Presentation

The Master of Fine Arts Program of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile aims to be an interdisciplinary program, with an emphasis on a cultural axis  – Latin America — and two modalities of academic action: theoretical research and artistic practice; in a faculty that tries to extend the epistemological perspectives of the practicing disciplines: visual arts, music and theatre. For this purpose, it has a high level of academic staff with postgraduate studies in Chile and overseas and active in the production of knowledge through work and theory.

In its three years of existence, the program has managed to consolidate a dialog with Chilean and international cultural production, particularly Latin American, by means of a body of invited professors and a sustained collaboration with universities of the region. A fundamental tool in this respect has been the magazine Cátedra de Artes , official publication of the master program that receives contributions from known national and foreign scholars from different disciplines related to the arts.

In keeping with the three academic units that make up the Faculty of Arts – the School of Art, the Theater School and the Music Institute — the  Program offers the following disciplinary lines, each of which subdivides into more specific areas of work:

Theatre

- Contemporary laboratory of dramaturgic and scenic research and experimentation, in which the writing of texts and the production of theatrical work linked to the Chilean and Latin American context, both in the performance field and in the creation of dramatic texts, are developed.
- Theoretical modality developed around an area we term cultural theory of the drama and performance: its actualization in the Latin America scene.

Music

- Musicology, which offers the space to develop research centered on problems linked to colonial, erudite, popular and religious music of Chile and Latin America.
- Composition, oriented to develop new ideas and productions directed at extending the contemporary repertoire at the professional level.

Visuals Arts

- The creation of a visual work, accompanied by a thesis.
- The realization of a theoretical thesis in history of the art, or in topics associated with heritage and its influence on Chilean art.

The Program accepts multidisciplinary projects that integrate these areas.

The Master Program in Fine Arts is accredited by the CNA from October 2008 to September 2010.

Curricular Structure

According to the proposed focuses and modalities, the program has a flexible structure aimed at: 1) theoretical research, and 2) performance productions. The first modality consists of the construction, questioning and analysis of the previously formalized objects of study, and is aimed at, among others, musicologists, art theorists, historians, heritage conservers and professionals interested in contemporary theater studies. The second modality is understood as artistic practice combined with systematic reflection, and is aimed at, among others, visual artists, composers, dramatists, actors and theater directors.

The program is composed of four academic semesters and requires passing 150 credits that are distributed in Required Courses and Elective Courses of Specialization. The latter courses can be interdisciplinary or specialized in one of the disciplines integrated in the master program (theater, visual arts or music), which allows the student to structure his/her study program according to his/her own interests and needs.

MASTER OF FINE ARTS CURRICULAR DIAGRAM

Courses of the program

First semester

Cultural Identity in Chile and Latin America - 10 credits – Required: Theoretic course that reflects on the principal current ideas and orientations of cultural production in Latin America. The course addresses the relationship between civil society and the forms of abstract and metaphoric production of culture, their forms of development and possible orientation and future directions.

Seminar I  - 20 credits – Required:  The seminar course seeks to collectively discuss ideas for possible final projects. With the objective of identifying a problem as a central matter of a thesis or project, the themes of each student will be discussed by the group, with the possible formal or technical solutions of performance products, as well as formal and methodological structures for the thesis projects. This course thus represents the first step toward what will be the final project or thesis.

An Elective Specialization Course - 10 credits

Second semester

The Arts in Chile - 10 credits – Required: The course addresses the route and development of the visual arts, theater and music in the Chile of today, analyzing the social, ideological and technical concomitants that we need to confront in order to resolve the production of works in the country.

Seminar II - 20 credits – Required: This seminar seeks to consolidate the idea of a professional project or final thesis initiated in a previous course. The student organizes the material that he/she has gathered and structures a logical work plan. The student also researches documentary sources and theoretical, visual, musical and/or dramatic references that can be linked to the idea to be developed, to be converted in the following semester into a formal project with possibilities of being carried out under the methodological and technical conditions required in the Program.

An Elective Specialization Course - 10 credits

Third semester

The student should initiate his/her thesis or project work.

