News and events from around SVA

The New York Times takes a look at Bao Ngyuen’s (MFA 2011 Social Documentary Film) Netflix documentary chronicling the writing and recording of “We Are The World,” the 1980s charity single that featured an ensemble of pop superstars.

• • “Familial Frontiers,” through Wednesday, February 28. MA Curatorial Practice, 132 West 21st Street, 10th floor.
• •“Does That Make Sense?,” through Saturday, March 9. SVA Gramercy Gallery, 209 East 23rd Street.
• •“Us: Up Close,” through Monday, March 11. SVA Flatiron Gallery, 133/141 West 21st Street.
• •“Sonando el Suelo/Sounding the Ground,” through Thursday, March 14. SVA Flatiron Project Space, 133/141 West 21st Street.
• • “We the Present,” through Friday, May 31. SVA Online Gallery.

Designer and YouTube Music art director Minkwan Kim (BFA 2020 Design) talks about how album art sparked his early interest in typography and how that interest bloomed into a career for a feature in Creative Boom.

A new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art featuring work by Black artists who captured modern life in Harlem and cities nationwide as African Americans began to move away from the segregated rural South in the 1920s – ’40s. Free with museum admission. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue.

MPS Digital Photography presents a talk with Destiny Mata, a Mexican American photographer and filmmaker based in her native New York City who is focusing on issues of subculture and community. Tuesday, February 27, 7:00 – 8:30pm. 136 West 21st Street, Room 418F.

Welcome new students, make new friends and be a student leader—apply to be an SVA Orientation Leader today and help make the transition to campus life welcoming and exciting for the next incoming class. To apply, click here. The application deadline is Wednesday, March 13. For more information, follow the Student Engagement Leadership Instagram, @sva_engage or email olselection@sva.edu.

Admissions is looking for energetic and responsible students to help host Accepted Students Day 2024. Student workers will be tasked with greeting guests and giving campus tours on Saturday, April 6, from 8:30am – 5:30pm. Paid mandatory training included. Sign up here by Friday, March 8.

The New York Climate Film Festival is seeking submissions for their inaugural multi-day event uniting filmmakers and climate advocates in the realm of climate storytelling. The submission deadline is Monday, June 3. Open to seasoned and budding filmmakers. The festival will take place from Friday, September 20 – Sunday, September 22, in New York City, coinciding with the opening weekend of Climate Week. Volunteers are needed, as well as members for a student steering committee.