EXHIBITIONS AT SVA
The exhibition program at SVA advances the
College's philosophy of integrating life outside the classroom with the
teaching that occurs within. Becoming a professional artist entails more than
just developing talent and honing skills; it also means gaining the practical
experience and creative enrichment that come from showing work in a real
gallery setting. SVA's commitment to this objective is second to none. We
employ a full-time staff of gallery professionals to mount over 50 exhibitions
a year in three exhibition spaces. There are two galleries on campus and one off
campus. The latter, which also houses the Office of Student Galleries,
comprises four new and fully equipped exhibition spaces as well as a terrace
with a spectacular
Hudson River
view where
outdoor sculpture can be shown. Matriculated students can exhibit their work
either as a part of a department show, organized by their department chair, or
a guest curator, or by applying to the Office of Student Galleries for a juried
exhibition. For each student exhibition held at SVA, the College hosts an
opening reception at which the exhibiting artists can interact with the public
and members of the arts community as well as celebrate their accomplishments
with friends, family and colleagues. This is a long-standing practice. Artists
such as Renee Cox, Keith Haring, Joseph Kosuth, Elizabeth Peyton, Lorna Simpson
and Sarah Sze held some of their first exhibitions as students at SVA.
SVA Gallery
209 East 23 Street, ground floor Monday through Friday, 9 am to 7 pm Saturday, 10 am to 6 pm
SVA Westside Gallery
141 West 21 Street, ground floor
Monday through Friday, 9 am to 7 pm
Saturday, 10 am to 6 pm
Visual Arts Gallery 601 West 26 Street, 15th floor
Monday through Saturday, 10 am to 6 pm
(closes at 5 pm on Fridays in the summer)
Guest Artist Exhibitions
SVA's exhibition program also affords students
the opportunity to study the work of renowned artists and designers, hear them
speak at lectures or even meet them in person - all on campus at the College.
In recent decades, SVA has exhibited the work of some of the most significant
figures in modern art, including Willem de Kooning, Sol Lewitt, Roy
Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, Robert Rauschenberg, Saul Steinberg, Mark di
Suvero and Andy Warhol. Reflecting the breadth of its curricula, SVA has also
exhibited prominent exponents of contemporary design, illustration and
photography. In 1988, SVA inaugurated the Masters Series, an annual award
exhibition held at the
Visual
Arts
Museum
to honor great visual communicators of our time. Silas Rhodes, the founder of
SVA, conceived it as a way of bringing public recognition to groundbreaking
designers, illustrators and photographers who are sometimes unknown to the
general public - a public that has nonetheless responded strongly to their
imagery and has been influenced by their work. Saul Bass, Seymour Chwast, Jules
Feiffer, Milton Glaser, George Lois, Mary Ellen Mark, Paul Rand, Paula Scher
and Massimo Vignelli are among those who have received the Masters Series
Award. The College also organizes and presents exhibitions that enable students
to understand art-making in a broader context. Recent highlights include
"Click Chic: The Fine Art of Fashion Photography," which explored the
work of six photographers for whom fashion has been a singular vehicle for
artistic expression. "Iznik, Legendary Ceramics from
Turkey
: An Art
Reborn" brought together more than 50 recent and historic tiles, plates
and vessels, including 16th-century pieces from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
And "The Design of Dissent," featuring an international selection of
political posters and ephemera from the 1960s to the present, was the basis for
a new book on the subject by exhibition organizers Milton Glaser and Mirko Ilić. RESIDENCE LIFE AND HOUSING
SVA currently offers the following campus housing options for graduate
students: the George Washington (GW), the Gramercy Women’s Residence, The Tenth
Street Residence and the Ludlow Residence. All residences include 24-hour
security, laundry facilities, cable service and Internet access. For more
information on residence life policies and other related information, contact
the Office of Residence Life at 212.592.2140, or reslife@sva.edu.
How to apply for housing
Once an offer of admission
has been extended, a nonrefundable $1,000 enrollment fee and an $800 housing
deposit (a $300 nonrefundable placement fee ad $500 security deposit) must be
submitted. Students will receive a housing preference form and contract. The Office
of Residence Life will then place new students in housing on a first-come,
first-served basis while space remains available. All housing contracts are for
the entire academic year and will not be canceled unless a student withdraws
from SVA or takes an official leave of absence from the College.
Note: Receipt of the enrollment fee and the housing deposit does not guarantee
placement in SVA housing.
