Areas of study include basic and advanced instruction in weaving, knitting, screen printing, dyeing, fabric manipulation, stitching, sculptural textiles, and textiles for the body. We believe in learning through making by hand.
The Fibers and Surface Design program emphasizes and requires hand making of cloth in a studio setting. All students learn art and design vocabulary, textile techniques, material explorations, digital technologies, fine craftsmanship, design process, and idea development through repeated acts of making and evaluating textile artifacts. All courses include use of color and pattern, and reference textile history and contemporary art and design examples. The program encourages breadth of experience, experimentation, questioning, individual initiative, craftsmanship, knowledge of hand processes, and the search for an individual career direction—finding a unique creative voice with confidence and professionalism.
The Bachelor of Art + Design (Fibers & Surface Design) is a four-year, studio-based, interdisciplinary undergraduate education. This educational experience integrates design thinking and the traditional arts with the design disciplines and current technologies to create aesthetic yet functional objects, experiences and environments. Students are encouraged to consider multicultural models in their conceptual investigations to formulate inclusive and innovative solutions to contemporary global issues.
The Fiber Design path focuses on a range of explorations, both functional and non-functional. They include: hand and digital weaving surface design, fabric design, hand and digital printing, hand and digital embellishment, construction, sculpture and installations. Student focus may range from the design of fabrics for hand production to the production of one-of-a kind art objects.
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.
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 information on applying for the Master of Art + Design program, please visit the graduate admissions page of this website.
For additional information on Graduate programs available at NC State University, visit the Graduate School website at: http://www.ncsu.edu/grad.
The Anni Albers Scholars Program (Bachelor of Art + Design and Bachelor of Science Dual Degree), a collaboration between the NC State University world-renowned colleges of Textiles and Design, provides students with exemplary preparation in both design and in textile technology. This collaboration provides an unparalleled undergraduate education combining professional skills in design with extensive technological knowledge. Students completing the Anni Albers Program will earn two undergraduate degrees: Bachelor of Science in Textile Technology and Bachelor of Art and Design. The program is named for a designer who exemplifies the ideals and goals to which the program aspires: textile designer and artist Anni Albers.
Anni Albers was educated in the Weaving Workshop at the Bauhaus and later immigrated to the United States and designed at Black Mountain School in North Carolina. She has provided generations of American textile designers and fiber artists a philosophical framework and standard of excellence against which to measure progress and achievement.
The curriculum includes one set of courses to fulfill the General Education Requirements, arranged to meet the specified choices in both curricula. For students who begin the Albers program as a Freshman or Sophomore, the degree requires five (5) academic years to complete. For students who transfer in later, the time required to complete the program varies and must be assessed on an individual basis.
Visit the Anni Albers Scholars web site for additional information on the program. http://www.ncsu.edu/www/ncsu/design/sod5/anni_albers/