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Introducing the Fall/Winter 2024–25 ‘Visual Arts Journal’

The latest issue of SVA’s magazine includes work by artists Willie Cole and Steve Mumford, a Q&A with sports branding designer and consultant Todd Radom, and a look at AI in art education.

November 8, 2024
A magazine cover featuring a photograph of a sculpture made of high-heeled shoes against a blank white background. The sculpture resembles a mask or a face with its tongue sticking out. A magazine cover featuring a photograph of a sculpture made of high-heeled shoes against a blank white background. The sculpture resembles a mask or a face with its tongue sticking out.
Credit: Willie Cole
Credit: Willie Cole

The fall/winter 2024–25 issue of the Visual Arts Journal, the biannual magazine of the School of Visual Arts, is now available for free in building lobbies and other locations on the SVA campus.


The Journal is also mailed to U.S.–based alumni and parents of current students—who will be receiving their copies in the coming days—and offered to all in digital format on Issuu, which is also home to back issues of the magazine dating to 2012.

A photograph of a large, cone-shaped chandelier made of repurposed and red-tinted plastic water bottles. A photograph of a large, cone-shaped chandelier made of repurposed and red-tinted plastic water bottles.

Willie Cole, Red Spirit Light, 2013, plastic bottles, galvanized steel, and cellophane.

Willie Cole, Red Spirit Light, 2013, plastic bottles, galvanized steel, and cellophane.

Credit: Willie Cole
Credit: Willie Cole

In addition to campus news, alumni notes, and the latest publications, products, and other ventures by SVA community members, the fall/winter 2024–25 Journal includes:


  • a portfolio of work by multimedia artist Willie Cole (BFA 1976 Media Arts);
  • the little-known story of the late, mysterious psychedelic musician Harumi (1965 Advertising);
  • a look at the perils and promises of generative AI in the education and practice of art and design;
  • scenes of daily life at the U.S.–Mexico border, observed and drawn by artist Steve Mumford (MFA 1994 Fine Arts);
  • an interview with Todd Radom (BFA 1986 Media Arts), the designer behind some of your favorite sports teams’ identities.
A selection of collectible tickets to Chicago White Sox baseball games. Each ticket has a unique image celebrating a different aspect of the White Sox's history. A selection of collectible tickets to Chicago White Sox baseball games. Each ticket has a unique image celebrating a different aspect of the White Sox's history.

Selections from a set of 81 premium tickets designed by Todd Radom (BFA 1986 Media Arts) for the Chicago White Sox’s 2017 season.

Selections from a set of 81 premium tickets designed by Todd Radom (BFA 1986 Media Arts) for the Chicago White Sox’s 2017 season.

Credit: Todd Radom
Credit: Todd Radom

The Visual Arts Journal is produced in the fall and spring by SVA External Relations and the Visual Arts Press, SVA’s in-house design studio. For more information on the magazine and to read past issues, click the button below.