Re: MFA worth it . . I'd say so

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From: Chunin Martinez (chunin@cimphoto.com)
Date: 08/22/02-08:11:27 AM Z


> My sister just finished her MFA at the College of Art Institute of Chicago
> and is currently working in the design department at a big company. But
in
> retrospective, she says that it would probably have been better to have
> studied industrial design or something in the design department. But
> regardless of what she would have studied, she still wants to be a famous
> artist in different mediums. And she is serious about that. I mention
this
> to point out the fact that she is really into arts. But also that you
don't
> need an MFA to be an artist and you could study almost anything more
> practical in the job market and still make it as an artist.
>

Forgot to mention that an MFA is useful if you want to get a teaching
position in the future.

Chunin


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