MFA IN PAINTING
2023-2024 | Curriculum | 2-year program
The MFA program in Painting emphasizes critical and artistic growth through the evolution of a rigorous studio practice. While a shared passion for the history and craft of painting binds the department together, professors are committed to assisting each student in developing their own vision, supporting an enormous diversity of formal and conceptual approaches, painting styles and interests. During two years in residence at RISD, graduate students undertake a serious investigation of the broad range of possibilities and realities presented by contemporary painting.
MFA FIRST YEAR | ||||||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Graduate Painting Studio Critique I | 6 | Elective | 3 | Graduate Painting Studio Critique II | 6 | |||
Graduate Drawing | 3 | Graduate Seminar [b] | 3 | |||||
Graduate Printmaking Project I [a] | 3 | Elective(s) | 6 | |||||
Graduate Seminar [b] | 3 | |||||||
TOTAL CREDITS | 15 | TOTAL credits | 3 | TOTAL credits | 15 | |||
MFA SECOND YEAR | ||||||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | ||||||
Graduate Painting Studio Critique III | 9 | Elective | 3 | Graduate Painting Studio Thesis | 12 | |||
Three Critics | 3 | Elective | 3 | |||||
Elective | 3 | |||||||
TOTAL CREDITS | 15 | TOTAL credits | 3 | TOTAL credits | 15 | |||
Total Credits: | ||||||||
Notes:
[a] course: Graduate Printmaking Project I may be substituted with another studio by permission of the Graduate Program Director.
[b] Three Graduate Seminars are required, of which only two are shown above. One of the electives must be a course that fulfills the Graduate Seminar requirement.
All graduate students must participate in a minimum of 3-credits during Wintersession each year.