November 22, 2011
MFA Fine Arts Department faculty member Marilyn Minter was recently featured in The New York Times Style Magazine for her new paintings, currently on display at Salon 94 Bowery (243 Bowery, New York City) through December 4. In the article, writer Linda Yablonsky notes that Minter’s works are perhaps most recognizable for their excessively close [...]
October 17, 2011
Two separate New York Times articles recently focused on SVA alumni that were participating in the 2011 New York Comic Con. “Drawn Together by a Love of Cartooning” by Vincent M. Mallozi spotlighted Raina Telgemeier (BFA 2002 Illustration) and Dave Roman (BFA 1999 Cartooning), who met at SVA over 10 years ago and are now [...]
Posted in BFA Illustration & Cartooning, MFA Illustration as Visual Essay, Press
Tagged: Astronaut academy: Zero Gravity, Bake Sale, cartoon, Comic Con, comics, Dave Roman, graphic novel, New York Times, Nursery Rhyme Comics, Raina Telgemeier, Sara Varon, School of Visual Arts, Smile, SVA
August 29, 2011
When Tim Okamura (MFA 1993 Illustration as Visual Essay) came to New York City to attend SVA in 1991, his orientation to his new surroundings was jolting, to say the least. Within the first couple days, Okamura witnessed the riots that broke out in Crown Heights, Brooklyn when a vehicle from a prominent rabbi’s motorcade [...]
Posted in Alumni, MFA Illustration as Visual Essay, Press
Tagged: art, Brooklyn, Crown Heights, Crown Heights Gold, David Dinkins, exhibition, New York Times, painting, race relations, riots, School of Visual Arts, SVA, Tim Okamura
