Art School Demystified with Columbia University Visual Arts Faculty

Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM until 5:00 PMEastern Standard Time UTC -05:00



Join Columbia University’s MFA faculty as they discuss the art school experience: what to expect in school, ways that it changes and challenges your studio practice, and your life afterward as a working artist. 

All sessions are on zoom with Columbia faculty. Dean of Admissions Julie Dobrow will also join each session to answer any questions regarding admissions, tuition, and financial aid. See the schedule below:

1-1:45 pm Sound Art 
Miya Masaoka: Director, Sound Art
Seth Cluett: Director, Computer Music Center

2-2:45 pm Photography + Moving Image  
Naeem Mohaiemen: Director of Undergraduate Studies
Adama Delphine Fawundu: Assistant Professor, Visual Arts 
Matthew  Buckingham: Professor of Professional Practice

3-3:45 pm Sculpture + Expanded Practice
Jon Kessler: Professor of Professional Practice

4-4:45 pm Painting + Printmaking  
David Antonio Cruz: Director of Graduate Studies 
Tomas Vu-Daniel: Artistic Director, Leroy Neiman Center for Print Studies
Kenny Rivero, Assistant Professor of Visual Arts

Registration is no longer available because the registration deadline has passed.