School of Visual Arts to Honor Steven Heller

published Aug 6, 2007
School of Visual Arts to Honor Steven Heller
School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York City, will honor Steven Heller with the Masters Series Award and retrospective exhibition.

He is the author, co-author or editor of over 100 books on graphic design, illustration and political art, was an art director at The New York Times for 33 years and is a columnist for The New York Times Book Review.

Heller is also the co-founder and co-chair of the MFA Design Department and co-founder of the MFA Design Criticism Department at SVA.

"The Masters Series: Steven Heller" will be on view from October 22 - December 1, 2007, at the Visual Arts Museum, 209 East 23rd Street, New York City.

Curated and designed by Kevin O'Callaghan, chair of 3D Design at SVA, the exhibition highlights the inspiration and collaboration behind Heller's many achievements as a writer and art director.

On view will be over 100 covers of The New York Times Book Review that Heller art directed and a visual anthology of his major publications, with select volumes available to peruse.

An adjacent video installation will feature interviews with co-authors Mirko Ilic, Lita Talarico (co-chair of the MFA Design Department at SVA), Seymour Chwast, Marshall Arisman (chair of the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay Department at SVA) and Gail Anderson (on the faculty of the MFA Design Department at SVA) about their collabor