what are you looking at? | Ep. 7: MFA or Nah

05/16/18 • 27 min

It’s MFA season and Jay and Elena reflect on their post-grad experiences and give some tricks and tips that have helped them survive it (so far). They muse on what their alternate reality majors would have been and address institutional bias in the exhibition jurying process. Elena and Jay also give a BIG shoutout to all the recent fine arts grads in the Bay. Music: Rewind Bello x knowsthetime https://soundcloud.com/knowsthetime/rewind Tags: @sfaiofficial @cacollegeofarts @millscollege @ucberkeleyofficial @stanforduniversity @knowsthetime @bellofromthebay

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