FINE ARTS (MFA) School of art, media, and technology
G
uided by the knowledge that artists perform an essential role in society, the MFA in Fine Arts program provides a dynamic, challenging environment in which students develop diverse studio-based practices and pursue interdisciplinary scholarship. Students come from many backgrounds and cultures and work in media including painting, drawing, sculpture, video, performance, digital media, installation, and photography.
MFA Fine Arts encompasses modes
distinguished faculty whose work has
of study and practice ranging from
been included in exhibitions and insti-
rigorous formal and aesthetic
tutions such as the Whitney Biennial,
investigations to social and political
documenta, the Sydney Biennale,
engagement. The two-year full-time
and the Museum of Modern Art. MFA
curriculum includes 27 studio, 12
Fine Arts students also benefit from
academic, and 6 professional practice
visits by artists and critics who are
credits and a minimum of 15 elective
redefining 21st-century art. Recent
credits. Students work
guests include Glenn Ligon and Carl
independently in their
Hancock Rux, Kate Gilmore, Guido van
own studios and
der Werve, Simone Leigh, and Tony
participate in weekly
Albert. The visiting artist series
critiques with an interna-
is complemented by a Visiting
tionally acclaimed faculty
Curators/Critics series and Public
of art professionals. The
Art Fund talks sponsored by the
program curriculum
Vera List Center for Art and Politics
centers on one-on-one
at The New School, which recently
studio visits, group
hosted Frank Willis Thomas, Fiona
critiques, critical theory
Banner, Heather and Ivan Morison,
seminars, personalized
and David Shrigley.
classes, and writing and
MFA Fine Arts is housed in
research for studio practice,
Parsons’ School of Art, Media, and
as well as professional prac-
Technology (AMT), alongside the
tices seminars. The MFA
Communication Design, Design
Fine Arts Advanced Practice
and Technology, Illustration, and
Electives are proposed
Photography programs. Shared fac-
by the program’s student
ulty and collaborative projects allow
body. The Transdisciplinary Seminar
students to explore the intersections
reaches into the larger New School
between art, technology, design,
community and focuses on a range
and social critique. Students can also
of topics such as art and feminism,
draw on the extensive resources of
art and science, and art and poetry.
The New School, a progressive urban
Academic classes expose students to
university with a tradition of civic
global contemporary discourse on art
engagement and renowned graduate
and develop their critical abilities.
programs in the social sciences,
Students work alongside The new school parsons
media studies, and urban studies.