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Passing on this info! Let me know if anyone has questions. Georgia State University MFA Program in Photography: 3 yr program Full Tuition Waiver Teaching Assistantship Monthly Graduate Stipend Solo Thesis Exhibition Downtown Atlanta, GA overview: https://www.gsu.edu/program/photography-mfa/ instagram: @gsuphoto website: https://gsuphoto.com There will be a zoom info session on Monday Dec 14 @ 6PM Eastern time. Open to anyone interested, no registration necessary. LINK : https://zoom.us/j/96385815709?pwd=MC9qeU95SE55MW5jbVk0U3BxOUNZQT09 Meeting ID: 963 8581 5709 Passcode: 242363

Hey! This forum was a big help for me when trying to decide on grad schools a couple of years ago. Fast forward to now and I'm currently in my second yr at Georgia State in the MFA photo dept. I wasn't really sure what to expect going in..but I can say now that it's a pretty underrated program. We receive a full-tuition waiver every semester which is huge, and a monthly stipend, and there have been other funding opportunities presented to me as well (awards/supplemental funding I applied for). We also get to teach if we want to. The program itself is moving in a more interdisciplinary direction it seems, and faculty are really supportive and open of us working across different mediums/taking whatever electives will be beneficial to us. I will have taken at least 4 film/video classes before I graduate..which I wasn't anticipating at all but that's the direction my practice is moving in so I'm happy I've been able to dig in...and make connections with the Film professors here. I also have come to really love Atlanta and its art community. The environment here (GSU's MFA program and Atlanta in general) has never felt overly competitive or pretentious, it has felt really nurturing and supportive actually, and I moved here knowing no one and never having been to the South before. The program is academically rigorous though (we are required to take more art history & graduate seminar courses than the average MFA program but it feels worth it..and I've become much more articulate of a person in general because of it. Below is a screenshot of our MFA poster/ visiting artist list in case anyone is interested.I'd be happy to answer any questions!