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  1. I'm a mature student from the UK and I've browsed Grad Cafe for years on and off, as I'd love to indulge in an MFA in Creative Writing. Now, I know it's a completely different set up to the UK where funding is basically nil. The best I might be able to afford is an MA from the Open University, in a few years after some saving. Not a bad option, perfectly respectable. My dream, however, would be to attend an American or Canadian university but I have no great ambition to become a university lecturer so I'm looking for a course with minimal teaching responsibilities. I'd happily work for the department or a journal to earn my keep as part of the funding package. Is that even possible? If so, can you point me in the direction of any grad schools like this? Thanks!
  2. I'm 41 from Scotland with an undergrad degree in education. I did a certificate in visual arts about 15 years ago at a local college for a gap year and won the class prize. But lack of money for further studies meant I went into admin and I've bounced around jobs due to poor mental health. I'm at my happy and healthiest when I do my art. We have good art schools here but the single year of the masters would cost me about $30,000 as I'm not eligible for further help beyond a tiny loan. So, I'm thinking aloud- could studying in the USA be a possibility? I have a few questions: 1. Can international students apply for the stipends? 2. Are there any particular programmes that have 'liveable' stipends e.g. Yale- any others? 3. Masters study for art in the UK is reasonably straightforward to apply- I think you could get in with a good portfolio and interview. However, is the American system different? Would I need a list of exhibitions? Somewhere I was reading about needing to do residencies- is that important? I guess it boils down to whether a) it's not possible b) it is possible but I need a couple of focussed years to prepare my application Any pointers, if it's not impossible, would be gratefully received. Thanks in advance.
  3. Thanks. I did forget the RA. It isn't a full ride but tuition is free for all admitted students. The following isn't meant to be pesimistic. I lived in London myself for three years and love getting back to visit- it really is something special for creative people. And my favourite contemporary uk artists all (bar one) attended. Just a little heads up for those of us without deep parental pockets. Bear in mind that their three year course ISN'T an MFA which is important if you're an American. You get a diploma at the end- it's about the experience not a bit of paper. And you wouldn't do any teaching there either while a student. The whole TA thing doesn't really exist in the UK plus it only takes graduate students. Could potentially be problematic if you wanted to teach in higher education back in the US. It might not. I don't know. Also, your living costs won't necessarily be covered. It's pretty much a 9-5 job so you have to work around the course. International students are allowed to work upto 20 hours a week during term times and full time during vacations. Minimum wage in the UK is currently £6.50 which is what you'd be looking at working in a supermarket, shop or pub/bar. London accomodation is eye wateringly expensive. A bedroom in a shared house in Golders Green- zone 3 North London, Northern Line of the underground- is now around £500+ a month. A monthly bus pass is £54.20, by tube it's £98.70. From the RA Schools prospectus: "The programme is full-time and intensive. You will need to be in the studios and workshops making work, you will need to participate in group crits, sign up for tutorials, attend lectures and talks, produce two texts and work towards two shows. You may need to find time outside of this to undertake a part-time job, in the evenings and at weekends. This must be planned for outside of studio hours. We are able to offer bursaries and materials grants and though these only contribute a small amount towards full living costs it does mean that more time can be spent in the studios and less earning money. We will support you in applications for any eligible funding opportunities... The postgraduate diploma is not a Masters degree. Those on the programme study here in order to develop as professional artists, rather than to gain a qualification."
