Apply to Northwestern University's
Department of Art Theory & Practice
M.F.A. Program
www.art.northwestern.edu

Graduate Faculty:

Jeanne Dunning
Judy Ledgerwood
Lane Relyea
Michael Rakowitz
Kelly Kaczynski
Steve Reinke

2-Step Application Process:

1. Official application forms must be completed and submitted online through the Graduate School's website: www.tgs.northwestern.edu/admission
deadline: December 31

2. Additional application materials should be mailed to:
Department of Art Theory & Practice
Northwestern University
3-400 Kresge Hall 1880 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2207
deadline: January 15

These additional materials include:

* your portfolio (please carefully read the instructions for portfolio submission below)
* two letters of recommendation
* transcripts from all colleges or universities you have attended
* a resume
* an artist's statement, which should not exceed 750 words and should address at length and in detail your artwork and the issues and concerns that inform it
* a self-addressed stamped return envelope if you wish to have your portfolio returned

Please do not submit these materials in binders or folders

Portfolio guidelines:

For most applicants, the portfolio is in slide form or jpegs on a CD. Your portfolio should consist of 20 images documenting recent work. If you are using slides, they should be submitted in an 8½" x 11" slide sheet and numbered 1 through 20. Please do not submit slides in carousels or in oddly sized slides sheets. Your slides should be properly labeled with all of the following information: your name, title, date, media and dimensions and a dot in the lower left-hand corner (click here for an example). If you are submitting jpegs, simply burn them onto a standard CD, do not submit them as part of a CD-ROM or powerpoint program. No individual jpeg should be under 200kb or over 600kb in size. Both slides and jpegs on a CD should be accompanied by a separate hard-copy list of each work's title, date, media and dimensions. Jpegs on a CD should be clearly titled and numbered to correspond to the information on this separate hardcopy list.

If video is a more appropriate form of documentation for your work, we recommend that you send a VHS tape or DVD with an excerpt no more than ten minutes long. You may also send an additional tape or DVD of complete works; if you submit more than one tape or DVD, please make sure that the excerpt tape is identified. If your work is computer interactive, only then may you submit a CD-ROM.

*Visit NU's AT&P website for more information. Accepted students receive significant funding.