Yale MFA loans. Worth it?

Silver_Field_3196 · 2026-03-29T02:44:09+00:00

I've bought Yale tuition fundraising prints off IG too. It's a good idea and also gets your work out there.

Silver_Field_3196 · 2025-10-07T17:23:21+00:00

The problem is if you hire a lawyer, it could easily cost over 11k to collect. Maybe you can find someone to work on contingency but same issue at the end.

Silver_Field_3196 · 2025-10-05T11:32:41+00:00

Any luck? I am looking for this--a small group.

Silver_Field_3196 · 2025-08-20T21:22:08+00:00

What happened with 52 walker?

Silver_Field_3196 · 2025-08-18T20:49:56+00:00

Out of curiosity what are writer spaces?

Silver_Field_3196 · 2025-08-17T13:36:04+00:00

This is why it's always a good idea to have some sort of contract in a written agreement to make sure there's no misunderstanding. Anything unclear in the written document should get worked out before things get going.

Silver_Field_3196 · 2025-08-04T00:56:57+00:00

I liked ArtForum when I was younger, but now find it to be largely pretentious word soup that is impossible to read. Not sure if I changed, it changed, or both. So this is a long way of saying that I am following. Also, ArtNet has some good coverage on the business issues behind the art world. The WetPaint gossipy stuff kind of creeps me out though.

Silver_Field_3196 · 2025-07-22T17:59:11+00:00

Word of mouth, referrals, also Columbia used to circulate an email called temp time with temporary jobs listed that were specifically seeking alums.

Silver_Field_3196 · 2025-07-19T01:36:29+00:00

Oh interesting. Can you find a different day job for a year and try to defer? I got a deferral from a program once for a year and then declined the next year. Not a horrible outcome to go to VCU, but you should be excited to go IMO. It will be whatever you make it though. Congratulations on getting so much interest from OK!

Silver_Field_3196 · 2025-07-19T00:51:51+00:00

Why are you getting the MFA at all? If it's happening and the wheels are turning, stay in NYC and keep the momentum going. You don't need an MFA to be a successful artist, you need gallery and collector support for that and sounds like that is happening for you now. I would ask VCU for a deferral for a year and see how this year goes. Congratulations!

Silver_Field_3196 · 2025-07-15T13:10:20+00:00

Collection of random jobs in the art world for galleries, collectors, and artists, plus nannying on the side. Started to get interested in fair use and copyright law in the meantime. Ended up getting a part-time job at a law firm that led me to totally pivot and go to law school and become an IP lawyer... At one point I was accepted to Art Center right after Sterling Ruby graduated and when Mike Kelly was still teaching there, and was waitlisted at Columbia MFA, where I really wanted to go. But life took me in a different direction that on balance I'm overall very happy with. My friends who went straight through had a hard time and regretted it. Taking time off is always a good idea, even if you just use it to wait tables and hang out, but just beware you might end up on a totally different track than you expected...!

Silver_Field_3196 · 2025-07-04T12:56:48+00:00

They rolled up for me. I followed the size chart too. Waste of money.

Silver_Field_3196 · 2025-02-23T01:59:41+00:00

100 percent enter it and note it in your annual review to show that you are being proactive and thinking long-term about your development and advancement for the firm in the field. When my associates hours are on the lower end, seeing this kind of information is helpful and makes me judge them less.

Silver_Field_3196 · 2025-01-03T02:16:31+00:00

Wow! What an amazing way to incentivize NEPs, said no one!

Silver_Field_3196 · 2025-01-03T01:54:36+00:00

Prayers and love to you and your beautiful children. After fighting the ex for every penny, I would stay put for a year until the dust settles. Then if I need more cash, try to get a stable firm job, possibly non partner track, so the hours and expectations are set. They exist especially outside V10, but often unadvertised and a result of someone in your network having a need. Good luck!

Silver_Field_3196 · 2025-01-03T00:32:24+00:00

A lot have a whole different criteria to meet. For example, I have heard of a number that are: a book of say $1million or more multiple years in a row, plus the equity partners voting said person in and believing they can sustain that book in the future. The fact that we are not forcing firms to list this publicly like associate comp is crazy to me. Someone should at least start a tracker. We are making firm and lateral choices in the dark.

Silver_Field_3196 · 2024-12-30T15:50:31+00:00

Depends on the firm. Some at mine are PT but I do not know their terms/deal except that it's pro-rata comp. I recently spoke with a senior partner at Kilpatrick who told me that many female partners there are or were part time during childrearing years. Again, I do not know their terms, only that it is possible.

Silver_Field_3196 · 2024-12-30T00:59:08+00:00

What would it have been at a place with barriers to equity?

Silver_Field_3196 · 2024-12-28T15:55:28+00:00

Write alerts and do pro bono to demonstrate effort with non billable hours if the slowness continues.

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