Deadline for MFA admission with advanced standing:
December 15, 2010
Submit draft proposals for the PhD info session by December 11, 2010
http://www.transartinstitute.org/Programs.html
MFA Creative Practice – Three Spaces With Advanced Standing For Spring 2011.http://www.transartinstitute.org/Admissions.html
Application deadline December 15, 2010International Low-Residency MFA Program
Transart Institute offers the MFA Creative Practice, a fully accredited international masters program for working artists with summer residencies in Berlin, winter residencies in New York and one-on-one advisement during two academic years – wherever students work and live. Students are free to pursue work in any art-related genre and to create their own course of study, working independently and with the support of self-chosen studio and research advisors. Short periods of intensive residency permit students to continue with their professional work and keep a balanced personal life while participating in the program. The majority of Transart students are emerging and mid-career artists and teachers at tertiary institutions.
The new MFA Creative Practice is a student-centered, project oriented postgraduate art program which fosters independent thinking, risk-taking and the creation of an informed and sustainable art praxis. The Institute is also a platform for faculty to expand their teaching praxis by making space for creativity and experimentation. Beyond its educational objectives, Transart Institute is engaged in building an international community in support of students, alumni, faculty and their artistic and academic goals. The institute offers its former students a virtual and material basis for artistic practice, the exchange of ideas, opportunities and critiques, supporting individual and collective growth beyond the duration of the program.
Scholarships
Several scholarships are available to students of the MFA Creative Practice program: Developing Country Scholarships, Achievement and Merit Scholarships are being awarded. The scholarships provide a reduction in tuition from 10 to 50%. More information on scholarships can be found on the Transart Institute website
http://www.transartinstitute.org/admissions.html
Practice-based PhD
An information session will be held at the Transart Institute winter residency on January 9, 2011 in Brooklyn, New York about admissions and the course of studies for Transart Institute’s practice-based PhD expected to begin in July 2011. The session will be by invitation only and 50% of seats will be reserved for graduates of Transart Institute’s MFA program. To be considered for the information session please send an email with an outline or draft of your proposal including references and resources along with a short CV or bio to [email protected] Transart is particularly keen on encouraging proposals from the areas of documentary art making, language/image, software studies and network culture. The proposal should demonstrate systematic study, independence, critical competence and originality. It should include a record of the ‘practice’ element and also serve to contextualize the practice intellectually while clearly demonstrating its contribution to knowledge.
Portfolio Review for the MFA Creative Practice
Transart Institute seeks independent, inquisitive and imaginative artist to apply to its MFA Creative Practice program starting summer 2011. Interested artists, teachers and all professionals in related fields who are seeking advancement in visual arts and new media are invited to come to the Transart winter residency (January 7-9, 2011) for feedback on their portfolio as suited for admission. In addition, these sessions will give prospective applicants the opportunity to learn more about the program, attend a public lecture and mingle with Transart faculty and students in person. To RSVP please email [email protected]
The Transart Experience
Students’ experiences at the Institute are unique and often transformational. NY based artist Virgil Wong found “The community I’ve become a part of through Transart is already much more immersive than what I’ve developed in ten years of living and working as an artist in New York City.” For composer and artist David Dunn “perhaps the most important aspect of the program, to me personally, has been the realization of just how constrained my professional life can be. I have no lack of colleagues or opportunities to present my work but my network of association tends to reinforce a particular set of intellectual and aesthetic assumptions that become ‘the’ set of assumptions. Transart succeeds at prying apart some of those entrenched viewpoints to provide space for new ideas and concerns. The truly international makeup of the students and faculty reinforces this.” More details online.
http://www.transartinstitute.org/Profiles.html
Application deadline for admission with advanced standing: December 15, 2010
Application deadline for summer 2011: rolling admissions
Application fee for the MFA program: 25 USD
Application deadline for the PhD info session: December 11, 2010
For more information please contact Selina Heaton: [email protected]
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