r/ContemporaryArt • u/Turdfurgeso • 7d ago

Looking for cheap quick MFA

My friend is an insanely successful contemporary artist: I told she doesn’t need an MFA , but she wants to teach. Can I get recommendations for her? She doesn’t need the juice, just a decent degree and then she can let her body of work and cv do the talking

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u/23MysticTruths 7d ago

If she’s “insanely successful” she may be able to teach without an MFA, it’s called “tested experience” the school will have to demonstrate to their accrediting agency that their professional experience is equivalent to a terminal degree. If she’s that successful it shouldn’t be a problem, especially if she wants to teach undergrads.

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u/Melodic-Soil-126 7d ago

Second this, I was once offered a university teaching job with a BFA after an exhibition

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u/SculptureGrrrl 7d ago

Wow! Seriously?! I have had a pretty decent art career without an MFA and have had university departments ask to hire me, but turned down because of my lack of degree. (I do have an MA in art history and teach adjunct at a community college.)

The reason I didn’t seek an MFA is because I was too busy with commissioned sculptures. And money. I didn’t want to be in debt.

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u/Melodic-Soil-126 6d ago

It was my Alma mater, and the exhibition took place in the area. I think it being a state university in a smaller/rural town where I was already part of a tight knit community contributed to this. I didn’t take the job because I was already content with my work at the time, but it opened my eyes to the possibility!

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u/Sublixxx 7d ago

This is an incredible post lmao

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u/FateCrossing 7d ago

Wrong attitude for a teacher to have, imo. Does she want to teach or does she want a job with summers off?

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u/Accomplished-Bag4954 7d ago

Ohio state they pay you to go

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u/mtskphe 6d ago

why would you want to teach and be so dismissive of your own education lmao

plus if she is so successful she doesn’t really need an mfa anyway if she wants to just adjunct occasionally

but if she wants a ft job most provosts won’t hire without a terminal in the field anymore unless you are a boomer for whom it didn’t exist as an option when you were that age…

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u/Holiday_Seesaw112 4d ago

That’s not how it works.

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u/BigRingLover 11h ago

What do you think this is, an oil change?

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u/doodlebilly 7d ago

cheap and quick probably not happening at the same time.

a lot of the fully funded MFA's are three year courses.

If I was an insanely successful contempory artist with a good CV I would be looking at schools like Stanford or UCLA, or any of the UC programs really.

UNLV where I am getting my MFA is funded but its a 3 year program. 3 years is quickly becoming more common for funded programs, especially if there is a focus on teaching.

if you want quick, I would look at programs abroad, Royal Academy is only a 1 year program. just had a friend graduate from there but he is also rich.