Media Arts Program

Within the 3 week Media Arts intensive at SUNY Fredonia, students have the opportunity to specialize in photography, video, computer animation, and filmmaking.

In order to apply, students must:

• Fill out the application
• Submit portfolio and statement of intent (250 words maximum) online by emailing a Google Drive link with a folder containing your materials to nysssa@nysed.gov. If submitting work hosted on YouTube or Vimeo, please provide links within a Google Drive document inside the overall folder. Portfolio requirements vary by discipline and can be found below.
• For submissions, please use the following naming conventions:
  Google Drive Folder: LastName_FirstName_SMA
  Portfolio Folder (if relevant): LastName_FirstName_"InsertDiscipline"_Portfolio
  Google Document with Links (if relevant): LastName_FirstName_"InsertDiscipline"_Portfolio
  Statement of Intent Document: LastName_FirstName_"InsertDiscipline"_StatementofIntent

Eligibility Requirements:

Students must currently be in 8th-12th grade at the time of application in order to qualify

Students must be full-time residents of New York State and/or attend school full-time in New York State

Program Dates

Program Dates: July 6-July 27, 2024 

Tuition Cost

Tuition for 2024 is $1,900. Tuition aid is available for families making under $91,000/year Adjusted Gross Income. Tuition aid is awarded on a sliding scale and amounts to 10-90% of the program cost. No merit scholarships are available.

Media Arts Course Descriptions

PHOTOGRAPHY

This photography class explores both digital and experimental processes, camera techniques, lighting, and editing software.
 

Portfolio Requirements for Application: Submit 6 - 8 of your strongest images and write about these specific images in your Artist Statement - how they relate to your artistic vision and practice, and how you want to use the images as a building block to future work. Include any technical information such as medium, size, date, title, etc.

 

VIDEO ART

This class explores video as an artistic medium that can communicate ideas through story, sound, and image. You will learn both camera skills and digital editing techniques.

 

Portfolio Requirements for Application: Submit up to 2 videos that you created independently or that you collaborated on - be sure to identify your role in the production (writer, director, camera, editor, etc) and write about this work in your Artist Statement. Submit video files via Google Drive or provide links to the work on Youtube or Vimeo in your application.

 

Please note, you may still apply if you have no prior experience in video production. If this is the case, please explain in detail your interest in learning video skills. You may also include storyboards or written scripts.

 

ANIMATION

In this class, students will learn the art of motion studies and storytelling using both analog stop-motion and digital techniques, including production and editing software.

 

Portfolio Requirements for Application: Submit up to 2 motion picture animation files – or 6 - 8 drawings, collages, or paintings – that reflect your artistic vision. You may also include storyboards or written scripts. Submit video files using Google Drive or provide links to the work on Youtube or Vimeo in your application. Write about this work in your Artist Statement and talk about your interest in animation as a creative and technical process that you wish to explore at NYSSSA.

 

FILMMAKING

In this analog film class you will learn how to use super 8 & 16mm film cameras, hand-process film, and make films using other artistic tools.

 

Portfolio Requirements for Application: Your application may include up to 2 video files of work that you created independently or that you collaborated on - be sure to identify your role in the production (writer, director, camera, editor, etc) – or – 6-8 photographs, drawing, or paintings that reflect your artistic vision. Write about this work in your Artist Statement. Submit video files using Google Drive or provide links to the work on Youtube or Vimeo in your application. If you have no prior experience in video, film, or photography explain in detail your interest in learning filmmaking skills at NYSSSA. You may also include storyboards or written scripts.