SPRING 2012 MFA THESIS EXHIBITIONS
Howard Art Project Presents: "Peer Pressure": Erik Benjamins, Christopher Ford, Alaina Gurdak, Anthony Montuori, Leah Craig, Joanna Tam, Jordan Tynes and Michael Gaughran's
April 5 - 22, 2012
Opening Reception: Thursday April 5, 5 to 9 pm
1486 Dorchester Ave, Boston MA 02122 (Red Ashmont Line to Field's Corner)
Gallery Hours: Friday - Sunday 12 - 6 and by appointment
The First Church in Boston Presents:"Tall Boots of Soft Leather": Jennifer Nichols's MFA Thesis Exhibition
April 07 - May 11, 2012
Opening Reception: Sunday April 29 1:30 to 4, Artist Talk: Saturday April 29 at 1:00
66 Marlborough Street, Boston, MA 02116
Narthex Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 9 - 5
Tufts University Art Gallery Presents: The Thesis Exhibition of Eunice Yoon-Seon Choi, Sammy Chong, Amy Mae Flaherty, Heidi Hogden, Helena June Hsieh, Jeemin Kim, Arhia Kohlmoos, Kate Rapin, and Kimberly Ruth
April 12 - 29, 2012
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 12, 5 to 8 pm
Aidekman Arts Center, 40 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
The Mills Gallery at the Boston for the Arts Presents: "Four/Play": Fred Ata, Sarah Hill, Amanda Ingram, Cindy Tsai
April 27 - May 05, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday April 27th, 6 to 8
539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116
Narthex Gallery Hours: Monday - Wednesday 12 - 5, Thursday - Sunday 12 - 9
The Elizabeth A. Beland Gallery at the Essex Arts Center Presents: "This Is In This": Valerie Rafferty
April 27 - June 08, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday April 27th, 5 to 7, Gallery Talk: Friady, May 16, 6 - 8
56 Island Street, Lawrence, MA 01840
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 10 - 6
Tufts University Art Gallery Presents: The Thesis Exhibition of Emilio Coyra, Corey Korn, Eszter Sapi, Hye Sung An, Chun-Ya, Jihye Woo
May 03 - 20, 2012
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 03rd, 5 to 8 pm
Aidekman Arts Center, 40 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
Graduate Faculty Fall 2012
Staff
Director
David Brown
Associate
Dean of Graduate Programs
Mission
Hill Building
160
St. Alphonsus St.
(617)
369-3870
Faculty
Directors
Graduate
Program Director - MFA
Faculty
Director - Post Baccalaureate
Patricia
Bode
Art
Education Program Director; Mission Hill Building
patty.bode@tufts.edu
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Both rigorous and highly selective, the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program will prepare you for a career as a working artist or as a teacher at the college level. The curriculum integrates practical and critical skills across diverse media and disciplines; you'll hone your practice through individual innovation, creative collaborations, informal mentorships and academic discourse. MFA students are enrolled at both SMFA and Tufts University, and graduate in two years with an MFA degree from Tufts. Program Description
Graduate students take 8 to 12 studio credits (usually 4 to 6 studio courses) each semester, BUT are awarded only 8 studio credits per semester.
For example, a typical semester of studio for a first semester graduate student would be:
- CAP seminar
- Graduate Group Critique
- 2 or 4 more studio courses
Graduate students are encouraged to take 3000 level courses, which better suit the needs of advanced students. To acquire the technical skills in a particular area, which are usually offered in 1000 and 2000 level courses, students may now register for 6000 level graduate only seminars/short term workshops on specific skill sets. Check out the new 6000 level courses offered next semester!
Graduate students may sign up for one independent study per semester for 2 credits. An independent study, completed under the direction of a faculty member, may include an audit of a 1000 or 2000 level course if the material covered is pertinent.
Two years of studio will look like this:
First year, first semester
FAMB 0504-01 MFA Studio Art Courses 8 credits
- CAP
Seminar
- Grad
Group Critique Course
- 2
to 4 more studio courses
First year, second semester
FAMB
0504-01 MFA Studio Art Courses 8 credits
- Graduate
Seminar Elective
- Grad
Group Critique Course
- 2 to 4
more studio courses
First year, second semester
FAMB
0504-01 MFA Studio Art Courses 8 credits
- Graduate
Seminar Elective
- Grad
Group Critique Course
- 2 to 4
more studio courses
Second year, second semester
FAMB
0504-01 MFA Studio Art Courses 8 credits
FAMB
0295-01 Master Exhibition 6 credits
- Graduate Seminar Electiver
- Grad
Group Critique Course
- 2
to 4 more studio courses
Graduate Curriculum
Academic Curriculum
All grads are assigned to the Associate Dean of Graduate Programs as their first year academic advisor. Thereafter, they should select an academic advisor from either a member of the Tufts faculty, a member of the Visual and Critical Studies faculty or, when forming their thesis committees, an outside professional in the fine arts whose professional practice relates to the direction of the student's thesis exhibition. Generally, students are advised on non-studio degree requirements by the Associate Dean.
