From emailing instructors and past students: very hands-off. Students work very independently. The lone New Genres faculty member, Andrea Fraser, just became chair of the entire dept. meaning she will be even less available. The school is now spending their huge $20 million grant from Margo Leavin to revamp their MFA studio spaces (which were already pretty huge!). Work displayed during their open house looked very standard. But hey, UCLA on your resume!