MFA in Studio Art

The Hunter College MFA in Studio Art is an affordable three-year program designed to offer artists broad opportunities to develop their work in an environment that encourages experimentation, production, and critical dialogue.  MFA students work with Hunter’s exceptional faculty in individual tutorials, small seminars focused on group critique and contemporary practice, and classes in the theory, criticism and history of art. Each semester, students have the opportunity to meet with a full calendar of visiting artists, curators, and critics. Students may also choose to work closely with faculty and curatorial staff on the development of public exhibitions at Hunter College’s three different galleries. These courses may be used toward the Curatorial Certificate, a special program for graduate students in the Art and Art History Department.

Located at the corner of Hudson and Canal Streets in Tribeca, the Hunter MFA Program offers students extraordinary access to the cultural riches and resources of New York City. Immersion in the art world is crucial to our educational goal: the development of professional artists capable of continued creative and intellectual innovation far beyond the confines of the graduate school environment.

Full-time Studio faculty: Daniel Bozhkov, A.K. Burns, Joel Carreiro, Lisa Corinne Davis, Chitra Ganesh, Yve Laris Cohen, Reiner Leist, Abigail Lucien, Dave McKenzie, Alva Mooses, Jeffery Mongrain, Carrie Moyer, Juan Sanchez

Visiting Studio and Writing faculty 2023–24: Shimon Attie, Tamy Ben-Tor, Esteban Cabeza de Baca, Rachelle Dang, Sarah Faux, Chie Fueki, Anthony Hawley, Peter Hoffmeister, Ryan McNamara, Jessie Reaves, Lauren O’Neill-Butler, Alan Ruiz

Faculty in Modern and Contemporary Art, Criticism, and Theory: Emily Braun, Thierry de Duve, Uchenna Itam, Lynda Klich, Michael Lobel, Harper Montgomery, Antonella Pelizzari, Howard Singerman

Visiting artists, curators and critics: The Hunter College MFA program has an active schedule of visitors brought to campus and into graduate studios for talks and critiques. These visits are sponsored by the Zabar Visiting Artist Program, the Foundation To-Life Goldberg Curatorial Workshops, the Hunter Moving Image Alliance (HMIA), and Hunter’s MFA Student Organization (MFASO). For more information on all of this semester’s visitors, please visit our website.

Application deadline: January 15, 2024. For details on how to apply and links to the application and other important information, visit here.

*Image above: Faculty reviewing the work of MFA candidate Daniel Anthony Vasquez at 205 Hudson Street.