NEW YORK, April 5, 2012 – Students in the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS) will showcase their creative output work at the 2012 Literary and Visual Arts Festival on April 20 and 21 at the NYU-SCPS building at 7 East 12th Street.
Held every two years by NYU-SCPS, the Festival will feature students’ work in creative writing, studio arts, film, digital art, and animation. Literary readings of short fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translation will take place in the fifth floor lounge. Works of film, video, animation, 3-D printing, motion design, drawing, photography, digital and graphic design, interactive work, and web design will be displayed in the lobby and on the balcony.
Individual works range from an elegant NYC2030 motion graphic to a high-end 3-D car commercial, a horror story short feature, and an interactive video based on data mining. More than 50 students from the School’s Paul McGhee Division; the Center for Advanced Digital Applications; Programs in the Arts, Humanities, and Writing; and the Foreign Languages, Translation, and Interpreting program will be represented.
The Festival opens on Friday, April 20 at 10 a.m., with visual works on display until 9 p.m. A literary reading will take place that evening from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., followed by a reception. (Seating is limited and will be allotted on a first come, first served basis). Visual works will continue to be on display on Saturday, April 21 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information, please visit http://www.scps.nyu.edu/lvafestival.
2012 Literary and Visual Arts Festival at NYU-SCPS April 20-21
About the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies
Established in 1934, NYU-SCPS (scps.nyu.edu) is one of NYU’s several degree-granting schools and colleges, each with a unique academic profile. The reputation of NYU-SCPS arises from its place as the NYU home for study and applied research related to key knowledge-based industries where the New York region leads globally. This is manifest in the School’s diverse graduate, undergraduate, and continuing education programs in fields such as Real Estate and Construction Management; Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management; Global Affairs; Philanthropy and Fundraising; Graphic Communications Media, Publishing, and Digital Arts; Human Capital Management, Marketing, and Public Relations; with complementary strengths in the Liberal and Allied Arts; Translation and Interpreting; Management and Information Technology; and Finance and Taxation. More than 100 distinguished full-time faculty members collaborate with an exceptional cadre of practitioner/adjunct faculty and lecturers to create vibrant professional and academic networks that attract nearly 5,000 degree-seeking students from around the globe. In addition, the School fulfills the recurrent continuing higher education needs of local and professional communities, as evidenced by 55,000 annual enrollments in individual courses, specialized certificate programs, conferences, workshops, seminars, and public events. The School’s community is enriched by more than 25,000 degree-holding alumni worldwide, many of whom serve as mentors, guest speakers, and advisory board members.