Scholarships in International MFA New Media Program

Transart Institute Announces Ten Scholarships 
Application deadline: March 1, 2008
www.transartinstitute.org

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Scholarships
Transart Institute is pleased to announce that grants to the institute have been extended 
and students are eligible for scholarships of up to $2000. Scholarships are given on the 
basis of artistic merit and financial need to students of all media and genres accepted into 
the Transart Institute MFA program. The deadline for scholarship applications is March 1, 
2008. An online application form can be found at: 
http://www.friendsoftransartinstitute.org

The Transart Institute MFA program
consists of three intensive summer residencies with lectures, workshops, critiques, 
seminars, performances and exhibitions in Europe and two shorter, optional winter 
residencies in New York. In the four semesters between residencies, students create their 
own course of study realizing individual art and research projects with the support of 
faculty and self-chosen artist mentors wherever they work and live. The program is geared 
towards the development of a sustainable artistic praxis rather than training in certain 
media or genres, challenging students to think conceptually and work creatively in new 
ways. Current students work with animation, curating, digital media, film, gaming, graphic 
design, installation, painting, performance, photography, robotics, sculpture, sound, text, 
video, virtual reality. The low-residency format permits continuing a professional life while 
participating in the program. Deadlines for application to the MFA program: Advanced 
admissions: March 1, 2008, rolling admissions (space permitting): May 1, 2008. An online 
application form can be found at: 
http://www.transartinstitute.org/Newpages/ApplicationForm.html

Certificate program
Transart Institute now offers a summer program for artists who are not seeking a degree. 
Participants join MFA students in workshops, lectures and critiques and leave the 
residency with input on project plans for the year ahead. Artists attend the residency to: 
get a creative surge; get a fresh perspective on their work; revitalize their practice; take 
their work in a new direction, make plans for a focussed praxis in the year ahead and to 
become part of an international community of artists, theorists and curators. Artists who 
successfully complete the residency will receive a non-credit certificate of attendance. 
Tuition is EUR 2400 for the three week course. An application can be found at: 
http://www.transartinstitute.org/Newpages/ApplicationForm.html
The deadline for applications to the certificate program is June 1st. 

The Transart summer residency
will take place at the OK Center for Contemporary Art, OK Platz 1, 4020 Linz, Austria from 
July 13 - August 1, 2008
Graduating students will hold their thesis exhibitions at the OK Center as well. 
The program and course descriptions can be found here: 
http://www.transartinstitute.org/Newpages/Residencies_Summer.html

For further Information please contact:
Julie Bush, [email protected]
www.transartinstitute.org

Transart Institute MFA Program in New Media
Summer Residency 2008: OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria
Winter Residency 2009: Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 

Accredited by
Donau-Universität Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems, Austria

Deadlines
Scholarships and advance MFA admissions: March 1, 2008
Rolling admissions MFA (space permitting): May 1, 2008
Certificate admissions: June 1, 2008