The Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art is a two-year full-residency program enrolling a maximum of 20 students. Built around a core of interdisciplinary research, students work with committed faculty and fellow students, dialogue with visiting artists and scholars, seminars in contemporary theory and issues, participate in exhibitions and public projects, and international travel opportunities. Students are fully supported in a range of production disciplines ranging from studio, performance, sound, social practice, activism, and more. We support each student as they consider the multiple ways art can live in and impact the world.<br><br>Beginning with the 2021-22 Academic year, the faculty of the School of Art will direct a significant part of available scholarship funds to redress longstanding and systemic exclusions from higher education, and by extension, access to and representation in the arts and culture industry. The School of Art will recognize two outstanding applicants with 5,000 scholarships in both years of their two-year MFA. Priority will be given to applicants who show promise within the field and come from backgrounds historically underrepresented in higher education in art and the art professoriate, including but not limited to Black or African American, Hispanic or Latina/o/x, Native American and/or Indigenous communities, Asian/Southeast Asian, and people with disabilities.