"Call for Artists: Open House in New York"
2009-02-28 until 2009-02-28
Transart Institute, O.K. Center for Contemporary Art
Linz, , AT Austria

Transart Institute will hold an open house event during it's annual winter residency in New York. Prospective applicants are invited to attend a guest artist lecture, a question and answer period, and the Transart Institute exhibition and reception on Saturday, February 28 from 5:00 - 8:00 at the Sideshow Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. This is a unique opportunity to become familiar with the program, get in touch with alumni and current students, get to know faculty and directors and ask all the questions that don't fit into email.

A detailed program is at: http://www.transartinstitute.org/Newpages/Residencies_Winter09.html

Guest artist this year is Mary Flanagan who will talk about her recent projects. Mary is an artist who works with prevalent themes in emerging technology to create systems that rethink everyday experience: http://maryflanagan.com

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. The innovative program consists of three intensive summer residencies with lectures, workshops, critiques, seminars, performances and exhibitions in Europe and two shorter, optional winter residencies in New York. In the four semesters between residencies, 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 the 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.

New deadlines for applications: Advanced admissions deadline and deadline for scholarships is MARCH 1, 2009, general deadline is MAY 1st with rolling admissions if space permits until JUNE 1, 2009. An application form is at: http://www.transartinstitute.org/Newpages/ApplicationForm.html

For specifics and to RSVP: admin@transartinstitute.org .

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