mfahopefulfunding

I am dual citizen. Any insights into funding?

Would anyone be open to sharing a list of fellowships, foundations, grants to apply to and other ideas of ways to fund MFA studies? This is in addition to completing the FAFSA and CSS profiles. I missed the deadline for Fulbright and SSHRC but am wondering if there are other funding sources that I am unaware of for Canada and US? Thank you!

Would anyone be open to sharing a list of fellowships, foundations, grants to apply to and other ideas of ways to fund MFA studies?

Has anyone here applied to MFA programs in Europe? Any insights into Sandberg Instituut, Piet Zwart Institute, Staedelschule, or Slade? Any insights into residencies at Rijskademie or De Ateliers?

With interviews almost all over and acceptances being offered, is anyone having doubts if an MFA is actually the best choice for them? I am thinking a lot about funding and the weight of financial debt along with questioning if the gamble of an MFA would actually support an art practice and a full time professional career after graduation. The excitement of building with peers, dedicated time, resources, facilities for artistic research, the general fruitful experience of learning and growth, the adventure of living in a new place are all wonderful parts of an MFA. What about having a sustainable art practice and financial stability? Will an MFA make the work too esoteric? Does anyone have strategies for life after an MFA to ensure that you don't burn out and/or end up with a large amount of debt and at a loss of how to balance part time/full time work and an exhibiting practice?

Those are great questions!

Hi! Some interview questions I was asked today include: Why xyz school at this time? What do you bring to the graduate student community? How do you see your work progressing in this program/what are your goals for your work? Hope this helps!

Was it for Sculpture?

Congrats @linlinlinon the interview at Columbia! I am unfamiliar with Columbia's interview process but from prior year's successful interviews at California College of the Arts and School of Art Institute of Chicago interview questions included: Why grad school at this time? What faculty would like to work with and why? What other artists or movements influence your work? What are you currently working on in your studio practice and what are you reading? What social/political/contemporary issues are you investigating with in your work? How do you deal with conflict in a group setting? How do you feel about moving to [insert school] location? How do you deal with challenges, failures, difficult situations? Please share an example. On a similar but different context, does anyone have any insight to Yale Sculpture interviews? Would you suggest to present new work for the portfolio section or ok to stick with the work submitted for the application? Also, does anyone have any insight into Bard Sculpture MFA? Thank you!

Hi all! Anyone got any updates from Bard or Yale Sculpture? Same as some of you was feeling like at least Yale would send out nos or interviews.