Interdisciplinary MFA Program in Visual Art

The Master of Fine Arts program at Penn is focused on the professional development of visual artists. Through workshops, seminar courses, international residency opportunities and interactions with curators, writers and artists, the program provides an open intellectual framework to foster independent methods of artistic research. In addition to seminars within the Fine Arts department, graduate students are encouraged to pursue topics of science and the humanities through an impressive selection of courses offered across the university.

MFA Program Faculty
Terry Adkins, Nancy Davenport, Matt Freedman, Ken Lum
Virgil Marti, Joshua Mosley, Orkan Telhan, Jackie Tileston

MFA Program Senior Critics 2012-13
Carlos Basualdo, Michael Brenson, Michelle Grabner
Mary Reid Kelley, Helen Mirra, Yasmil Raymond, Alexi Worth

Visiting Artists
Not Vital, Wael Shawky, Jon Kessler, Fia Backström, Paul Chan, Wendy White, Steffani Jemison, Jules de Balincourt, Leslie Hewitt, Hamza Walker, Kota Ezawa, Spencer Finch, Stefan Sagmeister, Diana Cooper, Charlene Von Heyl, Moyra Davey, Matthew Day Jackson, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Anne Chu, Theaster Gates, Barnaby Furnas, Kamrooz Aram, Rick Lowe, Lauren Greenfield, Matthew Monahan, David Salle, Mika Rottenberg, Josiah McElheny, Stan Douglas, Amy Franceschini, Charles Atlas, Eleanor Antin, Gary Hill, Maira Kalman, Sam Durant, David Humphrey, Nina Katchadourian, An-My Lê, Oron Catts

Application deadline: January 17, 2013
Download the PennMFA Program Catalog

To schedule a visit or for program inquires, contact: mfa@design.upenn.edu or 215 898 8374.