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University description (as per official university website)
Beginning as a trade school with three instructors and 35 students, The School of Visual Arts has grown into a dynamic, multi-disciplianty institution with a faculty of more than 80 and a student body over 3500.
SVA offers undergraduate programs in Advertising, Animation, Cartooning, Computer Art, Film & Video, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interior Design, Photography, and Visual and Critical Studies. The undergraduate program is a four-year, full-time Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program with courses offered throughout the day and evening.
SVA offers rigorous and practice-based graduate arts programs in ten different areas of study.
In 1983, the School of Visual Arts introduced its first graduate offering, a Master of Fine Arts program in painting, drawing and sculpture. Since that time, SVA has added nine more graduate programs: Art Criticism and Writing; Art Education; Art Therapy; Computer Art; Design; Design Criticism; Digital Photography; Illustration as Visual Essay; and Photography, Video and Related Media.
SVA's location in New York City and its extensive facilities, state-of-the-art equipment and unique program philosophies all offer the graduate student exceptional opportunities for advanced study in the arts.
Identifying which college will prepare an aspiring artist to meet the demands and challenges that await tomorrow's professionals can be a difficult task. The outcome will vary for each individual, based on his or her interests, needs, abilities and focus. Students who choose SVA are often attracted by the breadth and professional standing of the faculty, the passion of the student body, the rigors of the curriculum, the industry standards within the studio facilities, and the energy and excitement that is New York City.
SVA awards partial tuition scholarships to help talented students realize their dreams of becoming professional artists. Scholarships are primarily available to full-time students seeking admission to the fall semester, and are based on academic and creative merit. First-time freshman awards are renewable for each of the subsequent three years, providing the recipient maintains full-time enrollment and a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0.
- SILAS H. RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
Named for SVA's founder and chairman of the board, this competition awards partial-tuition scholarships to applicants from the United States and abroad. The scholarships are awarded strictly on merit and recognize the creative and academic achievements of applicants.
- CHAIRMAN'S MERIT AWARD (CMA)
First-time freshman and transfer applicants seeking admission to a full-time undergraduate program for the fall or spring semesters are eligible for this award.
- NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC ART AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS
Working in support of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, SVA offers two scholarships through the Scholastic Art Awards national competition. SVA will select two recipients: one in art & design and one in photography from the list of winners forwarded by the Scholastic Art Awards.
-OHIO GOVERNOR'S YOUTH ART EXHIBITION
SVA awards a scholarship each year to one of the finalists selected by the Ohio Governor's Youth Art Exhibition. |
