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Nikki Rosato, Connections, 2012. Handcut road map.

Undergraduate Open House: July 20, 2013
See what SMFA is all about. Meet faculty, tour our campus, visit the MFA, and more. Already want to be here? Applications are still being accepted for fall 2013!

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THE SMFA PROGRAM
Designed by artists, for artists

It puts you, the artist, at the center. You will be encouraged. You will be supported. You will not be told what to do.

You will work in a medium that you've never tried before. You will work with faculty to develop your own voice, your own point of view.

  • Experiment across media
  • Evolve your practice
  • Learn alongside creative peers and professionals


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WHAT'S HAPPENING: SMFA

Painting faculty Magda Campos-Pons at the 2013 Venice Biennale, Performance faculty Marilyn Arsem publishes in Total Art Journal,  Summer Thesis Exhibitions, alumnus Omer Fast wins award at Hamburg Film Festival, alumnus Ridley Howard at the MFA, alumna Shinique Smith named one of the next most collectible artists under 50, and more.

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Michelle Samour, Reflecting Pools, 2011.
Michelle Samour, Reflecting Pool: Beautful Viruses, 2011. Two-layered lightbox, pigmented abaca.

FACULTY MICHELLE SAMOUR IN SURFACE DESIGN JOURNAL >>

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Evelyn Rydz, Lost and Found, 2012.
Evelyn Rydz, Lost and Found (detail), 2012

Evelyn Rydz (MFA '05) TO EXHIBIT AT mUSEUM OF fINE ARTS, BOSTON

SMFA alumnus Evelyn Rydz has been selected as the next SMFA Traveling Fellow to exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in the spring of 2014.

EVELYN RYDZ on the blog »

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Enrolling at SMFA

Applications for fall 2013 are still being accepted: SMFA Admissions officers look for motivated, self-directed, passionate students whose portfolios demonstrate creativity, technique and potential.

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A History Lesson

SMFA was founded in 1876, conceived at the same time as the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, as the crucial second part of a mission to educate through the arts. SMFA was intended to be a school of art; not simply a technical institute, but a school of the most rigorous ideas and concepts.

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