MFA
abbreviation
Master of Fine Arts. Also M.F.A.
MFA
American
M.F.A.
British
abbreviation
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When I was finishing up my MFA at the University of Arizona, I gave my mentor a draft of my novel, which was set out West.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
‘Toy Story 5’ has analog playthings taking on the digital world, the Obama Presidential Center opens in Chicago, the MFA celebrates American art in Boston, and more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
"Moving from passwords to password managers, app-based MFA, and now passkeys is a step change in reducing risk," Card adds.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
Some are triumphant—like the time I hosted my entire MFA cohort with a DIY baked potato bar and some donated champagne.
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2025
When I visited with Ansel Brasseur, a former lead in Truman’s plays, he was partway through an MFA program at New York University, a “theater boot camp,” as he put it, consisting of fourteen-hour days.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
“It’s just a very open platform, so you don’t have to have an M.F.A. to express yourself as an artist,” he added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
She graduated from Skidmore College with a B.S. in Fine Art and received her M.F.A. in Illustration from the Maryland Institute College of Art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
A graduate of the Theater School at DePaul University and the Yale School of Drama, where he received his M.F.A. in playwriting, McCraney has made teaching an integral part of his artistic life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
He’s 27, an M.F.A. student living in New York.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
It was her turn to present scientific findings to her peers, but Shields, who also had an M.F.A. in acting, developed a terrible case of stage fright.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 24, 2023
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