Thesis I – 20 credits – Required: Tutorial course aimed at giving substance to the research. From the work initiated in the previous courses, the student begins to solve the objectives and questions, perfecting the methodologies and the theoretical framework. With the guidance of the thesis director, he/she can re-orient the bibliographical and source search and even modify part of the general structure of his/her research

Project I - 20 credits – Required: Workshop aimed at developing an artistic proposal with professional rigor, understood as the beginning of the final master project.  In this course, the student also has to initiate writing the master thesis in which he/she will report on the processes and ideas emerging from his/her artistic production.

Two Elective Specialization courses: 10 credits each

Fourth semester

Thesis II - 20 credits – Required: At the end of this course, the student will have to have finished his/her research, according to the requirements of the program and the goals that he/she has set.

Project II - 20 credits – Required: At the end of this course the student should conclude his/her project and the thesis initiated in the previous semester.  The project, developed in any discipline of the arts or a combination of these, will have to be performed or exhibited with the professional rigor that it is expected from the postgraduate level.

An Elective Specialization course - 10 credits

Elective courses of the program*

Interdisciplinary courses

• Art, criticism and modernity
• Art and culture in the information society
• Critical writing in the arts
• Artistic and cultural mediation
• Semiotics of the arts

Visual Arts

• Cultural management: three models in Chile
• Language and territory
• Photographic practices in the contemporary arts

Theatre

• Stage management
• Spatial dramaturgy
• Theatre, performance and life

Music

• Ethnomusicology
• Musicology and history
• Technologies of electro-acoustic composition

* The elective courses are distributed throughout the four semesters of the program. They will only be taught with a minimum of four registered students. A student can register for elective courses in other master programs of the university, depending on his/her academic requirements, and previous agreement with the head of the master program. In addition, there is also the possibility of programming new elective courses depending on the disciplinary orientations of each class.

Scholarships*

Master Scholarship in Fine Arts

This is an award for academic excellence given to post-graduate students, taking into consideration the student’s performance and socioeconomic situation. It consists of a partial exemption from the semester matriculation fee. This allowance is made per semester.

Who can access to this benefit:
Beginning the second year, regular students who have an outstanding academic performance in their programs.

Academic Requirements:
Awards will not be extended to former students who, for any reason, have suspended or annulled their studies during one of the two academic periods considered for the purpose of the granting of the award.

Socioeconomic Requirements:
This benefit is subject to a socioeconomic measurement.

Loss of the award for:
Leaving the program
Loss of the condition of regular student.
Acquisition of another scholarship (the scholarships cannot be cumulative).

Amount of the award:
This award consists of a 50% exemption from the semester fee in the Master of Fine Arts Program.

Academic Excellence Scholarship

This is an award for academic excellence given to postgraduate students, taking into consideration of their academic performance. It consists of a partial exemption from the semester matriculation fee.

Who can access to this benefit:
Beginning the second year, regular students who have an outstanding academic performance in their programs.

Academic Requirements:
Awards will not be extended to former students who, for any reason, have suspended or annulled their studies during one of the two academic periods considered for the purpose of the granting of the award.

Loss of the award for:
Leaving the program
Loss of the condition of regular student.
Acquisition of another scholarship (the scholarships cannot be cumulative).

Amount of the award:
This award consists of a 30% exemption from the semester fee in the Master of Fine Arts Program.

Contact

Direction of Research and Postgraduate Studies
Masters in Fine Arts

Director of Research and Postgraduate Studies:
Alejandro Vera. magisterartes@uc.cl
Telephone 56-2-3545144

Head of the Program
Luis Prato. magisterartes@uc.cl
Telephone 56-2-3545202

Secretary of the program
Silvana Buglioni M.
Telephone 56-2-3545202. Fax 56-2-3545201

Place: Master of Fine Arts Program 
Av. Jaime Guzmán 3.300, 2º piso, Providencia. Santiago de Chile.

Schedule of classes: Monday to Friday from 6:00 PM. Sporadic academic activities Saturdays 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

Application Requirements

Foreign applicants will have to:

1. Present the application for admission using the relevant form and in the dates arranged by the university for these effects. This form can be obtained electronically in this Web site (see “Postulación”, in the Spanish version).

2. Send two copies of the certificate of academic degree properly legalized at the Chilean Embassy of his/her country of residence.

