Description

MFA Art Practice invites non-traditional applicants working across disciplines to join our international community. Interdisciplinary MFA Art Practice at the School of Visual Arts approaches artmaking holistically: artists in the program are not defined or separated by medium or discipline. We view process as a kind of critical thinking. Artists from diverse backgrounds engage in research-based practices, and are encouraged to converse and collaborate across subject matters using a combination of traditional and non-traditional media, technologies and techniques. We aim to create a global community of artists and cultural producers who look beyond a consensus-driven approach to how we define what’s important in contemporary art. Online and in NYC To that end, a carefully selected, small group of MFA candidates come together at SVA’s NYC campus for three successive, intensive summer residency periods where they have the opportunity to work closely with artists, designers, writers, critics and curators. In the intervening fall and spring semesters, they remain closely engaged with each other, while working remotely from all over the world. Faculty include Angel Abreu, Xavier Acarin Weiland, Haseeb Ahmed, Robin Cembalest, Jeremy Cohan, Deanna Evans, Lia Gangitano, Beatrice Glow, Thyrza Nichols Goodeve, Katya Grokhovsky, Allison Hewitt Ward, Iviva Olenick, Phil Rabovsky, Stefan Saffer, Heather Schatz, Sarah G. Sharp, Jacquelyn Strycker, Keioui Keijuan Thomas, Nicolas Touron, TUG Collective, Andrew Woolbright and Department Chair David A. Ross. Faculty member Miatta Kawinzi’s show “Numma Yah” at SmackMellon was named one of Hyperallergic’s best of 2024. Facilities Participants in the program receive semi-private studio spaces during the summer, and access to SVA's work spaces and labs, including its digital sculpture center, bio-art lab, video and sound editing facilities, wood shop, metals shop, ceramics studio and fibers lab. Funding Sponsored housing and departmental scholarships are available. Qualified applicants are encouraged to submit a FAFSA form. Dates Applications received by January 15 will be considered for priority admission. Applications received after the deadline will be reviewed on a space-available basis. Orientation for the Summer 2025 semester is June 16th - June 19th. Classes begin June 23rd and end on August 1st for incoming students.