Experience may well be the greatest teacher of all. This truth has led MCA to create opportunities outside our classroom and beyond our campus that enable our students to broaden their knowledge bases.
Memphis College of Art belongs to a consortium of local colleges that allows full-time students to take classes at other local colleges at no additional cost. Through Rhodes College, Christian Brothers University, LeMoyne-Owen College and Memphis Theological Seminary, you can study practically any subject that interests you or may help you in your career, from marketing to metaphysics.
Museum seminar trips to renowned cities such as Paris, Rome, London, Berlin, Moscow and New York afford students the chance to whet their experiential palettes.
The truly adventuresome and hearty spirits may want to travel to Mississippi's Horn Island to live for a week: camping, communing and creating art in a pristine environment. There are no modern amenities; only creatures, sand and the Gulf. When you return from Horn Island, you'll create work for the largest exhibition of the year. The Horn Island Workshop has attracted the interest of writers from Smithsonian, The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Associated Press.
Through programs in conjunction with the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, you can spend a semester studying at any of the 30 participating art colleges, from the Gulf to the Great Lakes, and earn credit toward your degree at no additional cost.
MCA also participates in the New York Studio Program, which provides an opportunity for you to study for a semester in New York with your own studio, regular critiques and the art world all around you.