3. Certify the qualifications obtained in the courses and/or exams of the program corresponding to the academic bachelor degree, indicating the grade scale used and grade point ranking giving precise averages of final grades and the relative position of the applicant to the students of his/her year and program.

4 Present two confidential letters of reference, sealed by the signer, directed to the Head of the Masters Program of Faculty of Fine Arts. The format of the confidential letter of reference can be obtained in this Web site (see “Postulación”, in the Spanish version). Letters sent electronically will not be accepted.  The letters must be sent by mail, with the date indicated on the postal stamp. This date must correspond to the application period.  

5. Deliver letters of institutional sponsorship when necessary.

6. Deliver a complete personal curriculum, with special emphasis on aspects pertinent to the Program.

7. Attach four passport-sized identification photos (small and in color) with the appropriate identification number.

8. Deliver a personal letter, specifying the reason for the application and clearly indicating the area of specialization.

9. Pay the application fee corresponding to 2010 (US$90) through the CITIBANK. Checking account Nº: 36 99 69 89. Address: 111 Wall Street New York, Nº10043; NY. ABA: 021000089. SWITF: CITI US 33. Please send a copy of the proof of payment to magisterartes@uc.cl or sbuglion@uc.cl

10. Present a maximum four-page draft document of the research design or artistic production, in which the key objectives and methodologies to achieve these objective should be outlined. The draft research design may be changed in the course of the program. In addition, a CD of work in the Visual Arts and Composition areas must be attached.

11. Present a certificate declaring that the applicant has a command of the Spanish language, in the case that the applicant does not have Spanish as a first language. This certificate must be issued by a competent body.

12. Foreign applicants not living in Chile at the time of the application will be exempt from the personal interview.

Cost of the program

The total cost of the program is fixed annually by the University and corresponds to the four semesters established in the curricular structure. Each semester is paid in five installments. The 2009 value for the four semesters is $5,000,000 Chilean pesos. If the student takes more than four semesters to finish the postgraduate subjects, he/she will have to continue paying the installment as a regular student.  In case the thesis or project is extended, he/she can apply to two more semesters (final deadline), without cost to him/her, by showing that he/she is completing an ongoing program from the previous period.

The information must be sent to:

Dr. Luis Prato
Jefe del Programa de Magíster en Artes
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Av. Jaime Guzmán 3.300, 2º piso.
Providencia. Santiago de Chile.

Application Period for the Program:

For the 2011 admission, there will be two independent periods of application, both already open since October 2010, with different closing dates (December 10, 2010 and January 14, 2011).
Telephone 56-2-3545202. Fax 56-2-3545201

Beginning of classes March 2010

Professors of the program, years 2007-2010

Theatre

Cecilia Bralic E., Master in Sociology (1993), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: Assistant Professor in the School of Theatre in hermeneutics, art and culture.

María José Contreras L., Doctor in Semiotics  (2008), University of Bologna, Italy: Psychologist, actress and theatrical director. Assistant Professor of the School of Theatre, in matters linked to corporal movement.  In addition, she has been a professor in other universities of Chile and Italy. She directs Teatro de Patio, a company devoted to theater research in Santiago de Chile.

Verónica Duarte L., Master of Arts (Theatre), Hunter College, City University of New York (2004):  Actress, playwright and scriptwriter. Assistant Professor of dramaturgy in the Theater School.

María Verónica García-Huidobro V., Applicant to Master Program in Management and Guidance of Quality Scholars, Universidad del Desarrollo-FUNCH: Actress. Associate Professor of the Theater School. Research and consultancies in artistic education, specialist in theatrical pedagogy.

Milena Grass K., Applicant to Master in Latin-American Studies, Universidad de Chile: Researcher in theatrical and thesis processes. Assistant Professor of the School of Theatre.

María of the Luz Hurtado M., Doctor in Literature, Universidad de Chile (2005): Sociologist. Full Professor of the Theater School, researcher specialized in Chilean theatre. Director of the program of Research and Archives of the Theatrical Production and of the publication “Revista Apuntes de Teatro” of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Researcher in charge of FONDECYT projects.

Andrés Kalawski I., Master in Literature (2008), Universidad de Chile: Playwright. Assistant Professor, Theater School.

Ramón Núñez V., Actor and theatrical producer, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: Full Professor of the Theater School. He has participated in innumerable theatrical productions, research and dramatic readings. Member of the Chilean Academy of Fine Arts. National Award for Performing Arts 2009.

