Program Overview

Program Overview

The Georgia State University Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in Textiles program is offered by the Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design, located on the Atlanta Campus. This program emphasizes professional skills and achievements, fostering personal direction, diversity, technical proficiency, and professional presentation.

Program Curriculum

The Textiles program offers a highly progressive curriculum that considers Textiles as a broad-based practice, providing a strong foundation in the history of the discipline and fostering technical mastery of the material. The individual direction of each student is further developed and focused through:

• Intensive time in the studio
• Group interaction across disciplines
• Periodic critical reviews

Program Characteristics

Sensitive handling of material, the integrity of craftsmanship, and depth of inquiry are the unifying characteristics of work made in the Textiles M.F.A. program. The program emphasizes group seminars and critiques to provide a variety of settings for the development and exchange of ideas relevant to the arts in general and textiles in particular.

Thesis and Assistantships

In the final two semesters of the graduate program, the student completes a thesis exhibition and writes a supporting thesis paper. A strong component of the graduate program involves assistantships in either studio work or in teaching undergraduate-level courses. Students may teach a variety of courses during their studies, from:

• Foundations
• Intermediate Textiles These experiences, in conjunction with the acquisition of professional skills such as resume writing, job application skills, and self-promotion, prepare the student with the tools to be a professional artist once studies are complete.