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# Columbia University Announces MFA Open Studios and Information Sessions
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/columbia-university-mfa-open-studios-information-sessions-november-2023/
- Published: 2023-10-30T18:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:04:59.000Z
- Description: On November 12, the School of the Arts is hosting open studios for its MFA in Visual Arts and Sound Art programs, plus information sessions for Fall 2024 applications.
- Author: Columbia University School of the Arts
- Tags: Announcement, Art Education Announcements, MFA Open Studios, New York, Sponsored, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-large, #Import 2025-11-24 09:29 (2023, 2024, part 1)

Applications are now being accepted for the MFA Visual Arts and Sound Art Programs at Columbia University School of the Arts.

The [Visual Arts + Sound Art Program](https://bit.ly/45Qjhc9?ref=hyperallergic.com) offers students many opportunities to increase the depth and complexity of their studio practice and their ability to think critically in the contexts of contemporary art and theory. To that end, students have regular studio visits with faculty, guest artists, and critics who offer insight into both the form and underlying ideas of students’ work.

Students are also encouraged to explore electives across the university. Writing, Film Studies, Art History, Architecture, Philosophy, and Anthropology are a few of the programs at Columbia where our students gain knowledge and inspiration that inform their studio practice.

The [Visual Arts Program](https://bit.ly/45HSJKd?ref=hyperallergic.com) is interdisciplinary, offering an MFA degree in Visual Arts rather than in one specific medium, allowing students to explore new ways of working or to focus on a particular technique including moving image, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and expanded practice. 

The [Sound Art Program](https://bit.ly/3Qe4baB?ref=hyperallergic.com) awards the Visual Arts MFA Degree in association with the Department of Music and the Computer Music Center. Students are also free to work across moving image, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, expanded practice, and performance technique while focusing on integrating sound.

**Learn more at the Information Sessions on Sunday, November 12.**

- Sound Art: 10am (ET), [RSVP here](https://bit.ly/46JZOuN?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Visual Arts: 11am (ET), [RSVP here](https://bit.ly/3safIzS?ref=hyperallergic.com)

The School of the Arts will also present MFA Open Studios on Sunday, November 12, featuring the Class of 2024\. Get a preview of upcoming Visual Arts + Sound Art thesis projects in progress and meet the artists. 

**Open Studios | November 12, 2–5pm (ET)**  
Prentis Hall  
632 West 125th Street  
New York, New York 10027

This event is free and open to the public. [Learn more](https://bit.ly/497J2HL?ref=hyperallergic.com).

We encourage you to contact the Admissions Office at [soaadmissions@columbia.edu](mailto:soaadmissions@columbia.edu) with any questions. For application requirements and to apply online, visit [Visual Arts application requirements](https://bit.ly/470QHpo?ref=hyperallergic.com) and [Sound Art application requirements](https://bit.ly/470MYrO?ref=hyperallergic.com) online.

For more details on the programs, visit [arts.columbia.edu](https://bit.ly/3Qx9T8V?ref=hyperallergic.com).

**Applications for Fall 2024 admissions are due January 17, 2024.**