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April 10, 2005
Scholarships in International MFA
Scholarships in International MFA Program to Promote Independent Thinking and Innovative Art Work
Transart Institute announced today that through a generous grant from Foundation M and other sources 15 scholarships amounting to $37,500 have become available to students of their low-residency Master of Fine Arts program and non-degree summer workshops.
Transart Institute's low-residency MFA in New Media program - the first of its kind anywhere - offers an opportunity for working professionals to further their career with self-directed artistic study supported by self-chosen artist mentors and Transart Institute faculty and intensive summer residencies including lectures, seminars, workshops, critiques, exhibitions and performances. The unique transdisciplinary program creates the possibility of interaction and cooperation between performance and video artists, programmers, sculptors, vjs, curators, painters and game designers etc. Genres include: animation, architecture, cyberart, film, video, graphic design, installation, interactive art, interdisciplinary art, performance art, photography, and sound/music. The summer workshops which are an integral part of the MFA program are open to the public by application.
Eight scholarships of $2,500 will go to accepted students of merit and financial need and two scholarships of $5,000 are available to candidates from East European and new EU-member countries. Five full scholarships of $750 will be given to participants of the Transart Institute's non-degree summer workshops which are open to all. Recipients will be selected on the basis of creative potential as exemplified by portfolio.
Scholarship application deadline for the academic year 2005/06 is May 31st, 2005.
Further information is available at the Transart Institute's website: www.transartinstitute.org
Posted by mj at April 10, 2005 02:54 PM