EVENTS

Wednesday, September 7, 6:30 – 7:30pm | Photography Lighting Basics | Online

SVA Continuing Education presents faculty member Joseph Sinnott for a workshop exploring simple studio and location lighting tips for photography. Various light sources, accessories and techniques will be described, including diffusers, reflectors, flash, and continuous and mixed lighting.

Thursday, September 8, 7:00 – 8:30pm | Daredoodles with Tom Motley | Online

SVA Continuing Education presents cartooning instructor Tom Motley for another round of comic challenges derived from his courses, including Formalist Comics and Thinking In Ink. Attendees will draw along and play with speech balloons, folded paper surprises, and more. A Q&A will follow the program.

Friday, September 9, 6:30 – 8:30pm | Lynsey Addario in Conversation with Kathy Ryan | SVA Theatre

On the occasion of "The Masters Series: Lynsey Addario" exhibition and award, SVA will host a conversation between acclaimed photojournalist Lynsey Addario and Kathy Ryan, director of photography at The New York Times Magazine. Ryan first assigned Addario for the magazine in 2001, and for the last two decades, they have worked on stories in Afghanistan, Iraq, South Sudan and Ukraine, among many others. This conversation will reflect on their professional relationship and Lynsey's extensive career.

Tuesday, September 13, 7:00 – 8:30pm | i3 Photo Lecture: Sarah Anne Ward | 136 W 21st Street

A talk with Sarah Anne Ward, a New York City-based photographer/director specializing in drinks, food, product and packaging photography with a studio in midtown Manhattan, presented by MPS Digital Photography's i3: Images, Ideas, Inspiration lecture series. A Rochester Institute of Technology graduate, Ward is known for her ability to tackle almost any technical challenge with an often quirky and conceptual perspective.

Monday, September 19, 6:00 – 8:00pm | Valery Daniels Memorial Lecture: Disability Culture-Informed Art Therapy Practice | Online

MPS Art Therapy presents Sandie Yi, Ph.D., ATR-BC, who will give this year's Valery Daniels Memorial Lecture—"Disability Culture-Informed Art Therapy Practice: Examining Ableism in the Field of Art Therapy." This virtual presentation will focus on the epistemology of practices within the field of art therapy that may be implicitly ableist due to the social and cultural constructions of disability within the larger society. Yi, a disabled woman artist-scholar activist whose work is rooted in disability studies and is influenced by art therapy training, examines the “overcoming narratives” and othering in art therapy.

Monday, September 19, 6:30 – 8:00pm | Stickers and Society | 133/141 W 21st Street, Room 101C

BFA Visual & Critical Studies and the SVA Honors Program present Stickers and Society: A Conversation Between DB Burkeman and Carlo McCormick, hosted in conjunction with “A Sticker History Exhibition” at the Flatiron Project Space. Burkeman, FKA DJ DB, is the author of two sticker history books, an infamous rave and jungle DJ, art curator and collector, and McCormick is a cultural critic, former senior editor of PAPER magazine, longtime museum curator for all things pop culture and superstar in the downtown NYC art scene. The duo offers their expertise and experience in a Q&A panel.

Wednesday, September 21 – Sunday, September 25 | After School Special 2022 | SVA Theatre

Featuring some of the most accomplished film, television, animation and visual effects alums of the School of Visual Arts, this festival will include screenings, premieres and Q&As with industry insiders that offer behind-the-scenes looks at the world of television and cinema. A full schedule and list of participants (subject to change) can also be found at svatheatre.eventbrite.com.

Tuesday, September 27, 7:00 – 8:30pm | i3 Photo Lecture: Chris Buck | 136 W 21st Street

A talk with Chris Buck, a photographer and director known for his distinctive portraits: conceptual, irreverent, smart and intimate, part of MPS Digital Photography's i3: Images, Ideas, Inspiration lecture series. Buck's clients include Coca-Cola, Google, Microsoft, GQ, The New Yorker, Guardian Saturday and The New York Times Magazine.

Thursday, September 29 – Saturday, October 1 | 12th Annual SocDoc Thesis Showcase | SVA Theatre

MFA Social Documentary Film presents the 12th Annual SocDoc Thesis Showcase featuring films from the class of 2022, including work by Mariana Baldó, Lydia Erickson, Zhaowei Hu, Sunny Liu, Xinghan Liu, JM Mitchell and Vi Zhao. Additional graduates not screening are Sonja Moses and Jabu Ndlovu.

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