The University of Chicago offers a Master of Fine Arts degree through the Department of Visual Arts, located at The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts. Our MFA student body is comprised of artists working in sculpture, photography, painting, installation, performance, video and new media. Students are expected to work with all faculty, whose expertise cross a number of disciplines. We admit students to the program based on the quality of their art and their interest in working in an interdisciplinary art program within a university environment. We believe that artists benefit from the cross-fertilization of daily contact with people working across different media and dealing with similar sets of issues.
Art is a cultural product, and as such, we encourage students to explore the specific social concerns pertinent to their work such as relevant theoretical and historical issues as well as personally motivated trajectories.
Program at a Glance
- - Two-year program open to all media
- - Admits up to eight students each year
- - All MFA students receive a studio space
- - Students work closely with all faculty through required studio visits and critiques
- - Students take up to six courses outside of DoVA and have access to all of the University of Chicago’s academic resources
- - Students may have the opportunity to gain teaching experience through Teaching Assistantships and the BA/MFA mentoring program
- - The program culminates in a group exhibition in the Logan Center gallery, a written thesis abstract, and a final review
