Organized by geographic region, a list of arts-related graduate programs to explore and apply to before deadlines close.
Announcement
ArtYard Exhibition Reimagines Barriers as Porous Portals
In Barrier, 12 artists evoke Angela Davis’s transformative abolitionist vision that “walls turned sideways are bridges.” On view through January 26, 2025, in Frenchtown, New Jersey.
Above Ground: Art from the Martin Wong Graffiti Collection
Museum of the City of New York’s new exhibition features artists like Keith Haring, Lee Quiñones, Lady Pink, and Futura 2000.
SUNY New Paltz MFA: Dream Big Without Crushing Debt
Now accepting applications for the MFA in Studio Art degree. The deadline for funding decisions is January 15, 2025.
Lightscape Returns to Brooklyn Botanic Garden for the Holidays
More than a million lights and 16 light sculptures sparkle along the reimagined mile-long winter trail.
Georgia State University Offers an MFA in Studio Art and an MAT in Art Education
The Atlanta school offers graduate degrees in Ceramics, Drawing & Painting, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Textiles, and Art Education.
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Presents Martha Diamond: Deep Time
A five-decade survey at the Connecticut museum highlights the architectural and compositional fascinations that define the artist’s vision.
Hone Your Artistic Development With a 2025 Residency at Banff Centre
Benefit from time, studio space, facilities, feedback, and engagement with peers and faculty in an unrivaled natural environment in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
RISD Pre-Collegiate Programs Now Enrolling for Summer 2025
Rhode Island School of Design offers in-person and online opportunities for teens to develop as artists and individuals.
Dartmouth’s New MFA in Sonic Practice Invites Fall 2025 Applications
This three-year, fully funded graduate program is for artists, composers, and scholars working expansively with sound.
The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970–2020
MCA Chicago’s new exhibition delves into the persistence of painting, challenging its longstanding traditions and mythologies to show a medium in constant reinvention.
Intermedia + Digital Arts MFA at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Full funding, including bi-weekly stipends and summer fellowships, is available. Apply by February 1, 2025, to be considered for financial support.