Why Study Studio Practices?

You want to make things and make a difference. As a Studio Practices major, you’ll learn to think critically, act creatively, and produce works of art that address the most pressing issues in contemporary culture. Studio Practices unleashes your expressive self while connecting to the world and others.

Why Study Studio Practices at MMC?

You have arrived at the epicenter of the global art community. MMC engages you in an individualized and cross-disciplinary study that combines a strong technical foundation, critical inquiry, and one or more specializations in painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, installation, and mixed media. Build an artistic practice that integrates disciplines from across the College. Take in everything New York City has to offer. Meet leading curators, artists, gallery owners, art critics, and art entrepreneurs. Learn from faculty members who are professional artists. Take classes and intern in some of NYC’s most prominent cultural institutions and public spaces—Sotheby’s, the Met, MoMA, PS1, El Museo del Barrio, the High Line, and art galleries across the city. Produce a portfolio of work and exhibit in our Hewitt Gallery of Art.

What You Will Learn

• Foundation. Exhibit conceptual and technical skills in a variety of art media, both analog and digital. Explore a wide range of artists’ materials and tools—from charcoal and paint to the most current digital technologies. Apply your medium and technique to solve visual problems and communicate meaning.
• Explore and Connect. Demonstrate scope and depth of knowledge in art historical and aesthetic practices. Through a rich cross-disciplinary quest you connect your art practices with subjects across the College. Work with your academic advisor to develop a plan of study that evolves over your four years.
• Define and Concentrate. Deepen your disciplinary practice and aesthetic and historical perspective through research and collaboration. Participate in the Junior/Minor art exhibition, seek professional internships, take advantage of opportunities to study abroad.
• Synthesize and Immerse. Develop an individual artistic vision necessary to advance studies and/or enter a career in the visual arts. In the senior year, students draw from this multi-dimensional experience to develop independently conceived Capstone projects that integrate their visual art practices and research. At each step in the process—from writing the initial proposal through production, critique, written reflection, and exhibition or presentation, an emphasis is placed on preparing students for professional careers and post-graduate studies.