graduate school part 1

So in today's art world going to graduate school almost seems necessary. Some how the credentials of MFA on the. Resume mean so much along with the school they are put in front of. When you are attending your undergraduate institution all the professors talk about "when I was in graduate school", as if it changes everything about whom you would be without it. In some respects this is true. Here are some words of wisdom for those who might be reading this and heading off to graduate school for an MFA in visual arts. Your graduate institution means a lot!! Columbia and Yale might be expensive but their networks are super strong and push their graduates out into the field of both higher education and the gallery world with great sucess. So the institution you attend matters. If you do not attend one of these more prestigious institutions then you had best have your graduate educating being paid for by someone else, the school through scholarships and tuition waivers, private scholarships or government grants for education. If you have to pay to go to grad school, you a) probably shouldn't be there or b) are attending an institution which is in such dire straits for money that they can't afford to comp you for graduate education, which is just not right. Other graduate programs give their graduate students financial assistance and paths to a career in the field so why shouldn't your at school. If you do not have programs where you can build teaching experience or studio assistant experience then find a better school. More than likely these will be the jobs you will have to do when you get out because you are poor. So I will say this again, no opportunities to do these things, go somewhere else.

That is it for part one of this topic. I shall continue this soon with a picking up on this topic.

Enjoy the read people.