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The Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College is a low-residency MFA program for interdisciplinary study in visual and creative arts.
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There's still time! Submit your Bard MFA application by TONIGHT: Friday, January 9th at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. 📽️🎤🎨📸🛠️📝 #APPLYNOW @bardmfa @bardcollege @bardgradprograms #mfa #lowresidency #lowres #contemporaryart #art #film #video #music #sound #painting #photography #sculpture #writing #installation #performance #thesis #exhibition
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The final deadline for the 2026 Bard MFA Application is tomorrow night, Friday, January 9th at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. There's still time - submit your application now! ❤️🖌️ Today we are thrilled to highlight the thesis work of Quinha Faria, Painting ‘26 (@quinha_faria ) in the foreground of this view from Double Take: Bard MFA Class of 2026 Thesis Exhibition at UBS Gallery, Red Hook, New York, 2025. Also featured in the background from left-right are Jeffrey Heiman (Painting), Antonio Darden (Sculpture), and David Lindsay (Writing). Photo: Bryan Zimmerman/Esto 💥 #APPLYNOW #MFA #GRAD #ART @bardcollege @bardgradprograms
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Founded in 1981 as the first of its kind, the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts low-residency MFA brings together students and faculty in 6 disciplines: moving image, music/sound, painting, photography, sculpture, and writing for a unique summer program. Submit your application TODAY for Summer 2026 - the deadline has been extended to Friday 1/9! 💜 Today we are thrilled to highlight the thesis work of Antonio Darden, Sculpture '26! @theantoniodarden This image was from the Bard MFA Class of 2026 Thesis Exhibition: Double Take. 📽️ Antonio Darden, It reads both ‘BRUISED’ and ‘BRUISER’ (A hologram), 2025. Six-channel video, sound, digital archive print on panel. (06:17). Photo: Bryan Zimmerman/Esto #APPLYNOW #MFA #GRAD #ART @bardcollege @bardgradprograms
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Bard MFA faculty are drawn from a range of mid-career working artists from diverse backgrounds. Their experience is available to students in all six disciplines: a writer will meet with a painter, a sculptor with a filmmaker, a musician with a photographer. These intense one-on-one Conferences are the core of the program. Interested in joining the conversation? There’s still time: submit your Bard MFA application by FRIDAY, JANUARY 9 at 11:59 PM EST. 📣 View of Double Take: Bard MFA Class of 2026 Thesis Exhibition at UBS Gallery, Red Hook, New York, 2025. Artists featured from left to right: Antonio Darden (Sculpture), Lizzy Gabay (Painting), Quinha Faria (Painting), Martha Schnee (Painting). Photo: Bryan Zimmerman/Esto 📽️🎤🎨📸🛠️📝 #APPLYNOW @bardmfa @bardcollege @bardgradprograms #mfa #lowresidency #lowres #contemporaryart #art #film #video #music #sound #painting #photography #sculpture #writing #installation #performance #thesis #exhibition
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DEADLINE EXTENSION: The 2026 Bard MFA application has been EXTENDED to Friday, January 9th at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. There's still time - submit your application today! 📽️🎤🎨📸🛠️📝 #APPLYNOW @bardmfa @bardcollege @bardgradprograms #mfa #lowresidency #lowres #contemporaryart #art #film #video #music #sound #painting #photography #sculpture #writing #installation #performance #thesis #exhibition
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4 months ago
The broad intellectual and artistic concerns of those who teach and learn at the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts call for, and create, a context of critical support and respect that extends beyond professional boundaries and categories. There's still time to join the conversation: submit your Bard MFA application for Summer 2026 today! Have questions ahead of the application deadline? Send us an email now at [email protected]. 🎞️🎤🎨🛠️📝📸 We are thrilled to highlight the thesis work of Lizzy Gabay, Painting '26! @lizzygabay This image was from the Bard MFA Class of 2026 Thesis Exhibition: Double Take. 💚🖌️ Photo: Lizzy Gabay, Sheep, 2025. Oil on canvas. Photo: Estefanía Landesmann #APPLYNOW #MFA #GRAD #ART @bardcollege @bardgradprograms
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TOMORROW! 📢 Submit your Bard MFA applications by Wednesday, January 7th at 11:59 PM EST. SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TODAY! 🎞️🎤🎨🛠️📝📸 Today we are thrilled to highlight the thesis work of Frances Grace Mortel , Moving Image '26! @francesmortel 💜 This image was from the Bard MFA Class of 2026 Thesis Exhibition: Double Take. 📽️ Photo: Frances Grace Mortel, tastas at kidkid (rip and wind), 2024 to present. Found/used denim garments, straight pins, safety pins, thread, jute twine, needles, seam ripper, bleach, projectors, monitor, 85 lbs. of rice, transducer, amplifier, media players, media storage, digital recordings, time with family, time away from family. Photo: Frances Grace Mortel #APPLYNOW #MFA #GRAD #ART @bardcollege @bardgradprograms
