My Next Moves App Choices

1. Brooklyn Museum Education Internship Program (http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/education/adults/intern-educators.php) Specifically the 'School and Youth and Family' branch (http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/about/careers/career_description.php?id=280)

It's a 10-month program where you design and teach programs to kids and families who visit the museum  itself but also attend professional development workshops. I know several people who've done this. I think Eleanor Whitney did this, actually.

2. School of Visual Arts MFA in Illustration as Visual Essay (http://www.sva.edu/graduate/mfa-illustration-as-visual-essay) (http://www.sva.edu/attend-sva/graduate/department-requirements)

So many great people have come through this illustration grad program, or currently teach there.

3. The Center for Cartoon Studies MFA (http://www.teachingcomics.org/) (view admissions sections)

Two-year MFA program for people who want to make comics!

4. NYU Masters in Visual Arts Administration (http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/art/admin/) (http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/art/admin/apply)

The former executive director at the teen studio I work at also went to this program, but I've generally heard great stuff about it around. The option to be a part time student also appeals to me.

5. MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) MFA in Community Arts (http://www.mica.edu/Programs_of_Study/Graduate_Programs/Community_Arts_(MFA).html)

Classes are half studio, half organizing-activism-awesomeness. "The MFA in Community Arts (MFACA) prepares artists to use their artmaking as a means of civic, youth, and community development, or to teach at the post-secondary level. The curriculum gives students a grounding in theory and practice, while real-world experience integrates independent artmaking with community-based projects. Students discover firsthand how artists and their work help communities articulate their own  history, culture, and needs--and how that community in turn inspires the artists' own creative expression."

6. MICA Post-baccalaureate Certificate in Fine Art (http://www.mica.edu/Programs_of_Study/Post-Baccalaureate_Certificate_in_Fine_Art.html) (http://www.mica.edu/Admission_and_Financial_Aid/Graduate_Admission_and_Financial_Aid/Admission_Procedures_and_Deadlines_for_All_Applicants.html)

Because I don't have a regular practice, I may need time to build towards full time art maker status. It's just one year, which is such a tiny committment relative to the rest of my working life. It might also give me the portfolio to apply to a more intense program like the NYU MFA in Illustration.

7. Penland School of Crafts Artist Residencies (http://penland.org/programs/resident_artists.html)

8. AS220 Show or artist-in-residence??

9. SCAC Grant

10. Brooklyn Zine Fest 

11. Hillel Gallery Solo Show??