The MFA experience at Tyler Glass is defined by a commitment to cultivating each graduate student’s unique voice, with glass as only one of many modes of expression. Students explore the intersections of glass, sculpture, installation, video, performance, culture, making and criticism—an approach that has helped build one of the most tight-knit alumni communities in the discipline.

MFA students in Glass study in an intensive studio setting with a diverse and highly accomplished faculty. The curriculum is comprised of studio, research, and seminars, and students participate in peer reviews with other disciplines. Visiting artists regularly give lectures and demonstrations, critique student work and widen the students’ artistic network. Interaction among MFAs and undergraduates both in the shop and in the studios broadens and strengthens the teaching experience of graduate students, and has led to the program’s strong track record of placing alumni in faculty positions across the country.

Tyler Glass is a tight-knit community housed in a 10,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility that includes a hot shop with two 530 pound day tanks, four benches, and four glory holes including one 30", and 10 dedicated annealers; a 710 pound casting furnace with seven annealers, including a car kiln; a kiln casting room with 16 kilns for slumping, fusing, and casting, outfitted with a 1-ton crane for large molds; a cold shop with the latest equipment including Merker and Czech lathes and four flameworking stations. All graduate students have private studios. The program is highly selective and takes only two new MFA candidates each year.