Apply Now! Deadline February 8 2020.
Apply here via UCSC Division of Graduate Studies
The Digital Arts and New Media (DANM) MFA Program at the UC Santa Cruz is initiating new Research Project Groups in the context of the program's ongoing research. Collaborating with faculty and contributing to digital media arts research is a critical component of a student's experience in the DANM MFA program. Prospective students apply to one of these groups and are selected by the faculty leading them for admission to the program. MFA students entering in Fall 2020 will have the opportunity to work on one of the following projects:
Experimental Play
Faculty mentors: micha cárdenas, A.M. Darke, Robin Hunicke, Susana Ruiz, Elizabeth Swensen, and Noah Wardrip-Fruin
Future Stages
Faculty mentors: Marianne Weems and Michael Chemers
The Isaac Julien Studio Lab @ UC Santa Cruz
Film, Photography, Video Installation and Curating
Faculty mentors: Isaac Julien and Mark Nash
DANM: COLLABORATION • INNOVATION • SOCIAL ACTION
DANM’s two-year MFA program emphasizes collaborative interdisciplinary research that is innovative and socially engaged. With close faculty mentorship, small clusters of students collaborate on artistic, technical, and theoretical projects. In addition, core and elective courses in the theory and practice of digital media arts support the development of individual thesis projects, premiered in our annual MFA Exhibition.
Faculty
DANM faculty are internationally recognized artists and scholars. Our Principal Faculty come from Art, Film and Digital Media, Music, History of Art and Visual Culture, Theater and Dance, Computational Media, and Art and Design: Games and Playable Media. Our Affiliate Faculty expand our expertise even further, offering students an unparalleled depth and breadth of mentors.
Alumni
DANM alumni teach at top research universities and art schools, pursue doctoral research, lead community-based organizations, work for major technology and entertainment firms, and have launched successful careers as exhibiting artists and entrepreneurs. The DANM alumni network offers our past and present students valuable professional opportunities and support.
Facilities
DANM is housed in the Digital Arts Research Center (DARC), a 25,000 ft2 building in the Arts Division quad, overlooking the Monterey Bay. DARC was designed by BCM, whose projects include Pixar Animation Studios and flagship Apple Stores in New York, Palo Alto, and Barcelona. The DANM Grad Lab is a large, open work-space that adjoins the Prototyping Lab. The Dark Lab is a 40’ x 40’ performance space with 30’ ceilings, Dolby 8.1 surround-sound, extensively wired for digital media and rigging. DANM students also have access to a variety of other studios, shops, and labs on campus.
Location
UCSC is nestled between the ancient redwood forests and the legendary surfing beaches of Santa Cruz. We are 45 minutes from Silicon Valley and just over an hour from San Francisco and the East Bay.
Financial Assistance
DANM students may be offered up to two quarters of teaching assistantships which provide tuition remission, a stipend, and some fee remission.
Explore the creative potentials and social implications of emerging technologies.
Experiment with ideas, processes, collaborative research, and social action.
Become a critical thinker, artistic innovator, and responsible leader.
To Apply
For more information and to apply, please review our websites:
http://danm.ucsc.edu/admissions
Apply via the UCSC Division of Graduate Studies
Questions?
danm@ucsc.edu
+1-831-459-1554
Digital Arts and New Media MFA Program
Digital Arts Research Center, Suite 302
University of California, Santa Cruz
+1-831-459-1554
http://danm.ucsc.edu/
Image: Isaac Julien, Ten Thousand Waves (2010), nine-screen installation view, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2013-14