job prospects for MFAs
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Anonymous
| Does anyone have any credible resources that could help me find out what the job prospects for graduates with Master's in Fine Arts are? |
Anonymous
| I'm glad you defined MFA for me. I thought it was motha f'in accountant. |
Anonymous
| Not good, I can tell you that. Depends what your MFA is in and what you want to do with it. Teach? |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
| Teach. My sister in law got an MFA expressly because she was an artist who wanted to earn a reliable paycheck. She determined that teaching at the college level would do the trick and give her time to "work on her art." |
Anonymous
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OP, I have to caution you against college level teaching with an MFA.
Everyone with an MFA has THE SAME IDEA. The jobs are scarce, part time, or worse. It's a bit of a pyramid scheme, IMO. (full disclosure: my mom holds an MFA and teaches at a university. It's been a long hard road, and she only recently got benefits. She's 68. I have a BFA, and did other things with it, mostly because watching my mom struggle like this to do what she loves really pisses me off.) What is your MFA in? There are other things you can do for a living, and sometimes just the fact that you have a masters is more important than what it's in. Graphic design, web design, all sorts of other things. |
Anonymous
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I know several MFAs, including my brother. Only one is earning any money teaching (adjunct faculty for low pay). Yes, "everybody" wants to get a job teaching art but those programs are getting cut across the country.
The others have jobs outside the the arts or education. Artists find the time and opportunities to do what they want, although it may not be in the 9-5 window. |