{"id":99584,"date":"2023-04-06T16:34:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T20:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=99584"},"modified":"2023-04-06T16:34:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T20:34:36","slug":"boston-university-school-of-visual-arts-hosts-the-2023-master-of-fine-arts-mfa-thesis-exhibitions","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2023\/boston-university-school-of-visual-arts-hosts-the-2023-master-of-fine-arts-mfa-thesis-exhibitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston University School of Visual Arts Hosts the 2023 Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Thesis Exhibitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-scaled.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Visual Arts<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBoston University School of Visual Arts Hosts the 2023 Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Thesis Exhibitions\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\"><em>Featuring 42 graduating students from BU\u2019s MFA Painting, Sculpture, and Graphic Design programs, the exhibitions are on view April 6-22 at Boston University\u2019s Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery and 808 Gallery<\/em><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">April 6, 2023<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph news-block-editorial-introparagraph is-style-dropcap-boxed has-dropcap has-dropcap-color-secondary\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph-content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/visual-arts\/\">Boston University School of Visual Arts<\/a> is proud to celebrate their 2023 Master of Fine Arts (MFA) graduates with the opening of the <a href=\"https:\/\/bu2023mfa.cargo.site\/\">2023 MFA Thesis Exhibitions<\/a>, on view from April 6 through April 22, with a reception open to the Boston community on April 14 from 5-7pm. The exhibitions feature 42 graduating students from BU\u2019s MFA Painting, Sculpture, and Graphic Design programs and span two buildings.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/art\/\">Boston University Art Galleries\u2019<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/venues-facilities\/808-gallery\/\">808 Gallery<\/a> hosts the MFA Graphic Design exhibition \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/hideselfview.cargo.site\/\">Hide Self View<\/a>.\u201d The MFA Painting and Sculpture theses are displayed in both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/venues-facilities\/faye-g-jo-and-james-stone-gallery\/\">Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/venues-facilities\/commonwealth-gallery\/\">Commonwealth Gallery<\/a> at the BU College of Fine Arts building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote news-block-bu-pullquote alignwide is-style-modern has-image-focus-center-middle has-secondary-theme has-secondary-theme-text\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote-inner\"><blockquote><div class=\"container-lockup\"><div class=\"container-icon-outer\"><div class=\"container-icon-inner\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container-text\"><hr\/><div class=\"quote-sizing\">\u201cTogether we sincerely congratulate the MFA Class of 2023 for their extraordinary work. Questions of individual agency and collective impact are brought to the foreground by Hide Self View, an exhibition responsive to the experience of shared screen-space and personal vulnerability. The MFA Painting and Sculpture exhibitions also mine the gap between internal experience and externalized material expression, making invisible feelings and forces physical in a myriad of ways.\u201d<\/div><footer class=\"caption\"><br\/>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/about\/contact-directions\/directory\/dana-clancy\/\">Dana Clancy<\/a>, Director of BU School of Visual Arts and Associate Professor of Art, Painting<\/footer><hr\/><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking its name from the Hide Self View feature in popular video conferencing software like Zoom, which allows users to hide themselves from view during online meetings, the title of the 2023 <strong>MFA Graphic Design Exhibition<\/strong> serves as a framing metaphor, gesturing to the role of graphic designers in most visual communication: working behind the scenes to craft the graphic textures that shape collective and individual experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay news-block-editorial-photoessay alignwide wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-fourths-2-2\">\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Graphic-Design-Hide-Self-View-Wide-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Graphic-Design-Hide-Self-View-Wide-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Graphic-Design-Hide-Self-View-Wide-636x477.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Graphic-Design-Hide-Self-View-Wide-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Graphic-Design-Hide-Self-View-Wide-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Graphic-Design-Hide-Self-View-Wide-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Graphic-Design-Hide-Self-View-Wide-1333x1000.jpeg 1333w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Graphic-Design-Hide-Self-View-Wide-1600x1200.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">2023 MFA Graphic Design Thesis Exhibition, &#8220;Hide Self View&#8221;<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Graphic-Design-Hide-Self-View-Thesis-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Graphic-Design-Hide-Self-View-Thesis-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Graphic-Design-Hide-Self-View-Thesis-636x477.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Graphic-Design-Hide-Self-View-Thesis-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Graphic-Design-Hide-Self-View-Thesis-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Graphic-Design-Hide-Self-View-Thesis-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Graphic-Design-Hide-Self-View-Thesis-1333x1000.jpeg 1333w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Graphic-Design-Hide-Self-View-Thesis-1600x1200.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">2023 MFA Graphic Design Thesis Exhibition, &#8220;Hide Self View&#8221;<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe 26 Graphic Design MFA candidates featured in this exhibition come from across the United States and China, as well as from Peru, India, and Taiwan,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/about\/contact-directions\/directory\/christopher-sleboda\/\">Christopher Sleboda<\/a>, Associate Professor of Art, Graphic Design. \u201cEach designer brings unique perspectives and experiences to this collective presentation of their thesis work, an event that serves as one of the culminating milestones of their studies at Boston University.