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Studio Arts

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Our MFA Studio Arts program provides a rigorous and individualized education that helps each student develop artistic vision and voice.

In MassArt’s MFA Studio Arts programs, students concentrate in painting, printmaking and sculpture, and work side-by-side experimenting and exploring, while refining the technical and conceptual strategies in their work. With state-of-the-art facilities and expert faculty, we provide a vibrant community for artistic exploration and professional growth, nurturing both technical expertise and conceptual development.

Our full-time, two-year (60-credit) MFA Studio Arts program encourages students to experiment and explore, while refining the technical and conceptual strategies in their work.

MFA Featured Work

Get inspired by the extraordinary work being produced by our students.

The Studio Arts Certificate gives you the freedom to choose art classes that appeal to you, while providing optional course guidance.

Studio Arts Lecture Series

The Studio Fine Arts MFA program participates in a Lecture Series featuring artists, curators, and scholars who present their work to our community.

A colorful painting consisting of hot pink dripping paint and other colors cascading down a canvas with a background featuring a gradient of color from turquoise to white.

Adrian Negenborn, ’10 MFA, Fine Arts 2D MFA LP04221, Acrylic on Canvas, 2023

Behnaz Monzavi, ’25 MFA, Fine Arts 2D MFA Emancipation Wings, Woodcut Printmaking on Eastern paper, 2023

A painting with a blue & yellow gradient and two cyclinders - one large black one and one smaller white one.

Dara Morgenstern, ’23 MFA, Fine Arts 2D MFA Ext. Columns – Day, Painting, 2022

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Upcoming Events

Spring 2025 Fine Arts Lecture Series | Rachel Perry

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 / 12:00pm to 1:30pm
DMC Lecture Hall

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Spring 2025 Fine Arts Lecture Series | Sonia Almeida

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 / 12:00pm to 1:30pm
DMC Lecture Hall

Fine Arts Lecture Series
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Visiting Artist
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Spring 2025 Fine Arts Lecture Series | Richard Ryan

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 / 12:00pm to 1:30pm
DMC Lecture Hall

Fine Arts Lecture Series
Lecture
Visiting Artist
public
Free

Spring 2025 Fine Arts Lecture Series | Marc Mitchell

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 / 12:00pm to 1:30pm
DMC Lecture Hall

Fine Arts Lecture Series
Lecture
Visiting Artist
public
Free

An artwork by Kelly Knight

Studio Arts Lecture Series

The Studio Fine Arts MFA program participates in a Lecture Series featuring artists, curators, and scholars who present their work to our community.

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