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The 2022 Digital Short Story Exhibition is Now Live

• 1 month, 11 days ago

• by Ben

From animation and interactive apps to comics and picture books, the digital short stories and their accompanying physical artwork are the culmination of the students’ work in visualizing narratives that […]

Join us in Gather for our interactive online DIGITAL SHORT STORY exhibit

• 1 month, 12 days ago

• by Ben

Please join us for our interactive online Digital Short Story Show that will be held in our exhibition space in Gather (link below). Presenting Artists: Basya Goldstein Erin Casey McNichol […]

Alumni Update | Melissa Malzkuhn’s (’15) Motion Light Lab to produce first animated show with deaf lead character

• 1 month, 24 days ago

• by Ben

Melissa Malzkuhn’s (’15) Motion Light Lab has partnered with Pigmental Studios to produce 52 eleven minute episodes of ‘Here Comes Malvo!’, an animated show starring a deaf lead character. ‘Here […]

A big MFAVN welcome to our newest faculty member, Jonathan Gottschall

• 2 months, 3 days ago

• by Ben

We’re delighted to announce that Jonathan Gottschall has joined our community! He’ll be teaching ‘Visual Narrative: The Power of Story‘ for second year students. Jonathan has published eight books including […]

Make Summer ’22 a memorable one | Continuing Ed classes are open for registration

• 2 months, 13 days ago

• by Ben

Are you looking for a way to make this summer special? We’re excited to announce a wide variety of classes for the summer 2022 months. From Sarah Shaw’s ‘Comics Journalism: […]

G. Davis Cathcart’s (’21) ‘One Eight Hundred Ghosts’ to be published by Fantagraphics

• 3 months, 7 days ago

• by Ben

Davis Cathcart’s (’21) thesis story ‘One Eight Hundred Ghosts’ is being published by Fantagraphics! The $14.99 oversized edition is arriving May 10th at your local comic and book stores. From the […]

Binhua Chen (’22) talks about her thesis story ‘Xu is coming’

• 3 months, 12 days ago

• by Ben

Binhua Chen ’22 is a graphic designer and an illustrator. Having graduated with a BFA from South China Normal University in Visual Communication Design, Binhua tends to use posters, paper-cuts, […]

Laura Brown (’22) on her thesis story, the web comic ‘Fallen’

• 3 months, 18 days ago

• by Ben

We got a chance to sit down with Laura Brown (’22) during a very busy time. As her last summer term approaches, she’s working on her thesis story! Laura told us […]

Checking in with illustrator and animator Maura Condrick (’21)

• 3 months, 26 days ago

• by Ben

Maura Condrick ’21 is an award-winning story artist, character designer, and art professor working in comics and animation. She’s been appointed to the faculty of the Computer Arts Department at SVA. […]

Pilar Newton (’20) talks about Courage The Cowardly Dog and Pilartoons!

• 4 months, 5 days ago

• by Ben

  Pilar Newton (’20) sat down with Thomas Beauford of Tongal and discussed her work on ‘Courage The Cowardly Dog’, ‘Daria’ and her own projects, including her thesis story ‘Snozzlewinks!’ […]