Electronic Integrated 艺术

A Master's program embracing emerging technologies

The MFA in Electronic Integrated 艺术 provides an interdisciplinary context in which to explore interrelationships between emerging forms of electronic and digital technologies. Areas of study include 印刷媒体, integrative design, 视频艺术, 声波的艺术s and interactive arts. The objective of the Master of Fine 艺术 degree (MFA) is to prepare you for a career in Electronic Integrated 艺术.

学校/部门

Campus Locations

Main Campus - Alfred, NY

Electronic Integrated 艺术 (MFA)

A minimum of sixty graduate credit hours is required. Reviews of work are scheduled at midterm and at the end of each semester.

  • ART 501 Studio Elective* (outside major concentration)
  • ART 523 Work and Analysis
    This course functions as the primary forum for group dialogue among Electronic Integrated 艺术 MFA students. Regular group critiques of student work occur during class, allowing for the development of understanding how artwork is produced and the ability to contribute insight to others. The goal is to provide you with a strengthened sense of context from which to proceed as an artist.
  • ART 524 Electronic Strategies (non-time based) & ART 526 Electronic Strategies (time based)
    This course is required of first-year graduate students working in Electronic Integrated 艺术. 这些课程, each taking place in half-semester intervals, are designed to provide you with experience in the unique studios of 扩大媒体. Practices including: video, digital/analog sound, 印刷媒体, 织物印刷, 数字绘画, interactive art and installation. The courses focus on the impact of digital media and how it functions in constructing personal languages of contemporary electronic art making. Experimentation is extensively explored.
  • ART 525 Advanced Electronic 艺术*
    Required each semester for graduate students working in Electronic Integrated 艺术. You will register with the Electronic Integrative 艺术 faculty on an independent study basis. This course is an opportunity for self-generated studio work. During the third and fourth semesters, the primary emphasis of this course will be thesis preparation.
  • ART 671 Written Thesis Preparation-EIA
    The studio is supported by a written thesis report that includes a detailed statement about the work, a technical documentation of materials and processes used and electronic documentation of thesis work. This documentation is archived in the 斯科尔斯图书馆. The course is structured as a seminar with all second year EIA MFA students participating.
  • ART 681论文*
  • ARTH 660 First Year 研究生 Seminar
  • ARTH Minimum one Art 历史/Criticism course

In addition to studio advising and critical reviews of work by the full team of core faculty in Electronic Integrated Art, all graduate students take credits in a series of seminars, 艺术历史, studio electives and technical courses relevant to their area of study.

In the second year, students work in seminars and individually with advisors on a written thesis as a supporting document to their MFA thesis exhibition. Thesis exhibitions are in the 艺术学院 and 设计’s Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Robert C. Turner Gallery or an approved alternate site.

Degree requirements include two years of residence and a minimum of sixty graduate credit hours. Critical reviews of studio work and evaluation of progress in the program are scheduled at midterm and the end of each semester.

Applicants for admission should hold the baccalaureate degree with the equivalent of sixty credit hours in studio courses. A 投资组合 of completed works could be considered the equivalent of some studio courses.

In addition to the transcripts and letters of recommendation required of all students, applicants to the MFA program must present a 投资组合 showing competency in their art practice. When submitting the 投资组合 to Slideroom be sure to indicate the program for which you are applying and provide appropriate 投资组合.

The 艺术学院 and 设计 at Alfred University offers graduate study in multiple divisional areas: 陶瓷艺术, Electronic Integrated 艺术, Sculpture/Dimensional Studies (concentration in either glass art or sculpture) and 绘画. Applicants should make clear to which MFA program they are applying.

All applications are made through the 研究生 招生 Office and all supporting documents and the 投资组合 must be submitted to the 研究生 招生 Office by January 15th of the application year. Only completed applications will be forwarded to the 教师 Review Committee. No applications for January enrollment are considered.

Accepted applicants must make a $200 deposit and return a signed contract as directed in the notification of acceptance or their acceptance becomes void.

In addition to a grant for full tuition waiver for both years of residency in the program, each MFA student in Electronic Integrated Art is guaranteed an assistantship for every semester of the two-year program. 研究生 assistantships consist of three types: a teaching assistantship, a teaching internship, and a facilities coordinator. In all cases, the student receives a stipend of $7,000 for the academic year.

研究生 teaching assistants are intended to support the graduate candidate by providing first-hand experience in academic teaching and experience in the oversight of a large and complex facility. All assistants have a commitment of approximately 10 hours/week to meet the requirements of the stipend. Assignments are made in consultation among faculty, students and division chairs at the beginning of each semester.

The Division of 扩大媒体 supports the multidisciplinary mission of the 艺术学院 and 设计 by providing an integrative, creative and professional approach to art making using the tools and technologies of 印刷媒体, 视频艺术, integrative design, 声波的艺术, interactive art and generative art. You will explore both traditional and emerging technologies and synthesize personal understandings between the two.

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