Program Overview

Master of Fine Arts in Intermedia and Digital Arts

The Master of Fine Arts in Intermedia and Digital Art (IMDA) program is committed to investigating transformations of emerging artistic practices, especially those that give rise to new processes that pose unique conceptual and social challenges. The most notable outcome of the IMDA program is that graduates are prepared for a lifetime of creative productivity, having acquired the skills, focus, and commitment that will consistently propel their adventurous and personal artistic practices to new levels.

Program Overview

• The program is designed to be completed in three years.
• Students use various venues, including the streets of Baltimore, waves of analog and digital data, and the white walls of the prestigious Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture, as their artistic venues.

At a Glance

• Terms of Admission: Fall
• Campus Locations: Catonsville
• Schedule: Full-time
• Department: Department of Visual Arts
• College: College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
• Program Designations: National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation

Career Options

Recent graduate students have pursued issues of food justice, security, transportation, place, language, identity, economics, and technology in both intellectual and formal terms, resulting in projects such as street interventions, distributed networks, physical computing, games, installations, performances, sculptural objects, prints, drawings, photographs, videos, interactive pieces, animations, public displays, and other socially engaged works.

Tuition, Scholarships, and Financial Aid

The university participates in all federal and state student financial aid programs and offers scholarships and assistantships through the Graduate School, Graduate Departments, and the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships.

Application Requirements

1. Portfolio of Creative Work: A portfolio of creative work; list of creative works; artists statement; curriculum vitae; letters of reference; and transcripts.
2. TOEFL Requirement: Required for international students.
3. GRE Requirement: Not required.

• All applicants must submit an application to both the Graduate School and a portfolio of creative work to the Visual Arts Department.

Application Process

1. Review Program Requirements: Review the Master of Fine Arts in Intermedia and Digital Arts requirements.
2. Start Application: Start the graduate admissions application.
3. Decision Notification: Application decisions can take 6-8 weeks after the programs deadline.

Application Deadlines

• Domestic Students: Apply by February 1 for the Fall semester.
• International Students: Apply by January 1 for the Fall semester.

Program Contacts

• Program Director: Sarah Sharp
• Program Coordinator: Elizabeth Yashnyk