Interdisciplinary Art
Columbia College Chicago
Department of Interdisciplinary Arts
Interdisciplinarity in art is the act of drawing from two or more disciplines and integrating their methodology in pursuit of a unified project. It breaks open ideas about creating and seeing from very divergent viewpoints rather then just combining ways of making. To do this effectively at the graduate level requires extensive experience and knowledge. Interdisciplinarity depends on the existence of disciplines: areas of expertise and knowledge, mastered in depth, which can then be combined.
Our three graduate programs - MA in Interdisciplinary Arts, MFA in Book and Paper Arts, and MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts and Media - are designed for professional artists seeking to deepen and expand their interdisciplinary art practices. This is achieved through a curriculum that combines specific disciplines with cross-disciplinary experiences, innovative studio practice with historical and theoretical perspectives, and a rigorous portfolio or thesis process that prepares students for a life in the arts after graduate school. Within our three graduate programs, students create a coherent body of work, develop the verbal and written skills needed to articulate and support that work, and gain the ability to position themselves as artists in the larger world. Student work ranges from performance to installation, artist books to sculpture, video to interactive digital art.
DEPARTMENTAL CONTACT INFORMATION
Department Chair: Michelle Citron
Graduate Contact: Kris Johnson
Office Information: 624 S. Michigan, Room 1100
Phone: 312-369-7669
Email: kjohnson@colum.edu
Department of Interdisciplinary Arts
Interdisciplinarity in art is the act of drawing from two or more disciplines and integrating their methodology in pursuit of a unified project. It breaks open ideas about creating and seeing from very divergent viewpoints rather then just combining ways of making. To do this effectively at the graduate level requires extensive experience and knowledge. Interdisciplinarity depends on the existence of disciplines: areas of expertise and knowledge, mastered in depth, which can then be combined.
Our three graduate programs - MA in Interdisciplinary Arts, MFA in Book and Paper Arts, and MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts and Media - are designed for professional artists seeking to deepen and expand their interdisciplinary art practices. This is achieved through a curriculum that combines specific disciplines with cross-disciplinary experiences, innovative studio practice with historical and theoretical perspectives, and a rigorous portfolio or thesis process that prepares students for a life in the arts after graduate school. Within our three graduate programs, students create a coherent body of work, develop the verbal and written skills needed to articulate and support that work, and gain the ability to position themselves as artists in the larger world. Student work ranges from performance to installation, artist books to sculpture, video to interactive digital art.
DEPARTMENTAL CONTACT INFORMATION
Department Chair: Michelle Citron
Graduate Contact: Kris Johnson
Office Information: 624 S. Michigan, Room 1100
Phone: 312-369-7669
Email: kjohnson@colum.edu