MASTER OF FINE ARTS IN STUDIO

LOW-RESIDENCY MFA

Priority Scholarship Deadline: December 1Final Deadline: January 10

For admission requirements, visit saic.edu/apply/lowres

saic.edu/lowres

Graduate Admissions36 South Wabash Avenue, suite 1201Chicago, IL 60603Phone 312.629.6100 / 800.232.7242 Fax 312.629.6101 gradmiss@saic.edu

The Low-Residency MFA program is designed for the 21st-century artist whose work and life demands both a rigorous engagement with an artistic community as well as flexibility, fluidity, and a self-directed approach.An individualized three-year plan of study integrates studio work with art history, theory, and poetics. The program is organized into three topic-driven themes to investigate the philosophy of art: attention, sensation, and perception.

Supported by faculty based at SAIC and a roster of renowned visiting artists, students spend fall and spring semesters working remotely from a home studio. While off campus, each student is paired with an SAIC alumni advisor located within their geographical area.

Three consecutive summer residencies at SAIC in Chicago bring students together to make work across many disciplines. During the summer, students and faculty participate in weekly colloquia, seminars, studio visits, critiques, and professional practice courses. Study culminates in a major thesis project with both exhibited and written components.

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For complete faculty listing visit: saic.edu/lowres

CORE FACULTY

D. DENENGE DUYST-AKPEM

GIOVANNI ALOI

LEE BLALOCK

GREGG BORDOWITZ

IRINA BUCAN

TOUFIC EL RASSI

DELINDA COLLIER

DANA DEGIULIO

ANDREW FALKOWSKI

LINDSEY FRENCH

DAVID GETSY

CLAUDIA HART

KELLY KACZYNSKI

TERRI KAPSALIS

SETH KIM-COHEN

JOHN NEFF

HAMZA WALKER

SUMMER FALL SPRING ANY SEMESTER

YEAR 1 � Graduate Studio Seminar (4.5 cr)

� Art History/Theory: Attention (3 cr)

� Professional Practices: Digital Interfaces (1.5 cr)

� Graduate Projects: Independent Studio (3 cr)

� Art History/Theory: Art Ideas (3 cr)

� Graduate Projects: Independent Studio (3 cr)

� Art History/Theory: Writing Art (3 cr)

� Completion of Flex Credit Electives

YEAR 2 � Graduate Studio Seminar (4.5 cr)

� Art History/Theory: Sensation (3 cr)

� Professional Practices: Cultural Liaisons (1.5 cr)

� Graduate Projects: Independent Studio (3 cr)

� Art History/Theory: Special Topics (3 cr)

� Graduate Projects: Independent Studio (3 cr)

� Thesis Composition (4.5 cr)

� Completion of Flex Credit Electives

YEAR 3 � Graduate Studio Seminar (4.5 cr)

� Art History/Theory: Perception (3 cr)

� Thesis: Public Presentation (1.5 cr)

� Professional Practices: Expanded Networks (1.5 cr)

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Studio - MFA 6009 Graduate Projects Seminars and/or 3000 level and above studios

Art History - including ARTHI 5002 Graduate Survey of Modern and Contemporary Art

Flex Credit Electives

Participation in four graduate critiques

Participation in the graduate exhibition or equivalent

Total Credit Hours

CREDIT HOUR SUMMARY

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VISITING ARTISTS AND SCHOLARS

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