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SVAwesome > January 2021
Photos of dumplings, a platter with a reddish sauce in it, chopsticks standing against a wall, and a glass of a light brown opaque liquid with ice cubes in it
Credit: Ina Jang
Ina Jang
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Photograph by Ina Jang (MPS 2012 Fashion Photography; BFA 2010 Photography) for The New Yorker’s article, “Chili Crisp and Exquisite Fast Food at Milu.”

December 2020

Illustration of a subway train driving along a track that reads 2020 the 2021. It's nighttime and you can see the Freedom Tower and the Empire State Building in the distance. The train conductor can be seen in the train and it's a cat.
A house with a grassy yard at dusk. The moon is high in the sky, which is still blue. There are lights on in the house that shine onto the yard.
Illustration of notable NYC monuments including the Empire State, Chrysler and Flatiron Buildings and the Brooklyn Bridge.
Three posters side by side. Left: A person wearing a mask with the phrase "Stay Safe" overlaid; middle: a germ saying "easy hit!" at a person wearing no mask, while others are safe with masks; right: a diagram featuring batman and another superhero showing how to properly wear a mask
Illustration of a green Christmas tree strung with white lights and topped with a gold star. There are some wrapped gift boxes underneath the tree and a pink pig stands next to it, wearing a red and white Santa hat and holding a yellow gift.
A page of a dictionary painted over in black and green. Also on the page are an illustrated monkey and an illustrated early 20th-century man in a suit standing on a column.
Illustration of a white bear sitting at a table drinking tea and surrounded by other little living creatures like frogs and mice.
A sculpture of wooden stools and precariously stacked to form a tall, curved structure. There is a wine glass sitting on one of the stools
An illustration of a window looking out on a snowy lawn. In front of the window is a table on which there's a tablet where 2 people are video-chatting, a sleeping cat, a plant and a bucket of art supplies.
An abstract Christmas pattern made of geometric shapes in red, green and white.
A grid of images of comedian Lorelei Ramierz sitting in front of a brick wall gesticulating. Over each image is a text-based tone indicator
Photo taken from above of a woman painting a colorful mural on a wall.
A white poster that says "Art Is!" and features a border of colorful words, in a gold poster case on the facade of the School of Visual Arts' 209 East 23rd Street entrance.
Black and white illustration of a woman painting on the ground to make the stakes in a fence look like a menorah. Behind the fence is a white house with a big yard and two trees.
A yellow rubber glove, two blue work gloves, and two disposable gloves are worn by 5 consecutive stakes in a fence in front of a brick building
Wool, thread, and fabric on canvas; two strips of fabric are stitched onto a piece of canvas in the shape of a plus-sign
Actress Amanda Seyfriend stands in front of a tree truck looking at the viewer with a neutral face. Her blonde, wavy hair is down and slightly windblown and she wears a white/grey sweater
A drawing, perhaps done in charcoal, of two legs from mid-calf down. The person's weight is on the ball and toes of the left foot, while the right foot is upright, with the toes curled under on the ground.
A grid of four SVA-themed Zoom backgrounds designed by SVA's Visual Arts Press. Two have graphic designs and two are photos from campus, one in an art studio and one of a wall of SVA Subway Posters.
Illustration of a smiling girl reaching down into a scene of a little house with a long path with cartoonishly large arms
A painting of white feet and arms in the midst of motion on a plain grayish backdrop
A grid of photogs of 6 elaborate collars worn by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Portrait photograph of Barbara Calderon. She wears gold hoop earrings and necklaces and her long brown hair is draped over her left shoulder

November 2020

Grab and go brown paper bags lined up on a table in an SVA residence hall for a virtual Zoomsgiving
A collage of words of gratitude written in warm colors
Happy Thanksgiving handlettered in orange font on a pink background
A girl stands on a ladder in front of a white board, on which she has painted a mural of a cartoonish grocery store
Photo of SVA NYC branded merchandise from the SVA Campus Store, including a teddy bear and stuffed monkey, coffee mugs, a water bottle, a gray sweatshirt and more. Text reading "Holiday 2020" is overlaid on the photo.
Portrait painting by Gideon Rubin of a faceless adult holding a faceless child in their arms
Illustration of the top floor of a NYC walkup apartment, where two people are on a small terrace reading.
An illustration of Keith Haring painting a black outline of his signature characters on a wall while children look on behind him
A magazine cover for SVA's Visual Opinion from October 1995. On the cover is a Black man guarding his face with boxing gloves boxing gloves.
A piece of collage artwork featuring stacked pieces of ripped cardboard. Some are painted.
A nighttime photo of the facade of NYC's Public Theatre
Character concept drawing for a student's thesis, featuring the same cartoon man from the front, the side and the back. He is slightly hunched, has long curly brown hair and is wearing pinstripe pants, a suit jacket and a hat
A man and woman pose holding a poster of Joe Biden that says "Democracy Prevails." The man has a young girl on his shoulders. They stand among others celebrating Joe Biden's win.
Two images in a side by side panel. On the left is a poem typed in black serif font on a white background; right: the word Democracy is written in red white and blue but heavily distorted
A colorful abstract painting
Black and white photograph of Joesph R Biden Jr, the president-elect, sitting in a chair and looking into the distance.
A pick sculpture with arms, legs and a head with protrusions from either side of the head.
Two images stacked; the bottom image is the word "Together" in a style designed by Milton Glaser; the top image is the letters of the work Together written as crop art in the same style as Glaser's design.
A illustration of black women with the word vote
A grid of 7 people video chatting. They are all posing with jack-o-lanterns.
A piece of art made of Acrylic on wood. The acrylic is black and arranged in a grouping of different sized blobs

December 2019

Artist Keith Haring sits in a grassy field with a blimp featuring his artwork hovering in the background
Photo of a naked man sitting on a stool. He is wearing a gold party hat and behind him there are gold streamers on the wall
Photo of a man announcing something on a New York City subway
Still from an animation of personified letters of the alphabet in front of lockers, as if at school. The scene is very colorful and vibrant
A cut-out illustration of a faceless mother and daughter with a menorah, with a phrase written in Yiddish.
Illustration of a water tower covered in colorful holiday lights
An illustration that of a Christmas tree on the beach surrounded by palm trees, with the words "Mele Kalikimaka"
Photo of a cat laying on a red cloth and looking at the camera. The cat is surrounded by white string lights.
a collage of illustrated wintery things like blankets, evergreens, log cabins and sweaters
Milton Glaser and Walter Bernard sit in a messy office and work on New York magazine
A Christmas tree wrapped in a light blue and navy blue striped SVA scarf
a book titled "Tough Love" lays open and cover-up. The cover is red with two cactus branches on it.
An illustration of a cupcake and a cinnamon bun wrapped up in a scarf, looking at each other, with a cartoon heart hovering above them
Anne Quito, Milton Glaser and Walter Bernard sit on a stage talking. A large projection of multiple New York magazine covers is above them.
A photo from afar of the Statue of Liberty and the water around it on a cloudy day, with an obscuring black line down the middle. =
Dark, shadowy photo of people in a gallery, admiring large photos by Garry Winogrand projected on a wall
Illustration of Elsa and Bruni from Disney's Frozen 2
A Risograph printed pattern of abstract mouths on a bright yellow and purple backdrop
An illustration of a snow globe with a base that looks like tree branches. Inside is a ballerina in a pirouette with an castle-like structure behind her.
A woman in black floral gown sits at a stone fountain and looks back over her shoulder at the camera
A person smiles at the camera, standing between two others in a gallery setting in front of large colorful paintings hung on the wall.
Illustration of what looks like bronchioles in the lungs
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