Master’s degree · MFA
Visual Narrative, MFA
School of Visual Arts · School of Visual Arts · Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
- Official award
- Master of Fine ArtsMFA
- Subject
- Visual Communication Design
- Format
- Low residencythree summer intensives and four online semesters over two part-time academic years
- Tuition
- Not published
Low-residency program
About this program
Low-residency MFA in visual narrative combining creative writing with visual storytelling techniques, with three summer intensives in New York City and online study in between.
- Department
- School of Visual Arts
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.
- Official award
- Master of Fine ArtsMFA
- Award family
- MFAA Master of Fine Arts, exactly as titled by the awarding institution.
- Academic level
- Master’s degree
- Previous degree required
- Not published
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Communication Design | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
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No program-level accreditation or validation record has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- Low residencyMostly distance study with required periods on site (residencies). It is never described as fully online.
- Online instruction
- Distance study with required residencies
- Campus studio required
- Yes
- Campus residencies or workshops
- Three full-time, eight-week summer intensive semesters at the School of Visual Arts in New York City
- Residency frequency
- three summers
- Residency length
- eight weeks each (full time)
- Residency location
- School of Visual Arts, New York City
- Attendance mandatory
- Yes
- Travel expectations
- Not published
- Online components
- Four semesters of remote/online study over two part-time academic years
- Additional residency costs
- Not published
- Live attendance
- Live attendance not published
- International enrolment
- Not published
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- three summer intensives and four online semesters over two part-time academic years
- Campus attendance
- Three full-time eight-week summer intensives at SVA in New York City
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Manhattan campus209 East 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
Fees and costs
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The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether studio, materials, fabrication, printing, software, equipment, travel and residency costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, full-time or part-time options, intakes, portfolio requirement, whether a previous degree is required, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 23 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 23 October 2026)