Master Art and Social Practice, Portland State University, USA

The MFA in Contemporary Art Practice with an emphasis in Art and Social Practice at Portland State University is a two-year pro­gram that encour­ages stu­dents to develop and uti­lize their artistic skills to engage in society. Social prac­tice might appear to be more like soci­ology, anthro­pology, social work, jour­nalism, or envi­ron­men­talism than art, yet it retains the inten­tion of cre­ating sig­nif­i­cance and appre­ci­a­tion for audi­ences in a sim­ilar way to more con­ven­tional art. Students learn about a variety of working artists and non-artists who have engaged in civic activity, and apply their knowl­edge and abil­i­ties to ini­tiate, develop, and com­plete pro­jects with the pub­lic—in­di­vid­uals, groups, and insti­tu­tions.
More infor­ma­tion avail­able at http://psu­so­cial­prac­tice.org