Art Video MFA

Contact Tom Sherman, Department of Transmedia, 102 Shaffer Art Building, 443-1033.

Faculty John Orentlicher, Tom Sherman.

The graduate program in art video encourages exploration of the aesthetic possibilities of subject, genre, and media technologies from personal points of view. Students in the M.F.A. program work closely with faculty in developing structure and strategies for making art in the video medium, including performance, narrative, documentary, site-specific, and multi-channel installation.

The program is supported by a digital video and audio facility. Although space and equipment is shared with upper-level undergraduate students, graduate students run this facility and video MFA students have keys to the facility. Production is executed with mini-DV camcorders, mini disk audio recorders, and necessary peripherals. Post-production suites are equipped with Macintosh-based non-linear editing systems. Video projectors are available for exhibition. There is also a digital, multi-track audio studio, plus access to other University facilities to complement production, post-production and exhibition activities.

The art video program at the M.F.A. level assumes candidates are highly motivated to produce challenging work and are capable of working in a tutorial environment.

Financial awards are based on portfolio review, letters of recommendation, and previous experience. Graduate students manage the video facility, which offers them the opportunity to learn the successful management of a multi use, multi format facility. M.F.A. graduates have typically continued in their field as video artists, independent producers, and faculty in other university video programs.

Find answers to some frequently asked questions in our Message to Prospective MFA Candidates. You may also wish to review a list of our program's distinguished Alumni.