Nicer Tuesdays New York: Get tickets for Mona Chalabi, No Ideas, Arsh Raziuddin and Tala Schlossberg in September!

It’s Summer in New York and there’s no better place to cool off than the SVA Theatre… where our next Nicer Tuesdays will be taking place! Bringing yet another brilliant line-up of speakers back to the venue, our next event will take place on 15 September 2026.

On the night you can expect to hear talks from Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and illustrator Mona Chalabi whose work has been featured in The New Yorker, The Guardian and on platforms such as Netflix, NPR and National Geographic. Mona will be joining our US editor at large, Elizabeth Goodspeed on stage for a Q&A on her newest book Ten Lives: How What We Have Shapes Who We Are, which is a unique blend of memoir, reportage and data visualisation. As well as that, graphic designer and illustrator Arsh Raziuddin will be taking to the New York Nicer Tuesdays stage to run the crowd through her practice, including her recent collaboration with Mayor Mamdani’s City Hall for New York City’s incredible new World Cup identity.

American animator and artist Tala Schlossberg will also be taking to the mic at our NYC event in September – known for her unique video collages and experimental techniques for animation and sound design which have exhibited in Paris, Beijing, Madrid and New York, the artist will be talking about her creative journey from being on The New York Times Opinion video team for three years to animating her independent miniseries You Have Probably Never Heard of Hornita Calypso. Last but certainly not least, we will have Philip DiBello and Devin Washburn founders of New York based design studio No Ideas joining us to give the Nicer Tuesday’s crowd a peek into the creative process behind the studio’s visual identities, websites, printed matter, editorial design, and art direction for commercial and cultural clients

The event will take place on Tuesday 15 September at the School of Visual Arts Theatre in Chelsea. Doors will open at 6:30 pm and the talks will begin around 7pm. The full address is SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street, New York, NY10011. It’s a seated event, so get there early to ensure a seat and pick up a drink beforehand!

Please be aware that photography and filming may be taken at this event for marketing and promotional purposes. If you do not want to be photographed or filmed, please speak to our team on the day. Also, if you are in need of disability access, please email [email protected] so we can arrange assistance with the venue team.

Mona Chalabi is a multi award-winning illustrator who has earned a Pulitzer Prize, fellowships at the British Science Association and Royal Society for the Arts as well as an Emmy nomination! The boundary-pushing journalist, illustrator, and writer uses data as the foundation of her work and her newest book, published by Penguin: Ten Lives: How What We Have Shapes Who We Are, is no different. A unique blend of memoir, reportage and data visualisation, Mona will be joining us to talk about following the financial journeys of 10 different people from the United States over a five-year period to represent how wealth, class and income inequality shapes their daily lives.

Based in Brooklyn, New York, No Ideas is a graphic design studio working between visual identities, websites, printed matter, editorial design and art direction for both commercial and cultural clients. Co-founded by Philip DiBello and Devin Washburn, the studio’s work centres on the principle that content drives form. The studio’s publishing offshoot Book Ideas has produced seminal titles on graphic design such as Design Harder by Eric Carter and if you attended Config this year you’ll have probably got your hands on Figma’s playful colour-packed book for the 2026 conference designed and art directed by the studio. Joining us on stage to share how its research and approach leads to creative projects that are simple in execution but rigorous in concept, the pair will be taking us through the visual development of No Ideas’ most recent project.

The wonderful graphic designer, illustrator and creative director of Acacia (a literary magazine for the Muslim left) Arsh Raziuddin will be covering her personal practice and portfolio across literary magazines and clients such as The New York Times and The Atlantic, as well as taking us behind the scenes on the inspirations that went into Mamdani’s World Cup identity for New York City, giving us an insight into how she built a visual system that made sure that the Big Apple felt the impact of global football whilst recognising and punctuating the USA’s efforts in the tournament.

American animator and experimental artist Tala Schlossberg will be taking the mic at our next New York event to give us an insight into the creative practice she’s built to date, with a focus on her animated collages and unique video collections that have been exhibited worldwide in Paris, Beijing, Madrid and New York. The artist will be talking about her creative journey from being on The New York Times Opinion video team for three years to animating her independent miniseries You Have Probably Never Heard of Hornita Calypso.