SVA MFA Design Criticism (D-Crit)
# SVA MFA Design Criticism (D-Crit)

D-Crit is the Design Criticism MFA department at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, chaired by Alice Twemlow and co-founded along with Steven Heller in 2006. In Fall 2008, the department enrolled 15 students, who became the inaugural class to complete the two-year program and graduate, in May 2010, with a Design Criticism Master of Fine Arts degree. In the fall of 2014, the program morphed into a one-year Master of Arts degree in Design Research, Writing, and Criticism.

## Program Chair

* Alice Twemlow

## Program Co-Founders

* Alice Twemlow
* Steven Heller

## Faculty

* Alice Twemlow
* Steven Heller
* Kurt Andersen
* Paola Antonelli
* Akiko Busch
* Ralph Caplan
* Andrea Codrington
* Justin Davidson
* Russell Flinchum
* Janet Froelich
* Karrie Jacobs
* Alexandra Lange
* Julie Lasky
* Adam Harrison Levy
* Elaine Louie
* Matilda McQuaid
* Leital Molad
* Phil Patton
* Shax Riegler
* Elizabeth Spiers
* Karen Stein
