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Carnegie Mellon School of Art Our top-ranked degrees in Art and Interdisciplinary studies consider, in both practical and visionary terms, the role of art and the artist in society.

* Ranked #1 for our MFA Art & Design multimedia programs*
* Ranked #6 for our MFA Fine Arts program overall*
* Have 25% of undergraduates pursuing interdisciplinary degrees

* US News & World Report

Our programs incorporate a broad-based approach to artmaking, encouraging a coherent, informed understanding of personal, public, conceptual and technical issues relevant to many forms of artistic expression. Art Degrees:
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), 4-year
- Master of Fine Arts (MFA), 3-year

Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Art Degrees, 4-year
- Bachelor of Humanities & Arts (BHA)
- Bachelor of Science & Arts (BSA)
- Bachelor of Computer Science & Arts (BCSA)

The School of Art is one of 5 in the College of Fine Arts (CFA) at Carnegie Mellon University including: Architecture, Design, Drama and Music. Founded in 1905, the College was the first comprehensive arts teaching institution in the US.

10/20/2026

IN PRACTICE | Anne Chen (Anne pronounced Annie) shares how the magic of everyday objects informs her studio practice at the MFA Program.

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10/19/2026

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10/15/2026

CMU ART x Magda Gourinchas

The second in our series of alumni commissions celebrating art and technology at CMU 🐜 features ’ signature “ant swarm” style.

A French-American new media artist working at the intersection of analog and contemporary technologies, Gourinchas (BFA ‘24) explores the ways our digital identities are captured, shared, archived, and ultimately forgotten online.

She has collaborated with clients across music, entertainment, interactive education, research, and tech industries, and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Interaction Design at the Zürich University of the Arts.

COMING SOON 🎨 RJ Messineo (RJ Messineo) shares the stories behind their four commissions in If the word we, 59th Carnegi...
10/06/2026

COMING SOON 🎨 RJ Messineo (RJ Messineo) shares the stories behind their four commissions in If the word we, 59th Carnegie International.

🗓️ Tuesday, October 20
🕒 5:30pm
📍 CMU’s Kresge Theatre
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Co-presented by Carnegie Mellon School of Art and Carnegie Museum of Art

ON VIEW | Supersized objects from everyday life, as imagined by first-year students in “Foundations: Sculpture” 💎👟📷Curre...
10/01/2026

ON VIEW | Supersized objects from everyday life, as imagined by first-year students in “Foundations: Sculpture” 💎👟📷

Currently installed across both foyers of the College of Fine Arts, 3rd floor

Meet the students behind The Frame Gallery’s new season ➡️Before the 2026–27 lineup launches October 2 with a solo exhib...
09/29/2026

Meet the students behind The Frame Gallery’s new season ➡️

Before the 2026–27 lineup launches October 2 with a solo exhibition by senior Bee Appelbaum-Schwartz, get to know the student artists behind the gallery as they share current obsessions, dream exhibitions, and what’s next for the Frame.

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“I have recently gained interest in exploring sound as the “language before civilisation” and how it is a vessel for cultural development, expression, and communication; even between different species.”

“I always love going to shows at The Frame regardless of medium, but I’m particularly excited to see what kinds of experimental and performance-based events get proposed. There’s always a lot of freedom.”

“I’m exploring a lot about the unknown fallacies of human behaviour and how we interact with each other.”

“I want to push our shows to more people outside the School of Art. CMU needs to see what we do.”

“I am currently interested in unpacking and critiquing how I see myself and position myself in my community. With being aware that I am socialized to want or expect certain things out of life, I find myself wanting to really narrow down what are truly my values, wants, and observations.”

“In my practice I’ve been thinking a lot about the ethics of killing rats and what I can do with my own hair.”

“I am most excited to work alongside other creatives like me and getting to do cool things with organizations like the Game Creation Society and the Haute Glue show.“

MFA 2029 | Introducing Darnell Blue (Darnell), a photographer and writer who grounds his work in black study.Born and ra...
09/11/2026

MFA 2029 | Introducing Darnell Blue (Darnell), a photographer and writer who grounds his work in black study.

Born and raised in Detroit, Darnell discovered an interest in photography and social practice through a community program for teenagers. Since then, artmaking has been a vital part of how he relates theory to his life. Currently, his focus is shifting from documentary-style portraiture toward conceptual investigations into performance, anarchy, and identity.

Meet the full cohort at art.cmu.edu/mfa/students

MFA 2029 | Introducing Ariel Parrow (ᴀʀɪᴇʟ ᴘᴀʀʀᴏᴡ), a fine artist working across painting, sculpture, and murals.Ariel’s...
09/11/2026

MFA 2029 | Introducing Ariel Parrow (ᴀʀɪᴇʟ ᴘᴀʀʀᴏᴡ), a fine artist working across painting, sculpture, and murals.

Ariel’s practice blends minimalist compositions with moments of detailed realism, using pared back forms and carefully observed elements to explore human behavior and everyday circumstance.

Meet the full cohort at art.cmu.edu/mfa/students

MFA 2029 | Introducing Nykyta Alexander Kuzmicz (Nykyta Alexander Kuzmicz), an interdisciplinary artist whose practice e...
09/11/2026

MFA 2029 | Introducing Nykyta Alexander Kuzmicz (Nykyta Alexander Kuzmicz), an interdisciplinary artist whose practice encompasses diverse forms of mark-making and recording of matter and data.

Nykyta explores themes of dysfunction, transformation, memory, and ascension. At these intersections, he examines and reclaims the generational narrative of his lineage. Residuals of difficulty, perseverance, and possibility — as they relate to family of origin, pathological and endocrine systems, gender identity, and death — develop persistent inquiry within his practice and influence his sense of positionality in place and time.

Meet the full cohort at art.cmu.edu/mfa/students

MFA 2029 | Introducing Himeka Murai (Himeka Murai 村井姫花), a visual artist working across sculpture, painting, and instal...
09/11/2026

MFA 2029 | Introducing Himeka Murai (Himeka Murai 村井姫花), a visual artist working across sculpture, painting, and installation.

Himeka’s practice engages with memory, materiality, and displacement through everyday materials, photographs, and found objects gathered through walking and observation. Drawing from personal and urban histories, her work considers how traces of labor, place, and disappearance remain embedded in physical materials and environments.

Meet the full cohort at art.cmu.edu/mfa/students

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