School of Visual Arts

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School of Visual Arts
Image:Sva logo stacked.jpg
Established1947
Type:Private
President:David Rhodes
Faculty:approx. 800 part-time
Undergraduates:3,093
Postgraduates:407
LocationImage:Flag of the United States.svg New York City, New York, USA
Campus:Urban
Mascot:Image:SVA Squidley.gif Squidley
Website:SVA

The School of Visual Arts (SVA), is an art school in the New York City borough of Manhattan, and is one of the nation's leading independent colleges of art and design. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and was renamed in 1956.[1] SVA is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD), a consortium of thirty-five leading art schools in the United States.

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[edit] Curriculum

SVA is a fully accredited college that requires the completion of a four-year, 120 credit course for a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. This includes 72 accumulated credits' worth of studio classes (where the curriculum requires the creation of some type of art), 30 accumulated credits of Humanities and Sciences courses, 12 accumulated credits of art history courses, and six discretionary credits.

The Master of Fine Arts and Master of Professional Studies degrees require completion of 60 credits and a thesis project.

The MAT degree requires the completion of 36 credits and a thesis project.

As of 2006, the undergraduate degrees offered at SVA are Advertising, Animation, Cartooning, Computer art, Film & Video, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interior Design, Photography, and Visual & Critical Studies. [2]

In 1983, the school introduced its first graduate offering, a Master of Fine Arts program in painting, drawing and sculpture. Since then, SVA has added eight more graduate programs: Art Education; Art Criticism & Writing; Art Therapy; Computer art; Design; Digital Photography; Illustration as Visual Essay; and Photography, Video and Related Media. [3]

There are also non-degree departments offering courses in Art History and Humanities & Sciences, and a Continuing Education Division that offers non-credit courses from most SVA departments. [4]

[edit] Location and Campus

The school has two Manhattan locations: in the Gramercy Park neighborhood, on the East Side; and in the Chelsea neighborhood, on the West Side, with a number of buildings catering to classes in different departments.

[edit] Main Building

The Main Building is located at 209 East 23rd Street, between Second Avenue and Third Avenue, and features classrooms, administrative offices, a cafeteria and an amphitheater. The upper floors are mostly designated for film and video courses, and the building features an amphitheater. The building’s lobby and an adjoining room also serve as a museum space for exhibits and public events.

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SVA's Main Building.

[edit] Second Avenue Building

The school does not own this entire building, which is located at 380 Second Avenue, but only three of its floors, including the second, where the school’s library and some classrooms are located, the fifth floor, where undergraduate animation studios and the graduate design department are located, and the eighth floor, where administrative offices, the school's computer store and classrooms designated for Humanities and Sciences classes are located.

[edit] Photography Building

Located at 214 East 21st Street, this building is where classrooms and studios used for undergraduate and graduate Photography classes are located, as well as the school’s radio station, WSVA, and some administrative offices.

[edit] West Side Building

This building, located from 133-141 West 21st Street, between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue, contains most of the studios serving drawing and painting classes, particularly for freshmen. It also features classrooms for courses in interior design, printmaking, BFA & MFA computer art, and art history. The lower level also features an art gallery and a cafeteria.

SVA also owns the building across the street, at 132 West 21st Street, which has offices, classrooms and studios for undergraduate Cartooning & Illustration, and graduate Illustration as Visual Essay, Computer Art, Art Education, Art Therapy, and Art criticism & Writing.

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SVA's West Side Building (left).

[edit] Sculpture Building

Located at 30 West 17th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, this building is used for sculpture classes on the ground floor and lower level[5]

[edit] Galleries

SVA has three gallery spaces: the Visual Arts Gallery, at 601 West 26th Street, 15th floor; the Westside Gallery, at 141 West 21st Street; and the SVA Gallery/Visual Arts Museum, at 209 East 23rd Street. The galleries show a mix of student and professional art.

[edit] Residence Halls

There are several dorms for students at SVA. The George Washington Residence (formerly the George Washington Hotel), the New Residence and the Gramercy Women's Residence all offer housing near the college's East Side Manhattan campus, and the St. George in Brooklyn Heights has additional beds for resident students. A new dorm is opening Fall 2007 at 10th Street and 3rd Avenue. SVA is slated to start construction on a residence hall on Ludlow Street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

[edit] Notable Instructors

[edit] Animation

  • Ralph Bakshi, (Former Faculty) animator and director of the X-Rated cult classic Fritz the Cat and The Lord of the Rings animated feature.
  • Voltaire, a noted musician, animator, author, artist and personality.

[edit] Art History

  • Donald Kuspit: author of numerous books, including "The Cult of the Avant-Garde Artist; The Dialectic of Decadence"

[edit] Cartooning

[edit] Fine Arts

[edit] Graphic Design

[edit] Illustration

  • Robert Weaver (1924-1994), Pioneering American illustrator from the 50s.[9]
  • Ray DiPalma, poet and visual artist.
  • James McMullan, illustrator and designer.
  • George Woodbridge (1930-2004), an American illustrator known for his exhaustive research and historical accuracy, is sometimes referred to as "America's Dean of Uniform Illustration" because of his expertise in drawing military uniforms.[10]

[edit] Photography

[edit] Filmmaking

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Animation

[edit] Cartooning

[edit] Computer Art

[edit] Film & Video

[edit] Fine Arts

[edit] Graphic Design

  • Todd Radom, designer of logos for professional sports teams and leagues, is a graduate of SVA.
  • Cojo, Art Juggernaut fine artist, commercial artist, cartoonist, eater of worlds.

