The Johnson State College Masters of Fine Arts program, run jointly with the Vermont Studio Center, is an MFA program centered around an annual eight-week Vermont Studio Center studio residency, which provides MFA candidates with intensive 24/7 studio time, the fellowship of peer artists and writers from around the world, and an outstanding Visiting Artist program. This extended residency component, combined with the informed and consistent counsel of full-time Johnson State College faculty, make this MFA program one of the most unique and valuable.
Johnson State College faculty offer MFA candidates guidance before, during, and after each annual residency through studio visits, critiques, seminars, and structured on-going contact when not in residence, creating a rigorous yet flexible three-year program.
Applications for the MFA program are due February 15, 2011 and should be made directly to Johnson State College. The Vermont Studio Center welcomes applicants to email [email protected] or call us (802 635-2727) with any questions about the MFA program or about the Studio Center in general. You may also contact Cathy Higley ([email protected]), JSC Graduate School Administrator, at 802-635-1244.
What makes this program special?
The Vermont Studio Center residencies in this MFA program allows artists to develop their work through daily hands-on studio practice, in conjuction with the experience and insight of VSC’s Visiting Artists, distinguished artists with diverse perspectives in residence at VSC for a week each to offer critiques and feedback grounded in studio practice.
Who should apply?
Serious working artists interested in developing their body of work, broadening their point of view, and approaching the heart of their practice through the structure of an MFA program are good candidates to be challenged and rewarded by this program, and are encouraged to apply.
JSC Faculty
Susan Calza
Kenneth Leslie
Mary Martin
VSC 2011 – Spring 2012 Visiting Artist Program
Phoebe Adams
Diana Al-Hadid
Xenobia Bailey
Richard Baker
Brian Belott
Nayland Blake
Willard Boepple
Katherine Bradford
Jackie Brookner
Tom Butter
Angelo Ciotti
Susanna Coffey
Cora Cohen
Pat deGogorza
Lois Dodd
Mark Dion
Ellen Driscoll
Garth Evans
Julia Fish
Joel Fisher
Harrell Fletcher
Charles Garabedian
Brenda Garand
Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe
Katherine Gilje
Judy Glantzman
Julie Heffernan
Elana Herzog
David Humphrey
Timothy Hyman
David Kapp
Nina Katchadourian
Arnold Kemp
Stanley Lewis
Siobhan Liddell
Medrie MacPhee
Suzanne McClelland
Tyrone Mitchell
Carrie Moyer
Sheila Pepe
Irving Petlin
Katherine Porter
Marjorie Portnow
Richard Rezac
Alison Saar
Peter Schumann
Stuart Shils
Jean Shin
Harriet Shorr
Ed Smith
Shinique Smith
Dean Snyder
Gary Stephen
William Tucker
Penelope Umbrico
Chuck Webster
Amy Yoes
Jerilea Zempel