Master's in Studio Art (MFA)

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The MFA program in the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History is a multidisciplinary program where students pursue a wide range of media in an intensive studio environment. Students will have the ability to work deeply within one discipline or more broadly across media. Students develop critical capacities to advance their practice-based research and situate their work within larger cultural contexts.