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Massachusetts College of Art is a public, free-standing college of art and design. The college's professional baccalaureate and graduate degree programs enable students to contribute to the New England economy as fine artists, designers, and art educators, and to engage creatively in the well being of their society. Continuing education classes, exhibitions, and cultural programs fulfill the college's public purpose of providing access to the arts for the citizens of the Commonwealth. The college aspires to be a leader in the art and design professions, and to influence the direction of the arts nationally through the accomplishments of its graduates and the creative activities of its faculty and staff.
As artists, designers, and educators, we are committed to the following priorities:
We provide rigorous professional programs in the visual arts, grounded in the broader context of liberal learning, and designed to encourage individual creativity. We challenge students to develop their talents to their highest potential, questioning the traditional boundaries of disciplines.
We work to build diversity and inclusiveness in our faculty, staff, and student body. We seek students with excellent potential, regardless of limitations in their opportunities for preparation.
We educate students to examine critically the form and content of art, both their own and others', to understand it in historical, social, and global contexts.
We choose faculty who are practicing professionals in their disciplines, and whose work reflects the level of excellence we promote for our students.
We nurture the development of students as artists and as individuals, through support services which meet their academic, personal, and social needs.
We foster community-building both inside and outside the college.
We embrace new technologies as opportunities to advance the creative potentials of our disciplines, and promote innovative and responsible uses of technology in the realization of artistic concepts.
We recognize that artists and individuals educate themselves over a lifetime, and are dedicated to serving that need.
We base our priorities on a set of shared values:
We affirm the inherent value of the arts as a life enhancing force. We recognize the power of art and design in many spheres of public life.
We take pride in our unique heritage as the only publicly supported free standing college of visual arts in America. We accept the responsibility implicit in this special status, to be accessible, responsive, and accountable to the citizens of the Commonwealth.
We believe that academic excellence is fundamental to professional education in the visual arts.
We believe that diversity--in background, status, culture, and viewpoint--is essential to a vital and creative community.
We respect the roles and views of all members of our college community, and operate our institution in a spirit of collegiality.
We aspire to an ideal of service to the wider community, of advocacy for the value of the arts, and of leadership in the national direction of art and design.
