Hi Carl---------- Our MFA at Buffalo is certainly focused "on individual practice, conceptualization, experimentation", as we have been for forty years. We're very diverse -- but also quite small, and tightly-knit, even though we're in the midst of a big research University. Check us out....
http://mediastudy.buffalo.edu/ ---------t0ny Tony Conrad Department of Media Study 231 Ctr for the Arts University at Buffalo 14260 On Thu 08/23/12 6:01 PM , Marcy Saude [email protected] sent: > A few MFAs that are both "experimental" and offer a combo of funding > and paid TA opportunities are University of Colorado at Boulder, > University of Illinois Chicago and University of Iowa. UIC and Boulder > both offer film within their studio art MFA programs. > Good luck, > Marcy > ------------------------- > FROM: Carl Elsaesser > TO: [email protected] > SENT: Saturday, August 18, 2012 11:42 AM > SUBJECT: [Frameworks] MFA > Perhaps this is a touchy subject on this list, but I'd love to hear > what anyone has to say on the subject of film MFAs. I am just starting > the research phase of applying and any direction would be much > appreciated. There seems to be such a polemic between film schools > geared towards positioning students for industry jobs and film schools > that focus more on individual practice, conceptualization, > experimentation... And while I'd say I am way more on the later side, > I'd certainly love to find a school that has a good technical > foundation. Other than that, I'm looking for a school that offers > working as a TA, or full rides... which seems harder and harder to > find.... And just to throw it out there, any thoughts on Berlin? > Sorry for the barrage of questions, but I figured who better to ask! > > Thanks so much, > > -- > carl Elsaesser > 207-607-2610 > www.carlelsaesser.com > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks [1] > > > Links: > ------ > [1] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
