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Just got here to SAIC. Def down to hang - DM me!

BARD - rejected

I didn't interview for the low-res, but I did meet with them in person for their Graduate Day in my city, so we talked fairly extensively about the program and my work during that meeting. Thinking that definitely helped. Still interviewing for the Performance Art MFA program at SAIC on Feb 17th. The full time/low-res conundrum is one I'm still wrestling with.

Accepted into SAIC's Low-Res program (packet arrived via snail mail today) Still waiting on Bard and UC Irvine.

Vimeo play count is going up -- most referred url is review.slideroom - hopefully this means I'll at least know something soon. Good read in the meantime: The Value of Things by Neil Cummings and Marysia Lewandowska (preface _ part 1 here): http://www.neilcummings.com/bitcache/4b5aa834a6039413e8fb712a174a0d9daf3dec93?vid=2987&disposition=inline&op=view

so down!!!

@Makerak CONGRATS!!! That's awesome. See you there I hope! I applied to SAIC's low residency program in addition to Performance, but haven't heard anything.

So it begins! Just got called for an interview at SAIC - Performance Art MFA Interview Feb 17th. 25 mins, with 2 faculty and possibly 1 current grad student. I asked if there were specific topics I should be preparing for the interview, and they said to just be familiar with my application and be ready to talk about the pieces and statements I submitted, what I'm currently working on, etc.

Someone (@stitcher) posted about this in last year's forum, and I thought these questions were super helpful even when trying to write my artist statement: Interview questions: *Why do you want to come here and how could you contribute to the program? Tell us about the materials you are working with. How do you incorporate your audience in your work? What is risk in your medium? *What are your passions besides your art? Question related to artist statement Tell us about your work informally Talk about how your materials/medium relate to your subject matter Have you ever considered expanding beyond your medium? *Do you have questions for us? How are you different than other artists? Create a 3 item agenda for your interview. How does your work fit in with the contemporary art world/scene? *Why do you want to go to this school? Why do you want to go to grad school? Why now? What resources of this program will be the biggest benefit to your development as an artist? *What is your work about? What are your influences? What for you constitutes a good work of art? What draws you to a piece of work? What motivates your work? Who are your main influences? *Where do you see yourself in 10 years? What do you think is a good critique of your work/bad critique? Why/how did you choose the people who wrote letters for you? *What do you do for fun? What artists do you like? What artists who are no longer living influence you? **What book are you reading right now? What do you think about it? What are you working on right now? *Please explain this work (interviewer showing work) What is your favorite piece of art? Why? (Title, artist,year) Can you describe yourself, such as personal habit, etc. Do you get along well with others ? What would you bring to a group dynamic ? *What can you offer this program? Any special skills? What do you think is a good way of critiquing ? a bad way? What other aspects of culture influence your work besides art/art history? *How do you see yourself taking advantage of this school’s enviroment/program? What exhibition have you been to in the last year? What have you done since you’ve graduated? What contemporary artists are you into, and why? Tell us about the conceptual underpinnings of your work? Talk about your process. How is your work related to *this movement*? What do you think about (artist, movement, subject/topic)? What can't you stand? Why? What do you think about your own work? How do you want your work to develop? Why are you making the work you're making, and why do you want to keep doing it? Meaning behind your subject matter? Why grad school, why now? Who is your artist nemesis? Do you have any designer that you admire or a movement that you like? Why did you choose our program? Do you have any ideas what your thesis project would be about? Why use arcane techniques in digital age?

All of my apps are in as well as recommendation letters and now I'm officially freaking out! Oscillating between moments of proud certainty and then paralyzing doubt and fear, ha! Wishing everyone here the best!

Anyone else applying to a low residency MFA program? Specifically Bard or SAIC? Would also love any input on the differences between those two programs. I know Bard is 8 weeks and SAIC is 6 weeks --- they both seem to have great faculty and visiting artists...

QQ - Is anyone even considering USC after their Grad Student blackout in 2015? Just wondering if anyone has heard anything about how the program is rebuilding, or if the consensus is to stay far far away...

Hi! New here, been snoopin' in on yall for a while tho . Glad there's a forum for us MFA prospectives. Did anyone go to Graduate Portfolio Review Day? http://www.portfolioday.net/graduate-events The first one was, err, today in SF, and I had to miss it. Just curious if I missed out on anything. Would love to hear feedback from anyone who's gone before, in case it's worth going to the one in Chicago next week. <3