ART THEORY AND PRACTICE

Welcome to the Department of Art Theory & Practice (AT&P) at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University. The department has both an undergraduate program, offering a baccalaureate degree, and a graduate program, offering a Masters of Fine Arts degree.

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2-Step Application Process:

1. Official application forms must be completed and submitted online through the Graduate School's website:
www.tgs.northwestern.edu/admission
deadline: January 10, 2014


As part of this process, you will be asked to submit scans of your official transcripts. Should you be admitted, the Graduate School will then ask you to submit the original paper copies of your official transcripts.

You will be asked to submit 2 letters of recommendations, which should be submitted online by your recommenders through the Graduate School web site, according to the instructions provided in conjunction with the Graduate School online application. A word of advice on choosing your recommenders: Ideally your recommenders should be professionals in the field that can speak about you as an artist and about the potential of your work (employers in non-art-related fields and fellow students may not be the best choices).
GRE scores are not required or requested.


 2. All applicants must submit their portfolio materials, artist statement and CV to the department with our online application:
http://northwestern.slideroom.com
deadline: January 10, 2014
Portfolio Guidelines
Your portfolio should consist of 20 images, video and/or MP3 files. If you are submitting only still images, we recommend that you submit the full 20 images rather than fewer images. If you are submitting a combination of still images and works documented in other media, you may only submit a total of 20 files. If you are submitting time-based work only, please provide up to 5 samples. Video artists may choose to mail a DVD of full length work to the department office in addition to these samples. If your work is web interactive, please provide a screen shot and place the url in the title information.

Applicants may upload images (jpg), audio (mp3), docs (pdf) or video (mov, wmv, flv). For good image quality and smooth upload, your image files should be under 1MB and have a resolution of 72 dpi with the largest dimension around 1220px. Video clips must be under 60MB and saved as mov, flv or wmv. The online portal offers additional instruction and help support for submitting work.
Artist Statement, CV and Transcripts
You must submit your artist statement, CV and scans of your official transcripts with the online application.  Your artist's statement, which should not exceed 750 words, should address the issues and concerns that inform your practice in some detail. Even though you are also asked to submit scans of your official transcripts to the Graduate School as part of their application process, please submit them here as well.


For additional questions concerning the MFA application process, please contact the Program Assistant, Sofia Leiby:
sleiby@northwestern.edu