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An illustration of a little orange dog with a white ball in it's mouth walking off of the beach with the title "hot dog" over it
Doug Salati

Congratulations to SVA faculty member Doug Salati (MFA 2014 Illustration as Visual Essay)! The American Library Association awarded Salati’s book Hot Dog this year’s Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book. Via NPR.

February 2023

An illustration of a little orange dog with a white ball in it's mouth walking off of the beach with the title "hot dog" over it
A poster of a rabbit head collaged by many illustrations of various things, like flowers, a family eating dinner, and foliage.
A photo of a collage on a desk, the collage has various fabrics, objects, small toys, and a drawing on cardboard
A piece of white paper with a torn-out book page on top of it with a collaged photo of a woman and black and white swirl

January 2023

A digital drawing featuring 12 illustrations from everyday life, each themed a different color
An photo of a woman with a camera filming two other people as they sit in a ferris wheel cage
A drawing of a watermelon with tendrils coming out of it and filling the page. In front of it is a glass with seeds sprouting
An installation photo of a large, colorful painting hanging on a white wall with a person standing next to the painting, looking at it
A painting of an up-close view of a water fountain, it is mostly green and brown
A collage of pigeons on a set of washing machines
An illustration of a rabbit in the shape of a lucky cat holding a peace sign. The rabbit is light purple and the background is a darker purple
A cut-out canvas that vaguely looks like a butterfly, with bright, abstract geometric shapes
A colorful illustration of various waiting for the train, sitting on a bench on the train platform
An illustrated calendar featuring two people in white bunny costumes linking arms

December 2022

An illustration of a gingerbread house on a red background with the text "Sugar and spice and everything nice" around it
A black and white illustration of a woman painting the ground to look like a menorah, using the spikes of a fence as candles
A greeting card with "Light & Love written across the top in script, and a menorah in the lower right hand side with all candles lit
A photo of the front of an SVA building with two flags hanging out front, each flag reads "75 years" with the SVA logo on it.
A screenshot of a still from a film featuring three people holding a sign that reads "Goodbye John's Soul" in an office space. It is in black and white.
A hyperrealistic oil painting of a yankee doodle sweet in a clear wrapper. The sweet is a chocolate cupcake with a squiggle of white icing across it
A photo of two women sitting on a couch in a living room. Behind them is a painting of a woman in a red dress laying straight on a table draped in red, with red curtains behind her. The living room is fully furnished.
A photo of a group of young kids, filling up a staircase in the middle of a school hallway. They are surrounding by yellow walls and lockers
A collage of a woman holding her face with rings on her hands and ice in the shape of butterfly wings. Her face is replaced with a photo of water's surface
Two women are next to each other on a set designed to look like snowy mountains with a cabin in the back ground. One woman holds a pair of skis and the other reclines on a sun chair.
An oil painting of two figures, one a young child and another a young woman. They're holding hands, laying down on a dark black and read floor.
A 4 x 4 grid of photos. Clockwise: a couple stands in front of a pool. A couple of young women sit in front of greenery. A pool is surrounded by various groups of people. A group of three people pose for a photo.
Two photos left to right: a glass case with a dog house in the shape of a hot dog cart inside. A glass case with a doghouse in the shape of a milk carton inside.
A young man stands in a white-wall gallery room filled with sculptures and paintings. Next to him is a taxidermy coyote with cotton buds covering it's body, behind him are two large paintings, one red and the other yellow
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