12 Nov 2013

SACI's MFA Degree in Studio Art

SACI's unique two-year MFA program is the only MFA in Studio Art degree offered by an accredited U.S. institution in Europe.

SACI's community of MFA students works in a creative environment of rigorous critical and technical inquiry utilizing the unique artistic and cultural resources of Florence, Italy to prepare students for careers as artists and college instructors. Students live and work in the city that, during the Renaissance, revolutionized art and has since served as an inspiration and catalyst for generations of artists—from the Macchiaioli to the Futurists, from the Transavanguardia to contemporary artists such as Bill Viola and Damien Hirst.

Students specialize in Painting, Drawing, or Photography and pursue a curriculum integrating practical and critical skills that encourages individual innovation, creative collaboration, mentorships, and instruction from SACI's outstanding faculty. They benefit as well from interaction with members of SACI's Artists Council and Friends of SACI, which include established artists, critics, theorists, curators, and publishers, many of international note.

Working in their own individual studios in a fully renovated Renaissance palazzo in the heart of Florence, students are just steps away from the great works that have drawn artists past and present to Florence to seek inspiration and develop their own pictorial language—from Arnold Böcklin to James Whistler and Mary Cassatt, Giorgio de Chirico and Max Beckmann to David Hockney. In their graduate seminars, students explore a range of contemporary art practices, visit artists in their studios, and interview museum curators, art critics, and other significant figures in the art world. Students travel to major art sites, attend international art fairs throughout Italy, and are encouraged, through individual practice and group critiques, to explore to the fullest their potential as creative artists.

SACI is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).

MFA students attend SACI in Florence for two successive academic years and earn 60 credits.

SACI is a US non-profit university-level institution in Florence, Italy, for undergraduate and graduate students seeking fully accredited instruction in studio art, design, conservation, art history, and Italian language and culture. Founded in 1975, SACI offers the following programs: Academic Year Abroad; Academic Semester Abroad; Late Spring & Summer Studies; Post-Baccalaureate Year Abroad; Two-Year MFA in Studio Art.

Click here to download a copy of the SACI MFA Brochure and more information:
www.saci-florence.org/17-category-study-at-saci/98-page-saci-mfa-degree-program.php

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www.saci-florence.org/18-category-admissions/105-page-mfa-two-year-degree-program.php

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For details about our new MFA program, see SACI's website: www.saci-florence.edu

Application Deadline: March 15