The Department of Fine Arts

The Department of Fine Arts is a branch of UNO's College of Liberal Arts, which offers an undergraduate curriculum leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree. Students are encouraged to enter regional and national competitive exhibitions, and seniors must mount a professional-quality exhibition of their work in the UNO Fine Arts Gallery before they graduate. The UNO Department of Fine Arts has:

• Full accreditation by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.
• A dedicated faculty who are all actively working professional artists exhibiting throughout the United States and Europe.
• Support facilities, including a computer lab and an in-house slide library with over 80,000 slides, periodicals, reference books, and video tapes.
• A Fine Arts Gallery that focuses on exhibitions of undergraduate and graduate student work.
• A separate University "Arts" Library housed within the main campus library.
• An extremely diverse and committed student body offering a myriad of influences of life experiences and cultural viewpoints.
  
• A regular program of visiting artists and lecturers, both within the department, and in the Greater New Orleans community.
  
• A proliferation of galleries, institutions, and professional artists in New Orleans, providing an extraordinarily rich field of influences and opportunities.

MFA Fellowship Available!

Applications are currently being accepted for four three-year MFA Fellowships, to begin in the fall semester, 2005. Areas of concentration include digital media, painting, printmaking, photography, or sculpture. The total Fellowship award is $57,750, comprising a $15,000 cash stipend and a full tuition waiver each year for the three year period. Recipients also receive an individual studio work space for the duration of the three year award. All qualified American citizens are elligible. Applicants should submit the UNO Department of Fine Arts MFA Application (with an expanded written description of the applicant's critical ideas and historical awareness), and the University of New Orleans Graduate School Application to:

Graduate Fellowship Coordinator
Department of Fine Arts
University of New Orleans, Lakefront
New Orleans, LA 70148
ph: 504-280-6493
finearts@uno.edu

Please note that the applicants current GPA, undergraduate transcripts, and GRE score (if available), should be submitted with the application. Application forms are available from this web site. The application deadline is February 1, 2007.