Master of Fine Arts Degree Programs

Overview:

MICA’s Master of Fine Arts Programs provide unique opportunities to study with internationally renowned program directors, resident artists, and visiting artists, scholars, and critics. Our MFA programs are designed around the individual artist, within a diverse, supportive, art-focused community.

The MFA in Graphic Design offers a uniquely pragmatic, hands-on approach to advanced design study. Students are active initiators of original creative projects and pursue advanced studio work in design, art, and digital media; coursework in the history and theory of art, design, and culture deepen students’ understanding of the issues driving contemporary design and culture.

Hoffberger School of Painting is among the most selective graduate painting programs in the country. The program has a singular focus: engaging a select group of highly talented painters in the process of discovering the sources of their originality and vision and preparing them for careers as seriously exhibiting artists.

Mount Royal School of Art is a multi-disciplinary program with an open approach to materials and media, focusing on independent studio work and critical thought. Mount Royal students tap the many opportunities available at MICA and the major metropolitan centers of the Northeast in creating a unique program of study that fosters the realization of their creative vision.

The MFA in Photography and Digital Imaging is a fine art studio program focused on the complex, changing nature of photography and lens-based media. The program reflects—in its curriculum, faculty, and resources—the current evolution of photography from an analogue to a digital medium.

Rinehart School of Sculpture, one of the oldest programs of its type in the United States, is at the center of innovation in this evolving art form. Students work in a wide range of mediums and approaches—from stone carving and metals-casting to installation and time-based art—reflecting in their work the complex nature of sculpture as contemporary art’s “meta-medium.”

The Summer MFA in Studio Art, the first program of its kind in the country, allows experienced artists and educators to develop a professional body of work, a unique personal voice, and an expanded understanding of contemporary art through intensive studio practice. This low-residency program includes four summers of 6-week residencies at MICA, a winter critique each year, and distance learning when students are not in residence at MICA.