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4 months ago
We look forward to receiving your Bard MFA applications in the new year! 🎉 2026 applications are due on January 7th. If you have any final questions, please drop in for an informal Admissions Open Office Hour to be held on Zoom, January 5th from 10-11 AM Eastern Time. Click the link in our bio to join us at anytime during the open hour! 📸 Today we are thrilled to highlight the thesis work of Estefanía Landesmann, Photography '26! @stf_landesmann ❤️ This image was from the Bard MFA Class of 2026 Thesis Exhibition: Double Take. Image: Estefanía Landesmann, running underground like a spine, 2025. Photo: Estefanía Landesmann 🎤🎞️🎨🛠️📸📝 #bardmfa @bardcollege @bardadmission @bardalumni @bardgradprograms #bard #mfa #film #music #sound #painting #photography #sculpture #writing #paper #installation #exhibition #art #performance #presentation #APPLYNOW
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Have you submitted your Bard MFA application yet? The deadline is quickly approaching! 📣 We are offering one last virtual info session THIS MONDAY, 12/15, where interested applicants can learn more about the Bard MFA program from staff. We will also be hosting an informal office hour on Zoom to answer any final admissions questions you may have. Please register to join us using the link in our bio! ❤️ We are thrilled to share this image from the Bard MFA Class of 2026 Thesis Presentations. Today's featured artist is Shemona Goldman, Music/Sound '26! @sh3mona ❤️ Image: Shemona Goldman, Pluralistic Audibilities, composed by Shemona Goldman, performers left to right: Aliya Ultan, Shemona Goldman, Piper Hill, Dominic Coles (not pictured: Robbie Wing and Jacqui Cornetta). Music/Sound thesis presentation, 2025. ❤️ #bardmfa @bardcollege @bardadmission @bardalumni @bardgradprograms #bard #mfa #film #music #sound #painting #photography #sculpture #writing #paper #installation #art #performance #presentation
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5 months ago
Now is the time to submit your Bard MFA application! Want to learn more about the program? Only two formal information sessions on Zoom remain, and our next session is TODAY, Tuesday, December 2nd at 6 PM Eastern. Join the conversation, register at the link in our bio. 🎥🎤🎨📸🛠️📝 We're thrilled to share this image from Summer 2025, featuring artist Jeffrey Heiman, Painting '26! Jeffrey Heiman, August Blue (After Henry Scott Tuke), 2025. Oil on canvas; Homme au Bain (After Gustave Caillebotte), 2025. Oil on canvas. @jeffrey_heiman_ 💚 #bardmfa #bardcollege @bardcollege @bardgradprograms #ubsgallery #painting #installation #mfa #applynow
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5 months ago
Joining us for an information session is the best way to learn more about the Bard MFA program and admissions process. Register for one of our upcoming sessions today: either on Zoom this Thursday, 11/6, from 10-11 AM Eastern, or next Friday, 11/14, in person from 2-4 PM in New York City! Sign up using the link in our bio today. 🎥🎤🎨📸🛠️📝 We are thrilled to share this image from the Bard MFA Class of 2026 Thesis Exhibition: Double Take. Today's featured artist is Adrien Howard, Writing '26! @______adrien ❤️ Image: Adrien Howard, Speaking A (for two voices), 2025. Four-channel sound installation, light filter, Homasote panels, carpet, audio description. Photo: Estefanía Landesmann ❤️ #bardmfa @bardcollege @bardadmission @bardalumni @bardgradprograms #bard #mfa #film #music #sound #painting #photography #sculpture #writing #paper #installation #art
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6 months ago
Have you started your Bard MFA application yet? Do you have questions about the admissions process? Join us for an information session in New York City on Friday, November 14th! ✨ Come learn more about the country's first low-residency Master of Fine Arts program from program staff, faculty, and current students. Registration is required. Please sign up using the link in our bio today! 🎥🎤🎨📸🛠️📝 We are thrilled to share this image from the Bard MFA Class of 2026 Thesis Exhibition: Double Take. Today's featured artist is Caroline David, Sculpture '26! @c.arolinedavid ❤️ Image: Caroline David, Paper, 2025. Plywood, house paint, dimensions variable. Photo: Estefanía Landesmann ❤️ #bardmfa @bardcollege @bardadmission @bardalumni @bardgradprograms #bard #mfa #film #music #sound #painting #photography #sculpture #writing #paper #installation #art
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