mfaer

Bard MFA 

A little off topic
Anyone have an recommendations for interesting / notable residency programs? 
 

A little off topic
Anyone have an recommendations for interesting / notable residency programs? 
 

A little off topic
Anyone have an recommendations for interesting / notable residency programs? 
 

A little off topic
Anyone have an recommendations for interesting / notable residency programs? 
 

HEY ALL YOU CRAZY ART KIDS!!!
I just wanted to give a shout-out to the USC interviewees, this week. My interview is tomorrow, I believe there are moar on the 12th. Keep your heads up, no matter what happens, and do your best to elevate those up around you. I've seen some pretty weak minded comments on this thread regarding how some people view higher education, and others being annoying and know-it-alls about the art world. 
Fuck all that off, ya know? Don't listen. Live your own life and create your own experiences. Keep it positive and don't ever entertain someone's negativity or lameness or arrogance. Have FUN pursuing your art education, no matter where you go to skool!
So good wishes to @Strawberrycat to @lizavetar96 and @sunnydelightt. Can't wait to see all your posts about how well your interviews went. 

Is anyone aware of the situation that is going on at Bard? I'm interviewing with them next week and I've heard snippets from a variety of sources that they are having some difficulties right now (not sure if it is Covid or Faculty related). Anyone have an insight to this via current students?

Received an interview request this morning for Bard Photography!

Received an interview request this morning for Bard Photography!

Hi!
The only on-site time is spent over eight weeks during the summer.  To complete the program, you participate in a total of three summer sessions.  The calendar for each year is posted here: https://www.bard.edu/mfa/calendar/.  The rest of the year students and faculty are teaching, developing their work, spending time with families, etc. Some students stay in New York State and find studios/jobs locally before the next session begins.  The school also offers a limited number of teaching fellowships, so some students return to Bard during the fall or spring semester to teach undergraduate classes.  There is no MFA programming during fall and spring.
In my mind, this is the best preparation for real life, as most people will need to work and find their own studios in order to keep developing their work after school.  There's no shock of returning to the real world when the program ends because you're never in the "bubble" that year-round programs create.
The students at Bard have all different backgrounds. When I was there, the youngest student was 25 and the oldest in their mid 40s.  Some people are just out of undergraduate, or never got a formal education at all, or returned to school very late, or have other masters degrees in different fields or already have gallery representation.  Also, a good portion of the students are international (maybe 1 in 5?).
The program is interdisciplinary, so you can work in any medium when you get there.  You still meet with your discipline (other sound students) multiple times a week, so your "focus" would still be expected to be sound.  But a lot of sound students incorporate sculpture, video, performance, dance, photography and other media into their practices.  You have a lot of freedom to interpret your medium as you wish, and a lot of students collaborate on projects together.
Hope that was helpful!

Here are some good videos to look at: 
 
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I just updated with public permissions now here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wY9QR3NZklLHnejguAAvw8_E_HYokru291Wkf53y_HY/edit?usp=sharing