  4. As in the US, more funding is available for home students who are studying in the UK. Unfortunately, if you're not a RESIDENT EU citizen (varies but generally 3 years and purely studying e.g. boarding school or FE/HE does not count) you will have to pay full international tuition rates. The following is not comprehensive. And just covers the same schools of art listed in my other post for US students. More information is on the various search engines online. But there was more than I expected... Ruskin (Oxford) 3x Erna Plachte Scholarships- full tuition fees (college fees of approx £2000 not included) Various college specific scholarships RCA Fees are £27,900 p.a. Reduced fee available for UK/EU students (unable to find out what this is) Bursary available to help meet funding- £3000 p.a. GSA 1 x Mackendrick Postgraduate Scholarship- £5000 for 1-2 years depending on course- requires an A4 painting on the theme of the 'City of Glasgow' 1 x Hope Scott Postgraduate Scholarship for MFA- £3500 pa for 2 years- for academic excellence and financial need- UK only Postgraduate Scholarships for Commercial Design, Graphics, Illustration, Photography- £3000 for 1 year Postgraduate Welcome Scholarship- £2000 fee reduction for 1 year- evidence of financial need 2 x Leverhulme Scholarships for MFA- £13,545 for 2 years Slade (UCL) 6 x MA/MFA Scholarships- fully funded University of the Arts Vice-Chancellor's Scholarships- half tuition fee reduction worth min £3750- UK nationals with income of less than £30,000- university wide 1 x Alan Fletcher Scholarship- full home tuition- financial need and academic merit for MA Communication Design at CSM 1 x Col. Lewis Sculpture Scholarship- full home tuition 2 x Frank Bowling Scholarships- full home tuition- MA Fine Art at Chelsea 1 x Hackney Family Scholarship- full home tuition plus housing and living- university wide 1 x John Hoyland- full home tuition- MA fine art at Chelsea
  5. I was bored and curious so I looked into what funding was available for American students at a few of the better known British art schools. If anything, slightly more funding is available if you are from a Commonwealth and/or developing nation. This is just an indicator of what MIGHT be available. Scholarships are specific to art department unless otherwise stated. Will make a separate list for Home/EU students. General Rhodes Trust, Marshall, Fulbright and British Council provide scholarships to study in the UK (often full rides) Ruskin (Oxford) 3 x Erna Plachte Scholarships -awarded on strength of application- £8210 tuition fee reduction Various College based scholarships- need to consult university's own funding search engine RCA Fees are £27,900 per anum for internationals!!!! Plus at least £12,000 living expenses Very little funding. Some help in 2nd year via departmental nominations. Glasgow School of Art Governor's International Postgraduate Scholarships- 1 year only- £2000 tuition fee reduction- open to every department 1 x Mackendrick Postgraduate Scholarship- £5000 for 1-2 years depending on course- requires submission of A5 painting based on 'City of Glasgow' Slade (UCL) Annual tuition is £22,350 16x Global Excellence Scholarships- £5000- open to grad students of any department 3 x Overseas Graduate Scholarships- partial fee waivers 1 x Nancy Balfour Trust Scholarship- £2500 over duration of course (18 months or 2 years) 1x Overseas Graduate Scholarship- tuition and stipend (1 year) Ewan Uglow Memorial Scholarship- £2000 over duration of course Thomas Scholarship- £5000 over duration of course Goldsmiths upto 16 x Goldsmiths' International Postgraduate Scholarship- £5000 towards fees- open across university Edinburgh College of Art 5 x ECA postgraduate scholarships- £5000- 1 year Scotland's Saltire Scholarships- £2000- open to all departments of Edinburgh University Falmouth £12, 500 pa international fees 3 x Falmouth Global Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship- £5000 for fees- open to all departments 3 x International Scholarships £2500 University of the Arts London Wimbledon College- 1 x Joint Tuition Fee and Housing Scholarships- full fees and accommodation Chelsea MA Fine Arts- 1 x Patrick and Kelly Lynch Scholarship- tuition waiver to UK/EU rate (£11, 890)
  6. Just to add that citizenship of the EU doesn't necessarily guarantee you the EU fees- sometimes there can be residency requirements too. At the undergrad level in the UK, at least until now, you could find there were maybe 20 places on a course for UK/EU students but unlimited places for international students because they'd bring in more money so there wasn't a sense in capping them.
  7. @beriredux- I hadn't given it too much thought beyond the lack of representational work that contemporary exhibits and how I wouldn't fit in, compared to other schools of art where painting and drawing feature more (although not necessarily in an overtly traditional sense). However, I do agree with the quote you gave and I will look into Suhail Malik as this matches my own thinking. However, my OP was just meant to try and find some more documentaries out of curiousity as to the learning experience of post-grad visual arts courses.
  8. This is a few years old now but some of you younger ones might not have seen it. There was a fascinating documentary about the 2009 graduating class from Goldsmiths University in London. It follows a small group of students through the last few months of their course. Some are quite conceptual, one is either completely workshy or an evil genius. Made me think that I'd love the community and chance to bounce ideas off peers of art school but I'd want somewhere less 'contemporary' in its leanings. First part of first episode here: There's a really old one about the RCA but it's from 1999: Does anyone know of anything similar from elsewhere? Documentaries made by outside tv or film companies rather than anything promotional?
  9. Unless you're rich, will the program give you any funding? Can you realistically afford to go? Could you arrange the internship or similar on your own now, using a bit of the money you'd use for grad school to pay for your living expenses? Ultimately, your portfolio and interpersonal skills will get you the work you want, not the letters after your name. Who will be financially better off in the end? You or the school?
