Media Arts + Digital Technologies (MADT) is ACAD’s newest programme and offers a professional BFA focused on the intersection of art, culture, technology, and media. Promoting media and technology as a means to artistic expression and cultural production, the MADT programme focuses on developing an individual artistic practice whereby students can explore ideas, theories and narratives across many possible technical frameworks. Students are introduced to a wide variety of technological platforms, including audio, video, programming, virtual reality, electronics, and 3D modeling, in addition to a firm grounding in the history, theory and social implications of digital art, design and culture.
The MADT programme fosters a strong sense of independent thought, collaborative practice, research fundamentals, problem-solving skills, and abilities in creative expression and execution. Students are encouraged to explore the links between a wide variety of both digital and traditional art and design practices, finding their own strong individual voice and style. MADT students have experimented with combining media and technology with painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, fibre, fashion and design, creating new and unique forms of expression.
MADT courses are taught by faculty who are internationally active, practicing artists and content developers engaged with research in culture, design. science, language, technology and both fine and applied arts. Curriculum is supported with a wide array of nationally and internationally significant guest artists and practitioners, and regular workshops.
MADT students are expected to demonstrate their developing interests and abilities regularly by means of projects, research papers, assignments and presentations. Students should have access to a networked computer and it is usual for students to purchase a laptop computer and specific software to support their chosen area of study.
Upon graduation students will have developed the professional and technical skills to keep current in artistic, academic, research, technological and professional communities. MADT provides students with the foundation to continue on into individual artistic practice, creative industries, research environments, and continued post-graduate studies.
We encourage all creative, inquisitive and eager to learn students to join the programme, and invite you to explore our growing list of influential and successful graduates:
- Oba Ameziane-Hassani, Senior CFX, Imagemovers Digital, MSc., Computer Animation, Bournemouth University
- David Baumgart, Game Content Developer, Fractal Softworks, Hexwar Games, Breadbrothers & Gaslamp Games
- Matt Campbell, Writer/Producer, Teletoon Canada
- Patrick Conaty, Visual Effects Specialist, graduate Vancouver Film School
- Karilynn Ming Ho, Media Artist, MFA, Simon Fraser University and Gale Allen, Media Artist, MVA, University of Toronto
- Spencer Idenouye, Animation and VFX, graduate Sheridan College Institute of Technology
- Michael Jones, Media Artist, MFA, Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London
- Dustin Koop, Art Director Transworld Snowboarding Magazine, Los Angeles
- Dan Kratt, Game Designer, Ph03nix New Media
- Jolanta Lapiak, Media Artist, MFA, NSCAD
- Tyler Lemermeyer, Illustrator, animator, graduate Vancouver Film School
- Christopher John Malanchen, Film Director, Editor, graduate Sheridan College Institute of Technology
- Price Morgan, Lead Animator, The Banff Centre
- Keith Murray, Media Artist, Graduate Student at Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco
- Mike Pelletier, Media Artist, Designer and Freelance Programmer
- Holly Simon, Media Artist and Arts Administrator, Architecture Student, Dalhousie University
- Ian Spriggs, 3D Computer Animation, graduate Seneca College, StarzAnimation
- Richard Spriggs, 3D Animator, graduate Sheridan College Institute of Technology, Starz Animation
- Pavitra Wickramasinghe, Media Artist, MFA, Concordia University
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