Graduate Work
Will an MFA help you find a vision that’s truly your own? Or make you more fluent in your style? Will it help you make a practical application of your art? Well, that’s our goal. Our program is formed around the idea that the right balance of studio activity, theoretical knowledge, industry familiarity, and art history awareness will prepare artists to succeed in the professional world. This combo produces critical thinkers and technical masters in four concentrations: drawing, painting, photography, and printmaking. Integrate classical art practices with new technology. Grasp the philosophical foundation of the arts and the issues in art history. Be prepared to teach.
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Seminar in Art History (3)
A seminar dealing with select topics in art history, theory, and/or criticism.
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Special Problems: Graduate Art History (3)
Special Problems: Graduate Art History
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Historiography (3)
A seminar that critically examines the history of art history from its origins in Classical Greece to the present.
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Contemporary Art (3)
An in-depth study of fine art and theory from 1960 to the present.
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Special Problems: Graduate Fine Arts (3)
Special Problems: Graduate Fine Arts
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Graduate Figure Painting (3)
Offers graduate level instruction in painting the human figure. The course will review issues endemic to the figure; however, special emphasis will be put on individual artistic direction. Compositional and spatial problems will be examined as well as content related issues. Class work should reflect the depth and complexity indicative of graduate study.
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Graduate Figure Drawing (3)
Emphasizes graduate level, individually motivated studio activity with the human figure as primary subject matter. The course will encourage initiation, development and refinement of work with the human figure as a vehicle for personal expression. Compositional and spatial problems will be emphasized in relation to conceptual interests.
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Graduate Landscape Painting (3)
Offers graduate level instruction on the creative potential of the landscape genre. Classes will emphasize personal artistic direction. Representational and abstract approaches to the landscape will be explored using a variety of media including oil and water-based media. The course will be divided between on-site and studio work. Class work should reflect the depth and complexity indicative of graduate study.
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Studio Concentration (3)
Emphasizes individually motivated studio activity.
- Painting Concentration: Emphasis will be put on developing an increasingly complex grasp of paint application, color, composition, and alternative, mixed media processes.
- Drawing Concentration: Competence in all aspects of drawing, including collage, transfer techniques, mixed media drawing, subtractive techniques, and other non-traditional drawing media will be required.
- Photography Concentration: Competence in all aspects of photographic processes, including black and white and color printing, artificial lighting, large format camera use, and non-silver digital imaging will be required.
- Printmaking Concentration: Exploration and mastery of non-toxic and digital printmaking techniques with focus on multi-layered prints and/or the extension in form and concept of the two-dimensional print.
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Graduate Abstract Painting (3)
Offers graduate level instruction in various forms of painterly abstraction with a special emphasis on the combination of traditional and non-traditional materials and processes. Non-objective/formalist painting issues will be developed in conjunction with the student’s individual artistic direction. Class work should reflect the depth and complexity indicative of graduate study.
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Graduate Concept Development in Painting (3)
Offers graduate level instruction in the development of concepts within the context of the painting medium. Graduate students will be encouraged to explore contemporary theories and strategies in conjunction with their personal artistic direction. The course will also review traditional and mixed media approaches to painting with special emphasis on the relationship of form to content. The student will also be required to write an artist statement. Class work should reflect the depth and complexity indicative of graduate study.
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Independent Study: Graduate Fine Arts (3)
Independent Study: Graduate Fine Arts
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Graduate Seminar (3)
Seminar dealing with special interests in fine arts.
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Graduate Studio Elective (3)
Course work chosen from a menu of options in a variety of disciplines that supports the graduate student’s interests. May or may not be in the student’s area(s) of concentration.
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Graduate Thesis (3)
Continues the preparation for the master of fine arts exhibition, thesis statement, and final presentation.
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Jay Constantine M.F.A.
Patti Constantine M.F.A.
Adam DeKraker M.F.A.
Darlene Kaczmarczyk M.A.
Deborah Rockman M.F.A.
Margaret Vega M.F.A.
Mariel Versluis M.F.A.
Diane Zeeuw M.F.A.
Our fine art facilities at Kendall are as multifaceted as the creative minds that inhabit them. Kendall’s facilities range from the traditional to state of the art technology, and everything in between. These facilities offer the best work spaces for the study of drawing, painting, printmaking, and photography.
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