Academic and studio courses are delivered by our core faculty, who lead on-campus seminars in summer and teach through our interactive teaching website during the fall and spring trimesters.
Our interest in nurturing research-intensive, cross-media, interdisciplinary practices is reflected in the diversity of instructors who teach for the MFA. Each year we invite practitioners to teach with us who model the expansive, exploratory attitudes that the MFA hopes to foster amongst its student body.
Current core faculty:
An international roster of visiting artists, curators and critics join the program throughout the summer, each for a week at a time. Visiting artists deliver a public lecture, conduct one-on-one studio visits with every student, participate in group critiques and take part in an interview or classroom activity.
2011 » Lee Boroson, Hamish Fulton, Elllie Ga, Juan Logan, Allan McCollum, Sina Najafi, Lisi Raskin, Anne West
2010 » Lois Andison, Regine Basha, Harry Gamboa Jr., Hope Ginsburg, Bernie Miller, Jeanne Randolph, Kenneth White, Kit White
2009 » Paul Butler, Brian Dunn, Jonah Freeman, Amelia Jones, Ken Lum, Benny
Nemerofsky Ramsay, Jane Wildgoose
2008 » Brian Conley, Martha Buskirk, Nina Katchadourian, Jason Lewis, Karyn Olivier, Mark Wethli, Amy Yoes
2007 » Lawrence Rinder, Joan Retallack, Charlie Hewitt, John Schmor, Ernesto Pujol, Mary Flanagan, Bracha L. Ettinger, Hamza Walker
2006 » Daniel Bozhkov, Mary Jane Jacob, Allison Smith, Gideon Bok, Michelle Grabner, Jason Simon, Alison Saar, Tom Leeser, Chuck Agro
2005 » Nato Thompson, Louwrein Wijers, Beverly Semmes, Miwon Kwon, Amar Kanwar, Tom Burckhardt, Kathy Butterly, David Lang, Suzanne Bocanegra, Staffan Schmidt, Mike Bode
2004 » Wenda Gu, Mira Schor, Rosamond Purcell, Alex Coles, Annette Lemieux, Will Rogan, Cesare Pietrouisti, Katarina Weslien
2003 » Suzanne Lacy, Sean Foley, Vito Acconci, Jane Lackey, Whitfield Lovell, Peter Robinson, Dara Birnbaum, Hal Foster
2002 » Mary Kelly, Jeanne Silverthorne, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Yvonne Rainer, J.Morgan Puett, William Pope.L, Alex Coles, Harrell Fletcher
2001 » Dan Graham, Rona Pondick, Fred Wilson, Alix Pearlstein, Joan Livingstone, David Batchelor, Annette Lemieux, David Driskell
2000 » Mark Dion, Jessie Shefrin, Mel Chin, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Lucy Lippard, Ulf Rollof, Bonnie Marranca, Carolee Schneemann
1999 » Wenda Gu, Vito Acconci, Shirley Kaneda, Saul Ostrow, Katy Kline, Portia Munson, Alison Saar, Robert Storr, Marcia Tucker
1998 » Ming Cho Lee, Mira Schor, Carolee Schneemann, Hartley Shearer, Linda Shearer, Martha Rosler, Michiko Itatani, Charles Hewitt, David Driskell
The program has established an extensive network of studio advisors across North America and abroad who can support students living in any location. Each student is carefully paired with a local studio advisor who meets with them one-on-one in their studios throughout the Fall and Spring Trimesters.
