Ryerson School of Image Arts: Graduate Programs Info Sessions

Documentary Media MFA
Wednesday, Nov. 25th, 2020, 6:00-7pm, Online

Film + Photography Preservation and Collections Management MA
Tuesday, Dec. 1st, 2020, 6:00-7pm, Online

We would like to invite you to join us for our Graduate programs’ information sessions. This will be your opportunity to ask questions about our unique graduate programs, courses, learning spaces, degree outcomes, job opportunities, and the application process.

Documentary Media MFA

Wednesday, Nov. 25th, 2020, 6:00-7pm, Online
INFORMATION SESSION: REGISTER HERE

about

Bridging traditions of documentary practice with emerging approaches to non-fiction storytelling, this interdisciplinary program brings together students to explore documentary forms and strategies in the making of new documentary work. Working alongside artists, scholars and media professionals, students engage with the histories and theories of documentary, while working with the tools needed to complete their own major creative projects.

professional exposure

The DocNow Festival presents the Major Research Project student work. Students collaborate on a citywide festival featuring screenings, exhibitions and events exploring a wide range of subjects and celebrating their creative achievements. www.docnow.ca.

admission requirements

A four-year honours Bachelor degree, or equivalent
Minimum GPA of 3.0 (B) or equivalent in the final half of the program
Statement of Interest & Project Proposal
Resume / CV
Letters of Recommendation
Visual Portfolio Submission

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Film + Photography Preservation and Collections Management MA

Tuesday, Dec. 1st, 2020, 6:00-7pm, Online
INFORMATION SESSION: REGISTER HERE

about

Ryerson’s Film+Photography Preservation and Collections Management program provides students with a two-year comprehensive education in the theory, history practice and methods of still and moving image preservation. The only program of its kind in the world, F+PPCM offers a professional curriculum developed and delivered by a range of specialists, from historians and practitioners of photo- and film-based media to museum, library and archive professionals.

professional experience

The program includes a required internship and second-year residency at a growing list of local, national and international partner institutions, including Art Gallery of Ontario and Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto; Cinémathèque Québécoise in Montreal; EYE Filmmuseum in Amsterdam; the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London (UK), among others. Research and Graduate Assistant opportunities are available in both streams.

admission requirements