Overview
Our students are given multiple opportunities for professional exposure, including studio visits with visiting artists, curators and critics, open studios, curated exhibitions in SVA’s galleries and our annual MFA Thesis Exhibition. Many students also find opportunities to exhibit their work off-campus in galleries and other venues. Students often work on-campus at SVA’s galleries, Sculpture Center, Library and Writing Center.
Why We Stand Out:- Interdisciplinary studio program emphasizes exploration and experimentation
- Faculty comprised of internationally renowned artists
- Visiting artists, curators, and critics give lectures and visit students’ studios
- Ranked #5 Best Master’s Fine Arts Degrees
About the Department
The Fine Arts program at School of Visual Arts is a full-time, interdisciplinary graduate program in the practice of contemporary art. The normal course of study is two years of full-time enrollment. Our curriculum is designed to ensure that students form strong connections with faculty through multiple one-on-one meetings, usually in the student’s studio. Each student selects a faculty mentor at the start of the program, and may continue with the same mentor for the duration of the program. In group critiques, students develop their ability to receive critical feedback and to offer constructive criticism by describing, analyzing and evaluating the work of their peers.
The MFA Fine Arts program attracts ambitious emerging artists from many countries and backgrounds. In their commitment to art, and to one another, they provide a foundation for artistic growth that extends beyond graduation and forms an ongoing platform of professional support.
Students deepen their knowledge of contemporary art, theory and art history in elective seminars, and develop the skills necessary to build sustainable careers in professional development workshops. Fieldwork courses take students to artists’ studios and galleries, and our weekly Talks course features lectures by artists, curators and art historians and presentations by our own students. (Students often find employment as assistants in artists’ studios.) The MFA Thesis includes an ambitious art project or body of work, a presentation and a catalog.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Socially Engaged Art in the Public Realm
- Art and the Climate Crisis
- What Does It Mean to Decolonize?
- Fieldwork—The Creative Adventure
- Art History for Artists—A Primer
- The Persistence of Painting
- The Art Markets and the Aesthetics of Wealth
- Critical Theory—Art and Power
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
Delivered
Campus Location
- New York City, United States
Disciplines
Fine Arts View 139 other Masters in Fine Arts in United StatesWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Application & Fee
- Statement of Purpose
- Resume/CV
- Letters of Recommendation
- Official Transcripts
- Transcripts or Academic Records from Foreign Institutions
- English Proficiency
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Tuition Fee
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57370 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 28685 USD per semester during 24 months. -
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In-State
57370 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 28685 USD per semester during 24 months.
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