almostangela, have you tried art other than sculpture or writing fiction? I'm glad you're doing academic study, that's what I'm doing, and enjoyed reading about your experience as I use to write fiction too but have not been able to since getting "better" but haven't analyzed it to the extent you have. I am slowly getting back to old things, was looking at this program "combining" a few things of old
http://raven.ubalt.edu/programs/mfacreativewriting.html for awhile and letting my thoughts roam.
I'm curious. What would you do with something like this (another interest of mine)?
http://www.lesley.edu/gsass/inds_ma.html