A collage of images from “The Health Poster Project” exhibition.
September at SVA kicks off more than just a new school year. It also welcomes the highly anticipated return of the Masters Series exhibition, with a career retrospective of work by acclaimed photojournalist Lynsey Addario; a new slate of lectures from MPS Digital Photography’s i3: Images, Ideas, Inspiration series; as well as various workshops and talks. Two film festivals, After School Special and MFA Social Documentary Film’s thesis showcase, will take place this month, as well as a special exhibition about the history of stickers as an artistic medium and a milestone exhibition from SVA’s own Bio Art Lab.
EXHIBITIONS
Through Monday, September 19 | “Dwelling in Motion” | SVA Flatiron Gallery
A juried exhibition of multidisciplinary work by SVA students, “Dwelling in Motion” analyzes the constantly growing relationship between habitat and inhabitant. In the same way that someone occupies a room or lives in a community, internal entities also reside in our lives, including our personalities and identities. These facets of oneself change and mature over time, creating unique structures that give form to knowledge and emotions. The 10 artists in this exhibition use various media, including textiles, painting, photography, and sculpture. Connecting the bodies, societies, and spaces we live within, these works portray the memories, disorders, and ideals that inspire and shape our experiences.
Through Monday, September 19 | "The Health Poster Project" | SVA Gramercy Gallery
An exhibition of posters by 24 students from BFA Illustration, MFA Illustration as Visual Essay, and the 2022 Summer Illustration Residency, curated by BFA Illustration and BFA Comics Chair Viktor Koen. From practical to esoteric, this series of posters tries to understand the norms, complexities, and implications of a fundamental human right on the heels of a relentless global pandemic. Often antithetical messaging and interpretations hindered our efforts to discuss with some depth of perspective how the pandemic redefined the most crucial aspect of our lives: physical and mental health, on the individual and collective levels. This exhibition provides a rare cross-section of undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education projects where students share a common theme: research and a quote about health expressed in poster format. The result is a collection of compositions that inform and delight.
Through Monday, September 19 | MPS Fashion Photography Class of 2022 | SVA Gramercy Gallery
An exhibition of artworks by the MPS Fashion Photography class of 2022.
Curated by DB Burkeman and Stuck-Up in partnership with BFA Visual & Critical Studies, this collection spans over 100 years, giving this medium and its creators the permanence and prominence they deserve. For the art world and beyond, “A Sticker History Exhibition” opens a direct window into the subversive counterculture movements and commercial influences from which these adhesive works of art were born. Notable names in the exhibition include Andy Warhol, BANKSY, Jim Shaw, Shepard Fairey, and more.
Fires burn along the Trans-Amazonian Highway in Brazil’s Amazonas state, in September 2021. Deforestation continues at extraordinary rates across the Amazon, from meat producers and cattle ranchers who clear the land and illegal mining. On view at “The Masters Series: Lynsey Addario.”
SVA honors Lynsey Addario—acclaimed photographer, MacArthur Foundation Fellow and Pulitzer Prize recipient—this fall with the 32nd annual Masters Series Award and Exhibition, with sponsorship by Hahnemühle, Nikon and Verbatim Photo. Initially planned for Fall 2020, “The Masters Series: Lynsey Addario” is a comprehensive retrospective of her fearless, two-decade journey documenting global humanitarian issues, curated by Perri Hofmann and Maya Benton. SVA will also host an artist talk with Addario on Friday, September 9, at the SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street.
An exhibition of bio art by BFA Fine Arts students.
Wednesday, September 28 – Monday, October 17 | "Dot Dot Dot" | SVA Gramercy Gallery
An exhibition of work by MPS Digital Photography students.
Viktor Koen, promotional Image from the "The Health Poster Project," exhibition, 2022, Digital Collage, 20" x 29"
EVENTS
Wednesday, September 7, 6:30 – 7:30pm | Photography Lighting Basics | Online
SVA Continuing Education presents faculty member Joseph Sinnott for a workshop exploring simple studio and location lighting tips for photography. Various light sources, accessories and techniques will be described, including diffusers, reflectors, flash, and continuous and mixed lighting.
