{"id":1294,"date":"2024-12-16T14:39:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T19:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/programs\/?post_type=clarku_program&#038;p=1294"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:23:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:23:29","slug":"visual-arts-mfa","status":"publish","type":"clarku_program","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/masters\/visual-arts-mfa\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Arts, MFA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-start is-image-fill-element hero-program has-deeper-red-background-color has-background\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;grid-template-columns:auto 60%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"intro has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3046a60a1a9d86864bd8e730efb2a0ef\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);font-size:1.4rem;font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">Low residency.<br>High impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e351d5e98c666f81135af8e1ddb71d1d\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);font-size:1.4rem;font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">Join a creative community committed to your success as a 21st century artist.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-degree_type wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/?degree_type=masters\" rel=\"tag\">Master&#8217;s<\/a><\/div><\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/hero-for-MFA-880x550-1.jpg\" alt=\"mfa visual arts display\" class=\"wp-image-1299 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/hero-for-MFA-880x550-1.jpg 880w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/hero-for-MFA-880x550-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/hero-for-MFA-880x550-1-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-start sidebar-right double-bottom-margin is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">Create an academic journey from your own studio, working closely with other artists, program faculty, and professional artist-mentors in twice-yearly immersive residencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-artist-as-creative-entrepreneur\">The Artist as Creative Entrepreneur<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The ability to think creatively is valued far beyond artist communities. Our program will nurture your ability to think conceptually and see unique connections where others may not. At the same time, you will develop leadership and professional skills that will enhance your work, ensure your vision is realized, and your voice is heard.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"form_8dd5ca66-da71-44c5-a7df-e6a1ab883f88\">Loading...<\/div><script async=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gradapply.clarku.edu\/register\/?id=8dd5ca66-da71-44c5-a7df-e6a1ab883f88&output=embed&div=form_8dd5ca66-da71-44c5-a7df-e6a1ab883f88\">\/**\/<\/script>\n\n\n<style>\r\n\tdiv.form_container .form_page {\r\n\t\tdisplay: flex;\r\n\t\tflex-wrap: wrap;\r\n\t\tgap: 0;\r\n\t}\r\n\tdiv.form_container .form_page .form_h1, \r\n\tdiv.form_container .form_page .form_h2 {\r\n\t\tflex-basis: 100%;\r\n\t}\r\n\tdiv.form_container .form_page .form_h1 {\r\n\t\tmargin-block-end: 0;\r\n\t\tpadding-block-end: 0 !important;\r\n\t}\r\n\tdiv.form_container .form_page .form_h2 .form_label {\r\n\t\tfont-size: 1em;\r\n\t}\r\n\tdiv.form_container .form_page .form_question {\r\n\t\tmargin-inline-end: .75rem;\r\n\t}\r\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top sidebar-right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8ec8904f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\"><div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">Explore Visual Arts<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow-link has-deep-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ec4151975ea1623ffd0af8cd6d7780b5\"><a href=\"#admissions-requirements\">Admissions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer  abut-start\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow-link abut-start has-deep-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-179bf62585d446cce78553d75d01da0f\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/graduate-education\/graduate-admissions\/tuition-and-scholarships\/?program=fine-arts-in-visual-arts-mfa\">Tuition and Scholarships<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer  abut-start\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow-link abut-start has-deep-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2d46a865f346132da7b669ef1c3ec89c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.clarku.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=35&amp;poid=7268&amp;returnto=2879\">Requirements &amp; Courses<\/a><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-true-black-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-62b0ab2e189b5df51b7a820248a25db9 is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#b6ced196\">\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/myemail.constantcontact.com\/Clark-MFA-Visual-Arts-Winter-2025-Newsletter.html?soid=1132272589857&amp;aid=P8qZdRATNY8\">Clark MFA in Visual Arts Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read recent article from Worcester Magazine:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcestermag.com\/story\/entertainment\/arts\/2025\/01\/01\/community-impact-soft-skills-in-frame-for-clarks-new-mfa-program\/77239962007\/\">Clark\u2019s new MFA in Visual Arts program looks at world beyond the easel<\/a><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-image:url(&apos;https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/ClarkU_MFA_011125_203-copy.jpg&apos;);background-position:31% 41%;background-size:cover;\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-background\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#0000008f;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-06248a6146881b265a602c33c07444af\" id=\"h-the-clark-low-residency-mfa\">The Clark Low-Residency MFA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-checkmark-list has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d072c89c7db6eb1613fe50c8cc11fcd9\">\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-955a0a96b7ba9e64ef7535da8066a990\">Two-year\/four-semester program (16 units)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8a83c82d10c2c2ba64a42cd9e45c3e37\">June or January start<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b07fb6e5567875309071014c8f45b03b\">Supervised work during semesters with remote