Procedures - Policies

Proposal Preparation

Preparing the Document of Purpose and Technique

Parts of the Exhibition

Sample Documents - Forms

The Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
The final requirement of the Master of Fine Arts degree is the production and exhibition of a work or group of works of art. The creative, expressive, intellectual, and formal significance of this exhibition is the basis for the faculty’s certification of the candidate’s competence as an artist.

The MFA exhibition must be accompanied by a written statement that documents the candidate’s purpose as well as the techniques employed in the works to achieve that purpose. The clarity, cogency, and insight demonstrated by this statement is a major basis for the faculty’s certification of the candidate as a person of understanding worthy of receiving a terminal degree.

Because the exhibition documentation will be bound and permanently placed in the library for public scrutiny, it must be acceptable both in content and expression, and in a format suitable for a library collection.