Earn your MFA in NYC
Study with accomplished artists and scholars within an interdisciplinary setting. This two-year degree provides you with private studios and access to facilities in painting, printmaking, ceramics, photography, digital media, and sculpture.
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Degree Details
Official Degree Title
Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art
Format
Full-time
Credits
60
Start Date
Fall
Application Deadline
The MFA in Studio Art is a two-year full-time interdisciplinary program. Classes include group critique, seminar in contemporary art, writing for artists, and critical theory. In addition, MFA students have one full day a week of individual studio meetings with visiting artists and faculty.
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will be able to:
- Develop a rigorous studio and/or research-based art practice in an environment where they are mentored by a faculty of professional working artists and writers.
- Think, speak, and write critically and formally about their own artwork as well as others'.
- Share ideas, feedback, and art-making skills with their classmates, becoming part of a creative community that will enter the larger art-world together.
- Gain the tools to curate, produce group and solo exhibitions, and write artist's statements and press releases.
Our full- and part-time faculty includes writers, art critics, and visual artists who work in all media. Visiting artists and guests at our roundtable discussions enhance the program’s connection to the greater art world.
During their time at NYU, MFA Students will exhibit their work at the Art Department’s 80WSE Gallery. This includes a first-year group show, a solo project, and a final thesis show. There is also an Open Studio Event once a year, which is open to the public.
The MFA studios and art department facilities are all located in the Barney building on Stuyvesant Street in the East Village. The private studios are accessible 24/7, and available over winter and summer break. Art Department facilities include a wood and metal shop, printmaking, photography, ceramics, and digital labs.
If you have any additional questions about our degree, please feel free to contact mfa.inquiries@nyu.edu.
Events
MFA Exhibitions
Students have the opportunity to exhibit their work during Open Studios as well as in solo installations and group shows at the Art Department’s 80WSE Gallery.
Visiting Artist Lectures
Every year, our MFA students organize a series of Visiting Artist Lectures.
2024–25 artists include Erin M. Riley, Jon Kessler, Emma Webster, Naudline Pierre, Peter Nadin, Sarah & Joseph Belknap, Sandra Volny, Mary Mattingly, B.Wurtz, Alissa Bennett and Danica Lundy.
Department of
Art and Art Professions
Barney Building
34 Stuyvesant Street, New York, NY 10003
212-998-5700
nyuart@nyu.edu
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