Special Event

Please note: Due to the evolving coronavirus situation, this event will be held online.

SVA's MFA Design/Designer as Entrepreneur program is pleased to announce the virtual Venture 2020: New Prospectives, a prestigious showcase of ventures that celebrates the accomplishments of the program's graduating designers and highlights the wide impact they have as they rise above the status quo to offer unique entrepreneurial solutions to today’s complex problems. 

This year’s forum promises new opportunities and transformations. Members of the design community and press, as well as potential clients and partners, are invited to attend this online evening of video presentations, where 23 graduates will share their innovative ventures about which they are extremely passionate. 

MFA Design/Designer as Entrepreneur is the graduate program that instills confidence and inspires, prepares and encourages designers to conceive, create, brand and market their own innovations. After two years of study, this year's graduating students are ready to bring their talents and ideas as entrepreneurs and innovators to meet current and future challenges.

Visit design.sva.edu at 5:00pm on Wednesday, April 22, and celebrate the accomplishments of the class of 2020 as they embark on their well-deserved journeys, launching their new beginnings and opportunities.

The MFA Design mission statement:

Today, a designer is a thinker, maker, producer, collaborator and entrepreneur. Graphic design has never been a more inclusive discipline than it is right now and designers are engaged in more creative, technological and ambitiously diverse enterprises than ever before.