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.
SMFA News & Stories
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.
Arts in the Midst of Engineering
School of the Museum of Fine Arts students create a mural in the Science and Engineering Complex’s Robinson Hall
Art Here, There, and Everywhere
Graduating M.F.A. students show off their work in a wide-ranging exhibition on the Medford/Somerville campus
Feast for the Eyes
A collaborative course brings art, science, and community to the table
Meet six talented art-school grads
SMFA graduate students Kimberly Barnes' sound installation and Keegan Shiner's performance art are featured in this overview of graduating Boston-area master's students.
Alumni Q&A: Ridley Howard, MFA '99
"I was serious about my work, and the faculty acknowledged that and took me seriously from day one."