Reception: Saturday, March 11, 2017, 7pm to 10pm Exhibition March 1 - 25, 2017
Root Division is proud to present MFA Now 2017, our biennial juried exhibition and archive publication featuring the works of MFA candidates at 9 of the top Bay Area institutions.
Now in it's fifth iteration, the MFA Now project provides a platform for looking at Bay Area artists and institutions in order to promote dialogue between programs and to archive current art-making practices and models.
This year's exhibition includes the work of twenty five artists selected by juror Natalia Mount (Executive Director, ProArts Oakland). Selected from over 153 submissions, the works included in this exhibition display a quality of content and execution that is indicative of the rigor of advanced art degree programs. Ranging in media from large scale installation, to video, sculpture, photography and painting, the exhibition is a rare glimpse into the developing practices of candidates prior to their thesis presentations.
Root Division is honored to expand the scope of this project to include two additional programs in our 2017 presentation: University of California, Davis, and Santa Cruz. These students' work will be documented alongside their peers from California College of the Arts, Mills College, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, Stanford University, and University of California, Berkeley in our archive publication.
The MFA Now 2017 Archive is an inclusionary publication of all eligible MFA candidates from these programs. The catalogue includes a full page dedicated to each contributing MFA candidate and a compilation of essays by program faculty, Root Division staff, and the exhibition juror. Designed by Gold Collective, this publication joins the ongoing series and is a vital tool for documenting and navigate the contemporary moment in Bay Area MFA programs.
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