School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University

School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University Educating artists since 1876, SMFA at Tufts provides an education in interdisciplinary art.

Call it farm to easel: SMFA students are growing indigo, sunflowers, and other plants to create natural dyes to color th...
09/04/2026

Call it farm to easel: SMFA students are growing indigo, sunflowers, and other plants to create natural dyes to color their artworks. https://bit.ly/4gGp4IN

From collaborations with the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum including the Polly Thayer Starr Internship - a programming...
08/31/2026

From collaborations with the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum including the Polly Thayer Starr Internship - a programming internship open only to SMFA students - to 230 the Fenway hosting the ICA’s galleries in the 1950’s, SMFA has spent 150 years growing in partnership with Boston’s other cultural institutions.

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Entrance gallery view of "Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka: Drawings and Prints" exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art (July 15–September 15, 1957), School of the Museum of Fine Arts, 1957. Silver gelatin print. 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm). ICA Archives, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston.

Following the legacy of his artist ancestor, Edward Kinservik, BFA+BA '28, embarked on a six-week research trip as part ...
08/25/2026

Following the legacy of his artist ancestor, Edward Kinservik, BFA+BA '28, embarked on a six-week research trip as part of the Summer Scholars program to study his family's history and the development of Norwegian national craft.

Photo by Alonso Nichols for Tufts University.

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Get to know our incoming graduate students! This past week, Grad Admissions shared artwork from our incoming MFA, MA and...
08/21/2026

Get to know our incoming graduate students! This past week, Grad Admissions shared artwork from our incoming MFA, MA and Post-Baccalaureate students. Welcome to SMFA at Tufts! 🔥

1. "Yogini, Battle for Peace" by Riya Ashby (MFA '28) Devi-Ashby Studios
2. "My Own Sun" by Javid Hasanli (PB '27) Cavid Həsənli
3. "Crown Shyness" by Beverly Sky (MA '28) Beverly Sky
4. Untitled Objects by Christine Vogensen (MA '28) Christine Vogensen
5. "Meeting at the Crowstone" by Ian Clifford (PB '27) Ian C

Get to know our incoming graduate students! Throughout the week, Grad Admissions is sharing artwork from our incoming MF...
08/19/2026

Get to know our incoming graduate students! Throughout the week, Grad Admissions is sharing artwork from our incoming MFA, MA and Post-Baccalaureate students. Welcome to SMFA at Tufts! 🔥

1. "A Collection of Homes" by Sophia Kosel (MFA '28) Sophia Kosel
2. "Second Baptism " by Elizabeth Guirguis (MFA '28) Elizabeth
3. " The Body is a House" by Dalton Gillespie (MFA '28) Dalton
4. "Anger in July" by Allen Wang (MFA '28) Allen Wang
5. " The Score of Vanity" by Yuyan Xin (MFA ’28)
6. "Magazine" by Morgan Dent ( MA '28) Morgan

From their psychology studies informing their art practice to their art practice driving them to learn more about themse...
08/17/2026

From their psychology studies informing their art practice to their art practice driving them to learn more about themselves, combined degree student Jimmy Yu, BA+BFA '27, says that "Getting to know people through their art and what they care about is definitely one of the best parts of the SMFA."

All images courtesy of the artist.

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Get to know our incoming students! Over the next two weeks, the Admissions team is sharing artwork from our talented cla...
08/03/2026

Get to know our incoming students! Over the next two weeks, the Admissions team is sharing artwork from our talented class of incoming students on the Instagram page. Welcome to SMFA at Tufts 🎉

Artwork: "Welcome to the Circus" by Ina from Seoul, South Korea

The first record of a student club at SMFA dates back to 1879 when two of the school's first students created the first ...
07/30/2026

The first record of a student club at SMFA dates back to 1879 when two of the school's first students created the first non-profit arts association in the country. Today, SMFA students can join one or more of a dozen clubs - and have the opportunity to start their own with the support of SMFA Student Life.

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Pictured: SMFA cheerleaders throughout the 90s. School of the Museum of Fine Arts records, UA133. Tufts Archival Research Center (TARC), Medford, MA.

Jahmal Williams, BFA ‘02, spent years dividing his time between his love for skateboarding and his love for drawing. In ...
07/16/2026

Jahmal Williams, BFA ‘02, spent years dividing his time between his love for skateboarding and his love for drawing. In his senior year at SMFA, conversations with faculty made Williams realize he didn't have to choose. Williams, Founder and Creative Director of Hopps Skateboards, shares his story.

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Photography by Pep Kim.

In the 1930s, the visual arts were suddenly viewed as academic disciplines and required related degrees from accredited ...
07/10/2026

In the 1930s, the visual arts were suddenly viewed as academic disciplines and required related degrees from accredited institutions. In 1945, SMFA and Tufts University began their partnership, offering a BS in Art Education - which later became the MAT degree - and formalized its BFA program in 1956. The MFA degree came along in 1959, likely to accommodate SMFA's first class of official Bachelor’s of Fine Arts graduates who wanted to continue their education.

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Images: Scans from a 1978-1979 course catalog, including MFA offerings.

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