TECHNOLOGY
The School of Visual Arts
provides valuable computing and networking resources that support the academic,
institutional, research and administrative activities of the College. SVA’s
computer services and facilities are an important aspect of our educational
mission, which includes a commitment to the pursuit of academic excellence and
the highest level of artistic expression. For up-to-date information on
specific computer facilities, please visit www.sva.edu and click on your department of interest. For information on SVA’s computer
store (CAVA), please click here.
MySVA
mySVA is the online community
for the School of
Visual Arts, and can be
accessed at my.sva.edu. Designed for students, faculty and staff, it offers a
free @sva.edu e-mail account, access to WebAdvisor and links to information and
services that will make many administrative functions simpler, including
registration information, schedule access, grades, secure bill payment and
more. All students, faculty and staff are automatically assigned an account
user name and password.
LIBRARY
The Visual Arts Library is a
comfortable and inviting place where students can study, collaborate with peers
or work with a librarian. Over 70,000 books, current subscriptions to over 400
magazines and journals, and specialized collections of pictures, slides, film
scripts, comics, DVDs and CDs are all available seven days a week. The Visual
Arts Library also serves as a portal that links students to major online
academic and creative resources, including databases containing 20,000
full-text periodicals. These materials have been carefully selected to support
SVA’s curriculum and meet the specialized needs of aspiring art and design
professionals. The Visual Resources Collection contains 170,000 slides and
38,000 digital images that document the history of art and design; it also
provides SVA faculty and students licensed access to three million digital
images. Additionally, the Library houses the Milton
Glaser Design
Study Center
and Archives containing original works by preeminent designers, illustrators
and art directors who have close ties to the School of Visual Arts .
A friendly and creative staff, including knowledgeable art librarians, is eager
to help patrons get the most from their library. At the Visual Arts Library,
you’ll develop the kind of knowledge that can power a lifetime of creativity.
For more information of the
Visual Arts Library, please click here OFFICE OF ALUMNI
AFFAIRS
The School of Visual Arts
is proud of the reputation it has attained through the achievements of the many
talented visual artists numbered among its alumni. Many of them live and work
in New York City; others can be found throughout
the United States
and around the world. SVA alumni have made major contributions to contemporary
fine arts. Their works are included in prominent museum collections,
represented by renowned galleries and exhibited around the world. SVA alumni
are leaders in advertising, graphic design, interactive media, broadcast
design, interior design, illustration, photography and related disciplines.
They can be found at film, animation and cartooning studios, advertising and
design firms, television networks, publishing houses and record companies. Many
freelance or run their own companies. They’ve won Academy Awards, Emmys, CLIOs,
Ruebens, National Endowment for the Arts and Fulbright fellowships, countless film
and festival awards, website and design awards, and have garnered international
press recognition. Still others extend the SVA tradition of educating artists
by becoming teachers themselves.
The Office of Alumni Affairs is the primary liaison between the School of Visual Arts and its alumni. Through
programs, publications and special events, the office actively engages SVA
alumni in an effort to advance their educational and professional best
interests while encouraging their support of the college.
Questions regarding alumni
programs and services should be directed to the Office of Alumni Affairs. Telephone: 212.592.2300; fax
212.592.2303; e-mail: alumni@sva.edu or
click here.
OFFICE OF CAREER
DEVELOPMENT
The Office of Career
Development offers a wide range of services to matriculating SVA students and
recent alumni. These services support individuals in exploring, identifying and
pursuing their unique career goals while providing tools and professional
networking opportunities to help them along the way.
Career Development provides
one-on-one career counseling and assistance in areas such as researching
employment, resume writing and interview preparation. The office manages SVA’s
online job board, which hosts listings from thousands of companies as well as
the option to post a resume and portfolio images for prospective employers to
review.
Throughout the academic year,
Career Development hosts events and workshops on employment opportunities,
relevant industry trends and the development of career-building skills. For
more information, please visit us at: www.sva.edu/career.
STUDENT HEALTH AND
COUNSELING SERVICES
Student Health and Counseling
Services attends to the physical, social and emotional aspects of student
wellness in a nonjudgmental environment. Our services are available to all students
regardless of whether or not a student has SVA sponsored health insurance. All
services are provided free of charge and are confidential. The office is open
Monday through Friday, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. For more information about our
services call 212.592.2246. A registered nurse is available for health
education and assistance in locating community health resources in the area.
Students can also use MySVA to find providers and resources in the area.
Therapists and a part-time psychiatrist provide short-term therapy for a
variety of issues.
Student Health Insurance
All registered degree-seeking
students are automatically enrolled in SVA-sponsored accident insurance.
