Call for MFA applications and open studios

Applications are now being accepted for the MFA Visual Arts Program at Columbia University School of the Arts.

The Visual Arts Program attracts emerging artists of unusual promise from around the world. They join a vibrant community, working alongside an exceptional faculty at a world-renowned research institution in the global center that is New York City.

The Visual Arts Program is interdisciplinary and offers an MFA degree in Visual Arts rather than in one specific medium. The two-year studio program, taught by internationally celebrated artists, allows students to pursue drawing, installation, painting, performance, photography, printmaking, sculpture and video.

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Visual Arts Faculty
Gregory Amenoff, Matthew Buckingham (Chair), Gabriel Camnitzer (2019–20), Susanna Coffey (2019–20), Renee Cox, (2019–20), Dana DeGiulio (2019–20), Jon Kessler, Nicola López, Miya Masaoka, Leeza Meksin, Aliza Nisenbaum, Shelly Silver, Sarah Sze, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Tomas Vu-Daniel

Mentors
Mark Dion, David Humphrey, Michael Joo, Ralph Lemon, Suzanne McClelland, Rachelle Mozman, Matthew Ritchie, Kiki Smith, Rona Yefman, Craig Zammiello

Alumni include
Derrick Adams, Shadi Habib Allah, David Altmejd, Kamrooz Aram, Julieta Aranda, Uri Aran, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Guy Ben-Ner, Tamy Ben-Tor, Huma Bhabha, Dineo Bopape, Kerstin Braetsch, Matthew Brannon, Caitlin Cherry, Yve Laris Cohen, Ann Craven, Sue de Beer, Esteban Cabeza de Baca, Francesca DiMattio, Karel Funk, Barnaby Furnas, Chitra Ganesh, ector garcia, Tim Gardner, Cy Gavin, Allison Janae Hamilton, Ilana Harris-Babou, Josephine Halvorson, Marc Handelman, Hugh Hayden, Tim Hyde, Jamie Isenstein, Iman Issa, Anya Kielar, Matt Keegan, Fabienne Lasserre, Liz Magic Laser, Leigh Ledare, Tom McGrath, Yola Monakhov, Elizabeth Neel, Kambui Olujimi, Alyssa Pheobus, Sondra Perry, Eileen Quinlan, Lisi Raskin, Gilad Ratman, Rachel Rose, Mika Rottenberg, Heather Rowe, Georgia Sagri, Aki Sasamoto, Dana Schutz, Dasha Shishkin, Gedi Sibony, Gregory Parma Smith, Mika Tajima, Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Naama Tsabar, Banks Violette, Garth Weiser, Paula Wilson, Rona Yefman, Kevin Zucker