Art MA
Undertake a graduate program that prepares you for a career in teaching, museum or arts management or for a career as a practicing professional artist, teacher or gallery manager or curator. Learn in the program’s expansive, new state-of-the-art facilities with studio space that is open to students 24/7. Get opportunities for one-on-one collaboration with faculty who are published authors and practicing artists, along with full-time art historians.
Studio Art MFA Coordinated Degree Program
All studio art graduate students seeking the MA or MFA degree enter the MA in Art with an emphasis in Studio Art program. Upon completion of 6 hours of art history and 15 hours of studio art electives, students must declare whether they are going to complete the MA in Art with an emphasis in Studio Art or the Studio Art MFA coordinated degree program.
Meet a Student
Joanna Gifford
MA/MFA Coordinated Degree, 2018
“The possibilities and opportunities offered through this program have allowed me to expand as an artist and professional. My professors know me by name, and I can work and research in my studio 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.”
As a graduate art student, Joanna had the opportunity to work with local elementary school students on an art installation on their campus titled “Bridge: Compassion.”
Study in and have 24/7 access to the 30,000-square-foot art complex which features the latest audio and digital technology, as well as dedicated studio space for every studio art discipline.
Art Beyond the Classroom
Network and gain experience outside the classroom with the Studio Art and Art History Association, which is the student organization that coordinates art exhibitions and sales, guest artist and scholar lectures, and the annual Art History Student Research Symposium. Or be a part of the UT Tyler Sculpture Conference, which brings together visiting sculptors with students, local architects and designers.