Any information on Penn State and Florida International University's MFA programs?

[inside.tha.room]

FIU is damn near paying for me to go there. Penn State is paying about half of my tuition. I'm in the New York City area, going for my MFA Studio/Visual Arts. Ideally, Miami would be where I would want to be since I have a lot of friends, family and connections down there, however, Penn State is a much better school (but its location is throwing me a bit off, coupled with the money I'm getting from FIU).

 

Can you guys tell me anything about their MFA programs? Studio space? Etc..

 

 

Thanks in advance!

[nitekitty]

I got rejected by FIU.  Took FOUR months for a bunch of us to hear from them.  Highly unprofessional experience all round trying to track people down to find out what was going on.  I hear registering for classes is pretty disorganized too.  I'm going to visit them in person and hopefully get more feedback from current students before I decide to apply again.

 

With FIU I think you're getting more bang for your buck in terms of locale.  Art scene in general  is big down there and Art Basel is huge.  And I personally like the art coming out of FIU, but that's just me.  I believe (but don't quote me on this) they're bigger on sculpture, fabric arts, and mixed media though rather than photography.

 

Studio space I'm not exactly sure of but some classes are held right on Lincoln in the midst of the art scene blocks from Miami beach, so that's pretty nice as far as mingling and also being in a beautiful place to be inspired to create. 

 

Good luck!