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Coe LaPossy, Ghost Mom, Zombie Mom, 2013. Acrylic and oil on panel.

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Applications for the School of the Museum of Fine Arts undergraduate and graduate programs are still being accepted for fall 2013!

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THE SMFA PROGRAM
Designed by artists, for artists

It puts you, the artist, at the center. You will be encouraged. You will be supported. You will not be told what to do.

You will work in a medium that you've never tried before. You will work with faculty to develop your own voice, your own point of view.

  • Experiment across media
  • Evolve your practice
  • Learn alongside creative peers and professionals


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WHAT'S HAPPENING: SMFA

Fall 2013 Continuing Education classes now open for registration, President Obama awards alumnus Ellsworth Kelly the National Medal of Arts, Boston Globe review of alumnus Ridley Howard at the MFA, Painting faculty Magda Campos-Pons at the 2013 Venice Biennale, faculty members Fritz Buhner, Mary Ellen Strom and Barbara Galluci exhibit in Japan, alumna Shinique Smith named one of the next most collectible artists under 50 and more.

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Forget Me Not

students and alumni exhibit in korea

"Forget Me Not," on view August 1-23 at the Dwight School in Seoul, Korea, features 18 SMFA students and alumni.

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Enrolling at SMFA

Applications for fall 2013 are still being accepted: SMFA Admissions officers look for motivated, self-directed, passionate students whose portfolios demonstrate creativity, technique and potential.

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A History Lesson

SMFA was founded in 1876, conceived at the same time as the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, as the crucial second part of a mission to educate through the arts. SMFA was intended to be a school of art; not simply a technical institute, but a school of the most rigorous ideas and concepts.

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