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Aug 16, 2024
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2020-2021 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Fine Arts, MFA
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The Master of Fine Arts in Fine Arts prepares artists for a career in the polyvalent 21st century art world by combining a critique-intensive studio approach with contemporary history, theory, and professional practices. Students may focus on Book, Paper, and Print, Media/Installation/Performance, or a self-determined combination of electives; each provides opportunities for the hybridization of practice and draws on the strengths of our faculty and facilities. This structured two-year program is integrated in the Chicago arts community, establishing supportive cohorts that foster professional connections beyond the degree.
As a result of successfully completing program requirements, students should be able to:
- create a professional body of contemporary artwork demonstrable via a public thesis exhibition and written thesis paper occurring at the end of the program of study;
- engage in critical discourse, and demonstrate the ability to analyze and evaluate one’s work, and that of others, in the context of contemporary theoretical models;
- demonstrate mastery of materials and techniques;
- determine what audiences they want to engage in their work, and what strategies are best to successfully engage them;
- engage in original research, and writing and presenting papers; and
- develop professional practices to enact career and artistic outcomes.
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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS - 60 credits required
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