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Faculty “Shorts”: Excerpts from MFA in Graphic Design Intro Videos

February 2, 2014

View excerpts from the MFA in Graphic Design Faculty introductory videos and meet several of these outstanding designers face-to-face.

Our faculty is a distinguished team of professional designers and educators whose work is shown internationally, appearing regularly in leading graphic design publications and forums. Get a glimpse into the creative minds of five of our faculty members in the MFA in Graphic Design at Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Bethany Koby

Matthew Monk

Ian Lynam

Nikki Juen

Silas Munro
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The Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design is one of the nation’s first low-residency programs in graphic design that is built around a student’s individual interests and goals.

The MFA in Graphic Design is an immersive two-year graduate program that synthesizes five intense, one-week residencies with four six-month semesters of independent study with a range of faculty mentors. We educate students towards the broader context of design in order to investigate and reveal relationships. We see Graphic Design as a social tool and design education as a process of social transformation.

Our innovative, highly effective pedagogical model has its roots in the progressive educational philosophies of John Dewey. Our student-centered approach allows students to develop individualized study plans, addressing design issues that support their particular interests, values, and goals.

MFA students in our Graphic Design program will develop skills in form, content and craft, deepen and expand critical ability, build fluency in contemporary design discourse, and expand their ability to drive content with their work.

Graduates emerge with new research methods, critical acumen, and a body of design work that is personal and relevant; one which enhances their professional and academic path. They will have learned to continuously rethink design by considering cultural context, relationships between designers and their work, and the nature of education within design.