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Call for Applications Graduate Assistantships Fall 2020

Type: Awards, Grants, Fellowships [View all]
Posted by: University of Nevada Las Vegas
Deadline: Sat, February 1st, 2020

The University of Nevada Las Vegas Department of Art invites self-directed artists and designers to apply for the Fall 2020 MFA Program in Art. The three-year Master of Fine Arts (MFA) is studio-based and research-focused with an emphasis on interdisciplinarity, community engagement, and professional development. Each MFA student is provided with studio space. Graduate Assistantships in teaching, research, and professional development financially support and advance students who have rare opportunities to engage in cutting-edge research, contribute to the development of curriculum and programming, manage studios and shops, and work alongside community members, local organizations, and other departments on campus. Assistantship packages include tuition waivers and stipends. As the culmination of the program, each MFA candidate produces a public graduation thesis project.

Through academic and public programming, the Department of Art collaborates with UNLV’s Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, a network of campus galleries, and The College of Fine Arts. Graduate students have the opportunity to work with a diverse art/art history faculty whose work engages a variety of media, including site-based installation, sculpture, ceramics, photography, painting, drawing, printmaking, performance, intermedia, and design. The Department regularly presents visiting speakers and hosts artists-in-residence.

Las Vegas is becoming a center for inventive, resourceful, transformative art and design practice. One of the most affordable big cities in the US, it is a cultural crossroads and dynamic metropolitan region, home to 1.5 million people. Of note in the area: Area 51, The Believer Festival, The Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, Double Negative, Hoover Dam, Meow Wolf, The Neon Museum, Seven Magic Mountains. Beyond the spectacle of the Las Vegas Strip, the surrounding desert landscape is jaw-dropping; it is an easy drive to Red Rock National Conservation Area, Valley of Fire State Park, and Gold Butte National Monument which includes cultural sites sacred to the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians and the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe. The Grand Canyon, California and the coast are also easy day or weekend trips.

For more information about the program and the application please visit this link or contact art.gradcoord@unlv.edu. 

Posted on Wed, December 4th, 2019
Expires on Sat, February 1st, 2020

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