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Design Fiction as Narrative Method

February 25, 2019

VCFA’s Heather Snyder Quinn at RISD!

Natalia Ilyin releases new book!

February 25, 2019

VCFA MFA in Graphic Design faculty member Natalia Ilyin’s Writing for the Design Mind

Adobe Education Leaders

February 23, 2019

VCFA’s Ryan Bitzegaio and Katie Krcmarik were both named Adobe Education Leaders!

February 23, 2019

Eric Avery and Adam DelMarcelle’s exhibition “Epidemic” to show at East Tennessee State University’s Reece Museum, The Center for Appalachian Studies & Services.

Talks | In Conversation: Faith Wilding and Mira Schor

February 7, 2019

On the occasion of the publication of VCFA MFA in Visual Arts faculty Faith Wilding’s Fearful Symmetries, join Faith for an autobiographical reading from the book, followed by a conversation with artist and writer, and fellow feminist icon, Mira Schor. There will be a book signing post-event.

Shruthi Manjula Balakrishna: I Am Not Kidding

January 26, 2019

VCFA MFA in Graphic Design candidate Shruthi Manjula Balakrishna to present at 13th International Conference on Design Principles & Practices.

Upgrade! Shruthi Manjula Balakrishna joins two new institutions!

January 25, 2019

VCFA MFA in Graphic Design candidate makes career power moves!

Antwon Key wins Print Regional Design Award!

January 24, 2019

VCFA MFA in Graphic Design alumnus wins big!

Total Armageddon!

January 24, 2019

400 pages of pure apocalypse!

Ian Lynam on Design & Department Stores

January 23, 2019

VCFA’s Ian Lynam at PechaKucha Night Tokyo!

Adam DelMarcelle featured on Hyperallergic

January 23, 2019

VCFA alumnus and activist Adam DelMarcelle has been fighting America’s opioid crisis on the street.

VCFA’s Shruthi Manjula Balakrishna wins GDUSA Award

January 11, 2019

Shruthi’s project “Price of Values” wins out over 10,000 others!

Glot Unleashed!

January 9, 2019

VCFA’s Ian Lynam releases a new family of ten typefaces.

Silas Munro on AIGA’s Eye on Design

December 23, 2018

VCFA’s Silas Munro is featured on AIGA’s Eye on Design blog!

Gareth Fry wins 2018 American Graphic Design Awards!

December 21, 2018

VCFA alum winds big at GDUSA!

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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.

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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.

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