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Course work emphasizes studio practices along with art history courses and seminars with a focus on contemporary topics.

The Master of Fine Art, Visual Arts program at Boise State University immerses the student in an interdisciplinary environment that encourages innovative work in the studio and beyond. The three-year program fosters students’ creative, intellectual, and professional development as artists who create excellent work, are able to discuss and contextualize their work cogently, and who are prepared to

enter various career paths. An active Visiting Artist and Scholars Program brings world-renowned artists and scholars to campus who offer lectures, workshops, and graduate studio critiques. The program culminates in an exhibition of a body of work, a written analysis that supports the work, and an oral defense of both. Graduate Program Director: Lily Lee
[email protected]

07/29/2023

The Boise State Department of Art, Design and Visual Studies is seeking a University Shop Assistant for Sculpture.
Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair and maintenance, and sculpture processes, including woodworking, metal fabrication and mold-making and casting, including ceramic shell foundry and non-metal casting, is preferable.

Applications close August 9th, 2023. Please visit the link below for more information on this position or to apply.

https://jobs.boisestate.edu/en-us/job/497768/university-shop-assistant

07/10/2023

We are thrilled to share that Hallie Maxwell (MFA Candidate 2024) has been named a recipient of the 2023 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award! Hallie’s work was selected by a board of professional artists and curators at the International Sculpture Center for this prestigious award from 646 images of sculptural works by 182 nominees from 94 colleges and universities across the world.

Please join us in congratulating Hallie Maxwell!

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04/30/2023

Congratulations to Brie Schettle for her powerful and engaging Thesis Exhibition “Ecotones”✨

Thank you to everyone who visited the exhibition in the Neri Gallery🔵

04/21/2023

Mark your calendars 🗓️
Brie Schettle’s MFA Visual Arts Thesis Exhibition “Ecotones” opens in the Neri Gallery next week🌱🛟

11AM-4PM Monday, April 24
9-11AM Tuesday, April 25
11AM-4PM Wednesday, April 26
11AM-4PM Thursday, April 27
Closing Reception 4-6PM Friday, April 28

2249 W University Dr. Boise, ID 83725

01/10/2023

Join us next Thursday, 1/19 from 6-8PM for the opening reception of Community Continuity in the Neri Gallery in Capitol Village #6 at 2249 W. University Dr. 🥒🧀🍇

Made possible with funding from a COAS Thriving Community Grant, Community Continuity is a juried exhibition featuring artwork by alumni and current students of the MFA, Visual Arts Program.

About the Juror: Lyndsay Rice received an MFA from the University of Oregon in 2012 and a BFA from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee in 2006. Rice was recently featured in the Art Jewelry Forum for her new body of work False Plumage. Her work will be exhibited at the Racine Art Museum this spring in an exhibition of contemporary Baroque-style Art. Currently, she is working on curatorial projects such as EMBODIED and was recently awarded an Emerging Curator Grant, from the Society of North American Goldsmiths. Her work has been exhibited across the United States, including recent shows at Arrowmont School of Art and Craft in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Alliages in Lille, France and the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, Oregon.

01/09/2023

While campus is often quiet over winter break, the graduate studios are an exception!

First year MFA Visual Arts graduate student Benjamin Hunt spent his break making new work🔵🟠

11/26/2022

📯📢📣Calling all alumni of the MFA Visual Arts Program at Boise State University📞🤳

“Community Continuity” is a juried exhibition of artwork by alumni and current graduate students of the the program. The deadline to apply is December 2. DM us your current email to receive the full prospectus📧

11/16/2022

The MFA, Visual Arts Program at Boise State University is accepting applications for Fall 2023 admission!

The MFA, Visual Arts Program at Boise State University immerses the student in an interdisciplinary environment that encourages innovative work in the studio and beyond. This three-year program fosters students’ creative, intellectual, and professional development.
All students in the program are offered individual, private studios. Graduate assistantships are available that include tuition waivers, health insurance, and a monthly salary.

Link to apply in bio ➡️

Credit: Caitlin Harris, MFA 2020

11/13/2022

There’s still time to see “Group Therapy” today (Sunday) 4-7PM 👁💡🪶👑🎈🩲🏞🍚🎧💐

📍Neri Gallery at 2249 W. University Dr. Boise, ID 83725

11/11/2022

Join us today from 4-7PM in the Neri Gallery for the “Group Therapy” Reception🎈🎈🎈🎈

⚫️Neri Gallery at 2249 W. University Dr. Boise, ID 83725
⚫️Opening Reception 4-7PM Friday, November 11
⚫️Exhibition Hours 4-7PM November 10-13📆

10/25/2022

Mark your calendars to come see “Group Therapy” in the Neri Gallery November 10-13📆

This group exhibition features artwork by MFA Candidates on the topic of healing from trauma through different perspectives and media🧡💙🧡💙

10/19/2022

There’s still time to check out Q***r ID in the Blue Galleries and see artwork by MFA Candidates Hallie Maxwell, Benjamin Hunt and Brie Schettle along with artwork by many other talented artists before the show closes on October 21✨🔜📆
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Fine Arts Building, Boise State University 2249 W. University Drive
Boise, ID
83725

Website

https://www.boisestate.edu/art-gradprogram/prospectivestudents/

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Master of Fine Art

Department of Art, Design & Visual Studies

Boise State University

The Master of Fine Art, Visual Arts program immerses the student in an interdisciplinary environment that encourages innovative work in the studio and beyond.

The three-year program fosters students’ creative, intellectual, and professional development as artists who create excellent work, are able to discuss and contextualize their work cogently, and who are prepared to enter various career paths.

Course work emphasizes studio practices along with art history courses and seminars with a focus on contemporary topics. An active Visiting Artist and Scholars Program brings world-renowned artists and scholars to campus who offer lectures, workshops, and graduate studio critiques. The program culminates in an exhibition of a body of work, a written analysis that supports the work, and an oral defense of both.

Individual, private studios are provided in the Fine Arts Building for all MFA students and furnished with an iMac. Facilities include a hand-tool shop, spray booth, shared work spaces, critique space, and Neri Gallery – an exhibition space dedicated to showcasing the work of the graduate students.

To apply for a Graduate Assistantship, students must submit the Application for Graduate Assistantship form available on the Graduate College website https://www.boisestate.edu/graduatecollege/forms/ and a statement outlining their interest and qualifications for the position. Please see Applications https://www.boisestate.edu/art-gradprogram/mfa-in-visual-arts/admissions/ for more information.

The Blue Galleries include 2,500 square feet of exhibition space, the Kay Hardy and Gregory Kaslo Gallery, the Cheryl Shurtleff-Young Student Gallery (dedicated space for showing student research), and the Stephen Kustra Project Space for artworks in video/sound and experimental installation. All are dynamic spaces for first-hand experiences with contemporary art for Boise State University and the region.The Blue Galleries are an accessible artistic hub on the first floor of the Center for the Visual Arts that host contemporary visual art exhibitions and related programming to engage diverse audiences.

Graduate Program Director: Chad Erpelding [email protected]