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Renaissance style portraits of the founding MFA Design co-chairs Steven Heller and Lita Talarico. Each of them is surrounded by ornamental illustrated frames, and they are facing each other. Below each of them are words that read "Double Visionaries"

26 Years of MFA Design at SVA with Steven Heller and Lita Talarico

The outgoing founders and co-chairs of the MFA Design Department at the School of Visual Arts look back on a quarter-century of their paradigm-shifting program.

Anne Quito
May 22, 2024
Graphic reading "Gift Guide: Book Edition" on a striped blue and white background wrapped in a bow

SVA Books to Gift This 2022 Holiday Season

December 8, 2022
SVA in Seoul

SVA in Seoul 2022

A busy slate of alumni-focused activities, events and reunions took place throughout South Korea’s lively capital in early November.

Joyce Rutter Kaye
November 18, 2022
Photos of graduates at the 2020/2021 SVA Commencement make-up ceremony, held at Radio City Music Hall on Monday, June 27.

‘Look How Resilient We Are’: Highlights From the 2020 and 2021 SVA Commencement Make-Up Ceremony

Graduates from the two classes gathered to celebrate and renowned filmmaker John Waters delivered the keynote address

Kylie Mitchell
June 30, 2022
Joe Haddad (BFA 2017 Design) , Delicious Postcards

SVA Portfolios: Five Most-Discussed Projects of September 2021

October 4, 2021
A screenshot of a woman wearing a graduation-ceremony gown and standing at a podium in front of a virtual background.

Discover Your ‘Authentic Voice’: 2021 SVA Commencement Highlights and Marilyn Minter’s Keynote Speech

Rodrigo Perez
May 23, 2021
A black-and-white archival photograph of four women painting in a studio, where several paintings are hanging on the wall and sculptures hanging from the ceiling.

SVA Alumni Society News

Message from the Director | Alumni Scholarship Awards | Donors | Corporate Partners for the Arts

May 5, 2021
A photograph of a grid of 27 primarily blue artworks hung on a gallery wall.

Alumni Affairs: Notes + Exhibitions

The latest professional news from the SVA alumni community

May 5, 2021
Graphic reading "Gift Guide: Book Edition" on a striped blue and white background wrapped in a bow

New SVA Books to Gift this Holiday Season

Michelle Mackin
December 14, 2020
A yellow After School Special poster with, "The 2020 School of Visual Arts Alumni Film and Animation Festival: After School Special WFH Edition," written on it

SVA Theatre Announces Its 2020 ‘Work From Home’ After School Special Festival

Maeri Ferguson
September 15, 2020