Impetus to Analysis: Practitioners is a project of the Maine College of Art's MFA Program. The Master of Fine Art in Studio Arts at MECA focuses on the development of multidisciplinary, research-based practices articulated through studio production, curatorial experimentation, and critical writing.

The graduate program at MECA nurtures the development of more refined relationships between three key aspects of production: stimulus, practice, and analysis. These three components are seen as mutually interdependent forces that continually shape and challenge artistic experimentation and response. Through its tripartite faculty structure of core, visiting, and advisory instructors as well as its responsive program of required courses, electives, and significant independent studio time, the MFA encourages students to find stimulating source material for their practice and to become articulate and passionate translators of material, intellectual, and analytical experience both within and outside the studio.