faculty advisors and studio mentors local to your area<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1f3ac5f4d0a9e6ecba5f5c9ae21d4171\">Five residencies, with thesis work presented during final residency and January exhibition at MASS MoCA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull abut-end has-white-color has-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-2f4ce95994d2585d5a9dbe290599d0c5 is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-80fb368b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-residencies-and-exhibitions\">Residencies and Exhibitions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-blue-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-382b6ed556cfddcb424cfe142a0fa4af\">These intensive 10-day sessions provide an immersive environment for artist-scholars, with regular critiques, guest faculty, and curated seminars on topics such as critical theory, art history, aesthetics, and professional practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program concludes with a fifth, thesis residency where you will defend your written thesis and present a professional artist talk. All graduates are included in an exhibition catalog and participate in a January thesis show at MASS MoCA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Clark\u2019s MFA in Visual Arts \u2014 Low Residency. 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They are painters, sculptors, filmmakers, art critics, historians, curators, photographers, and interactive artists. Each provides engaging and supportive instruction and guidance, drawing from their own academic and professional backgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your residency experience includes exposure to renowned national and international artists, curators, and art professionals. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:65%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/mfa-gallery-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/mfa-gallery-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/mfa-gallery-1-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group 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class=\"splide__track\">\n        <div class=\"splide__list\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/jan-avgikos-160x160-2.jpg\" alt=\"Jan Avgikos\" class=\"wp-image-2716\" style=\"border-radius:100px;width:120px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/jan-avgikos-160x160-2.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/jan-avgikos-160x160-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group no-gap is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"abut-end has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Jan Avgikos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"abut-start has-small-font-size\"><em>Residency Faculty<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Jan Avgikos is an art critic and historian who is based in New York and the Hudson Valley\u2014where she works and lives. She is a recipient of CAA\u2019s Frank Jewett Mather award for distinction in art criticism and was a graduate Mellon Fellow in art history at Columbia University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>Learn more<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p>She is currently a contributing editor with Artforum International, where she has enjoyed a long-standing affiliation, and regularly publishes reviews. Her writing about modern and contemporary art spans over 30 years and has been published in numerous museum and gallery catalogues, as well as magazines that include Frieze, Flash, Parkett, Brooklyn Rail, and others. Upcoming publications include essays on Dorothea Rockburne and Michelle Grabner. In addition, Ms. Avgikos is currently involved in research for a book on a core group of women artists affiliated with the Woodstock art colony and active in NYC art scenes from the 1920s through the 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Avgikos teaches at the School for Visual Arts in the MFA photo program and the Visual and Cultural Studies program where she focuses on various histories of modern and contemporary art, as well as globalization and the arts. She also teaches in NYU\u2019s MFA program where she guides students in their thesis exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For fun, Ms. Avgikos cultivates extensive gardens and engages in historic house renovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artforum.com\/author\/jan-avgikos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Personal website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/luis-croquer-160x160-2.jpg\" alt=\"Luis Croquer\" class=\"wp-image-2717\" style=\"border-radius:100px;width:120px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/luis-croquer-160x160-2.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/luis-croquer-160x160-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group no-gap is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"abut-end has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Luis Croquer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"abut-start has-small-font-size\"><em>Residency Faculty<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Luis Croquer is a Boston-based curator and arts professional. He has curated solo exhibitions featuring the work of Paul McCarthy, Katinka Bock, Haegue Yang, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Edgar Arceneaux, and the first survey in the United States of Franz Erhard Walther\u2019s work, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Learn more<\/summary>\n<p>He was the Henry and Lois Foster director and chief curator of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and previously served as deputy director at the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington in Seattle, and as director and chief curator at MOCA Detroit. He has also held museum positions in New York, and his native El Salvador.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/deborah-davidson-169x169-2.jpg\" alt=\"Deborah Davidson\" class=\"wp-image-2718\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/deborah-davidson-169x169-2.