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.

May 22, 2024 by Anne Quito

Portraits of MFA Design founders and co-chairs Steven Heller and Lita Talarico (MFA 2007 Art Criticism and Writing) by BFA Illustration faculty member Yuko Shimizu (MFA 2003 Illustration as Visual Essay).

Portraits of MFA Design founders and co-chairs Steven Heller and Lita Talarico (MFA 2007 Art Criticism and Writing) by BFA Illustration faculty member Yuko Shimizu (MFA 2003 Illustration as Visual Essay).

Credit: Yuko Shimizu
Credit: Yuko Shimizu