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Founded in 1871, SFAI is the nation’s oldest and only school of higher education dedicated to contemporary art. SFAI is devoted to supporting the next generation of artists by fostering diversity and community engagement, creating new forms of creative expression, and cultivating critical discourse in the arts.
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Undergraduate Student Portrait
Painter Kellie Flint (BFA 2012) shares insight into her gestural, minimal paintings and into her experiences at SFAI as an alumna and staff member.
Undergraduate Student Portrait
Shae Rocco (BFA Sculpture 2016) reflects on her material practice and why she came to SFAI’s BFA Program to “stretch her imagination.”
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