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Four images of graduating SVA students receiving their diplomas
Credit:

Joe Sinnott

Congratulations to the class of 2022! SVA held its first in-person commencement exercises since 2019 this past Sunday at Radio City Music Hall, with writer Roxane Gay delivering the keynote address. To watch a recording of the full ceremony, click here. Photos by BFA Photography and Video faculty member Joe Sinnott (BFA 1988 Photography).

May 2022

Four images of graduating SVA students receiving their diplomas
A girl jumping rope while people watch
An image of building foundation imposed on top of similar images
Group of students, faculty, and alumni.
Group of students at Six Flags
Upper left: a group of graduating students in front of Radio City Music Hall. Lower left: A graduating student in their cap and gown holding a dog. Right: A student in their cap and gown holding a bouquet of white roses in front of SVA.
A young boy stands holding and observing a metal ring in his hands while men pass behind him.
A grey room with a painting of a carved pumpkin on the wall, and another room in the distance with a painting of a woman's mouth pointing down towards a halloween decoration spider, surrounded by webs.
A man sits painting colorful portraits.
Girl surrounding by flowers and butterflies
Contour portrait of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in oil painting with a border of water-color flowers
An illustration of four hands with chop sticks each reaching for a piece of a knot.
6 vertical banners, each showing various scenes of people, spiders, dandelions and paper cranes.
A book cover featuring an illustration of a cat giving an elephant an ice cream cone with "K is for Kindness" above them.
A piece of paper with two small semi-circle hoops coming out of it.
a profile portrait of a young girl in a red top with pearls and brown hair pulled back into a ponytail.

April 2022

Left: a photo of a woman laying in the grass against a green background. Right: a list of words beginning with "re" in red font.
A watercolor sketch of a ballerina looking at herself in the mirror.
An illustration of a person reaching down on a cliff towards a creature on its hind legs.
Illustration, top half is a dark image of a demon-esque creature with a long beak and golden serpent like tail. The bottom half is a greenish-golden bird with a golden aura. In the middle is the text "Art is the space between angles and demons"
An image of Cara Delevingne covered in various brushstrokes of paint.
An illustration of two people standing at the end of a crosswalk opposite of a body of water and sunset.
Movie poster for Everything Everywhere All at Once featuring illustrations of the characters.
Image of a silk scarf with a series of still life illustrations printed on it
A painting of an obfuscated still life, featuring the face of a doll, a pin cushion, and other items.
A, illustrated lineup of super heros standing in front of a rainbow color gradient.
A Riso print of a person looking at a map with a backpack full of art supplies in NYC.
An Illustration of Supreme Court Nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in a superhero costume flying towards the viewer. The background is blue with white stars.
A large silhouette of a person lays half-submerged in the ocean while a scuba diver swims around them.
A green elf girl with long hair and a green dress frolics through a field of peach colored flowers.
A split screen of three men. Left: Vivek Chibber. Middle: Dr. Jeremy Cohan. Right: Slavoj Žižek.
An installation of various objects and trash, from bikes to old signage, constructed to make a large vessel.
A pair of hands holds up a book cover featuring a colorful array of stickers and "SVA MFAD" in bold font.

March 2022

Two mock-ups of New Yorker magazine covers. Left: an illustration featuring a sunflower growing in between destroyed buildings. Right: a portrait of a girl in military gear with the Ukrainian flag on her arm and a crown of flowers.
A still of a person in scrubs and a mask walking down a hallway while wheeling a pallet of hospital materials.
An illustration of a black and white cat walking in a set of multicolored heels with a ribbon in its mouth.
A 3D rendered image of a paper car on a table in front of a boy sleeping in a hospital bed.
Illustration of a rabbit walking through a green field of various flowers and mushrooms. There is an image of a planet in the lower right corner, and mushroom-like structures in the upper right corner.
A woman with long, brown hair standing in a body of water that seems to be infinite, surrounded by water lilies. She is holding a water lily in her hands.
A painting of a football field at sunset, with the setting sun framed by the goal post. There is a set of bleachers in the distance. The sky is orange and the grass is a mix of green and amber.
A book cover featuring an image of a lake surrounded by evergreens, all framed by watercolored flowers and fruits. In the center, the title reads, "The Forest Feast: Road Trip".
Watercolor painting of a flower bouquet in all colors, featuring a variety of flowers, framed by a painted gold border.
Four screen captures featuring shots of the same man: upper left image features a close-up of his face, upper right image depicts him with a horse, lower left image shows him in a snowstorm, lower right image is a scene of him inside of a cabin.
Three paintings, each of a helmet, a shield, and a cylinder stand propped against a castle door. The paintings are accompanied by a painted sculpture in the shape of a cylinder with a sphere on top.
Ian Jones Quartey and Rebecca Sugar sit across from a group of SVA students.
A red table with 5-6 SVA informational pamphlets and booklets on display.
A photograph of a tattooed woman wearing a halo and breastfeeding a baby.
A computer program displaying a work-in-progress graphic of a Ukrainian symbol.
Two posters protesting Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
A text-based illustration.
A woman sits in front of a colorful mural.
A photograph of the Empire State Building at night.
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