School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University

MFA 1999 Ok, better late than never. Like can thing else, the SMFA MFA program is what you make it. You can skate through, or you can challenge yourself, experiment, take advantage of the opportunity to work in any media you please (even if it terrifies you) - and change your life & yourself. I don't mean that you will come out a famous artist, but you will come out a better artist. The fact that you are not required to concentrate in any discipline or media (although of course you can), offers you the freedom the experiment, to discover cross-pollination - how practice in one area can influence another. Don't balk at the acedemic requirements, they're important.

My one complaint - and this may have changed (I hope), is the availability of adequate studio and storage space. The graduate studios - basically ridiculously small cubicles - were located in a building on Mission Hill. Sort of the equivalent of 'Dilbert Goes to Art School'. In the late '90's, affordable off-campus studio space could still be found in the surrounding communities & neighborhoods. I doubt very much this is still the case. Take a campus tour, and keep this in mind. Other than the studio space issue, I couldn't give this program a higher recommendation. It offered me the freedom and support to take risks. I came out a better artist than when I entered the program. I spent my first semester feeling like I was going to throw up, but the rewards were well worth the self-induced anxiety.

Will leave you speechless :)

Great memories and wonderful ambiance!❤️

The MFA really is a world-class museum, in a city that thinks its world class.

Great art, best with a guide! Free admission for college students often.