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Recent Event Highlights
Art Blend, an Art School Mixer
On Wednesday, June 21 the offices of career development and alumni affairs from SVA, Cooper Union, NYU Tisch and Pratt hosted an art school mixer for the class of 2013. Recent graduates networked and mingled at the Wix Lounge event and work space. The event was a huge success! Click here to see images from the evening.
Image credit: Galo Delgado for Wix.com
Freelance Artists Panel
On May 1, the Office of Career Development and the Office of Student Affairs hosted the panel Surviving and Thriving in the Freelance World. Watch to learn more. To get started on Behance, log on to portfolios.sva.edu.
Upcoming Events
Alumni Career Forum
Thursday, July 18, 3:00 – 4:30pm
136 West 21st Street, Room 631F
Admission is free, exclusive to alumni
The Office of Career Development will explore some simple strategies and practices relevant to all forms of career building. Techniques for goal-setting, breaking down goals into action steps, creating deadlines, recruiting support and building community will be addressed. There will be a brief presentation by a career counselor followed by a Q&A and, if time permits, working in pairs to establish personal goals. To register, log on to SVA Job Board and select “Upcoming Events & Programs” to find the listing.
MPS Digital Photography Department Silent Auction and End-of-Year Party
Wednesday, July 10, 6:00 – 9:00pm
136 West 21st Street, 11th floor
Free, open to the public
The MPS Digital Photography Department invites you to an event in celebration of the class of 2013 with a silent auction featuring a wide variety of prints, photography books and professional services to raise funds towards 2014 thesis project scholarships.
For more information, click here.
Image credit: Lorella Paleni
Run, Rabbit, Run
Friday, July 19 – Saturday, August 3
Reception: Friday, July 19,
6:00 – 8:00pm
Westside Gallery 133/141 West 21st Street
Free, open to the public
This exhibition uses the idea of psychedelia—an ancient Greek term for “mind-manifesting”—to explore the manifestations of the mind: the weird, the crazy, the beautiful, the deeply private and the inconceivable. The artists present works that bring fantasies to life, memories to present time and delve into the deep crevices of the unconscious. Curated by Keren Moscovitch (MFA 2005 Photography, Video and Related Media) and presented by the Division of Continuing Education.
For more information, click here.
Image credit: Ching Huey Juang (MAT 2013 Art Education)
(Un) Real
Saturday, June 22 – Saturday, July 13
Reception: Wednesday, July 3,
4:00 – 6:00pm
Westside Gallery 133/141 West 21st Street
Free, open to the public
Exhibiting artists include recent MAT 2013 Art Education graduates Donna Cappel, Ching Huey Juang, Brian Lee, Kate Morris, Doris Peterson, Elyssa Shafran, Olivia Takats, Aaron Taylor and Yan Xing, as well as Hye Yong Chung (MFA 2013 Illustration as Visual Essay) and Grace Lee (MAT 2011 Art Education). Curated by Department Chair, Rose Viggiano and presented by the MAT Art Education Department.
For more information, click here.
Summer Drawing Mixer
Monday, July 15, 6:30 – 8:30pm
Radegast Hall & Biergarten
113 North Third Street, Brooklyn, NY
Admission is free, exclusive to alumni
Back by popular demand, the Alumni Affairs Office invites you to an evening
of networking, drawing and mingling at this friendly Williamsburg biergarten. Alumnus Jess Worby (MFA 2011 Illustration as Visual Essay) will host the drawing improv portion of the evening, so be prepared to roll up your sleeves and show off your sketching skills. Art supplies will be provided. Do not worry, you do not need to be a well trained illustrator to join the fun. Collaborative drawing session is informal and starts at 7:00pm, live music begins at 8:00pm.
The first drink is on the house. RSVP to alumnirsvp@sva.edu and note "Summer Drawing Mixer" in the subject line.
The Pond, the Mirror, the Kaleidoscope:
Contemporary Figuration Through a Symbolist Lens
Visual Arts Gallery
Tuesday, August 20 – Saturday, September 14
Reception: Wednesday, September 11, 6:00pm
601 West 26th Street, 15th floor
Free, open to the public
Save the date for “The Pond, the Mirror, the Kaleidoscope,” the 2013 alumni exhibition curated by Thomas Woodruff, chair of the BFA Illustration and Cartooning departments. The artists in the exhibition are influenced by Symbolists. Their subjects may be environmental (“the Pond”), societal and cultural (“the Mirror”) or a post-apocalyptic, futuristic mash-up (“the Kaleidoscope”), but the intention of the artists is clear: They want the viewer to enter into a world of ideas and images that challenge and engage.
Image credit: Jean-Pierre Arboleda, Confrontacion, color pencil, graphite acrylic on paper, 10.5" x 7"
Featured Kickstarter Story
Kip Omolade (BFA 1991 Media Arts) is one of many SVA alumni success stories on Kickstarter. His project The Diovadiova, an experiment to create a celebrity using the power of art, was featured on the SVA page. More than 100% of his campaign was funded at $4,280. An exhibition at the Rogue Space in Chelsea April 19 – 20 was Kip's crowning achievement. Many of his pieces were sold.
Interested in joining? Contact extrelations@sva.edu for information.
Image credit: Kip Omolade (BFA 1991 Media Art), Come With Me If You Want to Live (3D detail), oil on canvas, 48" x 60"
Featured Alumnus Story
Since she graduated, Sari Rodrig’s (BFA 2012 Computer Art and 2012 Alumni Society Scholarship Recipient) thesis film, Brother, has earned kudos around the world, including Best Student Short in the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival and third place at the national College Television Awards in LA. Rodrig interned at Pixar Animation Studios during her studies at SVA and currently works with Curious Pictures in New York City as a freelance 3D artist. SVA Close Up caught up with Rodrig to get the inside scoop on her thesis film, awards and plans for the future.
To learn more about this alumni success story and others, visit
SVA Close Up.