Graduate Fine Arts

Graduate Fine Arts

The Master of Fine Arts program at Pratt Institute offers the following major areas of emphasis: painting/drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photography, and new forms (nontraditional investigations).  Students complete two semesters of course work in their major area of emphasis and one year of work on a Master of Fine Arts thesis in their major area, including a written thesis statement and a solo graduate exhibition in our graduate galleries. Degree requirements include nine credits in art criticism/history and six credits in the liberal arts. Twenty-seven elective credits may be used for a wide variety of interdisciplinary, studio, or technical courses in any graduate level studio class in the Institute. Students may apply to the MS in the History of Art or for the Certificate in Art & Design Education combined programs after they begin the MFA FIne Arts program if they develop an interest in those areas of study.
Pratt is not a school of a specific type of work. Although the students apply in an area of emphasis, the program is designed to encourage a wide variety of interdisciplinary and cross- disciplinary study. It is our goal to encourage students to develop their vision in ways they could not have anticipated before arriving at Pratt.  The Faculty, all of whom are practicing artists, are incredibly generous in their interactions with students, bringing with them an interest in conceptual ideas along with a respect for the achievement of craft.

The MFA Fine Arts Faculty is proud of the achievements of its students and alumni. We look forward to each new group of students, expecting them to experiment with new ideas and to continue to be practicing artists when they graduate from the MFA in Fine Arts program at Pratt Institute.

Donna Moran  
Chair, Fine Arts Department

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All full time students pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree and are taking 12 credits are guaranteed a studio for four consecutive semesters.  Students are required to pay a $50 key deposit to Pratt's Bursar's Office in exchange for use of the studio.  This deposit will be refunded at the end of the student's tenure as long as the requirements of the studio contract are met.

Full time photography majors pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree may utilize semi-private darkrooms. Students who wish to access the graduate level darkrooms must pay an additional $50 key deposit to Pratt's Bursar's Office.  This deposit will be returned at the end of the student's tenure as long as the requirements of the studio contract are met.

GRADUATE FINE ARTS PROGRAM IN ROME    MAY 22-June 26  2010

The Graduate Fine Arts Program in Rome is a five week program offering an inter-disciplinary curriculum that utilizes the platform of the "City as Studio."  The courses are inter-related fostering collaboration, critical thinking, and a studio practice that is contextually responsive.  The intention is to challenge the artist to leave the familiar and at times predictive confines of the studio and to work directly within the open environment of the city of Rome - to engage simultaneously with the Historical and the Contemporary, to question through the active encounter of a different culture one's place within the global art community, and within this context to initiate an account of one's own professional ambitions. This program is open to non-Pratt graduate level students.