Art, MFA

Join ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, the largest comprehensive design and arts school in the USA. The extraordinary facilities include the Fine Arts Center, 3,000-seat Gammage Auditorium, the Dance Studio Theatre and the Music Building with performance spaces. The Master of Fine Arts program in art is a three-year graduate program situated within a Research l institution where students advance research, engage communities and cultivate a professional arts practice. Graduate students are provided individual spaces at Grant Street Studios located in downtown Phoenix. This facility includes studios, labs, workshops and galleries enabling learning, production and critical thinking. Students also benefit from funding opportunities, including teaching assistantships and awards that support research and tuition. The curriculum draws connections between traditional methods and emerging art practices. The coursework is designed to advance interdisciplinary discourses and promote collaboration. Students work with faculty members to refine their ability to think and communicate effectively through their art across studio disciplines and within art education, art history and museum studies. Furthermore, students are encouraged to engage the humanities and sciences, sustainability and engineering. The MFA program culminates with a solo thesis exhibition in one of the School of Art galleries.

3.0 GPA or equivalent