09 Feb 2015

Scholarships Available for the SVA MFA Art Practice Program

MFA Art Practice is excited to announce over 120,000 USD in available departmental awards for the 2015 – 2016 academic year. These awards are available to both US and international graduate students, and will be awarded according to academic/artistic merit and financial need.

Interested students must apply online to the MFA Art Practice Program: www.sva.edu/quick_links/apply-to-sva

The MFA Art Practice program at the School of Visual Arts offers a low-residency, interdisciplinary approach to an MFA degree. A carefully selected, small group of candidates comes together at SVA's NYC campus for three successive, intensive summer residency periods where they have the opportunity to work closely with established artists, designers, writers, critics and curators, including: David A. Ross (Chair), Suzanne Anker, Alice Aycock, Beth B, Dara Birnbaum, Kathy Brew, Eric and Heather ChanSchatz, Ben Davis, E.V. Day, Lia Gangitano, Laura F. Gibellini, Thyrza Nichols Goodeve, Johan Grimonprez, Lyle Ashton Harris, Daniel Kunitz, Alix Lambert, Steven Henry Madoff, Izhar Patkin, Ernesto Pujol, Alexis Rockman, Tim Rollins, Sarah G. Sharp, Gary Simmons, Stefan Saffer, Jovana Stokic, Mark Tribe, Carrie Mae Weems and Robin Winters.

Facilities include a digital sculpture center, a bio-art lab and video and sound editing facilities in addition to a wood shop, metals shop, ceramics studio and fibers lab. In the intervening fall and spring semesters, participants engage in required, interactive, rich-media online coursework from all over the world.

MFA Art Practice aims to create a global community of artists who feel secure in their ability to produce works of art using traditional and nontraditional media in both traditional and nontraditional settings. Successful applicants will join a multidisciplinary assemblage of artists, curators, writers and thinkers.

Participants and alumni from the program have shown at prestigious institutions and events, including MoMA PS1; Queens Museum; The Museum of the Moving Image; Corcoran Gallery of Art, D.C.; Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City; Tate Modern, London; Witte de With, Rotterdam; The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul; The Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Gl Hotegaard Museum, Denmark; The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik; The Moscow Museum of Modern Art; The Venice Biennale; The New Museum's Festival of Ideas; and Art Basel Miami. They've had writing and images published by The NY Times; U.S. News and World Report; National Geographic; The Wall Street Journal; The New Yorker; Time Magazine; Le Monde; and The Brooklyn Rail.

Detailed application and portfolio requirements can be found on the Art Practice website: artpractice.sva.edu/apply.html