The Master of Fine Arts Program is a two-year, full-time, studio-based program located in the center of Los Angeles. With only 16 students enrolled each year, the program provides a highly individualized experience, and its interdisciplinary nature encourages wide-ranging experimental and intellectual exploration. Students work closely with an internationally recognized faculty comprised of Jud Fine, Sharon Lockhart, Frances Stark, Charlie White, and Andrea Zittel. MFA students also work with an expanded community of professional artists, critics, and curators who participate in the weekly Visiting Lecture series, teach Critical Studies courses, and participate in thesis committees. The MFA Program offers generous student funding opportunities and provides each student with exceptional studio and exhibition space.

Recent Visiting Core Faculty have included Allen Ruppersberg and Ali Subotnick, recent Graduate Instructors have included Bruce Hainley, Glenn Phillips, and Stanya Kahn, and recent Guest Lecturers have included Martha Rosler, Douglas Crimp, Charline von Heyl, Diedrich Diederichsen, Trisha Donnelly, Allan McCollum, Yvonne Rainer, Matthew Higgs, Michael Smith, Tim Griffin, John Miller, Norman Bryson, Edgar Arceneaux, Justine Kurland, Paul Sietsema, Lane Relyea, and Raymond Pettibon.