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A clearly AI generated image of a sand dunes from which eyes, heads, and fingers peek out of. There are colorful clouds in the blue sky and one of the hands is reaching out to touch what looks like the sun.

Generative AI: Crisis and/or Opportunity

The SVA community considers a potentially revolutionary technology.

Anne Quito
March 27, 2025
A magazine cover featuring an image of a statue that is bisected by a blurry band of red

In Memoriam: Nona Faustine

The acclaimed artist and School of Visual Arts alumnus, celebrated for her work on Black womanhood and repressed African American histories, has died.

March 24, 2025
A rather abstract piece conisting of mostly white, blue, and orange with some other colors mixed in. It looks like a hallway of speakers.

The Five: Joe Quesada, Sarah Sze, Katie Cercone, and More SVA Artists in the Press

In this week’s ‘The Five,’ SVA’s talented community members are seen in such outlets as CBR, WBUR, and ‘Marketplace.’

Kathryn Blitz
March 21, 2025
students gathered around a square wood table covered in art supplies working on a beading project

A Bountiful Break with Beading

MPS Art Therapy student, Kira Scala, reflects on the process of beading

Kira Scala
March 21, 2025
Poster with megaphone, pink triangle, two events listed

Monday, March 31 at 6:30pm: “David France – Surviving A Plague: Art and Activism in the Time of AIDS”

Jeff Edwards
March 21, 2025
A diverse group of hands reaching upward towards a clear blue sky, symbolizing hope and unity.

‘TO LOVE—TO DIE; TO FIGHT. TO LIVE.’ Honors Art-Based AIDS Crisis Activism

The exhibition, at the School of Visual Arts’ SVA Flatiron Gallery, honors the art-based activism and communities that emerged amid the AIDS crisis.

Maeri Ferguson
March 19, 2025
A vibrant psychedelic drawing featuring a woman intertwined with a colorful bee, showcasing surreal patterns and shapes.

Five Instagram Accounts to Follow for Women’s History Month

Check out the imaginative and high-profile work of these talented SVA alumni and faculty artists.

Rodrigo Perez
March 17, 2025
Title of exhibition in large pink block letters followed by a list of all the exhibiting artists.

“Witness,” March 20 – April 5 in the SVA Flatiron Project Space

Jeff Edwards
March 16, 2025
Black and white broadside with the following text: The world is getting empty of everyone I know, one by one, in every direction they are leaving this world, for some people everyone they know has died. A second poster says: Treat a complete stranger as a lover, hug them as good friends, as they are or as 10 years ago you might have had fabulous sex with absolute abandon with the same stranger. Now life is ravaged and we offer from the same root boundless compassion.

“TO LOVE–TO DIE; TO FIGHT. TO LIVE.”, March 20 – April 5 in the SVA Flatiron Gallery

Jeff Edwards
March 16, 2025
Image showing two blocks of AIDS quilts comprised each of eight quilt panels.

Community Memorial AIDS Quilt-Making Workshops, March 29 – 30, 2025 in the SVA Flatiron Gallery

Free and open to the public

Jeff Edwards
March 16, 2025