Magister Sztuk Pięknych (MFA)

Are you ready for a three-year conversation about your work?

The low-residency program at MMC is for artists interested in engaging in a rigorous educational experience leading to the MFA degree in the media arts fields. Students work in various media arts including photography and filmmaking, as well as interdisciplinary and transmedia forms.

The College seeks those who are motivated to produce original creative work under the guidance of experienced advisors and skilled mentors and eager to participate in a community of artists striving for artistic growth through individualized practice and study.

Maine Media College offers you an unparalleled opportunity to develop mentoring relationships over an extended period of time to dive in deeply and take your work to new levels.

Our inter-disciplinary certificate and degree programs are intensive, immersive, innovative, and hands-on. You’ll learn by doing, by making films, images, installations and books. You’ll work closely with mentors who are masters in their mediums and forge lifelong ties with a highly supportive community of artists.

Immerse yourself in the rich learning environment of a community dedicated to your success. You’ll learn all there is to know about storytelling by exploring classical, new and emerging platforms. Most importantly, you’ll leave us personally and professionally transformed, armed with the skills and confidence to take risks and pursue your chosen path in the field of media arts.

Maine Media’s professional programs alumni have forged careers as fine artists, photojournalists, filmmakers, teachers, and more. Maine Media film workshop alumni are among the recipients of Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Documentary Feature.