# UC Davis Graduate Studies

**Source**: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/programs/gart
**Parent**: https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/departments-programs-degrees/art-history-art-studio/art-studio-mfa/

# Art

## About the Program

### Learn More About the Program

[Visit the Program](https://arts.ucdavis.edu/art-studio-graduate-program)

[Email the Program](mailto:ragundes@ucdavis.edu)

The Art Studio MFA in the Department of Art & Art History at UC Davis is a two-year, generously funded, critically engaged graduate program that provides an opportunity for interdisciplinary study in the visual arts. Drawing on the vast resources of a research one university, the program offers MFA students the opportunity to engage in intensive artistic work supported with individual, spacious 24-hour access studios, while interacting with other artists, scholars and STEM professionals across campus.

Degree Type

Departmentally-Based Graduate Program

Degrees Offered

M.F.A. Plan I

Lead Dean

College of Letters and Science

Degree Requirements

[2019](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3631)

[2019](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3610)

[2011](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/2787)

Administrative ByLaws

[2008](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/2788)

Major Code

GART

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## Admissions and Fellowship Information

Admission Requirements

[UC Davis General Admission Requirements](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/applying-uc-davis)
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[Program Admissions Requirements](http://arts.ucdavis.edu/art-studio-graduate-application-requirements)

Admission Deadlines

General: Jan 5, 2026\

Internal Fellowship Deadlines

Prospective Student Fellowship: Jan 5, 2026\
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2026

### Admissions Actions

[Request Admissions Info](https://apply.grad.ucdavis.edu/register/?id=9c9a7154-1f83-4dfa-a1c8-e60f719b1b81)

[Apply for Admission](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/node/841)

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## Program Contact Information

### Primary Program Contacts

Graduate Program Coordinator

**Program Coordinator**\
 Rachelle Agundes
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[ragundes@ucdavis.edu](mailto:ragundes@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Program Chair

**Graduate Program Chair**\
 Beatriz Cortez
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[bcortez@ucdavis.edu](mailto:bcortez@ucdavis.edu)

**Department Chair**\
 Darrin Martin
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[dtmartin@ucdavis.edu](mailto:dtmartin@ucdavis.edu)

**Department Chair**\
 Michael Yonan
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[meyonan@ucdavis.edu](mailto:meyonan@ucdavis.edu)

### Additional Contacts

Program Contacts

**Advisor: Admissions and Primary Contact**\
 Beatriz Cortez
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Art \
[bcortez@ucdavis.edu](mailto:bcortez@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Studies Contacts

**Internal Fellowship Analyst**\
 Heidi West
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(530) 754-9473 | [hewest@ucdavis.edu](mailto:hewest@ucdavis.edu)

**Senior Academic Advisor**\
 Brittney Solar
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[bsolar@ucdavis.edu](mailto:bsolar@ucdavis.edu)