Purposes are actually open for the Crossroads Cohort, a brand new and progressive interdisciplinary graduate program developed by the Africana Research Program and the Newcomb Artwork Division at Tulane College in New Orleans.
The grasp’s-level program permits college students to pursue graduate research on the intersection of Africana research and artwork and is ready to welcome its inaugural cohort in fall 2025. Conscious of the sense of isolation usually skilled by college students — particularly Black college students and different college students of coloration — who work on the intersection of those fields throughout their graduate research, the two-year program is designed round a cohort mannequin and can settle for no less than three college students each different yr.
Alongside individualized programs of research, Crossroads Cohort college students take part in devoted seminar programs collectively and collaborate to develop a capstone mission reminiscent of a small exhibition, symposium, or progressive public program because the fruits of their graduate expertise.
Crossroads provides tracks for each artwork historians and studio artists; college students who full this system can earn both an interdisciplinary MA in Africana Research and Artwork Historical past, an MA in Africana Research and an MFA in Studio Artwork, or an MFA in Studio Artwork with a focus in Africana Research.
All admitted college students will obtain a full tuition waiver, a graduate scholar dwelling stipend, paid summer season internship alternatives related to the sphere, funding for the capstone mission, and entry to extra analysis funds. Along with their tutorial coaching, Crossroads Cohort college students will profit from alternatives to hone their skilled abilities and develop their skilled networks via funded group journey and convention experiences, internships in community-engaged artwork historical past and/or observe, and different enrichment actions.
The applying for the Crossroads Cohort will be accessed at applygrad.tulane.edu/apply. The applying deadline is January 10, 2025.
For extra info, go to liberalarts.tulane.edu.
Have questions? Contact us at crossroadscohort@tulane.edu.