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/deborah-davidson-169x169-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group no-gap is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"abut-end has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Deborah Davidson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"abut-start has-small-font-size\"><em>Residency Faculty<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Deborah Davidson is an artist, curator and educator. She received her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts\/Tufts University and BA from Binghamton University. She is founder and director of Catalyst Conversations, devoted to the dialogue between art and science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Learn more<\/summary>\n<p>She also maintains a studio practice, and is the director and curator at the Suffolk University Gallery. Her work is in many private and public collections, including Yale University, Wellesley College, Boston Public Library, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Houghton Library, Harvard University. Deborah has had solo exhibitions at the Danforth Museum of Art, Kingston Gallery, Oresman Gallery, Smith College and Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy. Awards include Humanities Center Artist in Residence, Northeastern University, Finalist, Brother Thomas Fellowship and a Berkshire Taconic A.R.T. grant. She is featured on the Massachusetts Cultural Council\u2019s podcast Creative Minds Outloud. Deborah will have a solo exhibit at the Carole Calo Gallery, Stonehill College in fall 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deborahdavidson.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Personal website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/stephen-dirado-160x160-2.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen DiRado\" class=\"wp-image-2719\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/stephen-dirado-160x160-2.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/stephen-dirado-160x160-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group no-gap is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"abut-end has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Stephen DiRado<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"abut-start has-small-font-size\"><em>Clark Associated Faculty<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Stephen DiRado is a professor in the Visual and Performing Arts Department, Clark University. He is a photographer and filmmaker whose art is primarily inspired by his captivation and admiration for the people in his community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Learn more<\/summary>\n<p>His scrupulously skilled photographs portray the underlying intimacy of individuals and the interactions within group dynamics. His films are narratives and commentaries about the people in his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/stephen-dirado\/\"><strong>Learn more about Professor DiRado<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendirado.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Personal website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/alex-jackson-160x160-2.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Jackson\" class=\"wp-image-2721\" style=\"border-radius:100px;width:120px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/alex-jackson-160x160-2.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/alex-jackson-160x160-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group no-gap is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"abut-end has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Alex Jackson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"abut-start has-small-font-size\"><em>Residency Faculty<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Alex Jackson currently lives and works in the greater Philadelphia area.&nbsp;He received his BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015 and received his MFA from Yale University in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Learn more<\/summary>\n<p>He has attended residencies at Yale Norfolk, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and Yaddo. Recent exhibitions include&nbsp;<em>Chrysalis&nbsp;<\/em>at Jenkins Johnson Projects (Brooklyn, N.Y., 2021), and&nbsp;<em>Earthgrazer<\/em>&nbsp;at Steven Zevitas Gallery (Boston, Mass., 2023). His work can be found in public collections at The Studio Museum in Harlem, the Santa Barbara Art Museum, and the DeYoung Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexjacksonartist.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Personal website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/rebecca-joy-160x160-2.jpg\" alt=\"Rebecca Joy\" class=\"wp-image-2722\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/rebecca-joy-160x160-2.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/rebecca-joy-160x160-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group no-gap is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"abut-end has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Rebecca Joy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"abut-start has-small-font-size\"><em>Assistant Program Director<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">An arts administrator with a background in editorial, Rebecca earned her B.A. from Brandeis University and her Creative Writing MFA from Lesley University. In previous roles, she interned at Esquire magazine and covered arts &amp; dining for hyperlocal publications.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/peter-rostovsky-160x160-2.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Rostovsky \" class=\"wp-image-2723\" style=\"border-radius:100px;width:120px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/peter-rostovsky-160x160-2.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/peter-rostovsky-160x160-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group no-gap is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"abut-end has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Peter Rostovsky<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"abut-start has-small-font-size\"><em>Residency Faculty<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Peter Rostovsky is a Russian-born artist and writer who emigrated from the former Soviet Union as a political refugee in 1980. He works in a variety of disciplines that include painting, sculpture, installation, digital art, and graphic narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Learn more<\/summary>\n<p class=\"arrow\">His many projects attempt to bridge the gap between painting and conceptual art and notions of high and low while frequently merging analog and digital approaches. His fine art has been shown widely both in the United States and abroad and has been exhibited at such venues as <em>The Walker Art Center, MCA Santa Barbara, PS1\/MOMA, Artpace, The Santa Monica Museum of Art, The ICA Philadelphia, the Blanton Museum of Art, S.M.A.K.,<\/em> and a host of private