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Bizarre and Delightful

Edward Goldman | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Photography, Cy Twombly, Media Arts, Ucla, Charles Ray, Mfa, Sculpture, James Franco, Moca, Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles Art Exhibitions, La Art Galleries, Los Angeles Art Galleries, Arts News

Summertime used to mean that the galleries and museums would take it easy, presenting lackluster group shows and few, if any, challenging solo exhibitions. Not any more. Economy be damned, the Los Angeles art scene is now sizzling year round.

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So You Want to Get an MFA?: An Open Letter to My Students

Stephanie Vanderslice | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Masters of Fine Arts in Writing, Low-Residency Mfa Programs, Mfa, Writings Tips, Writing, Books News

You do not have to get an M.F.A. in order to be a writer. You do have to keep writing, read widely, and continue getting feedback on your writing via an online or face-to-face critique group.

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Why MFA Programs Matter

Brian Joseph Davis | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Mfa Programs, Graduate School Programs, Graduate School, Grad School, Master Fine Arts, Mfa, Books News

The love-hate relationship between creative writing MFA programs and writers has not changed much since Kurt Vonnegut was playfully piqued by the emerging phenomenon of writing programs in the 1960s.

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Young Artists Look at Old Masters

Joan Sherman | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: St Theresa, Columbia University, Brie Ruais, Bernini, Bernini Saint Theresa, Mfa, Sculpture, Masters, Old Masters, New York News

In the Thesis Exhibit of the MFA program at Columbia, I saw diverse responses to the world we live in, all firmly rooted in the present. Yet, in many installations, I could see a connection to a distant past -- to Old Master art.

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A Homemade MFA

Randy Susan Meyers | Posted 10.05.2011

"How did you get published? Do you have an MFA?" a reader asked last week. I struggled for the right answer -- how to tell her that, no, I don't have ...

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MFA: Is It Necessary? -- The Debate

Jane Chafin | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Art School, Mfa Programs, Art, Mfa, Graduate Degree, Artists, Studio Art, Artillery Magazine, Art Galleries, Arts News

A degree is not something I look for when selecting artists for Offramp Gallery. The bottom line is always the work. I look for work that's honest, creative, original, skillfully executed and intensely visual.

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Boston Museum To Pay Restitution To Holocaust Victim Heir

AP | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Boston, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Court, Art Restitution, Holocaust, Art Loans, Nazis, Mfa, Money, Netherlands, Eglon Van Der Neer, Auschwitz, Legal, Boston Globe, Arts News

BOSTON — The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has determined that a 17th century Dutch painting in its collection was once owned by a Jewish art de...

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PLAN ForYourArt: June 23-29

Bettina Korek | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Self Help Graphics and Art, William Leavitt, Eve Fowler, Mfa, Latino, Arts, Los Angeles Convention Center, Piero Golia, Beverly Hills, Moca, Los Angeles, Dwell on Design, Alex Segade, Calarts, Gagoian Gallery, La Art, La Around Town, Los Angeles News

Piero Golia's Constellation Paintings derived from an incident in 2010 where a taxi-driver smashed his car directly into Golia's house following an argument over a fare.

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WATCH: Bathroom Turned Into Art Gallery

Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Boston, Guerilla Art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Video, Art, Maude Morgan Prize, Mfa, Museums, Protest, Laura Chasman, Renegade Art, Greg Cook, Museum of Fine Arts, Arts News

The Boston Museum of Fine Art got a new gallery on Wednesday night...in their bathrooms. A group of artists commemorated "Flush the Walls" -- a protes...

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10 Emerging Artists To Watch

Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Art Institute of Chicago, Art, Master of Fine Arts, Graduates, Saic, Mfa, Chicago, Sculpture, Slideshow, Students, Art Therapy, Emerging Artists, Arts News

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is considered one of the top three graduate arts programs in the country and offers a Master of Fine...

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Universities to Artists: Get a Doctorate?

Daniel Grant | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Phd, University of Cincinnati, Ohio State University, Mfa, Art Schools, West Georgia State University, Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, Fine Arts Doctorates, Business of Art, Art Teaching, Texas Tech, Ohio University, Arts News

Artists are people who create their own credentials, but a movement may be afoot to create doctoral programs in studio arts.

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The Top 25 Underrated Creative Writing MFA Programs (2011-2012)

Seth Abramson | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Fiction, Books News, Creative Writing, Poetry, College Rankings, Mfa, Anis Shivani, Mfa Programs, Graduate School, Nonfiction, New York City, Books News

The twenty-five programs listed here fully fund a sizable percentage of incoming students, yet still receive less attention from applicants than they deserve.

