MFA in Visual Art to Confer Degrees

The MFA in Visual Art's graduation will take place tomorrow evening, August 6th, in the Chapel of College Hall in front of family, friends, classmates, faculty, staff and a host of well-wishers.

 

The Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art program at Vermont College of Fine Arts allows students to earn a 60-credit MFA degree over a period of two years through a combination of ten-day, on-campus residencies followed by six-month semesters of self-designed studio practice. Students work from their home studios in the context of the communities in which they live, work, and make art. 

 
Since 1991, the MFA in Visual Art program has based its educational success on the principle of individualized learning. In the program, students complete a series of interdisciplinary writing projects with a faculty member and pursue their studio work with a local artist chosen in collaboration with the program. This system encourages artists to develop their own mentor system and determine educational values and expectations according to self-initiated ideas of progress and professionalism.

Points of View

Jill Santopolo
Alumna MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults

"VCFA taught me to write what I thought I couldn't, secure in the notion that there would be a supportive group of writers cheering me on as I gave it a try."