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    low residencies?

    A new Low Residency program has just opened up at Oregon College of Art and Craft. It is a really dynamic way of working and getting to know the Oregon art community while also learning from some of the most amazing, Hallie Ford Fellows professors that you can find on the West Coast. Portland has a thriving arts scene, and even if you aren't living in PDX, your summer will be a huge incredible crash course where you spend a month completely immersed. Your readings cover everything from traditional art history to queer studies to phenomenology of craft. You work with professors in person, from your home community and also online from Portland. Also, you get to know one another super well and you get the full residency students in your classes during the summer. Its a great program for someone who is looking to be immersed, have a lot of individualized attention, but has to work full timeand wants a degree. I also would consider this if you are looking at living in the Pacific Northwest or West coast. I don't think it would be a good program for East Coast. http://ocac.edu
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    MFA over 50

    Oregon College of Art and Craft is a very good school for mixing generations together in a small sized class where you often don't feel over pressured. I couldn't believe when I started that some of my classmates were over 60, some were 23. Most were mid 30's! I enjoy it so much because of the different life perspective. It is very welcomed here. Its a great school, new program but so individually crafted that I couldn't receive such attention at anywhere else. I got into great programs, Tyler, Cranbrook, but OCAC professors are just too incredible. It can be difficult for some to be in a small setting, but for many people who don't want high competition or who haven't received their bachelors in the last decade, its really a great place to continue education. I am 29 but have been in the professional setting for a long time so I didn't want a school with a bunch of students in their 20's. Our professors all come from Cranbrook, Albert, OSU, Goldsmiths, so really all the network is still there too.
  3. I was conflicted on getting a post bacc degree since I double majored in Creative Writing and Studio Art, only receiving a BA. I came from an amazing undergraduate degree (private liberal arts) so my professors were very positive that I was ready for a masters, based on my work ethic, serious determination, and maturity as a student. I also took time between degrees to further push my portfolio on my own. I do not recommend the post bac degree to anyone who had a BA or BFA in studio arts, but I do for anyone who is unfamiliar with art history, got a different undergraduate degree, or is just considering one year to continue courses for personal enjoyment. You receive a lot of classes, a huge year of studying and practicing, and you could get super burned out. Halfway into my MFA degree I realized I wanted a break! MFA programs can take 3 years. Mine took 2.5. The potential you could create your portfolio by just spending some time, independently, focusing on your craft and becoming immersed in the art world-visiting museums, reading, and galleries, this is most important. Not spending 20k on something you don't need to prep for masters. If you are on the west coast of US, or anywhere, I will say that our post bacc at my graduate school is amazing. They really show you what grad school will be like and what you want to do. They immerse you the POrtland, Oregon culture as well. Oregon College of Art and Craft. I would have done that if I had an infinite supply of wealth. http://ocac.edu
  4. We have a few faculty from Alfred and Ohio State University now teaching at Oregon College of Art and Craft. We have a new MFA program but a really great ceramics culture in Portland that completely takes you in if you are studying at ocac (Oregon college of art and craft). Not only Alfred, but you work with alumni from cranbrook, skowhegan, and professors who have done multiple residencies at Arrowmont, Penland, and Watershed. Fantastic program. Not many TA offers, but a great place to get into the clay community. Our chair, Dylan Beck, just directed NCECA 2017. ocac.edu. Just incase you have a list of rejections! Our program is now looking for more sculptors.
  5. Oregon College of Art and Craft has an incredible interdisciplinary program because it is a super small MFA in Craft graduate program. Twenty students, but you get to design your graduate experience, from who is on your committee to what you are reading. You get permission to use all studios. Most students change their discipline throughout the course of two and a half years, the summer semester being the most time for change because you are allowed to experiment. I went from painting to sculpture to ceramics to photo, back to painting. Its been great. ocac.edu
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