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Calendar

last updated 12/07/08
click HERE for the calendar (in a printable PDF version).

2008-2009 School Year

August 29 - Friday
10:00 am MFAI meet with Susan (Grad Lounge)

August 31 - Sunday
Philly Fringe Festival

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September 1
Labor Day, no classes

September 2 - Tuesday
10:30 am Grad Orientation, Connelly Aud. (Terra)
5:30 pm Grad Student Mixer, De Vries Garden

September 3 - Wednesday
9:30 am MFA I field trip
New Student Registration

September 4 - Thursday
11:30 am MFA II meet with Susan, Grad Lounge
Drop/Add begins
Classes begin

September 9 - Tuesday
4:30 pm MFA I&II presentations (supper provided) - Hunt Room

September 11 - Thursday
11:45 am MFA II meeting - Lounge

September 12 - Friday
7:00 pm Student/Faculty/Alumni party @ Lori Spencer's House
Ernestine Ruben reception & talk, Rosenwald-Wolfe Gallery

September 15 - Monday
11:45 pm Departmental discussion of articles (all students and faculty) - 212 Anderson, bag lunch

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October 1 - Wednesday
Assistantship forms due

October 3 - Friday
5-7 pm Rosenbach Museum/Library Authors of Mischief event

October 4/5
Oak Knoll Fest (program book sale)

October 6/9 - Monday and Thursday
MFA II small group critiques

October 7 - Tuesday
11:30 am David Vickers lecture, Binder

October 10 - Friday
8:30 am MFA I group crit

October 14 - Tuesday
7:00 pm James Castle film - Connelly Aud. (Terra)

October 15-19
Toronto, Standards of Excellence Seminar

October 17-19
MFA II WIP show installation

October 19 - Sunday
MFA I Dinner at Susan's (looking at picture books)

October 20 - Monday
MFA II WIP show exhibitiion opens

October 21 - Tuesday
MFA II submit thesis committee lists

October 25 - Saturday
Open House

October 27 - Monday
MFA II visit to Peter's studio

October 31 -Friday
5:30-8:00 pm MFA II WIP show reception

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November 3 - Monday
Assistanship forms due

November 3-7
Advising

November 3 - Monday
MFA II WIP crit with Angela Lorenz, attendance required 1:00

November 4 - Tuesday
Artist talk with Angela Lorenz, 11:45 Anderson M4

November 6 - Thursday
MFA I individual crits

November 7 - Friday
MFA II thesis committee confirmed

November 8-9
Pyramid Atlantic Book Conference (program book sale) attendance required for one day

November 9 - Sunday
MFA II WIP Exhibition Ends

November 10 - Monday
MFA II WIP Show de-installation

November 10-11
Workshops - Amos Kennedy & Priscilla Spitler (attendance required, days tentative)

November 13 - Thursday
10:00 am MFAI Rosenbach Museum visit (and any II's that want to go)
3:00 pm Amos Kennedy lecture, Hunt Room

November 14 - Friday
MFA I & II NYC bus trip (required), leaving at 7:45 AM

November 17-21
Spring registration

November 19 - Wednesday
11:45 AM Vamp and Tramp presentation

November 22 - Saturday
Book Paper Scissors Book Fair - Free Library of Phila.

November 22-26
Drop/Add

November 27/28
Thanksgiving vacation

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December 12
Classes End

December 15
MFA II crits led by theis committees

December 16-17
MFA I individual crits

December 18 - Thursday
4:00-7:00 pm Book Party, CBS

December 19
Assistantship forms due

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2009

January 20 - Tuesday
Classes begin

January 23 - Friday
Grad Petitions due to Registrar

January 27 - Tuesday
4:00 pm James Elkins lecture, Levitt Auditorium

January 29-30 - Thursday and Friday
Drawing Workshops

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February 2
Assistantship forms due

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March 2 - Monday
Assistantship forms due

March 8
Spring Vacation begins

March 14-15 - Saturday and Sunday
MFA I WIP installation, Gallery One

March 16 - Monday
Classes resume
MFA I WIP show opens

March 20 - Friday
MFA I WIP reception

March 30 - Monday
Advising for Fall Begins
MFA I WIP show closes

March 31 - Tuesday
MFA I WIP de-installation

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April 1
Assistantship forms due

April 10
Advising ends

April 20-24
Registration

April 25-29
Drop/Add

April 30/May 1
MFA Thesis Exhibiton installation

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May 2-23
MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Skybox, 2424 Studios (2424 E. York St.)

May 4 - Monday
Classes End

May 8 - Friday
5:30-9:00 pm MFA Thesis Reception

May 14 - Thursday
4:00-7:00 pm Book Party, Hunt Room

May 15 - Friday
Grades due

May 18 - Monday
Assistantship forms due

May 20 - Wednesday
Awards Ceremony

May 21 - Thursday
Graduate Hooding Ceremony, Commencement

May 25 - Monday
MFA Thesis de-installation

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June 4-6
Hybri Book Conference/Fair (Uarts)

June 7
MFA BA Alumni event