Independent Studies
Students may sign up for one independent study per semester. The Independent Study is for no more than 2 studio credits.
The process is as follows: Students obtain the faculty person’s signature on a SMFA add/drop form for the Independent Study and return it to Registrar. Registrar will create a grad level course number, which will appear on the students’ transcript.
An Independent Study with a faculty person may include an audit of a 1000 or 2000 level course if the material covered in that course is pertinent to the material covered in the Independent Study.
Tufts University
MFA graduate students are required to take 2 art history courses and 2 electives at the upper graduate level.
Upper level courses are at the 100 level or higher. For example: FAH 0100-01 Art History 1.0 (FAH refers to the department, 0100 is the level of the course, -01 is the section of the course, 1.0 is the amount of credit for the course).
Tufts Consortium
Tufts Consortium (credit courses)
MFA grad students are required to take 2 art history and 2 electives at the upper level of graduate level.
Upper level courses are at the 100 level or higher. For example: FAH 0100-01 Art History 1.0 (FAH refers to the department, 0100 is the level of the course, -01 is the section of the course, 1.0 is the amount of credit for the course).
Tufts Consortium (non-studio credits)
Tufts University has a cross registration agreement with the following schools: Boston College, Boston University, Brandeis University, and the Women’s Studies Seminars at MIT.
These courses are for academic non-studio credit only.
The process is as follows: Students may take ONLY one of their four academic courses through the Tufts Consortium. These courses can not be taken during the Summer.
Students must select a graduate level course from the host school’s web listings. Registrar of the host school can provide this info. Students obtain a cross registration form from Tufts Registrar at Dowling Hall. They obtain a signature from the professor teaching the course (usually on the first day of class). Students must deliver the signed form to the host school’s Registrar where it is processed and returned to Dowling Hall.
ProArts Consortium (studio credit)
The following schools are part of the ProArts Consortium: Berklee
College of Music, Boston Architectural College, The Boston Conservatory,
Emerson College, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, and the School of
the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Each school lists the courses available to ProArts students and
deadlines for cross registration on the ProArts, http://www.proarts.org/crossing/index.html
The process is as follows: Students obtain a cross
registration form from the SMFA Registrar. Registrar verifies that the student
is in good standing and signs the form. Students deliver this sign form to the
host school's Registrar. If there is room in the course they want, then the
host school registers the student and signs the form. The student returns the
form to the SMFA Registrar, where the course is added to the student's
schedule.
MIT Consortium (studio and non-studio credits)
There are two ways to access study at MIT:
1) Approved studio courses and the cross registration process are outlined on this website: http:/web.mit.edu/reistrar/reg/xreg/MassArt_SMFA.html
2) Non-studio courses are offered through the Women’s Studies Seminars. Seminars offered are listed here:http://web.mit.edu/gcws/. In addition to following the cross registration rules for the Tufts consortium, students wishing to take a seminar in this department may also have to apply directly to the department to be accepted. Summer School
No studio courses may be taken during the summer session.
Only 2 academic courses may be taken during all summer sessions of the MFA course of study.
Graduate students may unofficially audit a summer session studio course if they gain the permission of the instructors. These unofficial audits will not appear in the student’s transcript.
Artist Resource Center Fellowships and Internships
For
the second year, the ARC has offered paid fellowships for qualified MFA Grads
to work part time in the ARC and develop professional practices skills.
Students are chosen by applying directly to the ARC. The application process is
handled by the ARC.
Graduate
students may be granted 2 studio credits by doing an intership through ARC.
These interships can be done at anytime during their two years of study.
ARC Graduate Fellowships
For the
second year the ARC has offered paid fellowships for qualified MFA Grads to
work part time in the ARC and develop professional practices skills. Students
are chosen by applying directly to the ARC. The application process is handled by
the ARC.
