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Ten Top MFAs: An Indepth Portfolio View

An online supplement to Canadian Art’s Art Schools issue, in print Winter 2008
Class of 2008, Winter 2008, pp. 62-69
Class of 2008, Winter 2008, pp. 62-69

Class of 2008, Winter 2008, pp. 62-69


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Art media is often accused of being youth-centric. But when it comes to gauging the quality of art schools, there’s no better evidence, at times, than the quality of their youthful grads. Here, Canadian Art Online offers indepth portfolio views for the 10 top grads detailed in Leah Sandals’s article “The Class of 2008” in the winter print edition of Canadian Art. Take a look at this 50-slide portfolio—then keep your eyes open for what these grads, and their schools, do in the future.

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This article was first published online on December 11, 2008.

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