One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, Missouri 63130
United States
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Led by John Hendrix, students in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ MFA –IVC at Washington University in St. Louis unearth the wild, the wondrous, and the unknown. This two-year residential program combines studio practice in illustration with material culture studies, and prepares graduates to work as author-artists of graphic novels, comics, and picture books, as well as professors, critical writers, and curators.
The MFA-IVC program is built on the expertise of the school’s illustration and design faculty, and the vast resources of Washington University, a tier-one research institution. The school’s resources include the Kranzberg Art & Architecture Library, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, and the D.B. Dowd Modern Graphic History Library, a preeminent site for studying the history and culture of American illustration.
Facilities
MFA-IVC studios are located in Weil Hall, a LEED-Platinum facility with a digital fabrication lab and numerous spaces for collaboration and cross-disciplinary exchange. You’ll also have access to our integrated printmaking suite, home to Island Press and the Kranzberg Book Studio.
Faculty
Our faculty work in children’s books, editorial illustration, graphic novels, zines, visual journalism, typography and lettering, and the cultural history of illustration and comics, and more. We focus on drawing and writing, often together, sometimes separately. Faculty members include John Hendrix (chair), Shreyas R Krishnan, D.B. Dowd, Gerald Early, Vidya Nagarajan, Edward Kinsella III, Heidi Kolk, Skye Lacerte, Joy Novak, and Dan Zettwoch. Recent and upcoming guest speakers include Brian Floca, Richie Pope, Chitra Ganesh, Ping Zhu, James McMullan and comics scholar Douglas Wolk.
The Graphic Vindicator
Hot off the press! Get your free copy of The Graphic Vindicator: the official publication of Washington University’s MFA-IVC program.
Apply here. Learn more about the MFA-IVC program and register for the virtual open house where you can learn all about the program including generous scholarship availability. Contact: Taylor Yocom, graduate recruitment specialist: tayloryocom [at] wustl.edu.
