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# Virginia Commonwealth University Offers Dynamic MFA Program in Painting + Printmaking
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/virginia-commonwealth-university-mfa-program-painting-printmaking/
- Published: 2013-10-24T19:56:23.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:34:25.000Z
- Description: VCUarts Department of Painting + Printmaking [http://engine.adzerk.net/r?e=eyJhdiI6MjEyMTIsImF0IjoyMCwiY20iOjUzMTI0LCJjaCI6MTkzMCwiY3IiOjE0NDQyNiwiZG0iOjQsImZjIjoxOTcxMDMsImZsIjo5NTEzMiwibnciOjIwNywicnYiOjAsInByIjoxNjY2LCJzdCI6MCwidXIiOiJodHRwOi8vYXJ0cy52Y3UuZWR1L3BhaW50aW5ncHJpbnRtYWtpbmcvbWZhLyIsI
- Author: Sponsors
- Tags: Announcement, Art Education, Virginia Commonwealth University, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 06:59 (2012, 2013, part 2)

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[VCUarts Department of Painting + Printmaking](http://engine.adzerk.net/r?e=eyJhdiI6MjEyMTIsImF0IjoyMCwiY20iOjUzMTI0LCJjaCI6MTkzMCwiY3IiOjE0NDQyNiwiZG0iOjQsImZjIjoxOTcxMDMsImZsIjo5NTEzMiwibnciOjIwNywicnYiOjAsInByIjoxNjY2LCJzdCI6MCwidXIiOiJodHRwOi8vYXJ0cy52Y3UuZWR1L3BhaW50aW5ncHJpbnRtYWtpbmcvbWZhLyIsInJlIjoxfQ&s=lzIRR9wQ4GsziIgCIFugopfQExQ&ref=hyperallergic.com), a national leader in fostering innovative studio research and practice, is committed to broadening the understanding of two-dimensional media in all its forms. Graduate students engage in two years of full-time course work and studio research aimed at a sustainable profession of artistic inquiry. Applications from artists seeking to cross boundaries between disciplines are welcome.

VCUarts Painting + Printmaking MFA Program highlights:

- Excellent teaching mentorships with leading practitioners, writers and curators
- Rigorous individual and group critiques and concept seminars
- Generous individual and private studio space
- Merit-based Graduate Assistantships, providing full tuition support and nine-month stipend
- Professional practice — regular curriculum/thesis related exhibitions and a bi-annual MFA Summer Show in NYC
- Opportunities to teach undergraduate classes
- Travel grants for professional presentation of studio research
- Outstanding technical resources including a comprehensive wood-shop and state-of-the-art print media facilities
- World class research library and access to history, knowledge and ideas

VCUarts Painting + Printmaking students consider the urgent issues of art today through regular meetings with artists who reflect unique artistic positions and perspectives on culture. [Recent visitors](http://engine.adzerk.net/r?e=eyJhdiI6MjEyMTIsImF0IjoyMCwiY20iOjUzMTI0LCJjaCI6MTkzMCwiY3IiOjE0NDQyOSwiZG0iOjQsImZjIjoxOTcxMDUsImZsIjo5NTEzMiwibnciOjIwNywicnYiOjAsInByIjoxNjY2LCJzdCI6MCwidXIiOiJodHRwOi8vYXJ0cy52Y3UuZWR1L3BhaW50aW5ncHJpbnRtYWtpbmcvdmlzaXRpbmctYXJ0aXN0cy8iLCJyZSI6MX0&s=c4KCdMZyWuYCqNAQKTX0oWO-k2E&ref=hyperallergic.com) include: Matt Connors, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Sean Joseph Patrick Carney, Mary Weatherford, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Ralph Pugay, Jeffery Gibson, D-L Alvarez, Kristin Lucas, Chris Johanson, and B. Wurtz.

VCUarts is the [#1 ranked](http://engine.adzerk.net/r?e=eyJhdiI6MjEyMTIsImF0IjoyMCwiY20iOjUzMTI0LCJjaCI6MTkzMCwiY3IiOjE0NDQyOCwiZG0iOjQsImZjIjoxOTcxMDQsImZsIjo5NTEzMiwibnciOjIwNywicnYiOjAsInByIjoxNjY2LCJzdCI6MCwidXIiOiJodHRwOi8vYXJ0cy52Y3UuZWR1L2Fib3V0L25hdGlvbmFsLXJhbmtpbmdzLyIsInJlIjoxfQ&s=jqlH7W3b9MGrSqdQJB6Q-COhEjc&ref=hyperallergic.com) public arts & design program in the country, according to *US News & World Report*.

Application Deadline: January 15, 2014

For more information or to apply visit [arts.vcu.edu/paintingprintmaking/mfa/](http://engine.adzerk.net/r?e=eyJhdiI6MjEyMTIsImF0IjoyMCwiY20iOjUzMTI0LCJjaCI6MTkzMCwiY3IiOjE0NDQyNiwiZG0iOjQsImZjIjoxOTcxMDMsImZsIjo5NTEzMiwibnciOjIwNywicnYiOjAsInByIjoxNjY2LCJzdCI6MCwidXIiOiJodHRwOi8vYXJ0cy52Y3UuZWR1L3BhaW50aW5ncHJpbnRtYWtpbmcvbWZhLyIsInJlIjoxfQ&s=lzIRR9wQ4GsziIgCIFugopfQExQ&ref=hyperallergic.com).

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