This Master of Art + Design (Fibers and Surface Design) educates professional artist/designers with both artistic and technical proficiency, combining digital technologies with traditional hand processes in the conception and hand production textiles. Focus is on professional level accomplishment for practicing artists, production craftspeople, or textile designers in a wide range of areas of exploration, both functional and non-functional: weaving (hand and digital), surface design, fabric design, printing (hand and digital), embellishment (hand and digital), construction, sculpture, and installation. The individual student focus may range from the design of fabrics for hand production to the production of one–of–a–kind art objects. The context for fibers and surface design work is broad and could include clothing, costume, home or personal accessories, art objects, installations, or textiles for interiors/exteriors.

Simultaneous development and research in technical, theoretical, historical, and artistic aspects of the chosen textile medium will be required. The course work will blend and balance theory, hand production concepts, and experimental fine art approaches.

Please read the Graduate Handbook for a general overview of the program.

Curriculum

Art + Design offers three tracks to the Master of Art + Design degree. Download the tracks separately here: Track 1 | animation / fibers, Track 2 | animation / fibers, and Track 3 | animation / fibers.

Download the three tracks for each concentration here: animation / fibers

For more information, please visit the Master of Art + Design website

For information on applying for the Master of Art + Design program, please visit the graduate admissions page of this website.

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