This month brings thesis exhibitions, summer student showcases, and more.
Joseph O'Malley, There Were Always Priests Around, Excerpt 5 — Dinner Guests, 2024, archival inkjet print, 56x42 inches. On view at MFA Photography, Video, and Related Media 2024 Thesis.
Joseph O'Malley, There Were Always Priests Around, Excerpt 5 — Dinner Guests, 2024, archival inkjet print, 56x42 inches. On view at MFA Photography, Video, and Related Media 2024 Thesis.
This July, SVA’s many gallery spaces are full of work from several graduate programs across disciplines, including photography, painting, collage, mixed media, and more. Whether it’s the thesis work of the class of 2024 or those moonlighting in the Continuing Education program, there are plenty of opportunities to escape the heat into the imaginations of artists. Plus, MFA Visual Narrative offers a chance for prospective students to experience the program for a day.
EXHIBITIONS
An exhibition of thesis work by artists in the MFA Photography, Video, and Related Media class of 2024, curated by Nora Khan. In a statement about the exhibition, department chair Charles Traub says, “This year, a remarkably diverse group of graduates are presenting works in the lens and screen arts that tell stories as diverse as they are. And, to no surprise, they are exploring new and unique applications that the camera technology offers. Perhaps no other visual medium is comparable to what the lens can do to unveil insight into the details of our ever-changing reality for both the maker and the viewer. Unlike those graduates of the last several years, this year’s graduates were thus free of COVID-19 restraints, so they looked at the environments that were rebuilding around them.”
MFA Art Practice presents the 2024 thesis exhibition in collaboration with the Invisible Dog Art Center of Brooklyn, encompassing work by eight artists who will complete the MFA Art Practice program in July 2024. Participating artists include Melanie Brewster, Dana Donaty, Elena Kalkova, Maria Markham, Grace McCoy, Josh Stein, Melissa Wheeler and Antonia Wright. The Invisible Dog Art Center is open Thursday through Saturday, 1:00 – 7:00pm; Sunday, 1:00 – 5:00pm; and Monday through Wednesday by appointment only.
DW Zinsser, Dunkin′ Scrum, pen and watercolor on paper, 44 x 60 inches. On view at “Precarity & Possibility.”
DW Zinsser, Dunkin′ Scrum, pen and watercolor on paper, 44 x 60 inches. On view at “Precarity & Possibility.”
Through Sunday, July 21 | SVACE 2024 Student Summer Showcase | SVA Flatiron Project Space
The Division of Continuing Education presents the second annual student summer showcase. This small group exhibition demonstrates the unique talent of the student body, with works spanning across creative disciplines. Featured artists include Elena Barabashova, Soterio Bezio, Victoria Campa, Luyao Chang, Marina Eng, Anna Fleury, Seraphin Hedges, Else Heinsen, Lulu Jiang, Maria Kalantzi, Ronald Katz, Amanda Kelly, Lucia Korpas, Pilar Lagos, Sara Lee, Armineh Moghadasi, Mari Nagem, Ken Nintzel, Dustin Oriente, Amanda Scurti, Wenyang Shi and Karin Yamamoto.
An exhibition of thesis work by graduates of the MFA Visual Narrative program.
Wednesday, July 10 – Monday, July 29 | “Precarity & Possibility” | SVA Flatiron Gallery
An exhibition of work by six students in their second year of the MFA Art Practice program, curated by Jacquelyn Strycker, faculty and director of operations.
Thursday, July 25 – Saturday, August 10 | MFA Fine Arts Summer 2024 | SVA Chelsea Gallery
An exhibition of work presented by MFA Fine Arts.
EVENTS
Thursday, July 11 | MFA Visual Narrative Prospective Students Day | 136 West 21st Street, 11th Floor
Interested in enrolling in MFA Visual Narrative next summer? Register to spend a day sitting in on classes, touring facilities, connecting with chair Nathan Fox and others, and catching a glimpse of the 2024 graduating class’s work at the SVA Gramercy Gallery.
Grace McCoy, Intimate Acts of Queer Devotion, 2024. On view at “Evidence of Things Unseen.”
Grace McCoy, Intimate Acts of Queer Devotion, 2024. On view at “Evidence of Things Unseen.”