Faculty News
We’re excited to announce that CIIS faculty member Cindy Shearer, Chair of the MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts and Writing, has published a new book.
An image from Oakland based performance artist and activist Dazié Grego-Sykes.
Where will an MFA take you?
CIIS’ MFA curriculum is designed to help launch or expand your professional career as an artist. Using the coursework as a guide, students have the opportunity to develop strategic tools and materials necessary to meet their professional goals while still in classes. And with an emphasis on inquiry, collaboration, and community, Interdisciplinary Arts students become more adaptable and insightful, well-prepared for an ever-changing world. Our graduates are prepared to build sustainable careers in many artistic disciplines, or to put their talents to related fields like journalism, coaching, arts administration, academia, and more.
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Alumni News
Three CIIS students share the honest truth about what awaits you in graduate school — and why the surprises might be your greatest teachers.
Alumni News
Addam Ledamyen ’26 and Dazié Grego-Sykes ’18 share how CIIS’ M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts and Writing creates space for artistic risk, collaboration, and work that refuses to play it safe.
Faculty News
Playwright and activist Alex Burger brings his global experience into the CIIS MFA classroom, teaching art as transformation, and crisis as creative fuel.
Alumni News
Spotlighting four titles from the past year that speak to the wide range of wisdom and expertise our graduates bring to the world
Alumni News
An interview with Master of Fine Arts alum Maia Scott on how her experience as a student helped shape her work now as a teacher and labyrinth designer
Faculty News
Choreographer and MFA Professor Anne Bluethenthal Named One of San Francisco's "12 Inspiring Women"
Alumni News
Stage Ai's Summer Blossom festival brought CIIS values to life in China through arts, healing, and cross-cultural connection.
Alumni News
Zoe Bender, alumna of the Bachelor’s Completion and Master of Fine Arts programs at CIIS, was chosen as a 2014 Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact.