This program aims directly at enabling the whole artist: body, mind, and spirit. We foster the development of soulful artists who make art to nurture and to challenge all that is best in human life.

The work our students create can be seen in TV shows, films, commercials, and video games. This is where you belong if you are interested in the animated films of Pixar, Disney, Dreamworks, and Sony ...

In 2013, comics publisher Top Shelf Productions released March: Book One, the first installment of a three-volume graphic-novel memoir by civil rights hero and U.S. Congressman John Lewis. Co-written ...

SVA Features: SVA Features: SVA Alumnus Vivienne Medrano and Her Show Hazbin Hotel Hazbin Hotel centers on a young woman named Charlie, the daughter of Lucifer, as she attempts to reduce the ...

What better way to beat the heat than in the cool climes of SVA’s galleries and studios this month? End-of-year showcases from graduates in art education, photography, digital and narrative art, and ...

Renowned artist James Jean (BFA 2001 Illustration) seems to rarely skip a year without creating a movie poster for some popular film that has entered the cultural zeitgeist. In recent years, he ...

1. Leo Porto (BFA 2015 Design), Little Prince Museum of Surrealism. The Portfolios network is free to all SVA alumni, faculty members and degree-seeking students (members can add projects here).

For years, celebrated graphic novelist, illustrator and SVA faculty member Sarah Varon (MFA 2002 Illustration as Visual Essay; she’s currently taking a break from teaching at the College) has ...

When Caspar David Friedrich was just a child in Greifswald, Germany, his brother fell through thin ice and died tragically young. Historians debate the truth of the events that unfolded, but Friedrich ...

The School of Visual Arts lost one of its most beloved and influential figures late last week when artist, illustrator, author and filmmaker Marshall Arisman, founder and chair of the MFA Illustration ...

Raised in Harlem, Ray Billingsley (BFA 1979 Cartooning) was still a kid himself when he started drawing for the magazine Kids at the age of 12. He attended SVA on a full four-year scholarship and, ...

Acclaimed animator, storyteller, and filmmaker Rebecca Sugar (BFA 2009 Animation) made a huge cultural mark with their critically acclaimed Cartoon Network show, Steven Universe. Heralded for its ...