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  1. Hi I am still deciding between Otis in LA and Pratt in NY. If anyone has any impressions of either school for an MFA fine art/painting would you please share? Thanks for your help! Christina
  2. I would love to see the emails you wrote! I am trying to decide between Pratt and Otis for MFA fine art. If anyone has any insight into either program, I would love to hear opinions. Otis gave me a 5k merit scholarship. Thanks everyone for the all of your wonderful posts!
  3. Thanks for letting me know. I'm in California, so I guess it will take a few days...
  4. Anybody hear recently from SVA Fine Arts? I've seen a few have heard on this site, but it looks like most of us are still waiting to hear?? Getting sick of checking my mailbox only to find lousy coupons!
  5. I think it depends on what kind of work you plan to make. I'm from San Diego and I work across the street from UCSD. One of my colleagues went there for her MFA, and I am familiar with cal arts because I looked into their program during my own app process. like grad wanna be said, if you are a painter, even a fairly conceptual one, I would go to Cal Arts, hands down. If you are new genre/ tech based, UCSD is a great program for you, and it would be worth it to be debt free. As for San Diego, one of the reasons I am leaving is that it is very conservative and the art world is VERY small. The gallery scene is almost non existent. I know Valencia is full of strip malls, but at least it is close to LA. To drive up to LA from SD in traffic is a major pain (it has taken me over 4 hours on several occasions), and the train is $60 dollars round trip. I think if your goal is to be connected to the art world, CalArts is a better place to do it not just because of its stellar reputation, but because of its close proximity to one of the biggest art centers in the world.
  6. I'm in San Diego, so if you are in the west, you might be hearing today or Monday at the latest... Good luck to you ElizabethBrown!
  7. CSanta

    Otis vs. Pratt

    I've been accepted to Pratt and Otis for MFA fine arts. I'm an abstract painter who is interested in theory but am a "maker" and value the formal qualitites of painting. I loved both of the programs, although they are very different. Otis in SMALL and intimate. I got along with the faculty, and sat in on a grad crit. Pratt's campus is beautiful, and the prgram is much larger, so there will be many more viewpoints and opportunities for me to get to know different artists. Any insight to either of these programs will be a great help- Thank you!
  8. No interview, just recieved a packet with acceptace letter in the mail.
  9. I got my acceptance letter from Pratt today via snail mail for MFA fine arts (painting) Question to all: I also was accepted to Otis MFA and now I'm not sure which program is better. Otis prgram is SMALL and the studios are super nice, I loved the faculty I met. Pratt is a bigger program, more faculty to potentially work with- smaller studios - I'm an abstract painter who is looking for a mix between theory and practice. Any body want to put in thier $.02? Thank you guys! I love this forum!
  10. Hi, I know this process is super stressful and I am so sorry to hear that after so much hard work, you were rejected from the schools you wanted to attend. Waiting a few years out of my BFA not only made me a better artist, but my art changed and evolved dramatically in those years. (Graduated in 05' started working in museum ed, became a teacher, and kept painting the whole time) I think your work is technically very good- you are a very skilled painter. I think the reasons you were not accepted to schools is 1. You are straight out of undergrad 2. I hate to sound harsh but the content of your work is pretty one dimensional for an MFA. By that I mean that there aren't many layers of meaning- I get what you are doing right off the bat and it doesn't draw me in to want to know more. I also think that some of your paintings look like they were done in school as studies or assignments in a figure painting class. This will be an automatic no for a lot of schools if they see something that looks like it was made as an assignment. (At the west coast National Portfolio Day, I actually overheard several professors criticize a work by saying it looked like it was done in a class) I agree with stofo, your statement reiterates what I see in your work. I disagree, however that figure painting is out, I think it just has to be conceptually strong. Take a look at Jenny Saville, she blew up the london scene with her paintings in the 90s. My advise to you is go to a grad portfolio review next year if you can. Get some feedback, and keep painting! Your work will evolve and you will be glad you waited the extra year! Good luck to you! (and I hope I didn't come off too harsh- remember to keep painting!)
  11. Yea, I applied to SVA fine arts too. Bet we won't hear till next week
  12. I got a rejection email from UCLA. Its says something like "click on this link to see the status of your application" Good luck to you too!!!
  13. Does SVA and Pratt notify via email or snail mail? I havnt heard from either for painting MFA. Ucla: rej sva: no news pratt: email confirmation about complete app sent 3/12 Otis: accept for fine arts
  14. I too received a rejection letter from UCLA: UCLA: rej SVA: no word Pratt: no word Otis: accepted!
  15. Hello, its been great reading everyone's posts. Has anyone heard anything from Otis or UCLA? I have yet to hear ANY news from any schools except for 1 interview I applied for painting/fine art: Pratt SVA UCLA Otis CSU Northridge - interview CSU LA- app not due yet Thanks everyone!
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