MFA in Costume Design Program

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As a costume design student at the University of Tennessee, you will have unique opportunities to fulfill your potential as a designer that include opportunities for study and travel in Europe and opportunities to work with some of the finest directors from this country and others. You will be challenged to become intellectually, artistically and technically prepared to work in the environment you choose. As a student at the University of Tennessee, you will be educated to design costumes that are dramaturgical extensions of the play, not merely decorative or illustrative elements.

To reinforce in the classroom what we practice in production, the design program trains to a collaborative model. As in production, students design classroom projects as teams of set, costume and lighting designers. Through in depth research and rigorous development of drawing and painting skills, design students prepare for full participation as creative partners and resources for actors and directors in play production.