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Fine Arts
Low Residency

Events

Join MassArt’s MFA Low Residency program for thought-provoking events featuring artists, curators, and scholars.

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MFA Summer Lecture Series

Each summer, MassArt’s MFA Low-Residency program hosts a dynamic Summer Lecture Series that brings together artists, curators, and scholars from across the art world. These lectures offer a rare opportunity to hear from a diverse range of voices—emerging, mid-career, and established—who share their work, ideas, and insights. Many also engage directly with MFA students through one-on-one and group critiques, creating a rich environment for dialogue, feedback, and artistic growth. The series reflects MassArt’s commitment to fostering critical conversations and expanding the way students—and the broader community—experience contemporary art.

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January Colloquium and Reviews

Our January Colloquium is a five-day virtual gathering where students in the Fine Arts Low Residency program engage in focused dialogue, critique, and exploration. Each year’s colloquium centers on a unifying theme and features guest speakers and visiting artists who bring perspectives rooted in contemporary studio practice, art history, theory, and expanded fields such as audience, landscape, empathy, and identity. The experience also includes formal reviews of student work by faculty, guest critics, and mentors. Students take an active role—presenting their work, leading discussions, and providing thoughtful feedback to peers.

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