Transart Studio PhD &
MFA
Transart Institute
invites you to submit your application to its low-residency
MFA & PhD program. The deadline to enter the program
this winter is November 1, 2012
Low-residency Studio PhD: Call
for Applications
Transart offers a low-residency PhD
program for advanced studio art. The PhD at Transart is a
three year program with an average work commitment of 30
hours per week, validated by the University of Plymouth, UK.
The degree is offered exclusively for practice-based
research (creative work) supported by a written element.
Artists interested in entering the PhD program should send a
detailed proposal no later than November 1, 2012 to admin@transartinstitute.org.
Transart is encouraging proposals that relate to its
research clusters: Language/Image; Land and Sea; Liminality,
Space/Place, Temporary Architecture; Memory, Forgetting,
Trauma and the Archive; Art and Social Technologies;
International Diaspora and Post-Colonialism; Role of Art in
Peace, Meditation, Performance Activism; and Foreignness,
Otherness and the Uncanny. The admissions process is
explained online: http://www.transart.org/phd-admissions/
MFA with Advanced Standing
Three spaces are available in the
low-residency MFA Creative Practice for applicants with
graduate level course credits in art, media, design and
related fields from other institutions to begin studies in
December 2012. With a transfer of a minimum of 15 credits
(30 ECTS) accepted applicants can complete the MFA Creative
Practice in three semesters by summer 2014. The admissions
process is explained online at: http://www.transart.org/mfa-application and at http://www.transart.org/mfa-with-advanced-standing/ for
advanced standing.
The MFA Creative Practice
is a student-centered, project
oriented postgraduate art program which fosters independent
thinking, risk-taking and the creation of an informed and
sustainable art praxis. The program is tailored to suit the
needs of working artists with summer residencies in Berlin,
winter residencies in New York and one-on-one advisement
during the academic year, wherever students work and live.
Students are free to pursue work in any art-related genre
and to create their own course of study, working
independently and with the support of self-chosen studio and
research advisors. Short periods of intensive residency
permit students to continue with their professional work and
keep a balanced personal life while participating in the
program.
The Transart Experience
The majority of Transart students
are emerging and mid-career artists and teachers at tertiary
institutions. Students' experiences at the Institute are
unique and often transformational. NY based artist Virgil
Wong found "The community I've become a part of through
Transart is already much more immersive than what I've
developed in ten years of living and working as an artist in
New York City." For composer and artist David Dunn
"perhaps the most important aspect of the program, to
me personally, has been the realization of just how
constrained my professional life can be. I have no lack of
colleagues or opportunities to present my work but my
network of association tends to reinforce a particular set
of intellectual and aesthetic assumptions that become 'the'
set of assumptions. Transart succeeds at prying apart some
of those entrenched viewpoints to provide space for new
ideas and concerns. The truly international makeup of the
students and faculty reinforces this." More details
online: http://www.transart.org/students
Location
Transart Institute is an
international program. Summer residencies take place in
cooperation with arts organizations in Berlin, Germany.
Winter residencies take place in New York at various arts
initiatives and galleries. At all residencies professional
development workshops, visits and tours of cultural
facilities and initiatives expand the regular academic
program.
Deadline
Applications for entering the
program at the Transart Winter Residency in New York in
December will be accepted until November 1, 2012. Deadline
for admissions at the Summer Residency is April 1, 2013.
Transart Institute
As the Unschool Art School, Transart
grew out of a desire to go beyond established institutional
education where pre-formed and pre-formatted knowledge is
passed on to all students in the same way. Transart works
the other way around: a plethora of models and diverse input
in a multi-perspective environment form a truly
student-driven program. The Institute is also a platform
for faculty to expand their teaching praxis by making space
for creativity and experimentation. Beyond its educational
objectives, Transart is engaged in building an international
community in support of students, alumni, faculty and their
artistic and academic practices.
Contact & Further
Information
Subscribe to the monthly Transart
MFA newsletter: http://www.transart.org/about/transart-newsletter
For more information please visit
the Transart website: http://www.transart.org
To schedule an appointment with
faculty please email Drew Henmi: henmi@transart.org.
Transart Institute
Mail: 228 Park Ave. South
New York, NY 10003
+1 (347) 410 9905
www.transart.org
info@transart.org
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