Lisa Z
I'm graduating this year from the Illustration department, so I want to express my appreciation to SVA! :) The professors I had were really nice and helpful—they gave honest critiques and helped me network. I'm very into picture books, so I took classes like silkscreen book making, children's literature, Picture Book with Eugenia Mello, and senior thesis class with my favorite artist, Doug Salati! The campus is nice and located in the Gramercy neighborhood. However, the illustration dep has very limited spaces, we only have 2 floors in a shared building, and the elevator is always crowded. I hope we can get better classrooms and a bigger print lab. Overall, SVA is a very business-oriented school—they really prepare you for the industry. So if you're thinking of becoming a commercial illustrator, I definitely recommend it!