MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture
Curriculum and Student Work
The MFA-IVC curriculum is designed to help students find their voice, discover a conceptual home for their work, frame their practice, and build an audience.
Mar 21–22 • Sam Fox School
Mar 27, 11:30am – 1pm • Virtual
Virtual Admitted Graduate Student Welcome: MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture
Mar 29, 11am – 1pm
Featured student work
Faculty and Peers
The MFA-IVC program is built on the strengths and expertise of the school’s illustration and design faculty.
They are leading illustrators, writers, and scholars who create picture books, zines, graphic nonfiction, and comics. They research and write on diverse topics, like spatial justice, feminism, politics, illustration + design theory, and material culture. And, they love teaching.
Core program faculty:
- John Hendrix, chair
- D.B. Dowd
- Heidi Kolk
- Shreyas R Krishnan
- Dan Zettwoch
Facilities and support
Located on the main floor of Weil Hall, the Roxanne H. Frank Design Studio — “the Roxy” — is the MFA-IVC’s home base. Each student has their own studio space and access to printers, scanners, Wacom tablets, cutting mats, bookbinding tools, and central AV. With ample space for pinups and group critiques, the Roxy also provides numerous areas to work, study, and relax.
Students also have access to the full suite of Sam Fox School shops, machines, printing and printmaking tools, and more. Plus, they enjoy access to all the academic resources of a tier-one research institution.