In response to complex, shifting global cultures, rapidly evolving technologies and changes to the environment, the Graduate School of Art offers a two-year critically-engaged studio program that provides the framework for collaboration both disciplinary-specific and interdisciplinary study. The program accommodates a maximum of 50 students to promote a vigorous exchange of ideas while maintaining a close-knit, supportive community. Upon successful completion of their course of study, students at the Graduate School of Art are granted the terminal degree of Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art.
Today’s vastly expanded context for creative work also requires artists to understand various modes of critical analysis. Throughout the program, students are encouraged to investigate the relationship between thinking and making. Graduate seminars provide students opportunities to study theory through the lens of studio practice. The curriculum offers a robust thesis component in which students are mentored and supported in their writing and in the development of their ideas.
The Public Lecture Series brings nationally and internationally recognized artists, architects, historians, and critics to campus, promoting new ideas in practice, theory, and technology in art, architecture, and design. Invited speakers often come to graduate students’ studios for one-on-one reviews of their work.
On a broader scale, the graduate program prepares students to incite progressive social change, address challenges in the environment, and assume their roles as global citizens through avenues such as study abroad programs and public engagement opportunities. In furthering those objectives, the Graduate School of Art also offers research and travel grants.
To learn more about the facilities available, check out the Sam Fox School Tour.
To view the website designed and maintained by current graduate students, visit http://artgrads.samfox.wustl.edu
