SVA Announces Their Upcoming Events and Series

LECTURES/EVENTS

Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman: Iconic Shows: A Talk with Exit Art's Founders
Thursday, February 4, 7pm
Starting in 1982 with "Illegal America," which used mimeographs, Xeroxes and other radical means to present multimedia artwork, Exit Art founders and creative directors Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman have mounted more than 100 groundbreaking presentations of art, theater, film and video. They will discuss some of the most iconic shows of this historic, independent New York City cultural space. Presented by the BFA Fine Arts Department.
209 East 23 Street, 3rd-floor amphitheater
Free and open to the public

Resiliency in Bereavement
Friday, February 5, 6:30 - 8pm
Joseph Jaworek, MS-CT, ATR-BC will discuss his work with individuals living with different types of loss--such as that of a loved one, sight, mobility or memory--as well as recent models of understanding in how people cope with life's complexities. Presented by the MPS Art Therapy Department.
133/141 West 21 Street, room 101C
Free and open to the public. RSVP to 212.592.2610 or arttherapy@sva.edu

The Entrepreneurs
Wednesday, February 10, 6:30 - 8:30pm
The MFA Interaction Design Department at SVA presents the second lecture in its spring Dot Dot Dot lecture series, which explores interaction design, business and aesthetic inspiration. Practitioners and leaders in the field give short talks in an informal environment intended to satisfy both social and scholarly pursuits. This month's theme is "The Entrepreneurs."
Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street, Brooklyn
Admission is $6; free to SVA students, faculty and staff. RSVP opens two weeks before the events at http://interactiondesign.sva.edu/events

Ann Lauterbach: The Given and the Chosen
Thursday, February 11, 7pm
Ann Lauterbach is a poet and critic who serves as co-chair of writing at the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College and a visiting critic at the Yale University School of Art. Her talk will focus on how the work of art mediates the given and the chosen, taking its place between fixities of received orders and possible forms that simultaneously confirm and escape those fixities. Lauterbach's most recent book, Or to Begin Again (Penguin, 2009), was nominated for the National Book Award. Presented by the MFA Art Criticism and Writing Department.
SVA Theatre, 333 West 23 Street
Free and open to the public

Megan Craig
Tuesday, February 16, 6:30pm
Megan Craig is a painter and an assistant professor of philosophy and art at SUNY Stony Brook. Her most recent solo exhibition, "Lines of Flight," was presented at New York's Sundaram Tagore Gallery in December 2008. Presented by the BFA Fine Arts and BFA Visual and Critical Studies Departments.
133/141 West 21 Street, room 101C
Free and open to the public

The Camera Club of New York Presents: Penelope Umbrico
Thursday, February 18, 7pm
New York-based artist and SVA faculty member Penelope Umbrico examines typologies found in sales catalogs, search engines, photo sharing sites and online classified communities. Umbrico is a faculty member in the BFA Photography and MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Departments at SVA and is the chair of MFA Photography at Bard College.
209 East 23 Street, 3rd-floor amphitheater
Free to CCNY members, SVA students, faculty and staff; General admission is $5; $3 for other students with ID.

Pzza Chronicles: Talking About Film
Monday, February 22, 6:30 - 9pm
In anticipation of its fall 2010 launch, the MPS Live Action Short Film Department at SVA continues it series of monthly conversations with distinguished members of the New York film community, hosted by Department Chair Bob Giraldi.
Tonda, 235 East 4th Street
Free and open to the public. There will be discounted food and drinks. RSVP to mpsfilm@sva.edu

All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

SVA GALLERY
209 East 23 Street
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9am - 7pm; Saturday, 10am - 6pm

More and Less
January 15 - February 6
An exhibition of sculpture and painting by current students that examines perception and the boundaries between representation and abstraction. Curated by Richard Brooks.

Johnny Got His Gun
February 12 - March 6
Reception: Tuesday, February 16, 6 - 8pm
An exhibition of projects by students in the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay Department based on Dalton Trumbo's 1939 novel Johnny Got His Gun. Curated by faculty member Viktor Koen.

VISUAL ARTS GALLERY
601 West 26 Street, 15th floor
Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10am - 6pm

Young Art--NYC
February 5 - 20
Reception: Tuesday, February 9, 6 - 8pm
An exhibition of work by students in the BFA Fine Arts Department. Curated by Department Chair Emeritus Jeanne Siegel.

Visible Invisible
February 5 - 20
Reception: Tuesday, February 9, 6 - 8pm
An exhibition of work by students in the BFA Fine Arts Department. Curated by faculty member Tobi Kahn.
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Etchings, Woodcuts, Linocuts
February 5 - 20
Reception: Tuesday, February 9, 6 - 8pm
An exhibition of work by students in the BFA Fine Arts Department. Curated by faculty member Gunars Prande.

Thanks...but it's actually on purpose.
February 26 - March 13
Reception: Tuesday, March 2, 6 - 8pm
An exhibition of thesis projects by students in the MFA Fine Arts Department. Curated by Augusto Arbizo.

WESTSIDE GALLERY
133/141 West 21 Street
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9am - 7pm; Saturday, 10am - 6pm

Da/sein
January 9 - February 6
An exhibition of thesis projects by the inaugural senior class in the BFA Visual and Critical Studies Department. The works on view include installation, sculpture, animation, painting, drawing and book-making. Curated by Department Chair Tom Huhn.

Counterbalance
February 13 - March 20
Reception: Wednesday, March 3, 5 - 7pm
An exhibition of work by students in the MPS Art Therapy Department and the clients with whom they work at their internship sites. Curated by faculty member Liz DelliCarpini.