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3 unusual facts about School of Visual Arts


24-hour comic

The School of Visual Arts hosts a 24-hour Comic Day every year, but due to classes, the date isn't set.

A Contract with God

Eisner's status as a cartoonist grew after A Contract with God appeared, and his influence was augmented by his time as a teacher at the School of Visual Arts in New York, where he expounded his theories of the medium.

Comics and Sequential Art

It is based on a series of essays that appeared in The Spirit magazine, themselves based on Eisner's experience teaching a course in sequential art at the School of Visual Arts.


Ali Banisadr

In 2005, he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the School of Visual Arts in New York, and his Master of Fine Arts in 2007 from the New York Academy of Art.

Christine Tamblyn

Christine Tamblyn had also taught at a number of institutions including: Mills College, Oakland, California; School of Visual Arts, NY; University of California, Santa Cruz; San Francisco State University; Florida International University.

Giancarlo Volpe

Graduating from the School of Visual Arts in 1997, Volpe began his career at Humongous Entertainment, animating on the children's computer games "Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't so Frightening" and Putt-Putt Enters the Race.

Harry Lampert

He was also an instructor for the New York School of Visual Arts and founded the Lampert Agency, an advertising company which produced award-winning ads for clients such as Olympic Airways, Seagram, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Patricia Castañeda

She then moved to New York City and studied acting in HB Studio for 3 years at the same time that she took creative writing courses with Robert Auleta in School of Visual Arts.

Rico Lins

A former teacher at the School of Visual Arts in New York, he coordinated and currently teaches on the Master’s Degree course in Graphic Design at the Istituto Europeo di Design, in São Paulo.

Samuel Gursky

Samuel Louis Gursky (born October 9, 1991) is a Brooklyn, NY Based freelance filmmaker and graduate of the School of Visual Arts for Film Production with a focus in Film Editing, he has done work for The Bamboozle Festival, producing The Gursky Project.

Sarah Charlesworth

Throughout her career, Charlesworth held various teaching positions at New York University, the School of Visual Arts (NY), Hartford University (CT), and before her death taught Master Critique in the MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Program and The School of Visual Arts.

Silvia Spross

Spross had attended the Herbert Berghof Theater School in New York City, after attended the School of Visual Arts in 2000 studying storyboarding, then from 2007–2008, she attended the Santa Monica College studying photography.


see also

Alan Saperstein

He graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 1981 with a degree in Cinematography and went to work for NFL Films as Director of the Entertainment Division, employing the off season American football cameramen to cover large multi-camera arena rock performances by artists such as Journey, Billy Squier, Cyndi Lauper, and Bruce Springsteen for major record labels and MTV.

Greco-Buddhism

The Shape of Ancient Thought. Comparative studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies by Thomas McEvilley (Allworth Press and the School of Visual Arts, 2002) ISBN 1-58115-203-5

Joe Simko

Among Simko’s instructors at the School of Visual Arts were Joe Orlando (VP of DC Comics and associate editor of Mad), Klaus Jansen, Sal Almendola, Carmine Infantino and many other professionals working in the field of comics and graphic storytelling.

Salima Hashmi

She has served as Dean of the School of Visual Arts & Design at the Beaconhouse National University Lahore, Pakistan.

Vonones of Indo-Scythia

"The Shape of Ancient Thought. Comparative studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies" by Thomas McEvilley (Allworth Press and the School of Visual Arts, 2002) ISBN 1-58115-203-5