The Graduate Painting Thesis is the culmination of the MFA student's graduate work in painting. The course requires: 1) continued work in the studio under supervision of graduate faculty; 2) a more formal midterm critique with graduate faculty (oral summarization of thesis work); 3) extensive work with The Art Gallery in preparation for the MFA Thesis Exhibition (including hanging the exhibition); 4) the thesis exhibition itself; and 5) an oral presentation to the faculty during the thesis exhibition.