[edit] Illustration

  • J. P. Targete, illustrator and concept artist [22]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Kennedy, Randy. "Silas H. Rhodes Dies at 91; Built School of Visual Arts", The New York Times, 2007-06-30. Retrieved on 2007-07-21. 
  2. ^ School of Visual Arts website
  3. ^ School of Visual Arts website/Graduate Programs
  4. ^ School of Visual Arts website/Continuing Education
  5. ^ School of Visual Art/Campus map website
  6. ^ Metro Pictures Galley website
  7. ^ Bruckner, D. J. R. "DESIGN VIEW; How the Alphabet Is Shaping Up In a Computer Age", The New York Times, September 10, 1989. Accessed November 27, 2007. "This autumn he will receive the Type Directors Club award, and two retrospectives of his work are scheduled for early next year, one at the School of Visual Arts, where he teaches, and one at the International Typeface Corporation's gallery on Hammarskjold Plaza."
  8. ^ "Up Front", The New York Times, November 16, 2007. Accessed November 27, 2007.
  9. ^ Smith, Roberta. "Robert Weaver, 70, Painterly Illustrator And Noted Teacher", The New York Times, September 9, 1994. Accessed November 27, 2007. "He was influential both as an artist and as a teacher at the School of Visual Arts, where he worked for more than 35 years."
  10. ^ Nash, Eric. "George Woodbridge, 73, Artist For Mad Magazine Since 1950's", The New York Times, January 22, 2004. Accessed November 25, 2007.
  11. ^ Frook, John Evan. "Director Matthau collects 'Dust'", Variety (magazine), November 24, 1992. Accessed November 27, 2007. "The "Dust" deal is the first high-profile sale for Frumkes and Simonelli, who teach screenwriting at the School of Visual Arts in New York City."
  12. ^ Furman, T.J. "Bordentown native creates MTV cartoon: Cable network's newest show to premiere Tuesday", Princeton Packet, July 31, 1999. Accessed December 11, 2007. "Chris Prynoski graduated from SVA in 1994 and started working for MTV the next day."
  13. ^ Gustines, George Gene. "Superhero Stylings From Stars of Pop", The New York Times, October 20, 2007. Accessed November 27, 2007. "For Mr. Way, “Umbrella Academy” was another way to be productive when he wasn’t recording with the band. It also used skills he developed as a student at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan."
  14. ^ Cotroneo, Nicole. "Mouse Almighty", The New York Times, November 4, 2007. Accessed November 27, 2007. "...he grew up in North Shore Towers, on the Queens-Nassau County border, and after receiving his bachelor of fine arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, he studied photography at C. W. Post."
  15. ^ "«I Sopranos? No agli stereotipi ma non facciamone un dramma» - Federico Castelluccio, il Furio Giunta della celebre serie tv, a Toronto per incontrare gli zii", Corriere Canadese, May 11, 2005
  16. ^ Cast and Crew Biography of Federico Castelluccio from The Sopranos, accessed December 25, 2006
  17. ^ Burlingame, Jon. "Michael Giacchino's Mission: Make the Old Music New", The New York Times, May 7, 2006. Accessed November 27, 2007. "The backyard for Mr. Giacchino, 38, was in Edgewater Park, N.J., where he grew up watching — and listening to — Hanna-Barbera cartoons, "The A-Team" and reruns of "The Dick Van Dyke Show." He graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York, but, as music became his main interest, he took classes at Juilliard and, later, film-music extension courses at U.C.L.A."
  18. ^ Weinraub, Bernard. "FILM; An Unusual Choice for the Role of Studio Superhero", The New York Times, July 9, 2000. Accessed November 27, 2007. "Mr. Singer attended the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan for two years, and then transferred to the University of Southern California."
  19. ^ Morris, Bob. "Cable's First Lady Of Explicit", The New York Times, June 23, 1996. Accessed December 3, 2007. "At 17, Ms. Byrd got her graduate equivalency diploma and then pursued advertising design at Baruch College but dropped out in her senior year. By then it was the early 1970's and she was modeling at the School of Visual Arts, where she had been taking life-drawing classes."
  20. ^ Johnson, Ken. "Images of Vietnamese in the Generation Since the War", October 7, 2005. Accessed November 27, 2007. "Mr. Le came to the United States with his family when he was 11 and eventually received a master of fine arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan."
  21. ^ Kastner, Jeffrey. "ART / ARCHITECTURE; Discovering Poetry Even in the Clutter Around the House", The New York Times, July 11, 1999. Accessed November 27, 2007. "Since completing her master's degree at the School of Visual Arts in New York in 1997, she has mounted projects at institutions across Europe, from Greece and Luxembourg to France and Austria."
  22. ^ The Gnomon Workshop website J.P. Targete is an accomplished digital and traditional illustrator, concept artist and art director for books and video games. He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York and started working professionally at age twenty, illustrating book covers for Avon Books.

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