The Glass Graduate Program is two-year professional study designed to assist talented individuals develop a distinctly personal aesthetic through vigorous studio experimentation, continual "source" research, regular critique, and a series of graduate seminars that engage contemporary art theory and criticism. Studio instruction takes place in group meetings and tutorials with resident professionals and a wide range of visiting artists and critics. A specialization within the Fine Arts Division, the Glass Department considers glass to be both an artist's material having remarkable and expressive range as well as a studio discipline with limitless potential and a unique history that incorporates sculpture, architecture, design, craft and decorative art. Graduate students are provided full access to a complete glass facility and individual studio spaces.

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