SVA MFA Art Practice

The MFA Art Practice program at the School of Visual Arts is pleased to announce Angel Abreu's (@abreu_projects ) appointment to Department Chair. Abreu has been a member of the faculty for the past eight years and brings to the role a deep commitment to the relationship between art, education, and collaboration. His work as an artist and educator has been shaped by his early involvement with Tim Rollins and K.O.S., and continues through his co-founding of Studio K.O.S., where collaborative practice and education remain inseparable. As Chair, Abreu will guide the program through the remainder of its run, as it concludes in August 2027, with a focus on rigorous dialogue, close mentorship, and the development of serious, sustained artistic practices. The program remains committed to supporting students as they develop their work and engage critically with the conditions from which it emerges. The work ahead is grounded in the belief that artists thinking together can shape both practice and community in meaningful ways.

Sarah Parker @sarah.parker.art (MFA AP '26): Who Has Access?, 2025 Sarah Parker paints human-bird hybrids navigating fractured landscapes. The figures evoke a modern Horus, the Egyptian deity of healing and protection. A blue hood becomes plumage. Muscled human legs suggest urgency, but beneath the figure’s neon pink sneakers, the earth breaks apart into painterly fragments — orange, brown, black. Eyes line the upper edge of the piece, evoking surveillance and judgment. On one border, repeated, hand-drawn text declares "EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE." On the other “Who has ACCESS?,” the repetition of words mimicking protest signage. The bird becomes a proxy for human vulnerability in hostile terrain. The illusion of open access is broken. The demand for justice remains. — @thestrycker The MFA Art Practice program at SVA is a three-year, 60‑credit online graduate program for artists seeking both flexibility and rigor. Register at the link in our bio for the virtual information session on Tuesday, September 30.

VIRTUAL INFO SESSION TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 30 6PM ET. Register at link in bio. The MFA Art Practice program at SVA is a three-year, 60‑credit online graduate program for artists seeking both flexibility and rigor. Attendees will receive an $80 application fee waiver if they apply for Summer 2026 or Fall 2026 admission. Note: This waiver will be applied to the email address used to register for this event. It is important to use the same email address consistently throughout the entire application process. Built around sustained critique and mentor-led study, the program delivers six semesters of interactive, media‑rich coursework you can complete from your own studio—no relocation or visa required. Each summer, students are invited to the nine‑day SVA Art Practice Summer Symposium (optional and free for Art Practice students); the symposium will offer opportunities for in‑person critiques, exhibitions, and community collaboration, all taking place in the Chelsea arts district of NYC. Interdisciplinary by design, Art Practice supports work across mediums and methods, blending theory, research, experimentation, and production. We treat making as critical inquiry and foster a global community of artists and cultural producers who challenge what matters in contemporary art. Upon graduation, you’ll earn a terminal MFA from one of the world’s leading art and design institutions. Alumni exhibit internationally, secure prestigious residencies and grants, and teach in higher education. Photo: @argenisphoto #art #mfa #onlinelearning #artschool

So excited to be sharing the spotlight tonight at the @artpractice open studio with this amazingly talented 1st year cohort that I’ve been privileged to learn and grow with. Come out btw 6 and 9 pm tonight (8/30) if you’re in the neighborhood (335 W 16th Street)

School of Visual Arts MFA Art Practice Open Studios July 30 6-9 335 West 16th St NYC

**OPEN STUDIOS** 🎨🖌️🪩👯‍♀️👯‍♂️🎉🥂 Wednesday, July 30th 6PM - 9PM 335 West 16th Street

SVA MFA ART PRACTICE OPEN STUDIOS WEDNESDAY JULY 30 6-9pm 335 WEST 16 Featuring the annual $5 art raffle

Announcing FLOTSAM AND JETSAM: A curatorial project exploring contamination as a generative methodology for interdisciplinary collaboration, developed in dialogue with the first-year MFA Art Practice cohort: Heather Bergerson @hmbergerson 
Brett Boshco @brettboshco 
Katie Neylon @katie_neylon 
Shawn Rhea @serhea Olga Sidilkovskaya @olgadapolga 
Kenzie Sitterud @kenziesitterud Kim Foster Yardley @kimfosteryardleystudio Iliad Terra @iliadterra Wednesday, July 30, 2025, from 6–9 PM
MFA Art Practice, SVA, 
335 West 16th Street, 4th Floor, NYC #flotsamandjetsam #artpractice #interdisciplinaryart #curatorialpractice #contaminate #collaboration Design by Kenzie Sitterud

The question isn’t how to prevent breaking, but how to break well. ⛓️‍💥 “What Holds, What Breaks” is an exhibition which offers a manual of persistence in response to living through a comprehensive stress test of every system once assumed stable — political, technological, social, bodily. On view through Wednesday, July 23 at the SVA Flatiron Gallery!

The School of Visual Arts @artpractice is exhibiting the MFA Art Practice 2025 Thesis exhibition “…From Inside the House” with work by Casey Correa, Natasha K. De Armas, Jacqueline Ehle Inglefield, Frank Rapant, Beckett Sky, and DW Zinsser at @artcake_nyc 🕚 Saturday, July 5 through July 26, 2025, from noon until 5:00 PM 📍ArtCake, 214 40th St, Brooklyn, NY. 🧑🏻‍🎨🧑🏽‍🎨👨🏾‍🎨👩🏿‍🎨There will be an artists’ panel July 16 at 6pm moderated by David Ross, chair of the Art Practice program and former director of the Whitney Museum of American Art. @thedavidross @casecorrea_ @curious.ms.k @frank_rapant @dwzinsser @jaquelineehleinglefield @beckettemeraldskyart Viewing by appointment is also available. Please contact [email protected] The artists explore the intersections of memory, identity, and transformation through diverse mediums and personal narratives in varied media from assemblage to immersive installations. Themes of recollection, home, displacement, desire, nostalgia, the unconscious thread through contrasts of scale, material, and emotion. Sculptural shrines and grotesque reliquaries explore queerness, spirituality, and harm reduction through intimate, devotional practices. “…From Inside the House,” challenges viewers to reflect on the interplay between personal memory and cultural identity while inviting engagement with experimental forms of artistic expression. At its core, the exhibition celebrates the rawness of emotion, the beauty of the unexpected, and the deeply human need for connection and transformation. ✨➕ See @cmasseyart ➕✨ upstairs in Studio 10 Gallery for the solo show titled From One to Another (last slide) 🕚 upstairs gallery open Tuesday - Sunday, noon-5pm until July 25th #artcake #svamfafinearts #mfashow #sunsetparkbrooklyn

Sneak Peak of “What Holds, What Breaks” @sva_galleries . Reception Thursday, July 10th, 6PM - 8PM.

… from inside the house 📞 The 2025 SVA MFA Art Practice Thesis Exhibition July 5 - 26 at Art Cake, 214 40th St, Brooklyn RECEPTION July 11, 6-9pm. Please join us! @artcake_nyc @artpractice @svanyc