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# Washington University in St. Louis Offers Competitive Funding for Inclusive MFA Programs
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/washington-university-st-louis-competitive-funding-inclusive-mfa-programs/
- Published: 2020-12-10T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:03:33.000Z
- Description: Brand-new studios, exceptional faculty, and a close-knit community. Apply by February 5 to the MFA in Visual Art and MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture.
- Author: Washington University in St. Louis
- Tags: Announcement, Art Education Announcements, Missouri, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, St. Louis, Washington University in St. Louis, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-large, #Import 2025-11-24 09:08 (2019, 2020, part 3)

Get your copy of [*The Graphic Vindicator*](https://bit.ly/33XdNzb?ref=hyperallergic.com) and [*Otherwise*](https://bit.ly/37OhmIX?ref=hyperallergic.com),our official program publications, plus other cool program swag while supplies last!

[Washington University’s](https://bit.ly/3n3NcYQ?ref=hyperallergic.com) MFA programs empower students to expand their creative and intellectual reach. The [MFA in Visual Art](https://bit.ly/37JxvPX?ref=hyperallergic.com) promotes rigorous inquiry and instills students with the agency and resiliency essential for the next generation of artists. The [MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture](https://bit.ly/2Lkg0hK?ref=hyperallergic.com) combines studio practice in illustration and comics with academic training in material culture. We are looking for the best to join us in our new, LEED-platinum facility.

#### Facilities

MFA in Visual Art (MFA-VA) and MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture (MFA-IVC) studios are located in [Weil Hall](https://bit.ly/3qyOGMV?ref=hyperallergic.com), the [Sam Fox School's](https://bit.ly/3qFSqvX?ref=hyperallergic.com) LEED Platinum hub for graduate programs. Students have access to a digital fabrication lab, an [expansive printmaking suite](https://bit.ly/2K3FsHA?ref=hyperallergic.com), a textile studio, and numerous other spaces for making. Studios are adjacent to the [Kranzberg Art & Architecture Library](https://bit.ly/3m1Yxaq?ref=hyperallergic.com) and the [Kemper Art Museum](https://bit.ly/37IGSj6?ref=hyperallergic.com), which reopened last fall with [*Ai Weiwei: Bare Life*](https://bit.ly/33UVXwM?ref=hyperallergic.com). 

#### Scholarships & Financial Aid

We offer competitive financial assistance, including these full-tuition awards: the [Sam Fox Ambassadors Graduate Fellowship](https://bit.ly/37LDX9d?ref=hyperallergic.com), which provides 10 scholarships to Sam Fox School graduate students, plus a travel stipend; the Sam Fox School Director's Full Scholarships; and several University-wide awards. See the [full range of opportunities](https://bit.ly/3n07L8i?ref=hyperallergic.com), including paid assistantships.

#### [MFA-VA Faculty](https://bit.ly/3qI5QYC?ref=hyperallergic.com)

Lisa Bulawsky (chair), Jamie Adams, Michael Byron, Amy Hauft, Meghan Kirkwood, Richard Krueger, Arny Nadler, Patricia Olynyk, Tim Portlock, Jack Risley, Denise Ward-Brown, Cheryl Wassenaar, and Monika Weiss. 

#### [MFA-IVC Faculty](https://bit.ly/3lZ1yZd?ref=hyperallergic.com)

John Hendrix (chair), D.B. Dowd, Gerald Early, Edward Kinsella III, Heidi Kolk, Shreyas R Krishnan, Skye Lacerte, Joy Novak, and Dan Zettwoch. 

#### Fall 2020 Visiting Artists & Critics

Jamal Cyrus and Stephanie Weissberg, Eleanor Davis, Jess T. Dugan, Corey Escoto, Vanessa German, Silas Munro, Mika Rottenberg, Jillian Tamaki, and Lauren R. Weinstein.

Follow our [MFA in Visual Art](https://bit.ly/2VSdukX?ref=hyperallergic.com) and [MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture](https://bit.ly/3gon8oO?ref=hyperallergic.com) on Instagram!

**Applications for the** [**MFA-VA**](https://bit.ly/3lX2du9?ref=hyperallergic.com) **and** [**MFA-IVC**](https://bit.ly/33VTIt8?ref=hyperallergic.com) **programs are due February 5, 2021\.** 

Questions? Contact Taylor Yocom, graduate recruitment specialist, at [tayloryocom@wustl.edu](mailto:tayloryocom@wustl.edu).