Graduate Program - MFA in Painting
The studio program at UNH has an established reputation in training visual artists at the undergraduate level. UNH graduates with BFA degrees have regularly been admitted for over 25 years to America’s best graduate degree programs (Yale, Boston University, Indiana University, The Chicago Institute of Art, The School of Visual Arts in New York, Syracuse University, Brooklyn College). Many of our students have become active working, teaching, and exhibiting professional artists. Building upon this tradition, the MFA program in painting, established in 2000, is directed at students who are prepared to complete their professional training at the highest level.
ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS:
A bachelor of fine arts degree in painting or the equivalent in undergraduate course work (minimally this would mean 60 credit hours in studio art and 16 credit hours in art history) is required for admission to this program. Additionally a minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.6 is required. Prospective students must submit 20 slides of recent work to be reviewed by the graduate faculty of the Department of Art and Art History along with undergraduate transcripts and three letters of recommendation.
MFA DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
The candidate for the Master of Fine Arts degree in painting must complete 60 credit hours of work and receive a minimum grade of B- in all courses. Twenty-eight credits of work will be in the area of concentration (painting) leading toward a thesis exhibition. Sixteen credits will be in graduate-level drawing, eight credits will be in graduate-level art history, and the final eight credits will be in graduate-level art electives to be chosen from drawing, printmaking, painting and/or art history. Along with the thesis exhibition, degree candidates will be required to submit a 5-10 page written statement focusing on aesthetic, technical, and historical issues related to the students' own work.
FOR AN APPLICATION, contact: Graduate Committee University of New Hampshire Department of Art & Art History 30 College Road Durham, NH 03824 email: art-arthistory@unh.edu phone: 603-862-2190
APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 15
GRADUATE FACULTY
Professors: David S. Andrew (Art History), Grant Drumheller (Studio), Patricia Emison (Art History), Craig Hood (Studio), Scott Schnepf (Studio), David Smith (Art History), Mara Witzling (Art History)
Associate Professors: Eleanor Hight (Art History), Jennifer Moses (Studio), Langdon Quin (Studio)
Assistant Professors: Ben Cariens (Studio), Brian Chu (Studio)