Fall 2024 UConn M.F.A. in Digital Media Design Open Studio
The UConn Digital Media & Design (DMD) Department is excited to announce the semiannual M.F.A Open Studio will be held on Friday, December 6th, 2024 from 3:30 – 6:30 PM in the first floor of Bishop Center at UConn’s Storrs campus. This event will be featuring work from all three years of M.F.A. candidates across all departments of the Digital Media & Design program: 2D and 3D animations to narrative and documentary films, mobile apps, websites, and games.
Featured Artists Include:
Musawir Abrar (first-year candidate), undecided working thesis title, Film/Video Production focus
Sabrina Claman (second-year candidate), Melancholy Comfort, Motion Design & Animation focus
Nooshin Farashei (third-year candidate), Woven Garden, Motion Design & Animation focus
Maria Farhadi (third-year candidate), Mindmaze, Web/Interactive Media Design focus
Amara Khaled (third-year candidate), the [re]Voiced Collective, Web/Interactive Media Design focus
Yuna Kim (second-year candidate), undecided working thesis title, Web/Interactive Media Design focus
Hongchan Lee (second-year candidate), undecided working thesis title, Web/Interactive Media Design focus
Soyeon Lee (first-year candidate), undecided working thesis title, 3D Animation focus
Nurudeen Musa (third-year candidate), Of Home and Now, Motion Design & Animation focus
Tariq Rakha (third-year candidate), A Soft Heart is Stronger, Game Design focus
Evgeniia Rein (third-year candidate), The Furthest East, Game Design focus
Christian Romero (third-year candidate), The Festival, 3D Art & Game Design focus
Mohammad Edalati-Tabrizi (first-year candidate), undecided working thesis title, Film and Web/Interactive Media Design focus
Michael Toomey (second-year candidate), Deep Sea Journey, Web/Interactive Media Design focus
Maham Waqar (second-year candidate), Gulab, Film/Video Production focus
This event is free and open to the public.
The University of Connecticut’s Department of Digital Media & Design creates future leaders in entertainment, design, business, and communications. Students study animation, film/video production, game design, web/interactive media design, digital media business strategies, and digital culture. Our commitment to experiential learning prepares our students to respond to real-world challenges, and we encourage students to find and express their voice, building from their unique background and perspective. We acknowledge that a diversity of thought and expression is needed in today’s society and see great promise in our DMD students’ abilities to make a difference in the world as future digital media content creators, distributors, and analyzers.
The University of Connecticut’s School of Fine Arts balances artistic and cultural legacies with the innovative approaches and techniques of contemporary art. In doing so, the School of Fine Arts serves students at UConn in both their educational and their professional development. The outstanding faculty from the four academic departments (Art & Art History, Digital Media & Design, Dramatic Arts, and Music) are committed to providing rigorous professional education and all offer undergraduate and graduate degrees. The academic programs are supported by specialized and uniquely focused showcases, stages, exhibition spaces and forums which include the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry, The William Benton Museum of Art, Contemporary Art Galleries, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, and von der Mehden Recital Hall.
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If you would like more information about the 2024 UConn DMD MFA Open Studio, email Meredith Friedman at digitalmedia@uconn.edu.