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MFA

American  

abbreviation

  1. Master of Fine Arts. Also M.F.A.

  2. multifactor authentication.


M.F.A. British  

abbreviation

  1. Master of Fine Arts

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Some are triumphant—like the time I hosted my entire MFA cohort with a DIY baked potato bar and some donated champagne.

From Salon

Vulnerable to damage from light, humidity and other dangers, MFA’s watercolors have not been on view together for almost a half century; some have not been seen at all in decades.

From The Wall Street Journal

The MFA assembled 14 of these, contextualized by self-portraits, Japanese prints, works by artists Van Gogh admired, and paintings by Paul Gauguin, who joined his friend in the south toward the end of 1888.

From The Wall Street Journal

The first in her bloodline to graduate high school, Straight earned an MFA at the University of Massachusetts and brought it home to UC Riverside, where she’s been teaching creative writing since 1988.

From Los Angeles Times

I had just started my MFA program and moved into a former seminary that had been converted into student housing.

From Salon