Fine Arts - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Fine Arts from Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is a Campus Master Fine Art degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. The Academy Master of Fine Arts program is an intensive, two-year studio art making experience that involves daily interaction with an outstanding faculty of resident and visiting critics; regular private and group critiques; seminars in critical readings; exposure to an outstanding visiting artist program; and participation in graduate drawing and painting classes that reflect the Pennsylvania Academy?s emphasis on achieving a high degree of skill in drawing and studio art making practice. The Academy features outstanding painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture facilities, and exhibitions of contemporary and historic American art in the Academy?s museum. All students are provided a private studio in the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building, with 24 hour secure access to facilities. The intention of the Masters program is to provide an intense and transformative immersion in contemporary art making practice. The program is centered in the studio arts of painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture, but within these disciplines displays a considerable diversity in approach. Students are expected to possess an unusually strong work ethic and to be highly productive and able to work independently. The Studio Critique system is the heart of the program, and allows a student to choose three different faculty critics each semester from a large faculty representing a wide range of studio practice. During both years of study, every MFA student enrolls in graduate drawing and seminar classes, which meet once a week at scheduled times. These classes foster skills of eye, mind and hand that complement the ongoing work of the private studio . A student-run visiting artist and critic program provides additional points of view from contemporary and emerging artists. During the second year of the program, every student is required to complete a written thesis and to submit work for a final jury review by all graduate faculty. The program of study culminates in an exhibition within the museum galleries of the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building. View more details on Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Fine Art courses.