  10. What sort of work do you want to do in grad school? Who do you want to work with? What do you want to do after graduation? Which areas of the country do you NOT want to live in? Big city or quieter? Any interests aside from art that you want to continue with e.g. surfing will make anywhere in Colorado a bad choice. There's a great list on the visual arts thread with schools with high levels of funding if you take a look.
  11. Are these the only places you're applying to? Would you go elsewhere if you were unsuccessful several years in a row? RCA is a big name but there are so many art schools/departments in the UK, there may be much better matches for you personally and that includes funding. The University of the Arts (Central St Martins et al.) has more funding for international students and also has a great reputation. Slade at UCL and Goldsmiths, too. Outside of London, there's Ruskin @ Oxford and Brighton, Dundee and Birmingham City unis all seem to have excellent research scores. Are there any funding schemes in the US that help with study abroad? Like the Fulbright Commission? No idea if this is any help- http://www.postgraduatestudentships.co.uk/organization/general You could try and find a 'patron'/send begging letters to rich and famous people to ask for cash. Sell your work and/or create a small business online- something like etsy.com Contact your local newspaper(s) to do a feature- as getting in is an achievement- and say that you're looking for support Crowd funding? Offering prints or original works for cash. If you have the qualifications, a year or 2 in the middle east can really boost your bank balance working in engineering, teaching etc. Medical research study? Surprisingly rewarding if you're fit and healthy. Do you have any skills you can use to make money? Teach art to adults? A language? Photography? Or somehow make money by making Youtube videos?
  12. Can I add Assimil's ' x with Ease' packages? They're not cheap- around £60/90 USD and do work best with daily repetition and study, but I'm using the German with Ease book and mp3 and it's been really useful. The dialogues are in everyday German and often amusing so it's not dull. They do about 10 languages for native English speakers with Arabic apparently being one to avoid... As with any language, you're better to work using 2 courses side by side as one supports the other. I've been using it alongside Hugo's Complete course. But if reading is your ultimate aim, then read, read and read again in your target language.
  13. In an ideal world, I'd love to do an MFA in fine art in North America or northern Europe. But this is just a matter of curiousity regarding the USA. If an international student is very, very lucky and secures full funding- tuition, health insurance and a stipend, what other costs do you need to budget for? How much have you needed to pay out of your own pocket aside from travel to and from your home country? Were you aware of such costs before you accepted your place? If you have supplemented your funding, where did that money come from?
  14. Hi Ruth, Thanks so much for taking the time to reply. You've made me realise that this is where I need to take things but I'm a bit apprehensive. Not with the work involved but more the outcome and how the themes involved might wrankle some viewers (especially in the internet age) having been used to making pretty pictures that depict but don't communicate. I've been bouncing around ideas in my head for years now re:women's history, rights, achievements and everything it's enabling us to do now. But, I also feel that many young and middle aged women around me appear to be either oblivious to or refuse to take up the opportunities that our grandmothers and their mothers etc campaigned for and indeed, in times of war, died for. I badly want to give certain groups in society metaphorical shake of the shoulders. Then again, I guess if enough people saw my work and I got any backlash then maybe I'd be doing something right... P.S. Good luck with your GSA application! Glasgow's a vibrant city- great young arts scene with lots of bands if you enjoy music.
  15. I'm a uni grad from the UK in a social science subject. I've got back into art now in my 30s and I'm technically on a par with most of the work I see at the undergraduate degree shows. My work is figurative urban/rural landscapes, architecture and portraits. Using mainly pen and watercolours, oils, oil pastels. I can make work that 'looks nice' but I want to communicate personal ideas. I'd like to challenge myself to improve my art by aiming towards MFA admissions standard work. I'd love to go to art school but unless I suddenly meet the millionaire of my dreams, it's not happening anytime soon! There seems to be a massive gulf between undergrad and post-grad art works. I 'get' the undergrad works (except the Art practice/philosophy type courses which leave me bamboozled). Projects exploring an idea, seeing where it takes you. Can you suggest any good websites or books I can learn from? I've found that just looking at people's portfolios isn't helping as the artist statements can be hard to get my head around. I've got Vitamin P2 on order. As an aside- if you're looking at UK art schools- why not Duncan of Jordanstone at the University of Dundee? I've visited Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee and done summer/evening classes at Chelsea and Edinburgh and Dundee would be my first pick if you can live without the 'GSA' label
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