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The VCFA MFA in Graphic Design Program Blog

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June 30, 2020

Lost umbrellas, runaway balls, prompts that give pause – excavating the tenuous as we seek composure in an often absurd and challenging whole. A cup of tea or a rain shower pacifies what the umbrella cannot protect.

An installation and performance co-created by VCFA MFA in Graphic Design alumnx Sondra Graff and Petra van Noort, presented at MECA, The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art on December 6, 2019.

The collaborative escapade was developed with the support of DesignInquiry and the 2018/19 participants. Our deepest gratitude to Margo Halverson, Emily Luce & Charles Melcher (of DesignInquiry), Nikki Rayburn & Julie Poitras Santos (of MECA) and Sarah Stackhouse (for her generosity in the use of her studio). An FIT grant provided additional support.Sportswear free shipping | Autres

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.