Contact Period Schedule

“As a board member of the Illustrators Club of Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia I have long believed in the purpose of community among illustrators. Artists grow when they share ideas. Personally, I found the Hartford Art School Low Residency MFA in Illustration Program to be this type of environment on a national level. It is an environment fostered by Murray and Carol Tinkelman and fulfilled by the wonderful faculty of the program. Truly there is nothing else like it.”

David Labrozzi, Class of 2010
Arlington, VA

All students will attend 2-week residencies scheduled in July in Hartford Connecticut for 3 consecutive summers. Here you will work intensively in your studio classes as well as attend presentations by nationally known illustrators and the faculty of the MFA program who travel to Hartford from all over the country.

The November contact week will typically alternate between New York City, NY and Pasadena, CA.

The March contact week will typically alternate between San Francisco, CA and Fort Worth, TX.

During the November and March contact weeks you will meet with some of the top illustrators in the field.

All contact periods are required in succession with graduation during the 3rd summer.

Upcoming contact periods:

March 2012	Fort Worth, TX
July 2012	Hartford, CT
November 2012	New York, NY
March 2013	San Francisco, CA
July 2013	Hartford, CT

To view a list of the contact period guest presenters and visits, please see the faculty section of this website.