Application deadline: February 1, 2011
Mills College
5000 MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94613
http://www.mills.edu/art
Students are encouraged to work interdisciplinarily, but select a focus among painting, sculpture, installation, photography, intermedia, new genres, video, and electronic arts. Mills College houses excellent studios for all of these disciplines. Other resources include the Mills College Art Museum, digital computer lab, video suites, and both dark room and state of the art digital printing labs.
Graduate students in studio art also enjoy spacious, private studios during the entire two years of their program. Students are required to work in these on-campus studios to facilitate interaction with fellow artists, faculty, and visiting artists and scholars.
The MFA program culminates in a thesis exhibition of student work in the Mills College Art Museum that draws substantial interest from local gallery owners, art dealers, and critics.
More Information
The MFA program is currently accepting applications for Fall 2011 admission. All application materials must be submitted by February 1, 2011. Please see our program website for additional information.
MFA Program: http://www.mills.edu/art
MFA Blog: http://millslectureseries.blogspot.com/
Mills College Art Museum: http://mcam.mills.edu/
About Mills College
Located in Oakland, California, in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area, Mills College is an undergraduate college for women with graduate programs for women and men. With a total student body of almost 1,600, the Mills campus provides an intimate environment dedicated to intellectual discovery. Between classes, students can enjoy the natural beauty of the lush, park-like campus, attend one of many inspiring events led by renowned guest speakers, artists, and scholars, or explore the social, cultural, and recreational opportunities of the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area. As one of our students put it, “Mills is a world within a world.”
Studio Art Faculty
Samara Halperin
Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art
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Professional Interests: Experimental film and video, cinematography, 16mm animation, production design, writing, pop culture
Hung Liu
Professor of Studio Art
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Professional Interests: Painting, drawing, printmaking, installation, public art projects
Anna Valentina Murch
Professor of Studio Art
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Professional Interests: Sculpture, installation, public art, ecological design, collaborative projects
Catherine F. Wagner
Professor of Studio Art
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Professional Interests: Photography, art and science, conceptual art, contemporary art philosophy, public art
James Fei
Assistant Professor, Electronic Arts
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Composition, improvisation, sound installation, live electronic music, recording, intermedia
Art History Faculty
Ken Burke
Professor of Film Studies, Art, and Art History
Program Head of Film Studies
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Professional Interests: Film, communication theory, video production, scriptwriting, social effects of mass media
Mary-Ann Milford
Professor of Art History
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Professional Interests: Contemporary Asian art, specializing in women’s art of South Asia and the art of India, China, and Japan
Moira Roth
Professor of Art History
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Professional Interests: Modern and contemporary art, performance art, U.S. multicultural and contemporary women’s art, feminist criticism
Recent Visiting artists and Scholars
Rober Irwin
Vito Acconci
Lisa Anne Auerbach
T. J. Clark
Anne M. Wagner
Tom Marioni
Jim Cambbell
Kathryn Spence
Mary Heilmann
Pae White
Uta Barth
Dave Muller
Charlotte Cotton
Hou Hanru