General Catalog 2024-25

The MFA curriculum fosters the development of a sustained artistic practice through exploration, experimentation, and intensive studio work and study. Opened in Fall 2019, the UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios provide individual and communal work spaces for MFA art students with a flexible design that considers the nature of contemporary artistic practice. The six areas of study—ceramics, interdisciplinary studio, new genres, painting and drawing, photography, and sculpture—are supplemented by contemporary critical theory seminars. Students are encouraged to work across areas of study within the department.