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Two Part Application Check List Download printable application:
MFA Application PDF
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| This Check List is provided to help simplify the application process. Please be sure that you have followed all directions carefully. Remember this is a two part application. The two parts and their two destinations are listed below. | |
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Part I: Brooklyn College Application: ___ Completed Brooklyn College Application ___ Official Transcripts ___ Letters of Recommendation ___ $125.00 application fee (do not send cash) |
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| Send these Part I materials to : | |
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Office of Admissions Brooklyn College 2900 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11210-2889 |
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| Part II: Art Department Application: | |
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___ Completed Art Department Application ___ Personal Statement ___ Slide Portfolio submitted in a Kodak Slide carousel tray (Universal or Transview 80) or VHS cassette, .jpg files on a CD-Rom, and/or video files on a DVD, carefully following the correct procedures as stated in the "Art Department Application Requirements" _____ /Or: For Digital Art Program, submit interactive work on CD-ROM and Video/Animation on VHS or DVD |
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| Send these Part II materials to: | |
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Art Department Attention: Graduate Deputy, MFA Program Brooklyn College 2900 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11210-2889 |
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| Failure to follow these instructions may cause a serious delay in processing your application. | |
| How to Package your Portfolio | |
| The following instructions must be followed in the packaging of the carousel slide box, VHS cassette, CD-Rom or DVD: | |
| 1. Place the Art Department application in the packaging with your images. Your image inventory should list each image in chronological order, with image file name, if applicable, date, dimensions, medium and title, if any. | |
| 2. Include self-addressed, postage page return packaging for all materials. Image materials will be discarded if postage is not received. (International applicants may obtain U.S. postage on the web (usps.com) or include a money order to cover the cost of return postage.) | |
| 3. Package the image materials, return packaging, image inventory list, and application together and mail to: | |
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Art Department Attention: Graduate Deputy, M.F.A. Program Brooklyn College 2900 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, New York, 11210-2889 |
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| Note: The Art Department will acknowledge receipt of application and portfolio only if the applicant provides a self- addressed, stamped postcard for this purpose. This information will not be given over the phone. | |
| Art Department Application Requirements | |
| A high degree of capability and commitment is required of applicants to the Brooklyn College Art Department. Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university or a diploma from a four-year accredited professional art school. Admission to the Master's of Fine Arts program is on a highly selective and competitive basis. | |
| ADMISSION | |
| Students are admitted in the Fall of each year. The admissions committee's decisions are mailed in mid- April. No decision can be given over the telephone. To apply for more than one area of concentration, separate applications, fees, and supporting documents must be filed. The work submitted should be representative of the applicant's experience in that particular field. | |
| Application Deadline for Fall: | |
| February 1st (Internationally and Domestically Educated Applicants) | |
| Applications and all supporting documents must be RECEIVED no later than the above deadlines. NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE DEADLINE DATES. | |
| All of the following three Art Application materials must be sent directly to: | |
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Art Department Attention: Graduate Deputy, MFA Program Brooklyn College 2900 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, New York, 11210-2889 |
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| 1. ART DEPARTMENT APPLICATION with all information typed or clearly printed. Be sure to complete both sides of the document. | |
| 2. Your PERSONAL STATEMENT, which is not to exceed one page in length (preferably typed). Typical statements include reasons for applying to the MFA Program at Brooklyn College, and focus on the work in terms of influences, interests, research, and current direction. List your name and area of study at the top of your page. | |
| 3. Applicants who fail to submit examples of their work in a slide portfolio, VHS cassette or in one of the specified digital formats (.jpg on CD-Rom or DVD) will not be considered. Applicants are strongly urged to mail their slides using a guaranteed delivery service in order to be received prior to the deadline dates. | |
| VHS cassettes and DVDs must be carefully labeled with applicants name and file list. Digital images (.jpg) must either be accompanied by a chronological image inventory list that includes the filename, date, dimensions, medium and title, if any, and/or loaded into a Powerpoint file and clearly labeled on each screen with date, dimensions, medium and title, if any. SLIDES MUST BE SET FOR VIEWING IN A KODAK CAROUSEL TRAY (UNIVERSAL OR TRANSVIEW 80). SUBMIT NO MORE THAN 15 (FIFTEEN) PROFESSIONAL- QUALITY COLOR SLIDES- 35MM ONLY. The slides should indicate the individual's major interest and direction and, in addition, should demonstrate the applicant's ability. Sort the slides in chronological order ending with the most recent (more than half should represent work done within the past year). Mark the front of each slide (do not use labels to mark slides as these can cause the slides to stick and fail to drop when projected) with your name and the date in the upper left corner, and with it's number and a dot in the lower left corner. When the slides are loaded properly, these dots will be visible near the outer rim of the carousel. It is recommended as a precautionary measure that duplicates be kept of the slides that are sent and that time is taken to view the slides on a projector to ensure that they are loaded properly. | |
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