Overview
The Wonsook Kim School of Art offers a three-year Studio Art Master of Fine Arts program, providing advanced training for visual artists working within and across fine arts media. This terminal degree prepares graduates for professional exhibitions, arts opportunities, and college-level teaching.
The 60-credit-hour program gives students time and space to develop their practice in a supportive community, guided by faculty mentors who foster innovation and individual growth. Studio Art MFA students work in large, well-equipped studios. Financial support is available through tuition waivers and assistantships, which often include valuable college-level teaching experience.
Learning extends beyond the studio through access to University Galleries dynamic exhibitions, artist lectures, and studio visits with distinguished guest artists. Students pursue discipline-specific coursework within a flexible, interdisciplinary structure. Applicants must have a general focus in one of the following disciplines: painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture and expanded media, photo, video, or glass. Once accepted into the program, students are encouraged to explore multiple media outside of their main discipline. Each semester, students present work for critical conversation.
The Studio MFA program emphasizes faculty mentorship, studio coursework, and classes in the history and theory of visual art, helping students confidently speak, write about, and present their work in gallery and academic settings.
Numerous exhibition opportunities culminate in a solo thesis show at University Galleries during the final semester, equipping graduates with the skills and vision to thrive as practicing artists.