- Vito Acconci, Brooklyn NY
- Erika Adams, Jamaica Plain, MA
- Karen Adrienne, Gardiner, ME
- Chuck Agro, Brooklyn NY
- Karina Aguillera, Skvirsky NY
- Jody Ake, Brooklyn NY
- Rosanne Altstatt, Lafayette IN
- Lelia Amalfitano, Boston, MA
- Mary Anderson, Cambridge MA
- Holly Andres, Portland, OR
- Warren Angle, Philadelphia, PA
- Bill Arning, Cambridge MA
- Hartmut Austen, Rochester Hills, MI
- Joan Baches, Seekonk MA
- Justyna Badach, Philadelphia, PA
- Lillian Ball, New York, NY
- Paul Bartow, Watkins Glen, NY
- Regine Basha, Brooklyn NY
- Lisa Bateman, New York, NY
- Christina Bechstein, Portland, ME
- Caitlin Berrigan, Cambridge MA
- Anne Bertus, Portland, ME
- Mark Bessire, Portland, ME
- Dara Birnbaum, New York, NY
- Lucinda Bliss, Bath, ME
- Gideon Bok, Camden, ME
- Lee Boroson, Brooklyn NY
- Corinne Botz, Brooklyn NY
- Nancy Bowen, Brooklyn NY
- Daniel Bozhkov, New York, NY
- Kathy Bradford, New York, NY
- Rocky Bridges, Tarpon Springs, FL
- Sherry Buckberrough, Hartford, CT
- David Bumbeck, Middlebury, VT
- Phillip Buntin, Storrs, CT
- Tom Burckhardt, New York, NY
- Jonathan Calame, South Portland, ME
- Jim Cambronne, Jamaica Plain, MA
- Christine Cantwell, Portland, ME
- J. George Cisneros, San Antonio, TX
- Tracey Cockrell, Portland, OR
- Bonnie Collura, Brooklyn NY
- Jorge Colombo, New York, NY
- Jillian Conrad, Brooklyn NY
- Julie Courtney, Philadelphia, PA
- Christoph Cox, Amherst, MA
- Michael Crespo, Baton Rouge, LA
- Eda Cufer, Freeport, ME
- Paul D'Amato, Chicago, IL
- Leila Daw, Branford, CT
- Grace DeGenarro, Yarmouth, ME
- Richard Deutch, Chicago, IL
- Mark Dion, Beach Lake, PA
- Lydia Dona, New York, NY
- Ellen Driscoll, Cambridge MA
- Rebecca Duclos, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Mitch Eckert, Louisville, KY
- Marlene Ekola Gerberick, Bath, ME
- Evergon, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Lauren Fensterstock, Portland, ME
- Alison Ferris, Brunswick, ME
- Mary Flanagan, New York, NY
- Harrell Fletcher, Portland, OR
- Sean Foley, Worthington, OH
- Andrea Fraser, New York, NY
- Josh Gaetjen, New Haven CT
- Barbara Gallucci, Brooklyn NY
- Harry Gamboa Jr., Los Angeles CA
- John Giancola, S. Pasadena, FL
- Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Santa Monica CA
- Hope Ginsburg, Richmond, VA,
- Dewitt Godfrey, Hamilton, NY
- Stephen Goody, Rochester MI
- Michelle Grabner, Oak Park, IL
- Terry Graff, Fredericton, NB
- Julie Graham, Medford, MA
- Joanne Greenbaum, New York, NY
- Catherine Hall, Burlington, VT
- Margo Halverson, Portland, ME
- Lorie Hammermesh, Auburndale MA
- Allyn Hart, Alta, UT,
- Don Harvey, Cleveland, OH
- Ron Hayne, Washington DC
- Laurence Hegarty, New York, NY
- Anna Hepler, Portland, ME
- Adriane Herman, South Portland, ME
- Paul Hester, Houston TX,
- Corin Hewitt, Brooklyn NY
- Alison Hildreth, Falmouth, ME
- William Hill, Jacksonville, FL
- Peter Hocking, Providence, RI
- Andrea Hoelscher, Forest Park, IL
- Desiree Holman, Oakland CA
- Stuart Horodner, Portland, OR
- Barbara Houghton, Alexandria, KY
- Jane Hudson, Jamaica Plain, MA
- Lynn Hughes, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- David Humphrey, New York, NY
- Cynthia Innis, Oakland, CA
- Katherine Jackson, Somerville, MA
- Yumi Janairo Roth, Boulder, CO,
- Catherine Jansen, United States
- Leon Johnson, Portland, ME
- Jo Ann Jones, Exeter, NH,
- Stayna Kahn, Los Angeles, CA
- Shirley Kaneda, New York, NY
- Nina Katchadourian, Brooklyn NY
- Martha Kennan, Houston, TX,
- Iain Kerr, Portland, ME
- Julia Keydel, New York, NY
- Joe Kievitt, Portland, ME
- Vivian Koorland, New York, NY
