The MFA program in Studio Art at the University of Connecticut features an intensive, multidisciplinary approach to the development of work in a wide range of art media, including drawing and painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, video, installation and performance.
The focus of the program is on the development of each student’s abilities as an artist. Work in the studio and studio based classes is combined with courses in art criticism, theory, and history to provide a context of ideas for students’ developing visions. Frequent contact with faculty and visiting artists exposes students to diverse viewpoints and practices.
Location
UConn is a major research university with a vibrant campus life featuring extensive academic, cultural, and social activities. Located on a beautiful rural campus, the program provides students with easy access to major museums, galleries, and other art resources in New York, New Haven, Providence, Boston, etc. Students have ample opportunity, through the graduate seminar course, to visit galleries, museums, and artists' studios in New York City and other cultural centers.
Tuition
Tuition is waived and generous fellowships are given to incoming and continuing students for teaching and gallery assistantships. Students are provided with large individual studios in the Visual Arts Research Center, located a mile from the main campus. In addition, they have access to well-equipped facilities in print, sculpture and ceramics, photo, video and digital media.
The Program
The M.F.A. Program requires two years of full-time study for completion the degree. The program is highly selective, and students are expected to demonstrate high levels of commitment and productivity. Graduation requirements include the group MFA exhibition and public "slide" talk at the William Benton Museum of Art on the UConn campus, and a substantial MFA project paper on which final oral exams questions are based. In addition, graduating students present their work in a June gallery show in New York City.
MFA students work with faculty members from all areas of the Department of Art and Art History, as well as with visiting artists. Thanks to the University’s location, the graduate program attracts visiting faculty and artists from New York and New England. Visiting faculty in recent years have included Nancy Bowen, Jim Clark, Marthe Keller, Margrit Lewczuk, and Peter Waite; visiting artists and critics have included Nari Ward, Marina Abramowicz, Gregory Amenoff, Richard Bosman, Albert Chong, Susanna Coffey, Renee Cox, Gregory Crewdson, Thomas Crow, Alfredo Jaar, Joan Jonas, Mary Lucier, Sally Mann, Kerry James Marshall, Jeanne Silverthorne, Michelle Wallace, James Welling, and Terry Winters.
Five highly qualified applicants are admitted in the spring for study each fall. No mid-year admissions are permitted. Students entering the M.F.A. program are not required to take an entrance examination or submit GRE scores. The University, however, requires a 2.8 cumulative grade-point average for admission, which may in special cases be waived based on the strength of the portfolio. Applicants may be asked to participate in an interview with faculty, either in person or by phone. In any case, prospective students are welcome to visit UConn to tour facilities and meet faculty in their fields.
MFA Program Visits
For the '07-'08 academic year, tours will be conducted on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 12:30pm and 2pm by prior e-mail arrangement. Contact the art department secretary Kelly Gillett kelly.gillett@uconn.edu to initiate this process.
Prospective applicants must also contact the University's Graduate School for graduate school application forms & procedures:
Whetten Graduate Center
438 Whitney Rd. Ext., Unit 1006
Storrs, CT 06269
T 860 486 3617 |
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MFA Application Guidelines
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