Animation
Through exposure to a variety of techniques and viewpoints, gain the ability to work creatively beyond the conventions of mainstream animation.
Ceramics
Explore personal ideas in clay through hand building, wheel throwing, mold making and more. Get lost in the endless possibilities of the glaze and kiln room. Hone your skills and fill your cupboards with original ceramic ware.
Comic Arts
Explore your creativity through comic characters and worlds! Visual storytelling in the form of graphic novels, manga, and comic books has become increasingly popular in recent years, and inspires all kinds of creative media work including film, video games, and virtual reality. Take a class, or go for the Visual Storytelling and Comic Arts Certificate!
Communication Design/Graphic Design
Learn the Craft Behind Great Design. Gain the skills and industry knowledge to take your design career further. MassArt’s Communication Design courses combine foundational principles of design with hands-on learning in graphic design, typography, branding, information design, user experience, and dynamic media. The following courses are open to anyone. Students can start with a single class to learn new techniques, experience the program, or make it the first step toward their certificate. Classes can be applied toward the Communication Design Certificate.
Creative Economy/Professional Practice
Address business issues important to practicing artists and designers. Fine art and design are intimately connected with many disciplines and studies. Professional Practice and Creative Economy courses and workshops explore the application of art and design methodologies outside of the studio.
Digital Media
Master the Modern Creative Toolkit for design and visual storytelling. Courses in digital photography and video, experience design, coding languages, web design, mixed reality, and more provide software skills and expanded possibilities for content creation! Choose individual classes or explore the Digital Media Certificate.
Drawing
Choose from a variety of drawing topics including drawing from observation and abstract approaches. Push the boundaries of the discipline by drawing with a variety of media under the direction of accomplished artists/teachers.
Experience Design
Experience design is a set of practices that can be applied to services, products, user journeys, spaces, and events. In these classes, students learn how to use design, spatial and behavioral strategies to create and project the experiences they seek to deliver. Students explore areas ranging from interactive objects and media, to web, application, and exhibition design, to mixed reality and a wide variety of digital storytelling techniques. Choose individual classes or explore the Digital Media Certificate.
Fashion Design
Turn Creativity Into Opportunity. Gain the skills and industry knowledge to take your fashion designs further. MassArt's fashion courses combine time-tested principles of design and craft with hands-on learning in one of the oldest and most respected fashion programs in the country. The following courses are open to anyone. Students can start with a single class to learn new techniques, experience the program, or make it the first step toward their certificate. Classes can be applied toward the Fashion Design Certificate.
Film / Video
Study film and video as fine arts, in an environment that emphasizes and supports the development of a personal vision and encourages experimentation across mediums and genres.
Furniture Design and Wood
Shape Ideas into Finished Pieces. Develop your skills in handcraft woodworking and machine techniques while creating original works. Work hands-on in MassArt’s state-of-the-art woodshop and join a vibrant community of makers. The following courses are open to anyone. Students can start with a single class to learn new techniques, experience the program, or make it the first step toward their certificate. Classes can be applied toward the Furniture Design Certificate.
Illustration
Every illustrator is a storyteller at heart. Learn about character development and narrative techniques, research and develop ideas, characters, stories, and settings to create imagery. Explore illustration on paper or digitally.
Interior Design
The Interior Design Certificate Program offers a comprehensive introduction to the field of interior design. With a focus on topics essential to the field, coursework provides students with the foundational skills and knowledge needed to create effective designs for interior spaces.
Painting
Painting students are part of an intense working environment where they can pursue their own direction. Painting courses and workshops encourage diverse practice and foster independent creative thinking and making. Students are part of a unique learning environment that allows for independent thought as well as collaboration and critique.
Photography
Learn about photography as fine art with an emphasis on the history of photography and the body of criticism surrounding the medium. Develop your own personal vision and experimentation in the studio.
Printmaking
Printmaking courses encourage the mastery of traditional techniques as well as experimentation and innovation. Explore etching, lithography, silkscreen, relief, photographic print processes, drawing, and more.
Sculpture
Discover a wide range of materials, including wood, different types of metals, clay, plaster, mixed media, glass, fiber and more.
Studio Arts
Join us at MassArt and find your creative voice. Reconnect with past efforts, prepare for advanced study, or jump into creative experimentation with a structured program to guide you. Try the Studio Arts Certificate -- it gives you the freedom to choose the classes that you are drawn to, while providing optional clusters of courses that serve as a guide.