You Write a Lot in the Goddard College MFA-IA Program

Do You Like to Write?

If you enroll in the MFA-IA program in Interdisciplinary Arts at Goddard College, you better be prepared to do a lot of writing. Some of my classmates entered the program not realizing just how much writing is involved. You really do have to crank it out.

There are packets of writing due every few weeks each semester (in addition to your visual or time-based art work) and the final semester is nothing but writing—you have to create a written “portfolio” that usually ranges from 80 to 280 pages. It takes a lot of time.

If you’re looking for a program where you can make work and talk about it instead of writing about it, Goddard might not be for you.

The Good Things About Writing

Writing about your work, and writing in general, will help you in your artistic endeavors. Unless you have a PR firm working on your behalf, you’ll have to write descriptions, proposals, bios, grant applications, residency applications, press releases, and all kinds of unexpected stuff. The more practice you have in explaining your work and discussing your process in academic, pedagogical, and artistic terms, the better off you’ll be. If you’re already a writer, no worries!

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