Summer visiting artist lecture series 2017

Maine College of Art 
522 Congress St.
Portland, ME 04101

meca.edu

MECA’s Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art Program is pleased to announce the 2017 MFA lecture series, which brings a national and international roster of visiting artists, curators, and scholars to Portland, Maine. MFA visiting artists deliver public lectures, attend critiques, and conduct studio visits with graduate candidates during their week- long visits.

Summer 2017 visiting artists
Jesse Small: June 19
Tamara Gonzales: June 26
Ruth Erickson: July 5
Rose Marasco: July 10
Brandon Alvendia: July 17
Keith Boadwee: July 24
Sonya Clark: July 31

Lectures are free and open to the public from 5:30–7:00pm in MECA’s Osher Hall. Learn more details about the MFA visiting artist lecture series here.

Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art at Maine College of Art
MECA’s MFA Program in Studio Art offers an interdisciplinary approach that encourages students to think across traditional academic boundaries while challenging their art practice and intellectual curiosity. The two-year, trimester structure emphasizes the intersection of studio production, individual research, critical analysis, curatorial experimentation, and travel to inspiring and important cultural sites. Built on a rigorous curriculum and an exceptional commitment to one-on-one student mentoring by distinguished faculty, visiting artists, critics, and curators, MECA’s MFA program offers a dynamic and supportive learning environment for artists who want to define and pursue a sustainable and attainable vision for their art practice.

Starting with the first eight-week Summer Intensive in the artistically vibrant city of Portland, Maine and culminating with the final Thesis Residency, students challenge their own art-making assumptions and habits, identify and contextualize an emerging point of view, develop verbal, written and presentation skills and deepen responsibility for their own practice in their artistic community locally and globally.

New graduate studios opened in fall 2017 with 24/7 access to 200,000 square feet of state-of-the-art facilities in painting, printmaking, sculpture, metals, wood, ceramics, fashion and textiles, photography, digital media, sound and expanded practices. Full and low residency options available.

Graduate Faculty
Chris Stiegler, Chair of the MFA in Studio Art + Art History
Gail Spaien, Professor of Painting and the MFA in Studio Art
Adriane Herman, Associate Professor of the MFA in Studio Art + Printmaking + Digital Media
Joshua Reiman, Assistant Professor of the MFA in Studio Art + Sculpture

Learn more about the MFA program. Rolling admissions deadline is May 1 with space permitting.