Video: Undergraduate Students and the SMFA Curriculum
Hear SMFA at Tufts undergraduate students talk about the SMFA curriculum.
SMFA News & Stories
Get It While It Lasts! The Museum of Capitalism Arrives In Boston
SMFA curator Abigail Satinsky discusses The Museum of Capitalism, which will be hosted at SMFA's Grossman Gallery this fall.
A College Discussion Leads to an Improvised Jam Session — And 'Seraphic Light'
The 2017 event Art, Race, and Politics in America: A Concert and Discussion with Three Free Jazz Masters, organized by Professor of the Practice Kurt Ralske is discussed on NPR's Fresh Air.
An Interview with Danielle Abrams
Professor of the Practice at SMFA Danielle Abrams discusses her performance art and teaching practices with SMFA alumna Chelsea Coon.
Student Profile: Alberto Checa '21
Drawing from his personal experience as a first-generation college student, Alberto uses performance art to give a voice to his family.
SMFA Graduate Round Table Discussion
We sat down with Graduate Program Director Jeannie Simms and MFA students Jamie Kay and Kimberly Barnes, for a discussion on contemporary art practice through the lens of their experiences at SMFA.
Tanya Crane, Professor of the Practice, on Mentorship
My Findings: Nicholas Papa, BFA '18
“It was important to me that whatever program I found myself in I would have a lot of freedom. I valued the freedom to work in any material I wanted and craft an individualized curriculum that would support my interests.”
My Findings: Alicia Rodriguez Alvisa, BFA '18
“For me concept always comes first, and then the medium is what shapes and translates it into a physical form.”
Abigail Satinsky, Curator, Tufts University Art Galleries, on Mentorship
The Playlist: Lil Peep's Sweet Gloom and 8 More New Songs
A song from Seraphic Light [Live at Tufts University], produced and mixed by Professor of the Practice Kurt Ralske was listed as the week's most notable new songs by New York Times critics.
The Art of Papermaking
In an SMFA class, students transform messy pulp into objects of art.