Keep Exploring Alumni Blog Posts News Storyteller Series returns for Summer 2024 News Rose Vincelli Gustine (’23) and Sean Mac (’23) awarded SVA’s Alumni Scholarship Aw… News Pilar Newton (’20) is recognized among 10 notable Black animators for her contributions to the… News Three alumni launch a new game titled ‘The Great Bork Team’ News Rosa Chang (’17) shares the beauty of indigo in her new book ‘My Indigo World’ News ‘Thirst’ by Andrea Schmitz (’16) does the animation festival circuit News Nadia DeLane (’15) releases ‘A Travel Companion’ for wandering souls News Alex Beguez (’16) has ‘Star Trek: Trill’ covered News Sarah Shaw (’20) discusses life as a student and teacher at MFAVN News Melissa Malzkuhn (’15) speaks of the importance of literacy in the deaf community News Alumni Update | Melissa Malzkuhn’s (’15) Motion Light Lab to produce first animated show… News G. Davis Cathcart’s (’21) ‘One Eight Hundred Ghosts’ is published by Fantagr… News Michelle Nahmad (’17) illustrates the book, ‘The Butcher, the Baker, and the Candlestick… News Congratulations Handowin He (’21) on the Vega Award! News ALUM UPDATE: Sarah Shaw (’20) News WATCH: Alumni Panel 11/19/20 News WATCH: Three Educators Scholarship Recipients Talk About Balancing Work and Education News ‘Guantanamo Voices’ made The New York Times Best Graphic Novels of 2020 list! News Put some great books under the tree, care of Anna Eveslage and Alex Beguez! News Congrats on the new job, Michelle Nahmad (’17)! News Congrats, Christina Ebert (’17)! ‘The Candy Man’ is coming! News Congrats, Tony Chao! ‘HazMatt’ gets published in ‘Infinite Worlds’ News Sign-Up to Meet the Storytellers- Alumni Panel on 11/19 News Eva Louise Hall (’20) is awarded the first annual AEF Thesis/Completion Grant News Dani Lozada (’19) chosen for 2020’s American Illustration 39 News Christina Roussos (faculty) directs ‘Family Ghosts’, episode 28 – ‘The Faith… News Eva Louise Hall (’20) takes over and shows us tidbits of ‘Mira’ News Vanessa Dolfinger (’20) takes over and shows us her thesis story, ‘Exhale’ News Interview with Jenny Goldstick from the Story Of/ workshop News SVA’s “Art and Revelry” Debuts in Provence, with work by Feifei Ruan (Class of 2015) News Jenny Goldstick joins the MFA Visual Narrative faculty News We’re delighted to announce that Anna Eveslage is joining our faculty! News Public-Eye Alumni: Louisa Bertman (Class of 2015) Community Spotlight Sarah Shaw (Class of 2020) discusses life as a student in NYC and a teacher in Nepal Community Spotlight WATCH: Pilar Newton-Katz (Class of 2020) talks about the life-work-work-work balance Community Spotlight Eva Hall (Class of 2020) talks about balancing life as a teacher and a student Community Spotlight WATCH: “I came in as a writer and I left as a visual storyteller.” Community Spotlight WATCH: MFA Visual Narrative according to Anelisa Garfunkel (Class of 2016) Community Spotlight Gabi Berkers tells us about her life as a student of MFA Visual Narrative Community Spotlight Susanne Reece tells us about her work and storytelling life at MFA Visual Narrative News Public-Eye Alumni: Melissa Malzkuhn (Class of 2015) Community Spotlight Grab a cuppa and join Dan Streety (Class of 2020) as he talks about MFA Visual Narrative Community Spotlight Perri Greeley has some delightful insight into her life as a student of MFA Visual Narrative News Anjelika (Jellie) Vayas tells us about her experience at MFA Visual Narrative Community Spotlight What’s MFA Visual Narrative mean to our students? Here’s what Pilar Newton-Katz thinks! News Interview with Jenny Goldstick, co-creator of the Story Of/ workshop Featured Projects Seance for Beginners – A tutorial by MFAVN student, Eva Hall (Class of 2020) News MFAVN alumna Alexandra Beguez’s ‘Famous Ladies’ is packed with inspiration News Jennny Goldstick’s project, THIS IS MY MEMORY OF FIRST HEARTBREAK, WHICH I CAN’T QUITE P… News Liz Enright talks about her comic anthology ‘Sweaty Palms’ News Jenny Goldstick participates in PBS’s POV documentary series Digital Lab News Jon Bero’s short film ‘Yuki’ is headed to the Cheyenne Zombie FEST! News Presenting the Sweaty Palms comic anthology! News MFAVN’s Christina Ebert does art chores on the book, ‘Don’t Play With Your Food: F… News Indiecade: Sketchnotes by Jenny Goldstick News Pop-Up magazine: A sketchnote of the event by Jenny Goldstick News MFAVN student Liz Enright curates new anthology, ‘Sweaty Palms’ News Anelisa Garfunkel’s ‘Melt’ made it into Boston International Film Festival News Congratulations to Masami Kiyono for her Eisner Scholarship at SVA! News MFAVN talks to photographer (and alum) Anna Eveslage News Alison Paul and students mural up UConn News MFAVN Podcast: Ben Zackheim talks to Alison Paul and Nathan Fox News Learning from the grads: Alex Beguez interviews MFAVN alumnae about their thesis projects News InFORMed by Story’s Ryan Weber will help you build your book from scratch News Craig Coss talks about The Goddess Coloring Book, an adult coloring book News NO|ON 2013: Ann Coddou’s ‘The Source’ News MFAVN alum Alison Paul’s new book, The Plan, gets RAVES News Feifei Ruan’s “Wa” from the NO|ON Project News Louisa Bertman on ‘Permission to Fail’ News Jenny Goldstick’s ‘Sketch Notes’ capture the events you missed News MFAVN talks to Ryan Weber about his class, InFORMed by Story News Our inaugural class! Looking back (Part 1) News Melissa Malzkuhn of Ink & Salt talks about The ASL App News NO|ON 2014: Walter Tyler’s “Jonas and the White Bear” Community Spotlight To Melissa Malzkuhn, learning for the deaf is a 3D language Featured Projects NO|ON 2015: Thomas Slattery’s “Appendage” Featured Projects NO|ON 2015: Ella Romero’s “Breach” Featured Projects NO|ON 2015: Jie Ren’s “Cocoon Rebirth” Featured Projects NO|ON 2015: Michelle Nahmad’s “Adrift” Featured Projects NO|ON 2015: Cady Juarez’s “Intervention” Featured Projects NO|ON 2015: Mary Georgescu’s “Undercurrents” Featured Projects NO|ON 2015: Liz Enright’s “The Lonely Beatrice Baum” Featured Projects NO|ON 2015: Christina Mattison Ebert’s “Ginseng” News Looking back on the class of 2015’s thesis show, “And Then” Featured Projects MFAVN’s Third Annual Summer Storytelling Exhibition & Open Studios News Scott McCloud at 92nd Street Y, covered by MFAVN student Jenny Goldstick Featured Projects The Visual Narrative Thesis Projects: Ryan Ansel Featured Projects The Visual Narrative Thesis Projects: Craig Coss News Introducing the MFAVN 2014-2015 T-shirt! Designed by Jenny Goldstick & Nadia DeLane News SPX 2013 rundown by designer and illustrator, Jenny Goldstick News visual narrative students’ work in all its black, white and yellow glory!