Missouri State’s Missouri Fine Arts Academy, also known as MFAA,will begin accepting applications for its 2016 summer program (June 5-25) several months earlier this year on Nov. 1. The application period will run until Jan. 15, 2016. Changes on the horizon for summer 2016 academy Due to Governor Nixon's recent budgetary cuts, the Missouri Fine Arts Academy will not receive … [Read more...] about MFAA students gain new artistic perspectives
Check out this awesome video created by a former MFAA student! … [Read more...] about Student creates “I Wonder” video celebrating MFAA 2011 experience
I dream about the Academy sometimes, both from being on staff and a student. I can't decide where I learned more. I think the Academy, with the interdisciplinary events especially, really plants a seed in good artists.— Ian Merrigan, MFAA 1999, Resident Assistant 2003, Theatre Faculty 2010 … [Read more...] about Academy plants a seed in good artists
The reason I am working at the Springfield Regional Arts Council is through the contacts that I made during my time at the Academy. Without the Academy I may not have made the right connections to be working in the field that I studied for in college. The Academy is a life changing experience for not only the students, but also for those who make the Academy run. From the … [Read more...] about Without the Academy I may not have made the right connections
MFAA has helped me out immensely. It has helped me become known around my school district further helping my work get into art shows. And my work may not have had a chance in the shows had I not learned SO much at MFAA. It has also opened my eyes to so many forms of art. I have joined in on groups helping out/ working on the theatre department that band and the choir … [Read more...] about MFAA opened my eyes to so many forms of art