GreenPainter

Thanks so much for the info! Yes, from St. Pete. I hope to see your thesis show this summer!

Hi Ren, Apologies for the delayed response. Yes, same scholarship as you. I think littlenova offered the best answers to your questions about MICA. When I mentioned SVA, I meant to say MFA in Art Practice. It is a low residency summer program in NYC: 7 weeks first summer, followed by two six week summers. Looks to be rigorous on the theoretical side, with emphasis on modern technology. In any event, one of the current students was recently featured in Modern Painters as an emerging artist to watch. Daniel Kunitz, editor in chief of Modern Painters, is listed as a lecturer in Art Practice -- so obviously the program is connected, if you want to pursue that sort of thing. For me, MICA's rep and long running experience in the low residency area won the day for me. I wish you the best in your decision!

Hi Ren, Thank you for the thoughtful response. This will be very useful for folks visiting this board in the future. I was also accepted into the MassArt summer residency instead of Provincetown...kind of a bummer that they are not doing the Provincetown program this year. The 3.5 week format was a good fit for me. In any event, congrats on getting into MICA...I wish you all the best in your decision. I plan to attend MICA this summer and hope to see you there. I am really looking forward to the experience. One other program for folks to seriously consider is SVA Applied Art...the faculty pulled out all the stops when interviewing me...David Ross is super cool (look him up on TED talks). I'll probably regret declining, but the expense and first year requirement to spend seven weeks in residency was a bit much for me. I am typing on my IPhone with a single digit, so i'm gonna abreviate my closing. Thanks again for the thoughtful reply and wish you all the best, k

MICA Studio Art it is...

MICA Studiio Art it is...

MICA low residency MFA in studio art vs SVA MFA Art Practice (also low residency). Accepted to both, 1/3 funding for MICA and 1/4 funding for SVA...leaning heavily towards MICA. Opinions re pros and cons welcomed. Best to all.

I am making my final decisions today re low residency programs. I've been watching the threads on GradCafe (especially here) and have all but decided to attend MICA. Littlenova, what you've said here speaks very highly for the program. Having said this, the SVA Art Practice program is attractive (but expensive), and the thought of spending the summer in NYC is seductive. Thoughts welcomed. MassArt is probably out because they seem really disorganized. MICA MFA Studio Art: Accepted SVA MFA Art Practice: Accepted VCFA MFA Visual Art: Accepted MassArt MFA 2D Provincetown: Interviewed early March...no word Bard: Rejected