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# Queens College MFA in Studio Art: Call for Applications
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/queens-college-mfa-in-studio-art-call-for-applications/
- Published: 2014-02-24T16:01:49.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:33:51.000Z
- Description: CUNY’s Queens College MFA (QCMFA) in Studio Art [http://engine.nectarads.com/r?e=eyJhdiI6MTk4NjQsImF0IjoyMCwiY20iOjk0MTA1LCJjaCI6MTkzMCwiY3IiOjI2MzczNywiZG0iOjQsImZjIjozMjYyMTEsImZsIjoxNjkyNzQsIm53IjoyMDcsInBjIjowLCJwciI6MTY2NiwicnQiOjEsInN0IjowLCJ1ciI6Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cucWMuY3VueS5lZHUvYWNhZGVtaWNzL2R
- Author: Sponsors
- Tags: Announcement, Art Education, Queen's College, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:03 (2014, 2015, part 1)

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“I guess that for me I am still discovering what the program has to offer beyond practicalities. I am increasingly impressed by our faculty and their commitment to being committed to us. I also think that our program is very open to its own potential, and is not rigid. We went for a walk just for the hell of it, remember?” —Lauren Nickou, MFA class of 2014

[**CUNY’s Queens College MFA (QCMFA) in Studio Art**](http://engine.nectarads.com/r?e=eyJhdiI6MTk4NjQsImF0IjoyMCwiY20iOjk0MTA1LCJjaCI6MTkzMCwiY3IiOjI2MzczNywiZG0iOjQsImZjIjozMjYyMTEsImZsIjoxNjkyNzQsIm53IjoyMDcsInBjIjowLCJwciI6MTY2NiwicnQiOjEsInN0IjowLCJ1ciI6Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cucWMuY3VueS5lZHUvYWNhZGVtaWNzL2RlZ3JlZXMvZGFoL2FydC9wYWdlcy9tZmFhZG1pc3Npb25zLmFzcHgiLCJyZSI6MX0&s=NJJ0wZaxEvV-KLoQgSLrPWUTtIY&ref=hyperallergic.com) is a comprehensive, studio-based graduate program focused on contemporary painting, sculpture, installation, digital media, critical theory, and a specialization in social practice art. Started as a pilot program in Spring 2011, with successful graduates in 2013, [**Social Practice Queens**](http://engine.nectarads.com/r?e=eyJhdiI6MTk4NjQsImF0IjoyMCwiY20iOjk0MTA1LCJjaCI6MTkzMCwiY3IiOjI2MzczOCwiZG0iOjQsImZjIjozMjYyMTIsImZsIjoxNjkyNzQsIm53IjoyMDcsInBjIjowLCJwciI6MTY2NiwicnQiOjEsInN0IjowLCJ1ciI6Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cuc29jaWFscHJhY3RpY2VxdWVlbnMub3JnLyIsInJlIjoxfQ&s=Vlz4dMHnYT4d97bF3cEBjgx2IlM&ref=hyperallergic.com) is an MFA Concentration that involves cross-disciplinary theory and research into the production of project-based community art, “new genre” public art, social sculpture, and urban interventions.

Every QCMFA candidate enjoys a large, private workspace with access to wood, metal, plaster, ceramic, printmaking, digital, traditional photo facilities, and an on-site [bronze foundry](http://engine.nectarads.com/r?e=eyJhdiI6MTk4NjQsImF0IjoyMCwiY20iOjk0MTA1LCJjaCI6MTkzMCwiY3IiOjI2Mzc0MCwiZG0iOjQsImZjIjozMjYyMTMsImZsIjoxNjkyNzQsIm53IjoyMDcsInBjIjowLCJwciI6MTY2NiwicnQiOjEsInN0IjowLCJ1ciI6Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cuc29jaWFscHJhY3RpY2VxdWVlbnMub3JnLzIwMTIvMDcvMjIvYnJvbnplLWZvdW5kcnktYXQtcXVlZW5zLWNvbGxlZ2UtZ2V0cy1yZS1pZ25pdGVkLyIsInJlIjoxfQ&s=rpE-ewAMerDD5AOuCHHDv17n4yE&ref=hyperallergic.com) that is unique within CUNY. Professionally active full-and part-time faculty provide a student-teacher ratio of more than 1:2\. QCMFA aims to produce graduates qualified to teach at the college level while contributing significantly to the contemporary world of the visual arts. If you seek a smaller, less expensive MFA program located in New York City, which fosters a critically intensive, work-oriented environment, then no better option exists.

**The Application Deadline for Queens College CUNY MFA is March 25, 2014\.** For more information visit: [*http://www.qc.cuny.edu/academics/degrees/dah/art/Pages/default.aspx*](http://engine.nectarads.com/r?e=eyJhdiI6MTk4NjQsImF0IjoyMCwiY20iOjk0MTA1LCJjaCI6MTkzMCwiY3IiOjI2Mzc0MiwiZG0iOjQsImZjIjozMjYyMTYsImZsIjoxNjkyNzQsIm53IjoyMDcsInBjIjowLCJwciI6MTY2NiwicnQiOjEsInN0IjowLCJ1ciI6Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cucWMuY3VueS5lZHUvYWNhZGVtaWNzL2RlZ3JlZXMvZGFoL2FydC9QYWdlcy9kZWZhdWx0LmFzcHgiLCJyZSI6MX0&s=KkvsJmCe8RutoUeqsp8hhnXhk9U&ref=hyperallergic.com)

**QC Full-Time Studio Faculty include**:  
[Arthur Cohen](http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/Degrees/DAH/Art/Pages/FacultyStudioArt.aspx?ref=hyperallergic.com#cohena) | [Maureen Connor](http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/Degrees/DAH/Art/Pages/FacultyStudioArt.aspx?ref=hyperallergic.com#connor) | [Glenn Goldberg](http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/Degrees/DAH/Art/Pages/FacultyStudioArt.aspx?ref=hyperallergic.com#goldberg) | [Tony Gonzalez](http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/Degrees/DAH/Art/Pages/FacultyStudioArt.aspx?ref=hyperallergic.com#gonzalez) | [Sin-ying Ho](http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/Degrees/DAH/Art/Pages/FacultyStudioArt.aspx?ref=hyperallergic.com#ho) | [Kurt Kauper](http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/Degrees/DAH/Art/Pages/FacultyStudioArt.aspx?ref=hyperallergic.com#kauper) | [Tyrone Mitchell](http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/Degrees/DAH/Art/Pages/FacultyStudioArt.aspx?ref=hyperallergic.com#mitchell) | [Debra Priestly](http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/Degrees/DAH/Art/Pages/FacultyStudioArt.aspx?ref=hyperallergic.com#priestly) | [Gregory Sholette](http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/Degrees/DAH/Art/Pages/FacultyStudioArt.aspx?ref=hyperallergic.com#sholette)

Recent studio visits and guest artists providing studio critiques include:Doug Ashford, Angela Dufresne, Dana Schutz, Xenobia Bailey, Larry Bogad, Robert Boyd, Amy Cutler, John Currin, Lois Dodd, Spencer Finch, Tom Finkelpearl, *inCUBATE*, Jim Lee, Pepon Osorio, Saul Ostrow, Elizabeth Peyton, Ted Purves, Sal Randolph, David Reed, Mika Rottenberg, Elsie Siegel, Eve Sussman, Nato Thompson, T. J. Wilcox, and *The Yes Men*.

Annual MFA Exhibition guest curators include: Michele Levy, Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Liz Park, Herb Tamm, and A.M. Weaver.

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