galleries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\">His writing and art criticism, under the pen name David Geers, has appeared in <em>October, Fillip, Bomb, The Third Rail Quarterly, The Brooklyn Rail,<\/em> and <em>Frieze<\/em> and often focuses on the convergence of art, politics, and technology. Meanwhile, his illustrated fiction and comics-based work has appeared in the <em>Third Rail Quarterly<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Unbag<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Topic<\/em>, in Devil\u2019s Due\u2019s much publicized <em>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Freshman Force<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Talk Bernie to Me<\/em>&nbsp;anthologies, as well as the Ringo Award-nominated <em>Pandemix<\/em>&nbsp;anthology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\">His recently released debut graphic novel, <em>Damnation Diaries,<\/em>&nbsp;received a 2023 MoCCA Award of Excellence, positive reviews in <em>Publisher&#8217;s Weekly<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Artforum,&nbsp;<\/em>and other venues, and was listed by the New York Public Library as one of 2023&#8217;s Best Comics for Adults.&nbsp;Rostovsky currently teaches at New York University and Parsons New School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peterrostovsky.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Personal website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/toby-sisson-160x160-2.jpg\" alt=\"Toby Sisson\" class=\"wp-image-2725\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/toby-sisson-160x160-2.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/toby-sisson-160x160-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group no-gap is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"abut-end has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Toby Sisson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"abut-start has-small-font-size\"><em>Clark Associated Faculty<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Toby Sisson earned her BFA, <em>magna<\/em> <em>cum<\/em> <em>laude<\/em>, from the College of Visual Arts in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and her MFA from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Learn more<\/summary>\n<p class=\"arrow\">Her areas of specialization include drawing, painting and printmaking, as well as community-based research, service learning, and curatorial projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/toby-sisson\/\"><strong>Learn more about Professor Sisson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tobysisson.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Personal website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/ben-sloat-160x160-2.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Sloat\" class=\"wp-image-2726\" style=\"border-radius:100px;width:120px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/ben-sloat-160x160-2.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/ben-sloat-160x160-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group no-gap is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"abut-end has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Ben Sloat<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"abut-start has-small-font-size\"><em>Program Director<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Ben earned a B.A. from UC Berkeley and an MFA from Tufts University\/School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. His work has been exhibited at the 13th Havana Biennial, Matanzas, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, MFA, Boston, Queens Museum, Dublin City Gallery\/The Hugh Lane, and the Peabody-Essex Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Learn more<\/summary>\n<p class=\"arrow\">His solo exhibitions include those at Galerie Laroche\/Joncas in Montreal, ACC Gallery in Taipei, Steven Zevitas Gallery in Boston, Coop Gallery in Nashville, Front Gallery in Oakland, and Gallery 126 in Galway. In 2009, he was a Fulbright Faculty Scholar to Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bensloat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Personal website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/soren-sorensen-160x160-2.jpg\" alt=\"Soren Sorensen\" class=\"wp-image-2728\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/soren-sorensen-160x160-2.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/soren-sorensen-160x160-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group no-gap is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"abut-end has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Soren Sorensen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"abut-start has-small-font-size\"><em>Clark Associated Faculty<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Soren Sorensen holds an MFA in Film from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Sorensen teaches the bulk of the Screen Studies program\u2019s production offerings, including advanced courses in documentary and short narrative filmmaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/soren-sorensen\/\">Learn more about Soren<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/ulm-160x160-2.jpg\" alt=\"Ulm\" class=\"wp-image-2729\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/ulm-160x160-2.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/ulm-160x160-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group no-gap is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"abut-end has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Ulm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"abut-start has-small-font-size\"><em>Clark Associated Faculty<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Ulm has been an emergent media artist, game developer, and professor of interactive media for over 15 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Learn more<\/summary>\n<p class=\"arrow\">Ulm received their MFA from Lesley University and maintains a studio at a local maker-space [and in the cloud], believing that practice and purpose intersect at the community level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/terrasa-ulm\/\"><strong>Learn more about Professor Ulm<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/oliver-wasow-160x160-2.jpg\" alt=\"Oliver Wasow\" class=\"wp-image-2730\" style=\"border-radius:100px;width:120px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/oliver-wasow-160x160-2.