Patricio Rodríguez P., Doctorat en Arts et Sciences de l´ Art option Esthétique (1999), Université Paris I, Panthéon Sorbonne: Associate Professor of the Theater School in matters linked to aesthetics, theatre and the social dimensions of modernity. Director of Revista Cátedra de Artes.

Inés Stranger R., D.E.A. en Etudes Théâtre, Université Paris III, Sorbonne-Nouvelle: Actress, playwright and scriptwriter. Full Professor of the Theater school; author of recognized works like Cariño Malo, Malinche, Tálamo and Valdivia. Theater Director of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Music

Rodrigo Cádiz C., Doctor of Philosophy, Music Technology. Northwestern University (2006), Evanston, IL, USA: Assistant Professor in the Music Institute.  His main topics of research include the digital synthesis of sounds, parametric control based on diffuse logic, new interfaces of musical expression and the analysis of electro acoustic music.

Patricio de la Cuadra B. Doctor of Philosophy (2005), Master of Arts (2001) and Master of Science (2001), Stanford University, CA, USA. Flutist and Civil Engineer, PUC. Assistant Professor in the Music Institute. His main topics of research include the physical shaping of music instruments, analysis of parameters for instrumental control and new interfaces of musical expression.

Rafael Díaz S., Master in Music, Catholic University of America; Applicant to Doctorate in History and Sciences of Music, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain: Assistant Professor in the Music Institute. Composer and Researcher who has centered his research work on themes associated with religious music and ethnomusicology.

Juan Pablo González R., Ph.D. in Musicology, University of California, Los Angeles (1991): Musicologist and full professor of the Music Institute. He researches mainly on the theoretical area of the social history of popular music in Chile. Parallel to this, he has conducted studies of Chilean composers of the 20th century. He is the author of numerous research and publications. Researcher in charge of FONDECYT projects.

Alejandro Guarello F., Composer, Universidad de Chile: His work is recognized throughout the world. Full Professor and Director of the Music Institute, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Cristián Morales O., Master in Composition and New Technologies (1997), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona: Assistant Professor of the Music Institute in composition courses.  His work links traditional instruments with electro acoustics.

Carmen Peña F., Master in Humanities, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (2006): Musicologist specialized in Chilean music of the 19th and 20th centuries. Associate Professor of the Music Institute in courses on her specialty.

Alejandro Vera A., Doctor in History and Sciences of Music (2001), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2001): Musicologist specialized in Hispano American and Spanish music of the 17th and 18th Centuries. Associate Professor of the Music Institute and Director of Research and Postgraduate Studies of the Faculty of Fine Arts. Researcher in charge of FONDECYT projects.

Visual Arts

Magdalena Atria L., Master of Fine Arts, Parson School of Design (1997). New York: Visual artist and Assistant Professor in the School of Art. Has realized a wide range of exhibitions in Chile and overseas; notably those of 2001 in the George Billis Gallery, New York; 2004 Against Nature, Galería Animal, and Marking Time, Jack. S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas in 2005.

Verónica Barraza C., Masters in Analytical Psychology (2007), Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago: Visual artist and full professor of the School of Art, works on topics that link art and psychology. Academic Director of the Diploma Program in Psychoplastics of the School of Art. Her work, recently shown in Sweden, draws on video and cinema on topics of art and the unconscious.

Claudia Campaña H., Doctor in Theory and History of Contemporary Art, Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Master (M.A.) in Art History, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London - Bachelor in Theory and History of the Art, Universidad de Chile: Full Professor of the School of Art. Author of “El arte de la cita. Velázquez en la obra de Bru and Cienfuegos” (2008).

Pedro Celedón. Doctor in History of Contemporary Art, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. He has published and worked as professor and researcher in Madrid, Toulouse, Paris and Santiago. He directs the interdisciplinary undergraduate program (College) in Arts and Humanities, PUC. He is a member of the directory of the Cultural Center Palacio de la Moneda, and the Trienal de Chile.

Roberto Farriol G., Degree in Advanced Studies (D.E.A.) in Fine Arts (2006), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia and applicant for a doctorate at the same University: Visual artist. Director of the School of Art and Full Professor in courses on analysis of work. His visual work has been developed around video technologies.

