Why Study at UMass Dartmouth?
• Art History: strong emphasis on Methods and Theory, with a Design theoretician on the faculty; • University setting: access to faculty in other fields; • Interdisciplinary projects and committees are encouraged; • Exhibition opportunities: local, regional, and on campus; • New Bedford: an active arts community and a monthly celebration of the arts; • TA and GA opportunities: provide stipends, tuition waivers and fee reductions; • Individualized student attention; • Assigned workspaces; • Visiting artists; • Specialized facilities: letterpress & digital printing, computer labs, papermaking lab, and tools needed to support a wide range of artistic exploration and production; • Visual Resources Center with more than 150,000 archived images; • Faculty: currently working on a wide variety of scholarly, creative, and professional projects; • Location: an hour from Providence, Boston, and the Cape. The Master of Fine Arts is generally recognized as the highest degree offered in the visual a