\u201d A team of MFA Graphic Design students designed all exhibition graphics, the catalog, and associated materials. Graduating students in the MFA Thesis course taught by Professor Sleboda also designed, built, and installed their group exhibition, creating an exhibition that is cohesive and collaborative while showcasing each student\u2019s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Stone and Commonwealth Galleries, the works by graduating <strong>MFA Sculpture<\/strong> students demonstrate their interest in experimentation with a broad range of unconventional materials. \u201cA tally of these materials would overwhelm: everything from ceramic and plexiglass, latex and lumber, paper and steel (sometimes corroded by vinegar), to chicken bones, SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast, also known as kombucha leather), actively composting bloodworms, fungus, and other less-than-palatable substrates,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/about\/contact-directions\/directory\/david-snyder\/\">David Snyder<\/a>, Assistant Professor of Art, Chair of Graduate Studies, Sculpture. \u201cThe results of the experiments\u2014though wildly different\u2014share an attentive appreciation for rich surface detail, as well as an uncompromising, specific approach to the use of physical space as a primary component of the work itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Sculpture-Painting-Thesis-Show-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Sculpture-Painting-Thesis-Show-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Sculpture-Painting-Thesis-Show-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Sculpture-Painting-Thesis-Show-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Sculpture-Painting-Thesis-Show-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Sculpture-Painting-Thesis-Show-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Sculpture-Painting-Thesis-Show-1333x1000.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA-2023-Sculpture-Painting-Thesis-Show-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/about\/contact-directions\/directory\/josephine-halvorson\/\">Josephine Halvorson<\/a>, Professor of Art and Chair of Graduate Studies, Painting, explains how the <strong>MFA Painting Class of 2023<\/strong> shows viewers how through painting, people can see deeply inwards and far outwards. \u201cAs a material process that typically privileges the sensation of touch, it is rarely too far from the body of its maker. The smallest aspects of everyday life to the biggest events of our time can be made palpable through depiction, abstraction, and the wonder that making brings,\u201d says Halvorson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MFA exhibitions are free, and open to the general public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button wp-block-bu-button news-block-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bu2023mfa.cargo.site\/\">visit the official mfa 2023 exhibitions website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"headline-1\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline news-block-editorial-headline\">BU SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS 2023 MFA THESIS EXHIBITIONS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"headline-2\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline news-block-editorial-headline\">Dates &amp; Times<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>April 6-22, 2023 \u2022 11am-5pm \u2022 Galleries are open Tuesdays-Saturdays; closed Sundays, Mondays, and major holidays<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"headline-2\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline news-block-editorial-headline\">Location<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-magenta-color\">MFA Painting &amp; Sculpture Thesis Exhibitions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery \u2022 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-magenta-color\">MFA Graphic Design Thesis Exhibition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>808 Gallery \u2022 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Brookline, MA 02446<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"headline-4\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline news-block-editorial-headline\">Exhibiting Students by Program<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-secondary-background-color\"><strong>Graphic Design<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lauren Albensi \u2022 Valeria Alvarado Guti\u00e9rrez \u2022 Graham Atherton \u2022 Hongjie Chen \u2022 Yulu Chen \u2022 Wanzhu (Summer) Cheng \u2022 Yingxuan (Eilis) Dan \u2022 Hannah Diamond \u2022 Jesse Finkelstein \u2022 David Gao \u2022 Nina Gozzi \u2022 Beiqiao Liu \u2022 Sarah Olick \u2022 Annabella Pugliese \u2022 Shuning Ren \u2022 Olivia Sanderford \u2022 Siddharth Thanganatarajamani \u2022 Jing-Yi Tsai \u2022 Yu-Ting (Tommy) Tsai \u2022 Tiana Umbach \u2022 Reshma Vijayan \u2022 Sophia Viviano \u2022 Jialun Wang \u2022 Shu Wang \u2022 Riva Weinstein \u2022 Sishu Zhong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-secondary-background-color\"><strong>Painting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Megan Arn\u00e9 \u2022 Bunny Correia \u2022 Sakshi Doshi \u2022 River Kim \u2022 Young Kim \u2022 Madelaine Kobe \u2022 Andrew Lyman \u2022 Bill Mattern \u2022 Luke Morrison \u2022 Shayan Nazarian \u2022 Stephen Proski \u2022 Vincent Samudovsky \u2022 Hannah Steele<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-secondary-background-color\"><strong>Sculpture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ry Beloin \u2022 Leah Naxon \u2022 Sohyoung Park<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-background has-black-background-color is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2023\/04\/MFA_SM_Post_01-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h5 id=\"headline-4\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline news-block-editorial-headline\"><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">MFA 2023 EXHIBITIONS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-white-color\">The 2023 MFA Exhibition features forty-two graduating students in MFA Painting, Sculpture, and Graphic Design. The 808 Gallery hosts the MFA Graphic Design exhibition titled Hide Self View. The MFA Painting and Sculpture theses are displayed in both the Stone Gallery and Commonwealth Galleries. Our exhibitions span two buildings, reflecting our sense of opening up following years of restrictions under Covid-19. The work explores the relationship between the self and larger systems. It also explores what it means to create a mental, physical, and social space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button wp-block-bu-button news-block-button has-secondary-theme is-style-accent\" href=\"https:\/\/bu2023mfa.cargo.site\/About\">visit website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"headline-5\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline news-block-editorial-headline\">About Us<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-bu-collapsible js-wp-block-bu-collapsible is-open icon-style-plus-minus is-style-plain\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\tid=\"bu-collapsible-2a0942ef\"\n\t\tdata-default-open=\"false\"\n\t>\n\t\t<h5 class=\"bu-collapsible-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"bu-block-collapsible-toggle js-bu-block-collapsible-toggle\" id=\"bu-collapsible-2a0942ef-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\tBoston University\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bu-block-collapsible-content js-bu-block-collapsible-content\" id=\"bu-collapsible-2a0942ef-panel\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Founded in 1839, Boston University is an internationally recognized institution of higher education and research. 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With programs in Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts, CFA prepares students for a meaningful creative life by developing their intellectual capacity to create art, shift perspective, think broadly, and master relevant skills. CFA offers a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs, as well as a range of online degrees and certificates. 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