Welcome to the Graduate Program in Art at EIU
The Department of Art & Design Graduate Studies at Eastern Illinois University offers a one-year Masters of Art program which provides you a unique opportunity to develop artistic expertise and conceptual maturity that constitute a rigorous studio practice. In our program, you will create an accomplished body of artwork that will propel you into additional studies or professional practice.
The program at EIU allows you to…
Explore and develop your artistic practice in close consultation with EIU faculty.
Obtain graduate assistantships and gain experience in design, museum work or teaching
an undergraduate course.
Learn from world-renowned faculty through mentoring led by a three - member Graduate
Committee.
Focus on your personal aesthetic and develop the skills required to enter and complete
an MFA degree.
Please feel free to contact me for more information or if you would like to arrange for a tour of the department.
Sincerely,
Katie Shaw
Graduate Coordinator
(217) 581-3410