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Bright Young Things: Meet Tomorrow's Art Stars

Steven Zevitas | Posted 06.17.2011

Read More: Dana Schutz, New American Paintings, Institute of Contemporary Art, Hunter College, Randi Hopkins, Ucla, Yale School of Art, Mfa, Njideka Akunyili, Michael Hilsman, Jeremy Couillard, Painting, Columbia University School of Art, Sarah Awad, MFA Annual, Joyce Ho, Arts News

Are artists born or made? While raw creativity seems to be a function of genetics, today's most acclaimed contemporary artists have something in commo...

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Penn State To Cut Top-Ranked MFA Program (Updated)

Seth Abramson | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Mfa Programs, College Newspapers, Mfa, Pennsylvania State University, College News, Mfa Writing, College Rankings, Mfa-Programs, College News

According to Penn State's Daily Collegian, the university is preparing to cut its creative writing MFA program, which offers concentrations in fiction, poetry and nonfiction.

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Artists Anonymous: The Irresistible Earnestness of the Bruce High Quality Foundation

Selby Drummond | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Cooper Union, Jeffrey Deitch, Creative Time, Rob Pruitt, Mfa, Education, Art, Bruce High Quality Foundation, Banksy, Teach 4 Amerika, Brucennial, Arts News

As sentimental as it sounds, the BHQF's most valuable offering is a community that admits, unabashedly, its love for art, and recommits itself to art daily despite all of the competition.

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The Top 10 Creative Writing MFA Program Websites

Seth Abramson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mfa Programs, Books News, Mfa, Fiction, Nonfiction, College Rankings, Anis Shivani, Creative Writing, Graduate School, Poetry, Mfa-Programs, Books News

Ever since novelist Tom Kealey advised MFA applicants to consider a program's online promotional materials, young writers have been comparing notes about which program websites measure up.

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Why You Should Reject The 'New Rules For Writers'

Andrew Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Literary Agents, Book Publishing, Anis Shivani, Iowa Writer's Workshop, Editors, Mfa, Authors, New Rules for Writers, Writers, Books News

There's a virus going around the Internet right now that threatens to change the way you look at the world. And it seems to be infecting unpublished and "under-published" writers.

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Six More Myths About the Creative Writing Master of Fine Arts

Seth Abramson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fiction, Creative Writing, College Rankings, Mfa, Anis Shivani, Graduate School, Poetry, Nonfiction, Books News, New York City, Books News

In an earlier article, six myths about the creative writing Master of Fine Arts were busted. Here, six more go under the ax.

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Artist-Run Businesses Matter

Karen Atkinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ted, Creative Thinking, Skills Bank, Mfa, Artist Run Business, Hybrid Careers for Artists, Art Business, Jobs, Artists, Mba, Gyst, Arts News

Some say artists are not good for anything but making art. Others believes artists should leave the business of art to dealers. They're both wrong.

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Literary Agency Launches Creative Writing School

thebookseller.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Curtis Brown Literary Agency, Literary Agency, Writing School, Lit Agency, Mfa, Writing, Lit Agent, Mfa Creative Writing, Curtis Brown Agency, Curtis Brown, Books News

The course will run in Curtis Brown's offices for three months, from 5th May to July 21st. Fifteen students will be selected in March on the basis of ...

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Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Director Malcolm Rogers on Vision, Growth and Transformation

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boston, Arts, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Mfa, Museums, Culture, Arts News

For me, from the very earliest years, right up to today, art is entwined in my mind with the notion of transformation; that it can change your life. And I am here in the business of trying to change people's lives.

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James Frey and the Creative Writing Master of Fine Arts

Seth Abramson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New School, Master of Fine Arts, Madison Avenue, Student Debt, Mfa, New York Magazine, Columbia, Full Fathom Five, Twilight, James Frey, Creative Writing, Guardian, Student Loans, A Million Little Pieces, Mfa Programs, Books News

James Frey, author of A Million Little Pieces, is again facing scrutiny for a publishing venture -- a scandal that emphasizes the wide gulf between younger and older literary artists.

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The New Face of the Creative Writing Master of Fine Arts

Seth Abramson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: College Writing Classes, Writing Program, Writing Workshops, Writing Masters, Creative Writing, College, Mfa, Anis Shivani, Mfa Programs, Books News

There are now too many literary artists, publishers, readings, salons, conferences, creative writing programs, literary magazines, and bohemian coteries for any one person to keep tabs on.

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James Franco's 'Palo Alto' Reviewed

James Franco | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Franco Writing, Creative Writing Programs, Palo Alto, James Franco, Creative Writing Mfa, James Franco Palo Alto, Mfa, Creative Writing, Palo Alto Franco, Franco, Books News

In the "bad" column are the first two stories, both of which end with hit-and-runs but no material impact. "Chinatown," a tale about an Asian girl who...

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The Top 25 Underrated Creative Writing MFA Programs (2010-2011)

Seth Abramson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fiction, Books News, Creative Writing, Poetry, College Rankings, Mfa, Anis Shivani, Graduate School, New York City, Nonfiction, Mfa Programs, Books News

These programs fully fund 70% or more of students, yet receive less attention from applicants than they deserve.

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