Review This First
On this page you will find your Department's specific guidelines for your Midpoint or Final Review to the right →. Please thoroughly read them and follow their explicit instructions.
Below ↓ you will also find links to Thesis Project examples from past Academy of Art Students. This may help give you an idea of what is expected during your review.
Thesis Project Examples
*Personal content has been removed from projects
Art for Commerce
Final Portfolio: Underexposed
Final Portfolio: A Good Sport
Myths of the Man Made
Final Portfolio: Geometecture
Final Portfolio: Mystery of the Female
Final Portfolio: Surrealiti
Documentary
Final Portfolio: Buscala, Kalinga - A Crossroad
Final Portfolio: Journey
Final Portfolio: Red Fragments
Final Portfolio: Arizona High School Cowgirl
Final Portfolio: Beyond the Spectacle of Faith
Final Portfolio: Diamond Moments
Fine Art
Final Portfolio: Fear of Flying
Final Portfolio: A Million Suns
Final Portfolio: Beyond Death - A Body-Soul Dialogue
Final Portfolio: Morbid Landscape
Final Portfolio: Abandoned Dreams
Final Portfolio: Others - Gender
Final Portfolio: Fetish of the Mind - Memories, Dreams, and Fantasies
Final Portfolio: Soul of the Land
Guidelines ⭐
Master of Fine Arts
- Photography - Midpoint Review Handbook
- Photography - Final Review Handbook
- Photography Graduating Portfolio Requirements
- Photography Shipping Form
Master of Arts
Contacts
- Midpoint Review Coordinator: midpointreview@academyart.edu
- Final Review Coordinator: finalreview@academyart.edu
- Online Education: onlinegradstudies@academyart.edu
- Graduate School: graduateschool@academyart.edu
- School of Photography: Online Review Assistance:
THubbard@academyart.edu ; Onsite Review Assistance: CRollerson@academyart.edu
General Information
Graduate Student Highlight - Greg Beams
Photography graduate Greg Beams completed his MFA in the Academy of Art University's online program and his work was featured at the Sutter gallery in San Francisco. Beams talks about the program's influence on his art and how he has used what he's learned to build a successful career as a photographer.