News and events from around SVA

MPS Branding Chair Debbie Millman talks with The New York Times about Bloomingdale’s iconic Big Brown Bag shopping bag, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.

MPS Art Therapy presents Jordan Potash, Ph.D., ATR-BC, REAT, LCPAT (MD), for this year’s Valery Daniels Memorial Lecture, “Art Therapists as Peacebuilders,” exploring ways in which art therapists can support peace-building in their practices. Tonight, September 18, 6:00 – 8:00pm, online.

SVA Theatre presents a screening of A Haunting in Venice. Free with SVA ID (one non-SVA guest permitted per SVA ID holder). RSVPs not accepted or required. Seating is first-come, first-served. Tonight, September 18, 7:30pm. SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street.

• •“Exploded View,” through Monday, October 2. SVA Flatiron Gallery, 133/141 West 21st Street.
• •“ILLO COMX Preview,” through Monday, October 2. SVA Gramercy Gallery, 209 East 23rd Street.
• •“Underground Images: A History,” through Saturday, October 14. SVA Chelsea Gallery, 601 West 26th Street, 15th floor.

Elise Swain (BFA 2015 Photography and Video) photographs and reports on censorship at Guantánamo Bay for The Intercept.

A solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based artist Ketta Ioannidou (MFA 1999 Illustration as Visual Essay) that draws inspiration from rippling waters, wilted florals and moody skies. Through Saturday, September 30. ChaShaMa, 1 Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn.

Today is Constitution Day, a day of federal observance which commemorates the day in 1787 when the U.S. Constitution was signed at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. To learn more about the U.S. Constitution visit the U.S. Senate website, or pick up a free pocket-sized edition at SVA Student Affairs, 340 East 24th Street.

All interested students are welcome to join certified yoga instructor Nurse Emily from SVA Student Health and Counseling Services for an hour of Vinyasa-based yoga. All levels are welcome. RSVP is required; register here. Wednesday, September 20, 3:00 – 4:00pm. MPS Art Therapy Gallery, 132 West 21st Street, 5th floor. Questions? Email Nurse Emily at egoodman4@sva.edu.

SVA Theatre presents the College’s annual alumni film and animation festival. Events include screenings, premieres and Q&As with industry insiders that offer behind-the-scenes looks at the world of television and cinema. SVA alumni will be present at Q&As throughout the week. All events are free and open to the public. Thursday, September 21 – Sunday, September 24. SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street.

Become a student senator or multicultural student senator this semester! The student senator program is a great opportunity to get involved on campus and to create and co-/host events for the student body. Apply here. Applications close Saturday, September 30, 11:59pm.

Center for Communication presents a panel of producers from Made in NY productions—including those from BET, Netflix and Paramount—who will discuss the skill set that production assistants need to make a great impression in their first job. Free and open to the public with RSVP; register here. Wednesday, September 27, 6:30pm. SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street.