Story First.
SVA’s MFA Visual Narrative program empowers writers and artists to be the next generation of bold and innovative storytellers.
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Last Summer
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We are the only MFA program that puts the art and language of storytelling first, through the combination of creative writing and development of visual narrative techniques.
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Word and Sound, Summer 2026 Writing Studio Podcast with Anna Eveslage, Instructor
This project is a culmination of a writer’s room style collaboration. As a class, we generated one character: a 25 year old male medium we named Kenny, who is deeply caring and persistent, but self-loathing and cowardly. From there, the class split u…
Anna Eveslage
Photographer & Visual Storyteller
Our educational mission is to inspire all students to harness their collective creative writing and visual development talents to amplify their visual narrative skills, and master their personal command of story.
If it’s all about story for you, you are in the right place. You have to be willing to explore and explode your world to be a better storyteller.