download your data in time, SVA IT may be able to provide you with access to your files that were previously on Google Drive. To initiate your request for data recovery assistance, log into your SVA MyID account, select the Helpdesk tile on the dashboard and fill out a ticket. IT will process tickets and correspond with you directly about the recovery of your data.

Please note: Data backups are performed on SVA files as a standard operating procedure and executed via a third-party processor in a “best-effort attempt.” No provision is made by Google or the third-party provider that guarantees that any or all of your data was successfully captured in the backup.  

iDrive One-Year, Prepaid Registration for SVA Alumni

SVA is offering one-year, prepaid 5 TB subscriptions to iDrive to interested alumni who have active @sva.edu accounts. Review the features included with the plan here.

Email us at alumni@sva.edu to receive registration information for a one-year, prepaid iDrive subscription through SVA. In the email, include your name as it was when you were an SVA student and your degree, major and graduation year for alumni verification purposes.

Alumni can sign up for a free iDrive subscription anytime before December 31, 2023. The accounts are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Alumni will have the prepaid account for one-year from the day that they sign up (i.e. A subscription started on January 26, 2023, will last until January 25, 2024). To register, alumni will have to provide their credit card information, but they will not be charged for the first year. After the first year is up, alumni will be charged for the subscription. Alumni may choose to continue and pay their annual subscription with iDrive after the first year, or to cancel the subscription.

The 2022 Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) is closed.

The winners of the incentive gifts have been selected and notified.