Master of Fine Arts

MFA Fine Art Program Mission Statement

The MFA Fine Art Department educates artists through a comprehensive and in-depth study in fine arts, criticism, art history, and humanities. MFA students become proficient in every aspect of their studio practice through a combination of rigorous critical discussion, broad-based studio and technical electives, collaborative opportunities, and concentrated study in their chosen areas. We consider our students to be artists whose intellect, talent, sense of inquiry, and work ethic will lead them to a professional life in the arts. We prepare them to become significant critical and creative leaders in artistic, scholarly and societal discourse.

MFA Learning Outcomes

MFA Fine Arts students will be able to exhibit work in the professional world with an appropriate understanding of business practices.
Our graduates will demonstrate proficiency in the use of materials in the production of works of quality.
MFA Fine Arts students will have a critical, multidisciplinary understanding of their work and where it sits in the art historical and contemporary world.
Students graduating from our program must demonstrate ability for independent learning and be able to conceive and complete a project goal culminating in a final MFA thesis exhibition that is rigorous in its conception and execution and demonstrates clear integration of a central idea.

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