Master of Fine Arts
Arrangements. Cleo Mack, Interdisciplinary Artist, 2020.
The Master of Fine Arts at Wilson College is a two-year (60 credit hour) terminal degree designed for working professionals or experienced practitioners in choreography/movement-based performance, creative writing, transdisciplinary practice, theatre and musical theatre, and visual art.
This program offers a low-residency schedule tailored to the needs of artists allowing them to reach the next level in their field with the terminal degree, while simultaneously working with others to expand their conceptual and technical expertise.
MFA Summer Intensive 2025 (on campus)
- Students Arrive on Campus: Saturday, June 21, 2025
- Orientations: Sunday, June 22, 2025
- Classes Begin: Monday, June 23, 2025
- Last Day of Classes: Friday, July 18, 2025
- Final Showings & Closing Celebrations: Saturday, July 19, 2025
- Everyone Departs Campus: Sunday, 20 July 2025
Concentrations Offered
- Master of Fine Arts in Choreography
- Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
- Master of Fine Arts in Directing
- Master of Fine Arts in Directing & Choreography
- Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts
- Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts
About the Program
This low-residency program requires two consecutive summer residency periods (four-weeks each). The summer intensives consist of individual studio time with faculty mentoring and critique as well as seminars addressing major concerns in the disciplines. The seminars are conducted with participants from all concentrations in order to foster in-depth exploration. During the non-residency periods, students work in regular contact with the Wilson program faculty and an additional mentor that the student nominates each semester (The MFA Director approves the mentor). Non-residency semesters include online coursework and critical response shared among members of the program’s learning community. Study concludes with a thesis project and oral defense.
The Wilson MFA Program locates the study and practice of art-making within human ecology. Therefore, we examine historical art works and develop our own creative practices by investigating the human relationship to our natural, sociopolitical, constructed and curated environments.
