Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Criticism and Curatorial Practice (MFA)

About this programme

The graduate program in Criticism and Curatorial Practices (CCP) focuses uniquely on supporting you to acquire advanced research skills in the areas of curation, art history and critical art writing. In this program you will contribute to new knowledge through the creation of unique research on artists and artworks in changing contexts of display, reception and research. This program positions you to creatively draw on theoretical and historical contexts, as well as creative precedents to be at the forefront of today’s arts and culture landscape. Criticism stream: you’ll undertake research that may include studio visits with artists, interviews with critics and curators, or contact with archives, museums and galleries, and write a thesis paper focused on a particular issue or topic in contemporary criticism. Exhibition stream: you’ll conceptualize and curate a gallery exhibition, installation, intervention, public event, performance or community arts project, alongside a written curatorial essay and a support paper. Develop your voice as an arts-based researcher with support from faculty and with access to these resources: Students have the opportunity to curate exhibitions in the Graduate Gallery during the course of the year as a part of or independent of their studies. During the winter term second year thesis exhibitions take place in the Graduate Gallery and in art spaces across the city. The CCP program is a part of a constellation of arts and cultural organizations, which will enrich student networks through partnerships, internships and events at organizations