THINK WITH YOUR HANDS

The Visible Futures Lab
is a fabrication space
for graduate students
of the School of Visual Arts.

The VFL is dedicated to providing SVA MFA students with the tools and support necessary to fabricate work across a broad range of methods and materials.

Consisting of a makerspace, workshop and digital fabrication facilities, the VFL's tool inventory ranges from traditional hand tools and workshop machinery to advanced 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC routers, and 2D printers for a variety of substrates and applications.

The VFL supports artists and designers in varied areas of professional study to explore the boundaries of contemporary art & design craft work that advances real change.

Art is Work

1,000+ hand tools,
machines,
and robots.

The VFL offers courses through SVA’s Division of Continuing Education.
Learn more here.

VFL staff consist of practicing professionals specializing in product design, furniture making, graphic design, illustration and more.

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