Thursday, September 8, 7:00 – 8:30pm | Daredoodles with Tom Motley | Online
SVA Continuing Education presents cartooning instructor Tom Motley for another round of comic challenges derived from his courses, including Formalist Comics and Thinking In Ink. Attendees will draw along and play with speech balloons, folded paper surprises, and more. A Q&A will follow the program.
Friday, September 9, 6:30 – 8:30pm | Lynsey Addario in Conversation with Kathy Ryan | SVA Theatre
On the occasion of "The Masters Series: Lynsey Addario" exhibition and award, SVA will host a conversation between acclaimed photojournalist Lynsey Addario and Kathy Ryan, director of photography at The New York Times Magazine. Ryan first assigned Addario for the magazine in 2001, and for the last two decades, they have worked on stories in Afghanistan, Iraq, South Sudan and Ukraine, among many others. This conversation will reflect on their professional relationship and Lynsey's extensive career.
Tuesday, September 13, 7:00 – 8:30pm | i3 Photo Lecture: Sarah Anne Ward | 136 W 21st Street
A talk with Sarah Anne Ward, a New York City-based photographer/director specializing in drinks, food, product and packaging photography with a studio in midtown Manhattan, presented by MPS Digital Photography's i3: Images, Ideas, Inspiration lecture series. A Rochester Institute of Technology graduate, Ward is known for her ability to tackle almost any technical challenge with an often quirky and conceptual perspective.
MPS Art Therapy presents Sandie Yi, Ph.D., ATR-BC, who will give this year's Valery Daniels Memorial Lecture—"Disability Culture-Informed Art Therapy Practice: Examining Ableism in the Field of Art Therapy." This virtual presentation will focus on the epistemology of practices within the field of art therapy that may be implicitly ableist due to the social and cultural constructions of disability within the larger society. Yi, a disabled woman artist-scholar activist whose work is rooted in disability studies and is influenced by art therapy training, examines the “overcoming narratives” and othering in art therapy.
Monday, September 19, 6:30 – 8:00pm | Stickers and Society | 133/141 W 21st Street, Room 101C
BFA Visual & Critical Studies and the SVA Honors Program present Stickers and Society: A Conversation Between DB Burkeman and Carlo McCormick, hosted in conjunction with “A Sticker History Exhibition” at the Flatiron Project Space. Burkeman, FKA DJ DB, is the author of two sticker history books, an infamous rave and jungle DJ, art curator and collector, and McCormick is a cultural critic, former senior editor of PAPER magazine, longtime museum curator for all things pop culture and superstar in the downtown NYC art scene. The duo offers their expertise and experience in a Q&A panel.
Wednesday, September 21 – Sunday, September 25 | After School Special 2022 | SVA Theatre
Featuring some of the most accomplished film, television, animation and visual effects alums of the School of Visual Arts, this festival will include screenings, premieres and Q&As with industry insiders that offer behind-the-scenes looks at the world of television and cinema. A full schedule and list of participants (subject to change) can also be found at svatheatre.eventbrite.com.
Tuesday, September 27, 7:00 – 8:30pm | i3 Photo Lecture: Chris Buck | 136 W 21st Street
A talk with Chris Buck, a photographer and director known for his distinctive portraits: conceptual, irreverent, smart and intimate, part of MPS Digital Photography's i3: Images, Ideas, Inspiration lecture series. Buck's clients include Coca-Cola, Google, Microsoft, GQ, The New Yorker, Guardian Saturday and The New York Times Magazine.
Thursday, September 29 – Saturday, October 1 | 12th Annual SocDoc Thesis Showcase | SVA Theatre
MFA Social Documentary Film presents the 12th Annual SocDoc Thesis Showcase featuring films from the class of 2022, including work by Mariana Baldó, Lydia Erickson, Zhaowei Hu, Sunny Liu, Xinghan Liu, JM Mitchell and Vi Zhao. Additional graduates not screening are Sonja Moses and Jabu Ndlovu.
Xi Zhou, Kokie Childers, 2022, digital photograph, 24 x 32 inches. On view at “Dwelling in Motion.”