Committed to critically informed work as well as innovative production practices, the video faculty represent the most current and diverse approaches to thinking about media. Faculty in the department are particularly interested in preparing graduate students for a career in media arts. Graduate production and theory seminars offer students opportunities to develop advanced skills in several areas.
Graduate students have many opportunities to work closely with advisers of their choice.
The department also fosters teaching situations in which graduate students develop their ability to lecture and work with undergraduates. The video department comprises courses in video installation, digital video editing, basic production, television studies, computer imaging, new documentary forms, studio practices, hybrid forms, and critical and grant writing. A rotating schedule of nationally and internationally known artists complements the curriculum. Visiting artists have residencies varying from several days to three months, and work individually with students as well as in the classroom. In the past two years, the department has hosted Mona Hatoum, Issac Julien, Barbara London, Adrian Rifkin, Sadie Benning, Shari Fritlot, Beth B., Tom Gunning, Inago Manglano-Ovalle, Rea Tajiri, Doug Hall, Lynne Joyrich, Laura Kipnis, Gary Hill, Jan Peacock, Martha Rosler, and Tony Oursler, among many others.