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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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Wearing ‘writer’ as his primary professional identity was a plot twist in Mahajan’s life — one he solidified in 2013, quitting other jobs to pursue an MFA in fiction at UT-Austin’s Michener Center for Writers.

From Los Angeles Times

Unlike some other major artists, Rivera never took any formal art classes, let alone attended an elite MFA program.

From Los Angeles Times

She later attended the California Institute of the Arts and earned an MFA from Yale University, going on to exhibit internationally.

From Los Angeles Times

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