Media Arts at UArts

What are the Media Arts programs like?
Each media arts major is built around a sequence of courses designed to encourage the development of your personal vision along with your technical competence. Many of the media arts studio courses feature a written component to provide a balance between technical skills and the critical thinking and historical context necessary for a complete exploration of your medium.

Media Arts Internship Program
This program allows you to gain professional experience in your medium while earning academic credit and making valuable contacts for the future. Internship sponsors have included:
• Commercial photography studios
• Galleries
• Independent artists
• Animation, film, video, and multimedia production houses
• Television stations
• Medical facilities
• Magazine and book publishers
• Digital imaging studios

Professional-Quality Media Arts Equipment and Studios
• State of the art 2D/3D computer animation lab
• Superb digital, traditional darkroom-based, and alternative processing facilities.
•  Dedicated Apple G5 digital imaging lab, with 16 G5 systems, with dual LCD displays, and scanners at every station
• A specially built and acoustically isolated film shooting studio
• Digital Audio Sound Studios
• Dub Room for interformat conversions
• AVID digital video editing systems
• Master Series Oxberry animation stand to film animation drawings
• An extraordinarily well-equipped Equipment Room, featuring a wide variety of professional industry-standard equipment available for checkout by students.

How can I learn more?
Please contact Karl Staven, Department Chairperson at 215-717-6552 or kstaven@uarts.edu. 

What degree programs does the Media Arts department offer?
• BFA Animation
• BFA Film/Animation
• BFA Film/Digital Video
• BFA Photography

What Media Arts minors are available?
• Animation Minor
• Film/Digital Video Minor
• Narrative Video Minor
• Photography Minor
• Studio Photography Minor