2025 MFAVN Open Studios

July 25, 2025

6 – 8 PM

MFA Visual Narrative
136 West 21st Street, 10th floor
New York, NY 10011

This event is open to the public. Registration is required.

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We invite you to our 2025 Open Studios, showcasing a new collection work from our first and second year students.

Meet our first and second year students in their studio spaces, where they will showcase the work that they’ve created this summer. Visit the accompanying RisoLAB Print Slam and shop for new art by our students and the RisoLAB community. Mingle with our community and enjoy a free drink, on us!

Credit & Recognition

Student

Cartoonist and illustrator

Catherine Krahn

Animator and artist

Illustrator and concept artist

Software engineer and Designer

Alumnus from BFA Comics and a staff member at SVA.

Molly McCracken

Writer, artist and illustrator

Natya Regensburger

Visual artist and Community organizer

Sarah Rose Carney

Designer and Writer

Sofia Musacchia

Illustrator and Animator

Visual Artist and Screen Printer

Visual Artist and Photographer

Illustrator, Manga artist, and Printmaker

Xinying Zoya To

Designer-illustrator

Rashid Almheiri

Graphic Designer

New Media Artist, Designer, Educator

Katie Anne Coleman

Graphic Designer

Kelsey Cretcher

Educator, Illustrator

Nikari Dominguez

Filmmaker and Creative Producer

Graphic Novelist, Game Designer, Wooden Marionette Builder

Designer, and Visual Story Teller

Illustrator, Animator

Animator, Comic Artist, Educator, Screenwriter

Writer and Illustrator

Painter, Comics Author

Faculty

Photographer & Visual Storyteller

Chair, MFA Visual Narrative

Art Director, Illustrator, & Fabricator

Stacy Renee Morrison

Jenny Goldstick

Artist, Narrative & Infographics Designer

Designer | Animator | Digital Artist

April Soetarman

Interdisciplinary Artist, Designer, Writer

Caitlin Saylor Stephens

Playwright & Producer

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