SoCal MFA is a regional art exhibition hosted by Claremont Graduate University’s Art Department featuring artists from Southern California’s best graduate university MFA programs. The deadline for 2026 SoCal MFA exhibition is Friday May 22nd. Our goal is to represent every school in our applicant pool! So spread the word and apply today!
SoCal MFA 2026 applications are open! We’re excited to see your amazing work in our new space!
Application Deadline: Friday May 22nd at 11:59 PST
Application link: /forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd65sElcpZ-i8I3cL5i7O_dLRHY-P0fJodhhypa8yr8pLQtlg/viewform
SoCal MFA’s 2025 opening exhibition is rapidly approaching! SoCal MFA is an annual exhibition featuring MFA students from the Southern California region and hosted by Claremont Graduate University’s Art Department.
This year’s opening reception will be at the Peggy Phelps and East Galleries on CGU’s campus at 251 E 10th Street, Claremont CA, on Saturday, May 31 from 1-4pm.
This year we’re excited to host MFA students from the following colleges and universities:
@calarts@cgumfa@csufvisualarts@calstatelaartdept@csulb_schoolofart@csungraduateart@csusbgradart@otiscollege@uci.mfa@ucla_art@ucsdvisarts@uscroski
Please join us on May 31st to celebrate this year’s incredible featured artists!
Applications are now closed!
Thank you to everyone who applied and helped spread the word — we received a record number of submissions this year, and we’re incredibly grateful for the energy and creativity you shared with us.
We’ll be reaching out to the selected artists individually on May 14. Stay tuned!
Hi, all! We are thrilled to have received so many incredible applications so far — however, there are still a few more schools and mediums we’d love to be included, so the deadline has been extended by one week: all submissions must be submitted by 11:59pm PT on Sunday, May 4! If you haven’t submitted yet, please do – the more the merrier! We look forward to reviewing all your amazing work.
Hello!
The application deadline for the 2025 SoCal MFA exhibition is this Saturday, April 26th, at 11:59 p.m. We've already received many applications featuring amazing artworks from students across most of the MFA programs in Southern California. Our goal is to represent every school in the applicant pool so we can truly celebrate the rich diversity of art from SoCal.
Consider applying — and feel free to spread the word to your classmates as well!
We are happy to share that applications for SoCAL MFA 2025 are now OPEN! We are looking forward to seeing some amazing art work!!
Please share with your classmates.
Application link: /SocalMFA2025
Deadline: April 26, 2025
We are thrilled to announce the SoCAL MFA for this year! Call for submissions coming soon. Open to all current Southern California MFA students. Spread the word!
