The Intermedia and Digital Arts (IMDA) MFA Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications from interdisciplinary artists seeking to expand or reinvent their practice. IMDA is a three-year, 60-credit graduate program with private studios in Baltimore’s progressive art community. IMDA faculty are nationally and internationally recognized artists, filmmakers, designers, and scholars with active exhibition and publication records.
IMDA offers a multidisciplinary program with one on one feedback from world-renown visiting artists, independent teaching opportunities, professional exhibition venues, and dedicated fabrication, media, and physical computing labs. UMBC is a top-ranked R1 Research University with an inclusive culture that provides students with access to research centers and broad interdisciplinary opportunities. Graduate Assistantships that include full tuition remission, health insurance, stipends, and other merit based financial support are available.
IMDA supports a broad range of interdisciplinary creative practices including socially-engaged, community-based, interactive, and studio-based artworks made using cutting edge and traditional methods and technologies. Alumni present their work at distinguished venues around the world, receive prestigious grants and residency awards, and are academic leaders at internationally recognized art academies and universities.
Visiting artists include: Janine Antoni, Zoe Beloff, Lynda Berry, Paul Chan, Annica Cupetelli and Cristobal Mendoza, Paul DeMarinis, Tony Dove, Hasan Elahi, Karen Finley, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Guerrilla Girls, Barbara Hammer, Nina Katchadourian, Alison Knowles, William Pope.L, LoVid, Matmos, Michael Rakowitz, David Rokeby, Paul Rucker, Frances Torres, Mark Tribe, Levester Williams, Stephanie J. Williams, Fred Wilson, Martha Wilson, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Karen Yasinsky, and The Yes Men.
Applications are due February 1, 2027.
To learn more, register for the IMDA Online Info Session on Friday, November 13, 12:00 – 1:00 pm (EST).
To schedule a tour, visit imda.umbc.edu, or email imda@umbc.edu.