- Suzanne Lacy, Oakland, CA
- George LaRou, South Portland, ME
- First Last, Location
- Caroline Lathan-Stiefel, West Chester, PA
- Annette Lemieux, Brookline, MA
- Ellen Lesperance, South Portland, ME
- Robert Lieber, Portland, ME
- Laura Lisbon, Portland, ME
- Juan Logan, Chapel Hill, NC
- Whitfield Lovell, New York, NY
- Carolina Loyola Garcia, Pittsburgh, PA
- Kenneth Lum, Vancouver BC
- Norman Magden, Knoxville, TN,
- Dale Malner, Madison, WI,
- Dennis Manley, Milwaukee, WI,
- Rose Marasco, Portland, ME
- Denise Marika, Brookline, MA
- Bonnie Marranca, New York, NY
- George Mason, Nobleboro, ME
- Inga McCaslin Frick, Washington, DC
- Kevin & Jennifer McCoy, Brooklyn NY
- Phyllis McGibbon, Wellesley, MA
- William Miller, Providence, RI
- Petia Morozov, Montclair, NJ
- Bennett Morris, Portland, ME
- Julia Morrisroe, Gainsville, FL
- Cris Moss, Portland, OR
- Matt Mullican, New York, NY
- Jessica Murray, Brooklyn NY
- Chris Nau, Ithaca, NY
- Gerry Nichols, United States
- Ann Noel Williams, Berlin, Germany
- Michelle O'Marah, Los Angeles, CA
- Michael Oatman, Troy, NY
- Elizabeth Olbert, Gorham, ME
- Barak Olins, South Freeport, ME
- Frank Owen, Keene Valley, NY
- Bruce Parsons, United States
- Alix Pearlstein, New York, NY
- Roxana Perez-Mendez, Chapel Hill, NC
- Scott Peterman, Hollis, ME
- Stan Pipkin, Houston, TX,
- Julie Poitras Santos, Portland, ME
- William Pope L., Lewiston, ME
- Linda Post, Brooklyn NY
- J. Morgan Puett, Sausalito, CA
- Ernesto Pujol, Brooklyn NY
- Rosamond Purcell, Medford, MA
- Tom Rankin, Hillsborough, NC,
- Janet Reaves, Eugene OR
- Jill Reynolds, Cambridge MA
- Celeste Roberge, Gainesville, FL
- Riley Robinson, San Antonio, TX
- Will Rogan, Albany, CA
- David Ross, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Johnnie Ross, United States
- Katherine Ross, Valparaiso, IN
- Marianne Roth, Provincetown, MA
- Robert Rutman, Berlin, Germany
- Julia Scher, Sommerville, MA
- Sa Schloff, Chicago, IL
- John Schmor, Eugene, OR
- Carolee Schneemann, New Paltz, NY
- Mira Schor, New York, NY
- Kelli Scott Kelley, Baton Rouge, LA
- Warren Seelig, Rockland, ME
- Abby Shahn, Solon, ME
- Michael Shaughnessy, Windham, ME
- Jessie Shefrin, Providence, RI
- Peter Shellenberger, Edgecomb, ME
- Heddi Siebel, Cambridge MA
- Jeanne Silverthorne, New York, NY
- Peter Simensky, Brooklyn NY
- Kaiti Slater, Salt Lake City, UT
- George Smith, Portland, ME
- Gail Spaien, Kittery Point, ME
- Aaron Stephan, Portland, ME
- Paul Stopforth, Jamaica Plain, MA
- Robert Storr, New York, NY
- Robert Sulkin, Roanoke, VA,
- Andrea Sulzer, Woolwich, ME
- Stacey Switzer, Kansas City, KS,
- Leigh Tarantino, United States
- Christopher Thompson, Cumberland Foreside, ME
- Patricia Thornley, New York, NY
- Shellburne Thurber, Cambridge MA
- Dan Tranberg, Cleveland, OH
- Michelle Trudo, Portland, ME
- Ling-Wen Tsai, Portland, ME
- Sam Van Aken, Portland, ME
- Philip Vanderhyden, Chicago, IL
- Sergio Vega, Gainsville, FL
- Hamza Walker, Chicago, IL
- Mikey Walsh, Baton Rouge, LA
- Jonathan Wayne, Cleveland, OH
- David Weinkauf, Conneautville PA
- James Wentzy, New York, NY
- Katarina Weslien, Portland, ME
- Anne West, Smithfield, RI
- Luanne West, Smithfield, RI
- Mark Wethli, Brunswick, ME
- Christopher White, Ancramdale, NY
- Chris Whittey, Portland, ME
- Deborah Wing Sproul, Cape Elizabeth, ME
- Geoff Winningham, Houston, TX,
- Kryzsztof Wodiczko, New York, NY
- Fred Woell, United States
- Colleen Wolstenholme, Hantsport, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Amy Yoes, New York, NY
- Mary Lou Zelazny, Chicago, IL