Capstone Projects in Visual and Media Arts

Quarters
Winter Open
Location
Olympia
Class Standing
Junior
Senior
Amjad Faur

This program is for intermediate to advanced students who are ready for intensive, full-time work in both theory and practice in visual and/or media arts. Students will have an opportunity to pursue individually-driven work, supported by program structures to help scaffold their projects through peer-led critiques, rigorous research, etc. This program provides students with an opportunity to plan and realize a project, complete visual research, and write papers appropriate to their topics. They will share research through presentations, work intensively in the studio together, and participate in demanding bi-weekly critiques. Professional development will be provided for students who are thinking of graduate school, careers in arts or media, arts or media internships, or art education at any level. Although enrolling for winter or spring only is possible, the two-quarter structure of the program will allow students to attempt more ambitious ideas and more coherent content through the process of editing, critique, re-evaluation, and formal practice. By the end of the program, students will produce a cohesive body of work that is exhibition, publication, or media-ready.

Anticipated Credit Equivalencies for each quarter:

8 - Practice with specifics related to your project (studio work, critique, presentations, etc.)

8 - Theory with specifics related to your project (research, writing, seminar work, etc.)

Registration

Students should come prepared with a clear idea and plan for a creative project. 

Academic Details

Visual art, Photography, Media, Film and video production, Design, Visual studies, Museums and curation, Education

16
25
Junior
Senior

$100 per quarter covers a required media fee ($50) and a required visual arts fee ($50) 

Schedule

Winter
2027
Open
Spring
2027
Conditional
In Person (W)
In Person (S)

See definition of Hybrid, Remote, and In-Person instruction

Day
Schedule Details
Olympia