[Reader-list] Ten Scholarships for 2009 in International New Media MFA Program

[Dr. Klaus Knoll]

for immediate release

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SCHOLARSHIPS

Transart Institute announced today that six scholarships of USD 12,000  
each are available to students from Eastern Europe and developing  
countries and four scholarships of 3,000 USD each are available to  
students from anywhere to participate in the international MFA in New  
Media program. An application form is available online at: http://www.transartinstitute.org/Newpages/ApplicationForm.html

Scholarships are given on the basis of artistic merit and financial  
need to artists of all media and genres. Scholarship applications are  
accepted online.


PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Transart Institute is a student-centered, self-directed MFA program,  
uniquely located in Europe offering an accredited two year low- 
residency course for working artists, teachers and all professionals  
in related fields who are seeking advancement in visual arts and new  
media. The innovative program consists of three intensive summer  
residencies with lectures, workshops, critiques, seminars,  
performances and exhibitions in Europe, two shorter, optional winter  
residencies in New York and four semesters between residencies in  
which 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 Transart MFA program is geared towards 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.

A detailed program for the 2009 summer residency is at: http://www.transartinstitute.org/Newpages/Residencies_Summer09.html


FACULTY AND STUDENTS

Transart faculty comes from a wide range of academic and artistic  
backgrounds as well as geographic locations. A majority of Transart  
students are emerging and mid-career artists and teachers at tertiary  
institutions. Transart Institute's residencies are a true meeting  
place for cultural exchange. Faculty bios can be found at: http://www.transartinstitute.org/Newpages/Faculty09.html 
  while student profiles and web sites are at: http://www.transartinstitute.org/Newpages/students.html


DEADLINES

The deadline for scholarship applications is May 1, 2009, the final  
application deadline to the program for 2009 without scholarships is  
June 1st. Application forms are online at: http://www.transartinstitute.org/Newpages/ApplicationForm.html 
  for the MFA program and at: http://friendsoftransartinstitute.org/Pages/MFA-Application.html 
  for scholarships.


For further information on the program please contact: admin at transartinstitute.org
For further information on scholarships please write to: info at friendsoftransartinstitute.org


Transart Institute
International MFA Program
www.transartinstitute.org

Phone USA: (347) 410 9905
Fax USA: (508) 682 2853

info at transartinstitute.org

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Klaus Knoll, Dr. phil.
Director, Transart Institute

www.transartinstitute.org
USA: +1 (347) 410 9905  |  Fax: (508) 682 2853

Summer residency  |  July 26 - August 15, 2009  |  Kunstfabrik  |  Am  
Flutgraben 3, Berlin  |  www.kunstfabrik.org
Winter residency  |  March 11 -13, 2010  |  Sideshow Gallery  |  319  
Bedford Ave.  |  Brooklyn, NY  |  www.sideshowgallery.com
Accrediting institution  |  Donau University Krems  |  Dr. Karl-Dorrek- 
Str. 30  |  3500 Krems, Austria  |  +43 (0) 2732 893 2501
Mail  |  Transart Institute  |  228 Park Ave S. #34726  |  New York,  
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