Events marked with an asterisk (*) are organized by SVA. Complete schedule and more information at www.sva.edu/events.
Thursday, December 15, 7:30pm-10pmAn Evening with Diane Arbus and Marvin Israel
On the 40th anniversary of the artist’s death, SVA and Aperture present A Slide Show and Talk by Diane Arbus, a rare screening of a historic 1970 slide presentation given by the legendary photographer Diane Arbus where she discusses her work and her motivations. The presentation will be accompanied by a screening of the short documentary Who is Marvin Israel? (2005), an examination of the life of designer Marvin Israel, a friend of Arbus and an influence in her work. Presented by the BFA Photography, MFA Photography, Video and Related Media and MPS Digital Photography departments at SVA in conjunction with the Aperture Foundation.
Thursday, December 8, 7pmLinda Nochlin: Gericault and Goya and Images of Misery
Dr. Linda Nochlin explores the underlying themes in the work of Theodore Gericault and Francisco de Goya. Nochlin is known for her critical writings that focus attention on social and political issues in art. She is the Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Modern Art at the Institute of Fine Art / New York University, and has previously held professorial chairs at Yale, CUNY and Vassar College. Presented by the MFA Art Criticism and Writing Department.
Friday, July 8, 6:30pmDominican Get-Togethers in the Big Apple
On Friday July 8, 2011 Global Foundation for Democracy and Development and FUNGLODE will use the platform of its continuing cultural program, Dominican Get-togethers in the Big Apple for an event to; 1) screen a documentary film about the Dominican Republic, and 2) to launch an exciting new initiative, Dominican Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Environment.
The internationally acclaimed documentary "Chocolate Country", by Robin Blonik, focuses on the harsh realities that small scale farmers in the Dominican Republic face and the invaluable potential that organic agriculture can proffer. The film will be followed by a Q & A session with its Director, as well as a presentation, book launch, photo exhibit and raffle of the Dominican Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Environment. By providing insight on current knowledge, attitudes and practices that promote the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, the launch of the Dictionary will highlight sustainable agricultural practices. In the reception to follow, GFDD will be offering tastings of food products including coffee and chocolate native to the DR. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP to info@dominican-get-togethers.org
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Wednesay, May 4, 1-8pmPresent Tense: The 2011 D-Crit Conference
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Moderated by documentary film producer Adam Harrison Levy, and featuring /The New York Times Magazine/ contributor Rob Walker as keynote speaker, the conference presents the 11 graduating students, who will each make a sharply honed 10-minute presentation on their thesis topic, and a panel of prominent critics on the future of design criticism. This year's fast-paced half-day event will be held at the plush SVA Theatre in NYC from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., concluding with a panel discussion that includes MoMA's Paola Antonelli, BIG's founder and architect Bjarke Ingels, Van Alen Institute's executive director Olympia Kazi, /The New Yorker/'s John Seabrook and /Fast Company/'s Linda Tischler, who will join Levy and Walker onstage to debate the priorities, possibilities and impact of design criticism. The conference will be rounded off with a reception where you can get to know better the next generation of design critics, editors, journalists, authors, curators, strategists, and educators.
Saturday, April 2, 7:30pmScreening of The Manchurian Candidate
Turner Classic Movies and Time Warner Cable are bringing the Road to Hollywood tour to New York City in celebration of the TCM Classic Film Festival this April in Hollywood. Join TCM host Robert Osborne and special guest Angela Lansbury for a free screening of THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE on Saturday, April 2 at 7:30 PM at the SVA Theatre.
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Tuesday, March 1, 7pmT.J. Clark: Looking Again at Picasso's Guernica
Art historian T.J. Clark will discuss Pablo Picasso's painting Guernica (1937), examining how a work of such enduring political resonance emerged from Picasso's deeply private and "difficult" artistic universe. The lecture looks at the step-by-step making of Guernica, taking advantage of the set of photographs of the work in progress taken by Dora Maar. Clark was a professor of modern art at the University of California, Berkeley from 1988 - 2010. His books include The Painting of Modern Life: Paris in the Art of Manet and His Followers (Princeton University Press, 1985), The Sight of Death: An Experiment in Art Writing (Yale University Press, 2006) and the forthcoming Picasso and Truth: From Cubism to Guernica. Presented by the MFA Art Criticism and Writing Department.
Thursday, March 3, 7pmDistinguished Alumnus Lecture: Inka Essenhigh
Widely praised for her unique vision and color sense, painter Inka Essenhigh is influenced by the surrealists, the symbolists and comic book art to create mystical landscapes populated by hybrid creatures. In the preface to a recent Art in America interview with the artist, Noah Becker said, "Essenhigh is masterful at drawing us into her paintings under the notion that we are in familiar territory, from which her work then pushes the viewer to re-consider the effects of distorted figuration and abstraction on our powers of recognition." Presented by The Alumni Society of School of Visual Arts.
Friday, March 18, 6pmManny Kirchheimer's The Permanent Revolution
Since the time of Albrrecht Durer artists have been renegades, using their work to challenge society's ills: poverty, war, inequality. The Permanent Revolution makes dramatic and emotional use of their bold graphic work, for which many were persecuted –forbidden to work, imprisoned, or forced into exile. Intercut with sequences of graphics of the past are interviews with three present-day artists and a master printer, who are seen making new works of protest, while explaining their methods (woodcutting, etching, lithography), and talking about their much-admired predecessors.
Tuesday, April 5, 7pmNathaniel Dorsky: Sarabande, Compline, Aubade and Winter
A rare screening of four films—Sarabande (2008), Compline (2009), Aubade (2010) and Winter (2008)—by critically acclaimed avant-garde filmmaker Nathaniel Dorsky. Since 1964, Dorsky has been creating exquisitely beautiful, often silent films. Presented by the BFA Fine Arts Department in conjunction with Beyond Kandinsky: Revisiting the Spiritual in Art, a 10-day online symposium.
Thursday, April 7, 7pmLucy Lippard: Ghosts, the Daily News and Prophecy: Critical Landscape Photograph
Based on her book The Lure of the Local: Senses of Place in a Multicentered Society (New Press, 1997), activist, curator and writer Lucy Lippard will examine the role and effectiveness of photography in generating responsibility for place. She has published more than 20 books on art, feminism and politics, including Get the Message? A Decade of Art for Social Change (E.P. Dutton, 1984), The Pink Glass Swan: Selected Essays on Feminist Art (The New Press, 1995) and On the Beaten Track: Tourism, Art and Place (The New Press, 2000). Lippard has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Frank Jewett Mather Award for Criticism from the College Art Association and the 2011 Award for Curatorial Excellence from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College. Presented by the MFA Art Criticism and Writing Department.
Thursday, April 14, 10am - 3pmMPS Art Therapy Department Thesis Presentation
The graduating class of the MPS Art Therapy Department will present their thesis projects of clinical research to peers, faculty and community members.
Friday, April 15, 3 - 7pmBFA Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects Department Thesis Presentations
A screening of thesis projects in computer animation, visual effects and broadcast design by students in the BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects Department.
Wednesday, April 20, 12 - 8pmIdeopolis: MFA Design Department Thesis Forum
Graduating students in the MFA Design Department will premiere their unique products in an interactive public forum. Refreshments and champagne reception.
Free and open to the public. RSVP at http://mfadesign.eventbrite.com.