The spring 2025 semester at New York City’s School of Visual Arts has started and so has another year of events and exhibitions, all free and open to the public.
SVA’s 2025 event calendar reflects the diversity of its 30 undergraduate and graduate degrees, with programming in art, design, curatorial practice, photography, art history and critical theory, and more.
New events and event details are added throughout the year; for the latest, visit sva.edu/events. And to sign up for SVA’s monthy e-calendar or e-newsletters, visit here.
Land of the Olive Groves
Presented by BFA Visual and Critical Studies
Through Sunday, January 26
Reception: Thursday, January 16, 6pm
SVA Flatiron Project Space, 133/141 West 21st Street
Transcendental Landscapes
Presented by SVA Continuing Education and SVA Artist Residency Programs
Through Friday, January 31
Online
We the Public: Engagement, Action, and Each Other
Presented by BFA Photography and Video
Through Friday, February 28
Online
Next Up: Sun Chasers
Presented by SVA Galleries
Tuesday, January 14–Saturday, January 25
Reception: Tuesday, January 14, 5pm
SVA Flatiron Gallery, 133/141 West 21st Street
Next Up: Switchboard
Presented by SVA Galleries
Tuesday, January 14–Saturday, February 1
Reception: Thursday, January 16, 5pm
SVA Chelsea Gallery, 601 West 26th Street, 15th floor
Next Up: Reverberations
Presented by SVA Galleries
Tuesday, January 14–Saturday, February 8
Reception: Tuesday, January 14, 5pm
SVA Gramercy Gallery, 209 East 23rd Street
Elinor Carucci
Presented by MPS Digital Photography
Tuesday, January 14, 7pm
136 West 21st Street, Room 418F
Register here
João Laia (Porto)
Presented by MA Curatorial Practice
Wednesday, January 15, 9am
Online; register here
Navigating Social Media in Art Therapy
Presented by MPS Art Therapy
Friday, January 17, 6pm
Online; register here
Julieta González (Columbus, OH)
Presented by MA Curatorial Practice
Wednesday, January 22, 5pm
Online; register here
Duane Michals: Explorations Making Videos
Presented by MFA Photography, Video, and Related Media
Tuesday, January 28, 6:30pm
214 East 21st Street, ground floor
Register here
William King
Presented by MPS Digital Photography
Tuesday, January 28, 7pm
136 West 21st Street, Room 418F
Register here
Lucia Pietroiusti (London)
Presented by MA Curatorial Practice
Wednesday, January 29, 9am
Online; register here
Wafa Ghnaim—Tatreez Resistance: The Traditional Art of Palestinian Embroidery in the Diaspora
Presented by the SVA Honors Program and BFA Visual and Critical Studies
Wednesday, January 29, 6:30pm
133/141 West 21st Street, Room 101C
Register here
Niels Van Tomme (Amsterdam)
Presented by MA Curatorial Practice
Wednesday, February 5, 9am
Online; register here
BFA Fine Arts exhibition
Saturday, February 8–Tuesday, February 25
SVA Chelsea Gallery, 601 West 26th Street, 15th floor
Malynne Sternstein on Love Without Hope: Walter Benjamin’s Trials with Surrealism
Presented by the SVA Honors Program and BFA Visual and Critical Studies
Monday, February 10, 6:30pm
133/141 West 21st Street, Room 101C
Register here
Dustin Pittman
Presented by MPS Digital Photography
Tuesday, February 11, 7pm
136 West 21st Street, Room 418F
Register here
Henk Slager (Utrecht)
Presented by MA Curatorial Practice
Wednesday, February 19, 9am
Online; register here
HOPE Art Competition and Exhibition
Presented by SVA Student Health and Counseling Services
Saturday, February 22–Tuesday, March 4
SVA Flatiron Windows, 133/141 West 21st Street
Jeffrey Henson Scales
Presented by MPS Digital Photography
Tuesday, February 25, 7pm
136 West 21st Street, Room 418F
Register here
Lisa Long (Berlin)
Presented by MA Curatorial Practice
Wednesday, February 26, 9am
Online; register here
MPS Art Therapy exhibition
Wednesday, Febrary 26–Thursday, March 13
SVA Flatiron Gallery, 133/141 West 21st Street
Steve Giralt
Presented by MPS Digital Photography
Tuesday, March 11, 7pm
136 West 21st Street, Room 418F
Register here
Nick Aikens (Gothenburg)
Presented by MA Curatorial Practice
Wednesday, March 12, 9am
Online; register here
Zeynep Öz (Sharjah)
Presented by MA Curatorial Practice
Wednesday, March 19, 9am
Online; register here
BFA Advertising and BFA Design exhibition
Saturday, March 22–Tuesday, April 29
SVA Gramercy Gallery, 209 East 23rd Street
Diane Allford
Presented by MPS Digital Photography
Tuesday, March 25, 7pm
136 West 21st Street, Room 418F
Register here
Kjersti Solbakken (Bergen, Norway)
Presented by MA Curatorial Practice
Wednesday, March 26, 9am
Online; register here
David France—Staying Alive: Art and Activism in the Time of AIDS
Presented by the SVA Honors Program and BFA Visual and Critical Studies
Monday, March 31, 6:30pm
133/141 West 21st Street, Room 101C
Register here
Anne Anlin Cheng—Women on Walls: Architecture, Projection, and Envy
Presented by the SVA Honors Program and BFA Visual and Critical Studies
Tuesday, April 8, 6:30pm
133/141 West 21st Street, Room 101C
Register here
Jai Lennard
Presented by MPS Digital Photography
Tuesday, April 8, 7pm
136 West 21st Street, Room 418F
Register here
Astrid Peterle (Vienna)
Presented by MA Curatorial Practice
Wednesday, April 9, 9am
Online; register here
Ashok Sinha
Presented by MPS Digital Photography
Tuesday, April 22, 7pm
136 West 21st Street, Room 418F
Register here
James Voorhies (Miami)
Presented by MA Curatorial Practice
Wednesday, April 23, 9am
Online; register here
Henriette Huldisch (Minneapolis)
Presented by MA Curatorial Practice
Wednesday, April 30, 9am
Online; register here
SVA Artist Residency Programs exhibition
Presented by SVA Continuing Education
Wednesday, May 28–Saturday, June 7
SVA Flatiron Gallery, 133/141 West 21st Street