Additionally, students are automatically enrolled in the SVA-sponsored sickness
coverage. Students who wish to waive the Health Insurance Fee for the
SVA-sponsored sickness coverage must have sufficient coverage and waive the fee
before the applicable deadline. For more information about the insurance,
including how to waive the fee, go to www.sva.edu/aetna.
DISABILITY SERVICES
The mission of the Office of
Disability Services (ODS) is to assist in creating an accessible campus
environment where students with disabilities have equal access to educational
programs and the opportunity to participate in campus life. The Office of
Disability Services will:
Provide and
coordinate appropriate academic accommodations and related services to meet the
specific disability-related needs of students.
Consult with
faculty about reasonable and effective academic accommodations.
Advise academic
and administrative departments about student access to programs and facilities. Answer questions
that prospective students may have about services for students and
disabilities.
The ODS is staffed by an
associate director and a learning disabilities coordinator who work together
with students to determine their eligibility for academic accommodations and to
ensure that these accommodations are implemented. The ODS recommends
accommodations for students with disabilities in compliance with Section 504 of
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of
1990.
The office is located in the
George Washington building at . Individuals with questions or
who are interested in receiving disability services may contact the office at
212.592.2281 or at disabilityservices@sva.edu
For more information on
Student Health and Counseling Services, pleaseclick here. VETERAN STUDENTS
School of Visual Arts
is approved for veteran training under the authorizations established by the
federal government. All students
enrolling under veterans’ benefits must see the veterans’ counselor before
registering for courses. The veterans’
counselor can be reached Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Telephone: 212.592.2201; fax: 212.592.2069;
e-mail: registrar@sva.edu.
FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT (FERPA)
Annually, the School
of Visual Arts informs students of the
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974. The College complies fully with this Act,
which was designed to protect the privacy of education records, establish the
right of students to inspect and review their education records, and provide
guidelines for the correction of inaccurate or misleading data through informal
and formal hearings. Students also have
the right to file complaints with the FERPA office concerning alleged failures
by the College to comply with the Act. Local policy explains in detail the procedures to be used by the College
for compliance with the provisions of the Act. Copies of the policy are available in the Office of the President and
the Registrar’s Office and on MySVA. These offices also maintain a directory of records, which lists all
education records maintained on students by the School of Visual Arts. Questions concerning FERPA should be referred
to the Registrar’s Office. Telephone:
212.592.2200; fax: 212.592.2069; e-mail: registrar@sva.edu.
More information on FERPA may be found here.
GRADING POLICY
Most of the graduate
departments at SVA require students to maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 in order
to remain in good academic standing.A
graduate department may, at its discretion, adopt a policy that accepts only
those courses completed with a grade of B- or higher toward the degree, or a
pass/fail philosophy.However, each
graduate department must make the grading policy clear in the departmental
literature.
Explanation of Graduate Degrees
MFA—Master of Fine Arts
The Master of Fine Arts is a
terminal degree in studio arts, and typically requires two years of study,
centering on a practice in a particular field with an academic and research
element.All MFA programs at SVA require
the completion of 60 or 64 credits.See
individual departments for more information.
The College offers the MFA
degree in: Art Criticism and Writing; Computer Art; Design; Design Criticism:
Fine Arts; Illustration as Visual Essay; Interaction Design; Photography, Video
and Related Media; and Social Documentary Film.
MPS—Master of Professional Studies
The Master of Professional
Studies is an accredited degree that emphasizes learning real-world skills and
professionally relevant material in one to two years of study.An MPS is practical as well as academic,
often involving fieldwork or a clinical internship placement integrated within
the curriculum, and the completion of a thesis project.The MPS at SVA required the completion of 33,
36, or 60 credits, depending on the program.
The College offers the MPS
degrees in: Art Therapy, Branding and Digital Photography.
MAT—Master of Arts in Teaching
The Master of Arts in
Teaching is an accredited degree that requires 30 or more semester hours beyond
the bachelor’s degree The MAT emphasizes the application of developmental and
educational theory to classroom practice, curriculum design and student
teaching internships.The Masters is the
highest earned degree required for certified, pre-Kindergarten through grade 12
public school teachers.The MAT at SVA
is 36 credits and provides the coursework and supervised student teaching
required for New York State Initial Certification in Visual Art.The MAT program includes courses that focus
on curriculum development for museum education, computer technology in art
education, integrating visual art with other school subjects, teaching students
with special needs, as well as a research component that culminates in a thesis
project.
The College offers the MAT in
Art Education.
