Fine arts program
offers scholarships, fellowships
ORONO, Maine — It’s grad school application season and deadlines are just around the corner. The good news is, there is still time to apply for the Intermedia Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Maine.
The University of Maine offers over $250,000 in fellowships and scholarships each year. To be considered for acceptance to the program, apply by Feb. 28, 2016.
The Intermedia MFA program provides students with advanced study and practice in interdisciplinary art. The MFA in Intermedia is a studio-centered creative interdisciplinary program committed to hybrid research, experimental technological production, as well as individually guided development and production of hybrid forms of art such as time-based media, digital and video art, installation, performance art, artists’ books and multiples, conceptual art, community-based social art practices, net art, and other new forms that the students may generate from their intermedial explorations.
The MFA program hosts a robust visiting artist series, that brings a diversity of talent, perspective and experience through regular workshops, performances, lectures and studio visits.
Graduate students also have access to the Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center, a state-of-the-art facility with over 1,500 square feet of studio, tools, facilities and knowledge. Opened in 2013, the center is a hub for learning, creating and producing and is the most recent of UMaine’s facilities that support innovation and economic development. The IMRC Center is supported by expert instructors and community collaborators.
Both the Intermedia program and the New Media Department offer graduate assistantships to qualified students. These can take the form of either a research assistant or teaching assistant position, depending on students’ skills and experience. Research assistants are involved in a variety of research and program support roles while working with faculty across multiple affiliated departments. Teaching assistantships are offered in conjunction with undergraduate new media classes and are a great opportunity for graduate students to receive valuable experience as educators.
In addition, the University of Maine also offers full scholarships to students of Native American descent as well as discounted in-state tuition and fees for all New England residents.
For further information, visit intermediamfa.org/apply/, umaine.edu/graduate/apply/, www.intermediamfa.org or www.imrccenter.com.
