Selected SVA events

Freelancing Basics
Wednesday, April 17, 3 – 5pm
136 West 21 Street, Room 631F
Free, exclusive to alumni

The Freelancing Basics workshop will provide an overview of the crucial elements of successful freelancing. Get a jumpstart on your first big freelance gig and learn how to define your services, negotiate fees and payment schedules, use your online portfolio to get the work you want, as well as gain tips for marketing and managing your business.  The workshop will provide resources and general information relevant to all majors. To register, alumni should log on to the SVA Job Board.

Alice Aycock: Works
Thursday, April 4, 7pm
Amphitheater
209 East 23 Street, 3rd floor
Free, open to the public

Artist and SVA Faculty member Alice Aycock discusses her work, Park Avenue Paper Chase, in the context of her 40-year career. The multi-part sculptural assemblage visualizes the movement of wind as it flows up and down the avenue, creating whirlpools, vortexes of energy, and sometimes unpredictable three-dimensional massing of forms. To learn more about the event, click here.
Image credit: Alice Aycock, Park Avenue Paper Chase, digital inkjet print on fine art paper


ArtTable Panel
Monday, April 8, 6:30 – 8:15pm
SVA Theatre, 333 West 23 Street
Free to SVA faculty and students (with ID); $15 general admission

Don’t miss this eye-opening panel, “The Digitization of the Art World: Are New Media Artists Transforming Art Practice and How We Think About Art Itself?” This is the first in a yearlong series of ArtTable panels and workshops exploring the transformative impact of digitization on art practice, museum art interpretation, education and exhibition practice, and on traditional art world marketing assumptions, distribution structures and art criticism. RSVP to ebround@ArtTable.org. For more information, click here.


Free Model Drawing Sessions
Mondays,
January 14 – April 8
7 – 10pm
George Washington Residence Hall Solarium, top floor
23 Lexington Avenue 
Free, exclusive to alumni

First come, first served. Classes fill up quickly! Please bring your own drawing materials. Alumni ID card and photo ID needed for entry. To print out your alumni ID card, click here.

Image credit: Gary Doodles (BFA 2005 Animation), Man with stick, pencil on paper

SVA Curates on Kickstarter

Join SVA-curated Kickstarter. All alumni, faculty, students and staff are invited to submit projects for funding on SVA’s page.

While the Kickstarter platform is open to the general public, this curated page allows alumni an extra spotlight. Bill Plympton’s (Cartooning 1969) animated feature film, CHEATIN', was featured on the SVA page and surpassed its fundraising goal of $75,000 with a $100,916 final pledge total. Interested in joining? Contact extrelations@sva.edu for information.

Image credit: Kip Omolade (BFA 1991 Media Arts), Using Art to Create a Celebrity, oil painting

SVA Talent Shows

Come see the thesis work and final projects created by the Class of 2013! For your guide to all of SVA’s year-end exhibitions and events, click here.

A Successful Distinguished Alumnus Lecture with
Julia Hoffmann

On March 13, the Office of Alumni Affairs and The Alumni Society welcomed Julia Hoffmann (BFA 2002 Graphic Design), former creative director of advertising and graphic design at The Museum of Modern Art, to discuss her life and career after graduating from SVA. The event was a huge success with over 140 attendees. To watch the video of the lecture, click here, and to see photos from the event, click here. Also, Julia's lecture was written up in DART/ Design Arts Daily. 

Alumnus Creates Animated Kids Show Picked Up by Nickelodeon

Breadwinners, a new series based on an animated short of the same name by Gary Doodles (BFA 2005 Animation), a.k.a. Gary DiRaffaele, has been picked up by Nickelodeon for 20 episodes. Created by Doodles and Steve Borst, Breadwinners tells the adventures of two zany ducks who operate a bread delivery service from their jet-fueled rocket van. The ducks also happen to love dancing to dub step, which provides the soundtrack to their journeys.
Doodles and Borst’s show is one of several new series that Nickelodeon’s parent company Viacom hopes will re-invigorate its programming and gain new audiences.

To learn more about alumni success stories, visit the SVA Blog.

Image credit: Gary Doodles (BFA 2005 Animation), still from Breakwinners, animated short

Career Development Spotlight

Social Media 101
Thursday, April 4, 3 – 5pm
136 West 21 Street, Room 418F
Free, exclusive to alumni

At any stage of your creative career you can take basic steps to build a wider network online. This workshop will examine how to use your online presence to network and promote your work to a larger audience. The presentation will also break down the logistics of blogging, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and how to incorporate them as a dynamic, social marketing platform worthy of your limited time. To register, alumni should log on to the SVA Job Boar