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Individuals who choose to put creative work at the center of their lives develop tools to interpret the world by making independent choices, decisions, and judgments. The Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College operates in the belief that this art practice is essential for building and maintaining engaged communities in a democratic society. The aesthetic discourse—the vocabulary of attention and response—is a foundation for the discovery of personal empowerment, social efficacy, and cultural value in the contemporary world.
Since 1981, the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts has offered a master of fine arts (M.F.A.) degree program shaped according to this belief and conducted in a work-centered and stimulating environment for artists practicing in six disciplines: film/video, music/sound, painting, photography, sculpture, and writing.
At Bard, the M.F.A. community itself is the primary resource for the M.F.A. candidate—as audience and teacher, and as peer group in an ongoing dialogue. Immersion in this community ultimately influences each artist's practice both within the program and beyond. The community promotes a diversity of approach, fosters imaginative responses and insights, and develops innovative solutions to aesthetic problems in all disciplines.
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