The M.F.A. and B.F.A. Group Shows include works created by first- and second-year M.F.A. students and non-graduating B.F.A. students in the Department of Studio Art. These exhibitions feature student works that use traditional and non-traditional styles and techniques in a variety of media from all studio areas: ceramics, digital art, graphic design, metalsmithing and jewelry design, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and textiles.

Several sponsors, including the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Friends of Art, and the Grunwald Gallery, will give awards for individual student works.