The Public College of the Arts

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Hunter Stories - Art

"Art is capable of articulating something you can’t or haven’t yet, and shifting your perception..."

– Tatiana, Art History

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MFA Integrated Media Arts

Narrative shapes our world. Now more than ever we need non-fiction storytellers with the tools to deliver the bigger picture on a transmedia platform.

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MFA in Studio Art

Located in the heart of Tribeca, an iconic New York City arts district, the Hunter MFA in Studio Art at 205 Hudson prepares gifted students to become more imaginative and powerful artists.

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MA in Art History

The mission of Art History is to train the next generation of scholars, curators, dealers and arts professionals with the concrete skills and intellectual creativity necessary to compete in any multicultural global art capital.

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"Become Completely Expressive through the Visual Arts"

Hunter’s visual arts graduate programs include our film program, Integrated Media Arts (MFA), as well as programs in fine arts, Art History (MA) and Studio Art (MFA).

The MFA Program in Integrated Media Arts (IMA), part of the Film and Media Department, offers advanced studies in nonfiction media making. The IMA Program educates multi-disciplinary, socially engaged media makers in a diverse range of skills across the media landscape. Working with faculty from film, video, emerging media, and journalism backgrounds, students learn to conceptualize, create and distribute innovative, politically and socially engaged expression using contemporary media technologies.

Department of Art and Art History is a union of three distinct areas: The History of Art, Studio Art, and the Galleries. Students can study the history, theory and practice of art. Beyond research in the established fields of art and art history, practical experience can be gained by assisting with all organizational aspects of curating an exhibition, for example, write accompanying catalogue essays, or help with the presentation of art works in the gallery setting. This holistic approach to the arts offers a manifold of educational experiences for the students, which together with their exposure to the vibrant New York cultural scene and its world-famous museums and galleries is profoundly formative to their development. The global art world – an integration of production, curating, and historical analysis – is at our doorstep and is part of daily life at Hunter. Faculty, artist teachers all with their own expertise, is actively engaged in these art-rich environments and courses are shaped to reflect and to incorporate learning goals, thus creating the fruitful conditions for a vital, continually evolving program.

 

"The Aim of the Art Department at Hunter College"


Read ‘The Aim of the Art Department by Hunter College’ by the renowned Abstract Expressionist painter Robert Motherwell, who transformed the department and its programs in the 1950s.

Graduate Programs

Studio Art

Studio Art

Located at 205 Hudson Street, Hunter's Studio Art MFA candidates are provided studio space in the heart of New York City’s iconic Tribeca arts district. In addition to Hunter's studio space, 205 Hudson is a destination for the New York art community with a vibrant gallery program, diverse lecture series, engaging public events.

Integrated Media Arts

Integrated Media Arts

Narrative shapes our world. Now more than ever we need non-fiction storytellers with the tools to deliver the bigger picture on a transmedia platform. The Integrated Media Arts program leads students through the mastery of writing, filmmaking, and the power of the narrative.

Art History

Art History

The mission of Art History is to train the next generation of scholars, curators, dealers and arts professionals with the concrete skills and intellectual creativity necessary to compete in any multicultural global art capital. Art History works in conjunction with studio and the exhibition galleries to foster integrated instruction that is unique to Hunter College and its educational model.

Galleries

The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery

The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery

The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, located in the West Building of the main campus at 68th Street and Lexington Avenue, focuses on historical and scholarly exhibitions.

 

Hunter West Building
68th Street between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue
Hours: Wednesday–Sunday, 1-6pm
212.772.4991

 

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205 Hudson

205 Hudson

Hunter’s new MFA facility at 205 Hudson Street includes a 5,000-square-foot, street-level gallery that was completed in 2014. A dedicated entrance directly on Canal Street ensures that this gallery grabs a great deal of attention.

 

205 Hudson Street
Canal Street between Hudson Street and Greenwich Street
Hours: Wednesday–Sunday, 1-6pm
212.772.4991

 

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Hunter East Harlem Gallery

Hunter East Harlem Gallery

Hunter East Harlem is a multi-disciplinary space for socially-minded projects that seek to initiate partnerships with publicly oriented organizations and focuses on showcasing artists who are engaging in social practice, public interventions, community projects, and alternative forms of public art.

 

The Silberman School of Social Work Building
[Office 108H] 2180 Third Avenue
Hours: Tuesday–Saturday 12–5pm
212.396.7819

 

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The Artist's Institute

The Artist's Institute

The Artist’s Institute is a non-profit research and exhibition space for contemporary art that dedicates six-month seasons to a single artist whose work prompts a series of public programs with related artists and thinkers.

 

Hunter College, 132 E. 65th Street
Canal Street between Hudson Street and Greenwich Street
Contact for hours
646.512.9608

 

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