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Join us at SPX 2019!

  • 5 months, 11 days ago

  • by Ben

We’ll be at Table N8 for SPX this year! Come say hi to students, alumni, and faculty anytime. We’ll have our work on display and would love to see what …    More

Public-Eye Alumni: Louisa Bertman (Class of 2015)

  • 10 months, 23 days ago

  • by Ben

Louisa Bertman is currently working on a game that will be part of a larger exhibition, “Rightfully Hers” for the National Archives in Washington DC, an interactive experience about Women’s …    More

Interview with Ana Lozada, creator of ‘Failed State’

  • 1 year, 5 months ago

  • by Ben

Ana Lozada (MFA Visual Narrative, Class of 2019) is a Venezuelan illustrator, designer and visual storyteller originally based in Osaka. Due to her diverse international experience, her influences range from …    More

CLASS: RISO Printing: Zines and Small Publishing

  • 1 year, 10 months ago

  • by Ben

The past few years have seen an explosion of zines and small publishing among artists, designers and photographers. Even the most digitally based creative professionals are embracing the zine as …    More

Bruja, by Michelle Nahmad

  • 2 years, 7 months ago

  • by Ben

Michelle’s Artist Talk, July 18th, 6pm at 209 E. 23rd St Come to the closing reception on July 21st, same time and place! Bruja is the thesis story by Michelle …    More

Embracing the Mess by MFAVN’s Liz Enright

  • 2 years, 10 months ago

  • by Ben

Last Fall, if asked about how my thesis project was going, my mouth would have landed somewhere between a grimace and a smile. The thesis committee had given my pitch …    More
Warren Link sketch of Nathan Fox

Warren Lin sketches The Boss (MFAVN boss, in this case)

  • 3 years, 11 months ago

  • by Ben

MFAVN’s Chair, Nathan Fox, recently spoke at MICA, where illustrator Warren Lin took some sketch notes. Warren definitely captures something about Nathan. An energy, maybe. Hard to pinpoint it. But …    More

Pepo Pérez talks to us about story

  • 3 years, 11 months ago

  • by Ben

We were delighted to discuss story with cartoonist, illustrator and MFA Visual Narrative International Scholar Pepo Pérez. He spoke about his work and process and discussed the making of his …    More

Alison Paul and students mural up UConn

  • 4 years, 1 month ago

  • by 1 Trick Pony

Alison Paul, Class of 2015, was a fantastic student who happens to also be an excellent teacher! Here’s a video showing off one of her class projects at UConn. From …    More

Louisa Bertman on ‘Permission to Fail’

  • 4 years, 3 months ago

  • by Ben

We were delighted to hear that some MFAVN family have work included in the Mount Ida College gallery show titled Permission to Fail. “Permission to fail” is a refrain that …    More