纺织品结构富有表现力和物理性。表面，形式，材料和含义之间的联系创造了丰富的探索地形。从手工到数字，MICA的Fiber major在美术和设计之间无缝切换。尽管该专业对雕塑的重视程度很高，但是您将探索2D和3D方法，并且许多光纤专业的学生都创作涉及装置，性能，视频和其他跨学科方法的作品。课程工作将向您介绍常规和非常规过程，包括染色，缝制，丝网印刷，编织，三维形式的操作，柔韧的结构，拼贴和雕塑表面。我们不仅关注纤维制品本身的生产和理解，还关注其与其他介质和材料的相互作用和连接。我们的纤维学院还为学生提供重要
Textile structure is expressive and physical. The connections between surface, form, material and meaning create a rich terrain to explore. The Fiber major at MICA moves seamlessly between these in fine art and design, from the hand to the digital. Although there is a strong sculptural emphasis in the major, you'll explore both 2D and 3D approaches, and many fiber students create work that involves installations, performance, video, and other cross-disciplinary approaches. Coursework introduces you to conventional and unconventional processes, including dyeing, sewing, screenprinting, weaving, the manipulation of three-dimensional forms, pliable construction, collage, and sculptural surfaces. We are concerned not only with the production and understanding of fiber work itself but with its interaction and connection to other media and materials. Our Fiber faculty also presents students with critical writings not only concerning fiber specifically but also on contemporary issues in the world of art. Facilities in the Fiber Arts Center include studios, a large dyeing facility, and seminar rooms. Equipment includes industrial and household sewing machines, sergers, computerized embroidery machines, floor looms, tc2 Jacquard loom, digital textile printers, knitting and pleating machines, a steam cabinet, open-burner stove, a darkroom for photoscreen work, and carding machines for felting. Majors also have access to a Smart Textiles Lab as well as 3D fabrication lab equipped with laser cutters and 3D printing.<br><br><br>Under the guidance of an impressive faculty of scholar-teachers, you gain first-rate liberal arts education and build a depth of understanding in such areas as philosophy and ethics or social sciences and political history, while pursuing advanced artistic investigations in a studio major. In four years, you will complete all requirements for a B.F.A. in a studio discipline simultaneously with a challenging liberal arts major in Humanistic Studies, allowing you to begin graduate study a year earlier than 5-year B.A./B.F.A. programs.