Media Artists engage in an action-based, fast-paced exploration of photography, film and video, audio, design, animation, and digital arts. Media Artists critically interpret and evaluate work within aesthetic, cultural, and historical context. Media Artists are in a collaborative community with the Twin Cities Art and Design professionals.
18 credits required for Endorsement:
- Intro to Media Arts
- Animation Fundamentals
- Graphic Design Fundamentals
- Photography Fundamentals
- Film-making Fundamentals
- Yearbook
- Animation seminar
- Graphic Design Seminar
- Photography Seminar
- Film-making Seminar
- Assistant and Director
- Media and Visual Arts Portfolio
- Professional Photographer
- Visual or Media Arts Seminar
(5 quarters)
Media Arts Electives Include:
- Lighting and Portraiture
- Digital Illustration
- Audio Design for Multimedia
- Architecture and Interior Design
- Fashion Fundamentals
- Fashion Seminar
- Film Studies
- Advanced Placement Art History
- Advanced Placement 2-D Art
(Design & Drawing) - Careers
- Arts Internship
- Arts Collaborative
Visual Arts/Media Arts Hybrid
18 credits required for Endorsement:
- Studio Arts
- Drawing Fundamentals
- Painting Fundamentals
- Sculpture Fundamentals
- Intro to Media Arts
- Animation Fundamentals
- Photo Fundamentals
- Design Fundamentals
- Visual or Media Arts Electives
(10 quarters)
Hybrid Electives Include:
- Art History
- Fashion Fundamentals
- Digital Illustration
- Architecture and Interior Design
- Ceramics
- Screen Printing
- Filmmaking Fundamentals
- Audio Design for Multimedia
- Contemporary Media Studies
Media (Filmmaking, design, photography & animation) once had so many gatekeepers and barriers for entry, all the power is now in your hand to make unique content and share it with the world. Stop sitting around consuming others content go out and create and share your own!
~Casey Neistat