MFA Electives

Spring 2025 Advanced practice: PERCEPTION SPECULATIVE PAINTING

ADV PRAC: SPECULATIVE PAINTING SPRING 2025 TAUGHT BY: PETER ROSTOVSKY SECTION: A CRN: 13370 Credits: 3 Painting and speculative fiction are unlikely but kindred spirits….

Spring 2025 Advanced practice : BEYOND CLAY

ADV PRACTICE: BEYOND CLAY SPRING 2025 TAUGHT BY: LEAH WOLFF SECTION: A CRN: 5047 Credits: 3 Students will gain hands-on experience with a variety of…

Spring 2025 Advanced Practice: RGB IN XYZ

ADV PRACTICE: RGB IN XYZ SPRING 2025 TAUGHT BY: H. LAN THAO LAM SECTION: A CRN: 14843 Credits: 3 Course description   In 2003, Valie…

Spring 2025 Advanced Practice: SLIPPAGES

ADV PRACTICE: SLIPPAGES SPRING 2025 TAUGHT BY: CATHERINE TELFORD KEOGH SECTION: A CRN: 1944 Credits: 3 Slippages invite shifts between categories, meanings, and material states,…

Fall 2024. Advanced Practice: Material as Metaphor

CRN 14563 PGFA 5310 A Time: Thurs. 9am – 2:40pm Faculty: IV Castellanos Course Description:  Contemporary sculptural practice confronts us in our physical space, and…

Fall 2024. Adv. Practice: Undrawing 

CRN: 14564 PGFA 5303 A Time: Thursday 4-6:40pm Faculty: Selena Kimball Course Description: In this Advanced Practice class we will probe the traditional boundaries of…

Fall 2024. Adv Practice: Decolonize Time

CRN: 9636 PGFA 5301 A Time: Thurs. 7 – 9:40 PM Faculty: zavé martohardjono Course Description: Decolonize Time explores contemporary artists whose time-based works radically…

Fall 2024. X-Seminar: Artist as Curator

CRN: 17143 PSAM 5760 A Time: Fri. 12:10 – 2:50 PM Faculty: Michelle Levy  Course Description: This course explores the ways that curating can expand…

Fall 2024. Adv Practice: Ceramic Alchemy

CRN: 5898 PGFA 5302A  Friday: 4pm – 6:40pm Faculty: Leah Wolff Course Description: This course provides students with a comprehensive introduction to clay, covering its…

Spring 2024. Adv Practice: Spatial Thinking

Adv Practice: Spatial Thinking CRN: 1944 PGFA 5300A Wed. 12:10 pm – 2:50pm Faculty: Marc Robinson “… there is a fine line between an installation of…

Spring 2024. Adv Practice: Body Politics

Adv Practice: Body Politics Thurs. 7pm – 9:40pm Faculty: Aliza Shvarts For decades, artists have explored the body as an instrument of political action. From figuration…

Spring 2024. Adv Practice: Methods of Motion

Adv Practice: Methods of Motion CRN: 13370 PGFA 5304A Thurs. 12: 10 – 2:50pm Faculty: Damien Vera This course will explore the reasoning and application…

Spring 2024. Adv Practice: Ceramics

Adv Practice: Ceramics CRN: 5047 PGFA 5302A   Friday 4pm – 6:50pm Faculty: Sana Musasama   This course will cover a range of concepts, traditions and…