Master of Fine Arts in painting emphasis

The School of Art offers an in-residence Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree with a concentration in Painting. In this three-year degree program, comprised of 60 hours minimum, we offer close academic mentorship, courses in art history and critical theory, and the dialogue of a strong graduate cohort. The Painting faculty seek to foster a departmental culture of support, rigorous critique, and collegiality.

Our program emphasizes the possibility and mutability of contemporary painting practice. We conceive of paintings as sites of spatial, temporal, corporeal, and/or intellectual encounters, all bearing great social, political, and historical import. As such, we value critical thinking and experimentation among our MFA students. Further to this end, MFA candidates may elect a secondary studio concentration (e.g., Sculpture, Printmaking, etc.), expanding their conceptual and material purview. Each MFA candidate's degree plan culminates in a written report, public lecture, and thesis exhibition, presented to the faculty, student body, and community at large.