New Logo for SVA done In-house

Established in 1947 as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School with three teachers and 35 students, the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York today is one of the most well-known “art schools” in the U.S. (and around the world, given the amount of international students) with a faculty of more than 1,100 and a student body of over 4,000 representing 44 states and 71 foreign countries. SVA offers 11 undergraduate and 21 graduate degree programs across five different buildings in the city — the main one on 23rd Street and Third Avenue. A new logo was introduced earlier this month, designed in-house through the institution’s Visual Arts Press department and led by SVA’s Michael Walsh, director of design and digital media.The new mark’s painterly quality pa