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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graduate

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opportunities & resources
Both internal and external funding opportunities are available to AT&P graduate students during their two-year residency. Of the awards administered through Northwestern, our MFA students are eligible for Graduate Research Grants (GRG) as well as support from the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts (CIRA) and Conference Travel Grants. The Graduate School website also lists external funding sources particularly suited to AT&P students. Contact William Jones at the Graduate School for more information.

MFA students have the opportunity to apply for Special Project Grants. Download the application guidelines here.


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post graduate residencies

ARTOMI in Chatham, NY
http://www.artomi.org

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts http://www.bemiscenter.org/
Blue Mountain Center
http://www.bluemountaincenter.org/
Contemporary Arts Center
http://www.thecac.org/
Leighton Studios for Independent Residencies, Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=77
Macdowell Colony
http://www.macdowellcolony.org/
Millay Colony for the Arts
http://www.millaycolony.org/
Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program
http://www.rair.org/

Sculpture Space
http://www.sculpturespace.org/
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture http://www.skowheganart.org/
Triangle Artists Workshop
http://www.triangleworkshop.org/
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
http://www.vcca.com/