Comments on Ethan Ham: How to apply (and not apply) to an MFA program

Thanks for posting. I am just starting to think ab...

2008-10-29T01:49:00.000-04:00

Thanks for posting. I am just starting to think about starting my MFA studies, and people keep asking me what school I want to go to, but what I have been looking for is some advice on preparation.

Picking the city is a smart move. I did that with...

2008-09-29T09:33:00.000-04:00

Picking the city is a smart move. I did that with my grad school (Portland State University), but ended up moving to NYC after all (as much as I love Portland, Oregon, I couldn't resist the siren call of the big city).

The PhD issue is interesting... I'll see if I can do a posting about it sometime soon. Quite frankly, I think MFAs have been degraded by most institutions moving from a 3-year to a 2-year program.

This comment comes a little late, but... A partic...

2008-09-28T23:38:00.000-04:00

This comment comes a little late, but... A particularly smart thing I've heard a lot of folks say is to pick the city where you want to live and go to graduate school there. The point being that you will make contacts and become part of the "scene" during your education, instead of having to pick up from Bimblebottom, MO and move to NYC after school.

I'd like to see an article on PhDs for visual artists. I was just in Australia, and every single artist there was either getting a PhD or making fun of those who were. Either way, PhDs were the topic of discussion.