Art - MFA

The Department of Art’s two-year MFA program provides graduate students with the opportunity to explore studio production, field exploration, and theoretical work in a flexible structure that encourages individual development within an interdisciplinary context. Our department stresses the importance of a rigorous understanding of the conditions in which art is produced. Students are exposed to methodologies of inquiry that foster innovative and problem-solving skills necessary for artistic development and creative production.

• Fine arts

• Academia

• Education

• Museums, galleries, and arts nonprofits

• Fine Arts

• Academia / Education

• Museums/Galleries/ Arts Non-profits

• Any student can apply to exhibit in our Glassbox Gallery spaces.

• Our facilities include a 3D fabrication lab, metal foundry, woodshop, a fully equipped print and computer lab, and more!

• Painting/Drawing

• Digital Intermedia / Video Art

• Performance Studies

• Spatial Arts

• Collaboration

• Interdisciplinary

• Critical theory

• 3D Fabrication

• Public art

• Community engagement

Application Procedures: https://arts.ucsb.edu/application-procedures/

Program website: https://arts.ucsb.edu/graduate/

Glassbox Gallery: https://www.arts.ucsb.edu/glass-box-gallery/