July 31, New York, NY—School of Visual Arts President David Rhodes has announced the appointment of James (Jimmy) Calhoun as chair of the College’s BFA Computer Art Computer Animation and Visual ...

Watch the SVA BFA Computer Art Class of 2021 Thesis Presentations Join BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects for a screening of thesis films by its class of 2021.

The School of Visual Arts’ animation departments — BFA Animation; BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation, and Visual Effects; and MFA Computer Arts — have an amazing and diverse group of alumni that ...

Ken Knowlton, artist and computer animation pioneer, died on June 16 at a hospice facility in Sarasota, Florida. According to his son, Rick Knowlton, the cause of death was unclear. Knowlton was an ...

Three decades later, “Toy Story” remains a touchstone not only for its technical brilliance, but for what it says about childhood, creativity, and growing up.

Mastering painting and drawing is no longer enough to succeed in the animation industry — coding and scripting are essential requirements for a position at a top animation firm. "Right now almost all ...

A badge of honor, to many people, would be an award or merit of some type. But not to cartoonist Ed Seeman. Musician Frank Zappa called Seeman “a freak,” when referring to him during a cough drop ...

Ken Knowlton, an engineer, computer scientist and artist who helped pioneer the science and art of computer graphics and made many of the first computer-generated pictures, portraits and movies, died ...

When I heard the news, my mind didn’t turn to any of the big-budget features produced by PDI/Dreamworks, starting with Antz in 1998. Instead, I thought about an era well before there was a DreamWorks.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jonathon Keats is a writer and artist who critiques museum exhibits. Early in her career, Vera Molnár made paintings that might be ...