Because of the spread of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, SVA has taken the following protective ways to prevent COVID-19 spreading on campus: "All undergraduate and graduate classes are holding online through SVA's learning management system, Canvas, and the teleconferencing resource, Zoom." However, "Access to campus facilities is limited during this period." "public spaces including both library locations, all galleries, and the Student Center will be closed." "Departments will remain open with appropriate staffing levels necessary to grant access only to students as necessary for thesis work."

We can understand that the school is doing this to protect students, we are thankful the school for everything did for us, especially for our international student groups. SVA is a community without racism, we standing together. However, all the teaching goals of SVA cannot be achieved only through online teaching. The tools for students to complete their homework largely depend on school facilities and workshops that are not available at home. These are facilities and machines that we have paid thousands of dollars to access to further our education. Faculty and staff have been working tirelessly to find other ways to teach their courses, but many classes cannot be replaced entirely by online teaching. Moreover, online education has also affected the effectiveness of critique.

The following is a list of some (not all) facilities and equipment that students will no longer have access to once campus closes:

 

Fine arts: ($800 per semester, foundation year, $1,100 per semester, second, third and fourth years)

• Woodshop/ sculpture space/ metal shop/ digital lab( including camera, shooting space, 3d printer, etc.)/ fiber lab( including sewing machine, textile printer, embroidery, etc.)/ Bio lab/ ceramics studio( including glaze, firing)/ print shop( including silkscreen exposure, letterpress, etching supplies, etc.)/ plaster room/ private studios for senior students

 

Film: (department fee: $1340) 

• camera/ tripods/ sound recording equipment/ lighting/ editing room

 

Photography: (department fee: $1465)

• b&w darkroom/ studio space/ digital lab- still open
• the hub( for additional studio materials)- close

 

Advertising and design: (Advertising $640 per semester, foundation year $1,300 per semester, second, third and fourth years)

• Scanner/ printer / DIC

 

Illustration: ($800 per semester, foundation year, $900 per semester, second, third and fourth years)

• Riso lab,

 

Interior Design: ($1,140 per semester)

• software/ laser cut/ printer

 

Visual & Critical Studies: ($940 per semester)

 

Cartooning: ($800 per semester, foundation year, $900 per semester, second, third and fourth years)

 

Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects: ($1,340 per semester)- still open

• Lab：Computers, software(nuke, houdini, maya, marvelous designer, substance painter, zbrush,etc.),render farm.

 

Information organized by RuoXin Sun

Written by Yao Yao a.k.a. YY