Intermedia (M.F.A)

About

The MFA in Intermedia is a 60-credit, three-year program that offers graduate students the opportunity to pursue innovative creative and theoretical work within a flexible, interdisciplinary framework. Centered on studio practice, the program emphasizes hybrid research and experimental production across a wide range of contemporary art forms, including time-based media, digital and video art, installation, performance, artists’ books and multiples, community-engaged social practices, conceptual art, and emerging media.

While the program encourages the exploration of new and hybrid forms, it maintains strong connections to traditional disciplines such as music, writing, performance studies, media studies, and the visual arts. The term “Intermedia” reflects the program’s commitment to fostering creative work that exists between and beyond conventional categories of artistic practice—both technically and conceptually.

Program Learning Outcomes

  • To provide interdisciplinary-based resident MFA and MA programs which exist at the forefront of contemporary creative practice
  • To raise awareness of creative research and production as well as the impact these initiatives have on local, national and international economic and cultural dynamics
  • To create a national and international reputation as a leader in intermedial education, practice and research
  • To prepare students to bring critical and innovative practice into diverse professional domains
  • To encourage the development of new hybrid forms of research praxis that engage interdisciplinary issues
  • To emphasize the broad central role of creativity as a conceptual and critical process for artists

At a Glance

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Art


Degree Level

Master’s Degree

Degree Earned

Master of Fine Arts in Intermedia

Mode of Study

In-Person

Application Deadline

February 15 recommended, rolling until full (Fall Only)

Tests Required

None

Time to Complete Degree

60 Credits

Accelerated Pathway Available?

No

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Art


Degree Level

Master’s Degree

Degree Earned

Master of Fine Arts in Intermedia

Mode of Study

In-Person

Application Deadline

February 15 recommended, rolling until full (Fall Only)

Tests Required

None

Time to Complete Degree

60 Credits

Accelerated Pathway Available?

No

Contact

Art

Justin Wolff

Lord Hall, Room 107

umaine.edu/las/art/

P

207.581.3245

Admissions

Graduate

5775 Stodder Hall

umaine.edu/graduate/apply/

P

207.581.3291