Ten Scholarships for 2009 in International MFA Program

SCHOLARSHIPS

Transart Institute announced today that six scholarships of USD 12,000 each are available to students from Eastern Europe and developing countries and four scholarships of 3,000 USD each are available to students from anywhere to participate in the international MFA program. An application form is available online at: http://www.transartinstitute.org/Newpages/ApplicationForm.html

Scholarships are given on the basis of artistic merit and financial need to artists of all media and genres. Scholarship applications are accepted online.



PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Transart Institute is a student-centered, self-directed MFA program, uniquely located in Europe offering an accredited two year low-residency course for working artists, teachers and all professionals in related fields who are seeking advancement in visual arts and new media. The innovative program consists of three intensive summer residencies with lectures, workshops, critiques, seminars, performances and exhibitions in Europe, two shorter, optional winter residencies in New York and four semesters between residencies in which students create their own course of study realizing individual art and research projects with the support of faculty and self-chosen artist mentors wherever they work and live.

The Transart MFA program is geared towards development of a sustainable artistic praxis rather than training in certain media or genres, challenging students to think conceptually and work creatively in new ways. Current students work with animation, curating, digital media, film, gaming, graphic design, installation, painting, performance, photography, robotics, sculpture, sound, text, video, virtual reality.

A detailed program for the 2009 summer residency is at: http://www.transartinstitute.org/Newpages/Residencies_Summer09.html



FACULTY AND STUDENTS

Transart faculty comes from a wide range of academic and artistic backgrounds as well as geographic locations. A majority of Transart students are emerging and mid-career artists and teachers at tertiary institutions. Transart Institute's residencies are a true meeting place for cultural exchange. Faculty bios can be found at: http://www.transartinstitute.org/Newpages/Faculty09.html while student profiles and web sites are at: http://www.transartinstitute.org/Newpages/students.html


DEADLINES

The deadline for scholarship applications is May 1, 2009, the final application deadline to the program for 2009 without scholarships is June 1st. Application forms are online at: http://www.transartinstitute.org/Newpages/ApplicationForm.html for the MFA program and at: http://friendsoftransartinstitute.org/Pages/MFA-Application.html for scholarships.


For further information on the program please contact: admin@transartinstitute.org
For further information on scholarships please write to: info@friendsoftransartinstitute.org


Transart Institute
International MFA Program
www.transartinstitute.org

Phone USA: (347) 410 9905
Fax USA: (508) 682 2853

info@transartinstitute.org

Ten Scholarships in International MFA Program

TRANSART INSTITUTE announced today that ten scholarships of USD 2000 have become available for the international MFA program. In the Transart low-residency program students create their own course of study working on art and research projects off-site with the support of faculty and self-chosen artist mentors. The independent study is complemented by three intensive summer residencies where lectures, critiques, seminars, performances, exhibitions, and workshops take place on-site in Europe. The low-residency format permits continuing a professional life while participating in the program. Scholarships are given on the basis of artistic merit and financial need. All media and genres. Deadlines: Scholarships and advanced admissions: March 1, 2008, rolling admissions (space permitting): May 1, 2008.
www.transartinstitute.org

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For further information please contact:

Julie Bush
Administrative Assistant, Transart Institute
admin@ transartinstitute.org
www.transartinstitute.org
USA: (347) 410 9905 Fax: (508) 682 2853

Transart Institute is an international MFA in New Media program for working artists to develop a sustainable creative praxis. The low-residency program consists of four semesters off-site, three summer residencies in Austria and two winter residencies in the US and Europe. It is intended to lift the boundaries between applied and fine arts, traditional and new media, artists and scholars. The innovative program focusses on content and context. Students are free to pursue work in any media art-related genre, create their own course of study and work in the genre(s) which best communicate their ideas including animation, architecture, curating, cyberart, digital and experimental media, film, gaming, graphic design, installation, painting, performance, photography, robotics, sculpture, sound, text, video, virtual reality.

Summer Residency in Linz: July 13 - August 1, 2008

Deadline for advance MFA admissions: March 1, 2008

Introduction to the program

Here's a link to a 5 minute video introduction: http://www.transartinstitute.org/TIIntro.mov

What is Transart Institute?

An international MFA in New Media program for working artists to develop a sustainable creative praxis:
— Three summer residencies (two weeks each) in Linz, Austria; optional winter residency in New York.
— One-on-one mentorships during two school years - wherever you work and live.

The program focusses on content and context. Work in the genre(s) which best communicate your ideas including animation, architecture, curating, cyberart, digital and experimental media, film, gaming, graphic design, installation, painting, performance, photography, robotics, sculpture, sound, text, video, virtual reality.

The program is intended to lift the boundaries between applied and fine arts, traditional and new media, artists and scholars. Students are free to pursue work in any media art-related genre and to create their own course of study (more)

Summer Residency 2007: July 11-28; Program
at O.K. Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria

Deadline for final applications with rolling admissions: June 1, 2007.
Five spaces will be reserved until this final deadline to accommodate the European schedule.