Program offers artists \u2018an exciting bridge between the academic and museum worlds\u2019<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Students from Clark’s MFA in Visual Arts Program speak with gallerist Kate Werble in New York, where they attended MFA faculty Laurel Sparks’ solo show “Time Machines.”\n<\/p>\n
Clark University’s School of Professional Studies (SPS) has launched a two-year, low-residency master of fine arts (MFA) in visual arts<\/a>, providing artists with the opportunity to study on its Worcester campus and at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA)<\/a>, the largest contemporary museum in the United States. The program begins this June on Clark’s campus in Worcester.<\/p>\n “What distinguishes our low-residency program is that it’s very critique-based instead of being studio-based,” said Ben Sloat, a visual artist and director of the MFA program. “People grow creatively and intellectually in a critique-based experience because they’re getting meaningful feedback from a range of diverse professional voices within a rigorous arts community. It’s like a shot in the arm for their creative practice.”<\/p>\n