The Artist Resource Center (ARC) helps you develop a successful,
meaningful creative practice in the context of the wider professional world.
Career advising, employment listings, internships, courses, opportunities for
civic engagement, and relationship-building with ARC staff over the span of
your career are all here for you.
Northeastern University
The SMFA partnership with Northeastern University includes students who pursue their studio course work at the Museum School and complete their non-studio academic credits at Northeastern University.
Each student is assigned an advisor at Northeastern and a studio advisor at the Museum School. Students complete their thesis exhibitions at Northeastern.
Applicants to this program apply directly to the Admissions Office at Northeastern. Their studio portfolios are reviewed by the SMFA Graduate Admissions team. The studio course load for these MFA students is identical to their SMFA/Tufts counterparts.
Northeastern and Tufts
At no time may students cross register for courses in the Tufts or Northeaster programs. Northeastern is not part of Tuft’s consortium. Museum Studies Certificate Program
Students apply in April each year to be admitted to
the Museum Studies Certificate Program. The sequence of academic courses
changes one the student is pursuing a MFA and Museum Certificate. These concurrent
programs must be completed together. It often results on an extra semester or
summer.
The four academic courses change to include:
- 1
Art History
- 1
Foundation course
- 2
Electives from a short list of Museum Studies electives
- 1
Internship course is added at an additional cost of one Tufts course
- Each
student must also complete an on-site internship in a Museum or other
institution approved by the Museum Certification Program.
Course Registration and Add/drop
Grads register twice a year and a few days earlier than undergrad for studio courses. Prior to the registration period, each student should have met with his/her grad faculty advisor to review the course selection.
All grads receive a pre-registration memo from the Associate Dean of Grad Programs office outlining what they should take for studio and academic courses; this memo is also forwarded to all graduate department faculty.
All students may add and drop courses through MYSMFA during the pre-registration period. Add/Drop using only paper add/drop forms begins with the first day of classes each semester and ends approximately three weeks into the semester.
Petition for a Third Year of MFA Study
Students requesting a third year must petition the graduate
faculty for approval. The
option of a third year is limited to classes before the fall of 2012. It is an option for current First Year MFAs.
1) This written petition should be
addressed to the graduate faculty and sent directly to David Brown’s office.
2) David Brown’s Office will present all
petitions to the graduate faculty.
3) The graduate faculty decide if any
petitions will be approved.
4) The petition should include a brief
outline of why the additional time is requested, what the student’s plans are during
this third year and for his/her thesis.
5) This third year includes a tuition
charge of $12,000. It may also be broken up by semesters of $6,000 each if students
request just one semester.
6) Students will receive for that tuition
payment a studio (if requested), and access to all the regular equipment and
facilities.
8) It is expected that students will
continue to have contact with their graduate faculty and advisors.
9) Students may audit a studio course at
the approval of the instructor but this won’t appear on their transcript.
10) Any Tufts courses beyond the four required courses will
carry a per course charge.
11) Because students will continue to be a full time Tufts
graduate student they will be eligible for health insurance but not financial
aid.
Graduate Thesis Exhibition
Students gain approval to move to their thesis year at the review board
held at the end of the year previous to the thesis year.
Students completing
their thesis in the end of their second year obtain approval to move to their
thesis year in the spring semester of their first year.
Students going to a
third year of study gain this approval at the board held in the spring semester
of their second year.
Thesis Committee
The thesis committee is comprised of the student’s studio advisor, a
second member of the graduate faculty advisor, and the student’s academic
advisor.
Students may wish to invite an artist professional to serve in place of
the academic advisor. This person may not be a current studio faculty member at
the SMFA.
Graduate Teaching Fellowships
MFA graduate students are able to apply for a Graduate Teaching
Fellowship after they have completed at least one semester of a graduate teaching
assistantship.
Areas submit a job description for a teaching position to be taught by a
graduate student or recently graduate MFA student to the Dean of Faculty.
Pending approval of the Dean of Faculty, the job description is
forwarded to the Associate Dean of Graduate Programs who posted the job
description to all MFA grads via email.
11% of graduates received these fellowships per year.
Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowships
MFA grads are eligible to teach for one year immediately after
graduating from the program.
Recent grads are invited to propose a class that is revisited by each
area and the Dean of Faculty.
11% of graduates received these fellowships per year.
Montague Travel Scholarship
Description:
Application Procedure:
1) A one page letter of inquiry is sent to the Associate Dean of Graduate Programs. This letter is dated, addressed to the Associate Dean and signed by the student requesting funds. The letter should include:
a. In the first paragraph state that you are applying for national or international travel funds, how much you are applying for, when you want to travel, and where the travel will be.
b. Second Paragraph should be a brief description of what your project will be and why it must take place at this travel location.
c. Third paragraph should outline how this relates to your current studio practice or does not relate and why this is important for you to complete this project and travel. Include why you are the person who should be doing this project and why this is the only location that will work for the project. In short: why you, why there, and why now.
d. Any subsequent paragraphs may outline further projects details that you feel would be beneficial in understanding the need to do the project and travel including why attempt this project within the time you propose.
2) Provide a budget page including:
a. A checklist of all expenses
b. Sample:
Expenditure; Cost; How you will pay for this item
Amer. Airlines Flight to Paris, France; $875; Montague Travel Grant
Five rolls of B+W film; $45; personal funds
2 nights hotel in Paris; $300; Tufts Graduate Program Grant
c. Identify all funds you are using to achieve your travel and project goals including identifying what expenses are being covered by this travel grant request.
d. Make sure to do the research on actual expenses by looking up flights and bookings so you have real numbers in your budget not estimates.
e. This process helps identify details in your project and planning the travel.
3) Provide an Itinerary:
a. Outline a day by day calendar of your entire journey from the moment you leave the US until your return. This has proved useful many times in identifying appointments that need to be confirmed, travel aspects that might have been forgotten or left to chance. Experience has shown that a successful travel grant benefits from a well organized itinerary.
4) Contact your studio faculty advisor for input on your project and travel plans. They have proved very insightful in terms of content, planning and other aspects of a project.
5) Once you have submitted your grant request, it will be read by the Associate Dean who may get back to you with questions. These questions are designed to clarify and or strengthen your travel plans and to help you succeed with a most positive and productive travel experience.
6) An e-mail letter is sent to you confirming your award and the amount awarded. Additional acknowledgement forms are also included in this award e-mail.
7) International travel grants are on a re-imbursement basis. You are required to make the expenditure first and submit receipts for re-imbursement.
8) At the conclusion of your project and travel, awardees are required to submit a short report on their experience including a few digital images of the project they accomplished.
Deadline(s):
Travel in July-September application due by May 15
Travel in October- December application due by July 15
Travel in January -March application due by Oct 15
Travel in April-June application due by Jan 15
Last Student Awarded:
Boit Award Competition (More information coming soon)
Description: Awards are given to multiple students in early fall for independent work completed during the previous summer. Open to current full time students who were also enrolled during the previous Spring Semester.
Application Procedure: Selection is made from original work.
Deadlines:
Last Student Awarded:
Pratt Grant in Ceramics (More information coming soon)
Description: The grant is open to anyone working in ceramics.
Application Procedure: The call for propsals will be due at the end of March. Candidates will need to write a one page travel propsal.
Deadlines:
Last Student Awarded:
Dana Pond Competition
Description: Annual painting competition held in early spring to honor three students who have done exemplary work during the preceding school year. The three award recipients are selected by an outside jury. Award winning works are included in the "Student Annual Exhibition".
Application Procedure: All full time enrolled Museum School students may apply.
Deadlines:
Last Student Awarded:
Will and Elena Barnet Painting Award
Description: An annual prize given to a student whose paintings embody the formal elements of painting, composition and the principals of structural design. Awarded during the Student Annual selection by the same, outside jury. Winning works are exhibited in the "Student Annual Exhibition".
Application Procedure: All full time enrolled Museum Students may apply.
Deadlines:
Last Student Awarded:
President's Research Awards
Description: The awards support a wide range of ventures; new work, exhibitions, publications, related travel, research/materials, and much more.
Application Procedure: You may apply for multiple projects, although it is rare for the committee to fund more than one project per person in a years' cycle. Collaborations are encouraged, but not required. The award does not exceed $1000.00, with the average being $500.000.
Deadlines:
Last Student Awarded: This past fall, 69 studnets applied and 15 students were funded. Four of the 15 students were MFA students.
March 02nd and 03 th – Open studios
March 07th - Medici Studio Visit (from 6:00pm to 9:00pm)
March 10t th – Interview Day (Main Building)
March 17 th – 26 – Spring Break
March 30 th – Graduate Colloquium (from 10:00am to 4:00 pm, Alfond Auditorium, MFA)
April 04 th to April 18 th –
Registration
April 24 th to May 11th – Review
Boards
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