Graduate Imaging Arts (MFA)
Program Overview
The Master of Fine Arts in Imaging Arts program is an advanced course of study in photography, digital imaging and moving media. The program emphasizes imaging as an art form, with the goal of inspiring and nurturing artistic individuality through an extensive study of art practice, criticism and aesthetics.
The MFA program is led by full-time faculty members from the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, School of Print Media, and School of Art, and adjunct faculty members from the George Eastman House, the International Museum of Photography and Film, the Visual Studies Workshop, and RIT’s Image Permanence Institute, as well as noted artists, critics, and historians residing in the region. In addition, the MFA program supports a thriving visiting artist residency of critically-acclaimed contemporary artists who provide presentations, master classes for one-on-one critiques, and workshops.
You will work in state-of-the-art facilities, with an abundance of equipment in imaging and printing technologies for traditional, alternative and digital fine art applications. As a graduate student, you will have access to dedicated darkrooms (color and black-and-white), as well as areas restricted to graduate-level work and socializing, with up-to-date computers, scanners, software, and printers. A wide variety of shooting studios are also available, along with a dedicated graduate space for experimental activities and displays.
This advanced fine art graduate program prepares students for real-world experiences and employment in higher education, museum or gallery work, publishing, digital media, and as fine art image-makers.