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/oliver-wasow-160x160-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group no-gap is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"abut-end has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Oliver Wasow<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"abut-start has-small-font-size\"><em>Residency Faculty<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Oliver Wasow is a fine art photographer living and working in Rhinebeck, N.Y. He received his B.A. from Hunter College and his master\u2019s from the Transart Institute in Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Learn more<\/summary>\n<p class=\"arrow\">His work is currently represented by Theodore: Art Gallery in NYC. Wasow has had a number of one person exhibitions, including shows at Theodore: Art, Josh Baer Gallery, Janet Borden Gallery, Tom Solomon Gallery in Los Angeles, The South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art in North Carolina, and the Hilliard Museum in Lafayette, Louisiana. His work has been included in numerous national and international group shows, including such benchmark exhibitions as \u2018Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop,\u2019 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, \u2018Image World,\u2019 at the Whitney Museum of Art in NYC, and \u2018The Photography of Invention,\u2019 at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His photographs are included in a number of private collections and are represented in various prominent public collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, The Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC, and The Milwaukee Art Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliverwasow.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Personal website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-clarku-slide splide__slide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/deb-todd-wheeler-160x160-2.jpg\" alt=\"Deb Todd Wheeler\" class=\"wp-image-2731\" style=\"border-radius:100px;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/deb-todd-wheeler-160x160-2.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/deb-todd-wheeler-160x160-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group no-gap is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"abut-end has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Deb Todd Wheeler<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"abut-start has-small-font-size\"><em>Residency Faculty<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Deb Todd Wheeler is an award winning multi-disciplinary artist in the Boston area who creates emergent spaces of radical generosity for emotional transformation and reclamation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Learn more<\/summary>\n<p class=\"arrow\">In her most recent project, she guides participants through a geo-located audio-walk in the partially remediated landscape of Lost Pond, which you can read about in her recently released Book of Walks. She generates intimate experiences through interactive installations, objects, and participatory happenings, creating provisional communities through gathering, grief work, and holding commemorative space. Her expertise is wide ranging, encompassing the construction of images, objects, and experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is a Deep Listening facilitator, a founding member of the LENNYcollective, and is represented by Ellen Miller Gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><a href=\"http:\/\/debtoddwheeler.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Personal website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<script>\n    let cu_carousel_0 = new Splide( '#cu_carousel_0',{\n        type   : 'loop',\n        perPage: 3,\n        perMove: 1,\n        focus  : 'center',\n        pagination:false,\n        updateOnMove: true,\n        gap:'2.5rem',\n        breakpoints: {\n            768: {\n                perPage: 1,\n                arrows: true,\n                pagination: false            },\n            1279: {\n                perPage: Math.min(2, 3) ,\n                arrows: true,\n                pagination: 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has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ef8fffaacb6f883bac039a77a38e7942\">As a student in the MFA program, you become part of the larger Clark academic and campus community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-17428b327fdd9865ebe18e8a83866f8f\">Founded in 1887, our university brings together creative, passionate, and intellectually engaged students in a supportive community from around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-950fb21ae8b120eb7a18978d58c9e8ec\">Clark\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/departments\/visual-and-performing-arts\/\">Department of Visual and Performing Arts<\/a>&nbsp;is home to undergraduate study of art history, media and culture, music, screen studies, studio art, and theater arts.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/graduate\/programs\/masters\/master-of-fine-arts-in-interactive-media\/\">The 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And our Worcester campus location provides an inspiriting, supportive, and world-class&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/departments\/visual-and-performing-arts\/facilities\/arts-in-the-worcester-region\/\">arts community<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-52009084 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" id=\"admissions-requirements\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/admissions-requirements-1.jpg\" alt=\"arts student working on her display\" class=\"wp-image-1356 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/admissions-requirements-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/admissions-requirements-1-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-admissions-requirements\">Admissions Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Completed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gradapply.clarku.edu\/apply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Online application form<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Application fee (non-refundable): $75<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your r\u00e9sum\u00e9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Academic transcripts from all intuitions attended<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Demonstrated English language proficiency<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A personal statement<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A&nbsp;<strong>portfolio<\/strong>&nbsp;that includes 15-20 examples of your work. 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