Overview

Students in the digital art area of focus develop the necessary conceptual framework and production skills in digital art and design, while also exploring contemporary, historic and theoretical ideas that inform current practice. Particular topics covered in the curriculum include animation, computer-based visual communication, digital imaging, video art, motion graphics, web art, projection mapping and live and interactive performance.

Facilities & Technology

Our students have access to computer labs comprised of iMac desktop computers, Adobe CC, Epson large format printers, Wacom tablets, digital cameras and more.

Contact Us

For information about applying, visit our Prospective Students page or call us at (205) 348-5967.

Digital Art Faculty

• Jonathan Cumberland, Assistant Professor of Art, Digital Media and Graphic Design
• Mark Sniadecki, Instructor
• Joel Fuller, