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Academic advising is provided by a team made up of professional staff advisors who are also professional artists. Meetings are not required until the final year but are strongly encouraged. All students must meet with an academic advisor to be cleared for graduation.

Working with the student, advisors review the student's records, including transcripts, questionnaires, essays, and other documents, course selections and student input to advise the student on a path of study.

Meet the Staff

Mara Metcalf
Mara received an MFA from the Museum School/Tufts (’88) and a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (’80). Apart from exhibiting extensively, her work is in numerous private collections and the collection of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI. She has taught at the Museum School since 1991 and has worked in a variety of advising capacities for several years.

Michelle Widmer-Schultz
Michelle received a Diploma from the Museum School (‘01) and a BA in Communications from Loyola University Chicago (’90) . She works as an independent artist in digital and large format photography at her studio in Somerville, MA, and is fluent in Spanish.

Susan Lush
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies

Julie Boudoukara

Academic Advisor

Our office hours are 8am - 5pm.

The Advisor schedule is as follows:
Mondays - Michelle 12 - 3

Tuesdays - Mara 12:30 - 2:30

Wednesdays - Mara 11:30 - 3:30

Thursdays - some Thursdays Michelle 12 - 3

Fridays - either Mara or Michelle 12 - 3

Extra hours will be available during pre-registration.

Appointments may be scheduled by calling 617-369-3612, e-mailing Julie at jboudoukara@smfa.edu or stopping by the Academic Affairs Office. We are located on the 2nd floor, B-side of the building.

staff photos by M. Widmer-Schultz

Studio Advisors

Studio Advisors are faculty assigned to new students for the first three years of their program. The purpose of studio advising is to provide a format for students to receive feedback on their art work. It is meant to complement the path of study advising that takes place through the Advising Team in Academic Affairs. You will have an opportunity to meet with your assigned studio advisor during orientation.

Registration News

COMMENCEMENT

Sunday, May 20th at 6pm

Shapiro Family Courtyard

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

ALL graduating BFA and Diploma students need to complete a Graduation Form. See the Handouts SMFA Forms section below for a form and submit it to our office.

The Student Affairs office will be distributing tickets at the mandatory meeting on Wednesday, May 16th at 1pm. Please see the Graduating Student tab for more information.

FALL REGISTRATION

SMFA registration will reopen May 7 - 11th

Tufts will reopen on June 6th

TUFTS SUMMER SESSION 2012

Online registration is now open. Logon to SIS Online for course listing and to register.
  1st Session:   5/23 – 6/29
2nd Session:  7/3 – 8/10
12-Week:      5/23 – 8/10

http://ase.tufts.edu/summer/index.asp

SUMMER COURSES

If you are planning to take a course over the summer from a school other than SMFA or Tufts, you need to complete a Transfer Approval Petition. See the Handouts SMFA Forms section below.