May 16, 2012
SVA alumnus Alina Bliumis (BFA 1999 Computer Art) and her husband Jeff Bliumis are mixing art with dining to make new friends in the Bronx. For their project “Painting for a Family Dinner,” the couple meets with a family for dinner and creates a still life painting for them with the phrase “Thank You for Your Dinner!” in return. Continue Reading…
May 15, 2012
Alumnus Mark Kendall’s (MFA 2011 Social Documentary Film) award-winning documentary The Time Machine continues to make its way around the globe. The film, which tells the story of Wilfredo Alvarez, a Honduran immigrant who works in a small watch shop in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal, will screen at the Cannes Court Métrage, or Short Film Corner, at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, May 16 – 27. Continue Reading…
May 14, 2012
For the third consecutive year, SVA has won the Art Directors Club honor of “School of the Year.” SVA students in the BFA Advertising and Graphic Design Department received nine ADC Cubes to claim the top cumulative award honors, which is based on total points for the year’s winning work across categories. The cubes were for outstanding work in the Ambient/Environmental, Collateral, Press, Illustration and Motion categories, and represented a range of clients, from the American Red Cross to the MINI Cooper. SVA students also earned merit awards in the Illustration, Motion and Press categories, including a campaign for the Coalition to End Violence Against Women. Continue Reading…
