Issue Contents:

Editor's Note Evan J. Garza | Juror's Comments Raphaela Platow, The Alice and Harris Weston Director and Chief Curator, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH | Winners: MFA Competition 2009 Juror and Editor Selections | Spotlight: Lisa Sanditz The New York painter talks to us about China, the American landscape, and why she hated grad school | Insight: Musings on the MFA Nuit Banai and Jennifer Gross offer their perspectives on the current value of the MFA and the changing role of the art market