MSU’s first MFA portfolio review (visiting artist, and panel discussion) for the graduate program will be held at the Springfield Art Museum, Saturday, April 5, 2:00-6:00 pm. If you are interested in participating, please come and help. For more information, contact Carolyn Cardenas at 417.837.2330.
Flexible Artworlds is a one-day symposium and portfolio review event co-sponsored by the Summer Institute for Visual Arts: Master of Arts in Studio Art and Theory program at Drury University, MFA in Visual Studies, Art+Design at Missouri State University, and the Springfield Art Museum.
Through presentations and discussions with a wide range of artists and educators, Flexible Artworlds will attempt to weigh the pros and cons of a post-baccalaureate art education by surveying the role of graduate art education in general and highlighting local graduate art degree opportunities in particular.
2pm: This event will begin with a performative lecture and diagram, Flexible Artworlds, by Adelheid Mers, a visual artist and Chair of the Arts Administration and Policy program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she also teaches courses in Art History and Criticism, Visual and Critical Studies, and Sculpture. Through examining the broader ‘art world,’ Mers’ presentation and diagram will help contextualize “what is available out there and how to think about it in a more expansive way.”
3pm: Continuing the discussion, a panel on graduate art education will be moderated by Nick Nelson, Director of the Springfield Art Museum. Panelist will include: Tom Parker (Director, Summer Institute for Visual Arts at Drury University), Carolyn Cardenas (Department Head, Art + Design at Missouri State University), Todd Lowery (Chair, Department of Art and Art History at Drury University), Sage Dawson (MFA 2009, University of New Mexico), Joshua Albers (MFA 2013, University of Illinois at Chicago) and Jeff Broekhoven (MFA 2013, University of Wisconsin – Madison).
4:30pm: The panel discussion will be followed by a light reception where interested participants may meet student representatives from each of twelve invited regional programs and have their portfolios reviewed onsite for advice and/or to begin the graduate application process.