Gaspar Galaz C., Bachelor of Fine Arts, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: Sculptor and Full Professor of the history of art in Chile in the School of Art and the Institute of Aesthetics of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Rodrigo Galecio A. Master of Arts, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2002), Spain, and Bachelor of Fine Artes, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (1998). Assistant Professor in the School of Arts. His work links art and architecture as meaning systems, with a special interest in history of geometric abstraction. He mainly produces art works through painting, photography, volume and collage.

Pablo Miranda B., Bachelor in Anthropology with mention in Archaeology and Prehistory, Universidad de Chile (1987) - Master in Psychoanalysis, Universidad Andrés Bello (2004), Santiago: Associate Professor of the School of Art. His projects approach questions related to visual anthropology, the construction of memory, the artistic imaginaries and identity. FONDECYT researcher and author of various publications and documentaries.

Paula de Solminihac C., Master in Visual Arts, Universidad de Chile (2004): Visual artist and assistant teacher in the School of Art, in the workshop of works associated with sculpture and public spaces. She has had remarkable exhibitions in museums such as MAC, Parque Forestal, Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda and the galleries Cecilia Palma, Isabel Aninat and Galería Animal.

Efraín Telias. Doctor in Fine Arts (2009), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain: Assistant Professor of the School of Art. His research deals with landscape and visual arts in Chile in 19th and 20th centuries and religious iconography (representation of the Virgin) from the 16th to 19th centuries.

Ignacio Villegas V., Doctor in Fine Arts (2009), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain: Visual artist, full professor of the School of Art, where he gives classes in workshops on analysis of work and critical writing in arts of the Master in Fine Arts, UC. Director of the project for the design of a doctorate in arts.

Invited Professors who have given courses in the years 2007-2009

Omar Corrado, professor at the Doctorate of the Third Cycle in History of Music and Musicology in the Université París IV-Sorbonne.

Alejandro Crispiani. Architect, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina) – Doctor in Social and Human Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes (Argentina). Professor of the Universidad de Buenos Aires. Currently he works as a professor and director of Theory, History and Criticism in the School of Architecture of the PUC, and coordinator of the Information and Documentation Center Sergio Larraín Moreno. His research deals with contemporary art and architecture in Latin America.

Nathalie Goffard B., Master in Plastic Arts, Université Paris I, Panthéon Sorbonne (2007), France: Visual artist, her work has been developed around photography and contemporary art.

Alejandra Gutiérrez G., Doctor in Humanities, Institute of Literary Research of the Academy of Sciences of Poland and theater director.

Julia Herzberg, Ph.D, Art History, Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Gabrielle Manca, Composer, Milan Conservatory, Italy.

Magaly Muguercia A, Doctor in Art Sciences, Lunacharski Theater Institute, Moscow - Superior Institute of Art, Cuba: Researcher on Latin American Theater.

Juana Núñez, Master in Education Sciences, Universidad de los Lagos.

Domingo Román, Doctoral student in Linguistics, majoring in the Spanish language, Universidad de Chile (1995) - Master in Linguistics majoring in the Spanish language, Universidad de Chile (1995).

María Inés Silva, Master in Culture, Heritage and Development and doctoral student in Sociology of Culture, Université Paris III, Sorbonne Nouvelle.

Rodrigo Tissi, Applicant to PhD (ABD) Performance Studies, New York University. Master in Architecture, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (1999). He accomplished undergraduate and postgraduate studies en the Shool of Art, PUC (1995-1997). His main research integrates architecture, visual and scenic arts, urban space and the wide territory of performance. He has published several articles in national and international journals.

Carlos Vásquez, Doctor in Education, Specialty in Communication, Universidad de Guadalajara, México (2003) - Master in Theatrical Pedagogy and Stage Management, Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography of Saint Petersburg N.K. Cherkasov, Russia (1991).

Invited Lecturers for 2007-2009

Vera Carneiro, Aldo Enrici, Cristóbal Farriol, Luis Flores, Lola McDowel, Jesús Martín Barbero, Alvaro Menanteau, Gerardo Pulido, Soledad Ramírez, Javier Rioseco, Montserrat Rojas, Víctor Rondón.