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Art and Art History Department Description


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The Hunter College Department of Art & Art History offers two distinguished master’s programs, an MA in art history and an MFA in creative art. The department boasts world renowned faculty in art history and studio art.

Hunter is situated within walking distance of a range of resources unsurpassed anywhere for the study of art history: outstanding museums, galleries and specialized research libraries. The Art History - MA  , granted by Hunter College since 1952, is a comprehensive program of study intended to give the student a broad background in the history of art as well as an in-depth concentration in a particular area. It leads to enrollment in PhD programs throughout the country and serves as a terminal degree for professional work in museums, galleries, arts organizations and art publishing.

In New York, as nowhere else, the Creative Art - MFA  student has access to the changing ideas and forms of contemporary art. This is crucial to the achievement of the goal of the MFA program: to develop professional artists capable of continued growth once they leave the relatively structured university environment. The program is designed to offer broad training for the artist in the development of critical and analytical visual thinking as it relates to their work. Students are encouraged to develop their own art through constant peer contact in the studios, individual work with faculty tutors, critical seminars focusing on student work, and classes in the theory and history of art. Electives in a range of studio practices broaden student experience and are also required. In addition, many artists, curators, critics and historians are invited to meet with students.