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My huge woohoo is Calarts. VIsited the campus this summer and wow. It's my vibe! Open ended to the max. Critical theory heavy. That's all I need.

I would crop down to the image of the painting itself unless the painting has sculpture elements. Just my guess here.

Agreed here. Portfolio is going to be the primary aspect.

Which Bard program? We have the regular Bard one and then there is the ICP-Bard one for photography out in the Big Apple.

Indeed the best advice is to tailor each application separately for the school you are applying for and not to use a predetermined mold for each application. After all, the committee wants to know that you are engaged specifically with their program and not a generic applicant.

I agree! Curating for a small commercial gallery here in downtown Salt Lake City has been a great way to make more friends in the art world and navigate some good adventures.

I do a ton of curation and those really help out in the MFA process. I would think.

Sweet and I wish you the very best in your search :). Should be quite a fun year now that hopefully folks are vaccinated and we are looking at a new environs.

Definitely doing well and yes still applying in the fall of next year. Super excited as one of my friends enters Yale sculpture this fall. And how about you? Did you select a place finally?

And it's never too early to start working on getting things ready for another round of upcoming MFA applications...

As a neo-Marxist the American dream for me died when the repeal of the Glass-Steagall act during the 1980's. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass–Steagall_legislation) THis allowed for a completely unregulated financial system which increased the corruption throughout the system. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_repeal_of_the_Glass–Steagall_Act) Granted this isn't the proper forum to delve heavily into this but also I would argue that the invention of the financial derivative was the death knell of the American dream. Once everything could be commodified then everything could be up for grabs in our society.

I am the same age as you are!

Thanks for the clarification. I am not a fan of the benchmarks but as these metrics tend to be a huge factor in personal decisionmaking they cannot be ignored.

Aye. Grats on the Columbia acceptance btw!

? Not sure but these Chinese ranking seems to focus on the undergraduate level I think?

To dig the most obscure (j/k) possible rankings for art schools, let's look at a Chinese ranking system here: https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2021/art-design

Sadly enough I couldn't find any.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-york-galleries-study-979049

I agree. I am pretty unsure what to make of a name entitled "MFA Troll." This isn't a Duchampian gesture either LoL

I am so OVERJOYED to see you back here and my prayers that you are healthy and strong to continue making more work. I appreciate the update. My only eh... news is that I got featured in a LA media outlet this week and working on hammering out a museum proposal while starting my first paintings ever

I think it's up to you whether you wish to connect with the Boston or the Richmond/Wash/Baltimore art scenes after you graduate... Both have lovely programs! Good luck

Thanks for the update. WIth all of the drama, I am curious how Columbia is holding up in the top ranked MFA programs during the past 5 years. Something has to be cooking there? Maybe the rankings will change by next round so we could see a huge shift soon.

I know someone who is at Pratt right now for painting and she seems to be rather happy. About curators I really don't know.

My close friend is a SVA BFA alumni. I have taken enough classes at SVA (and I plan to take more there) so I know what a graduate level critique could be like. So I know a nice chunk of SVA professors there... I can try to find a MFA graduate there for you.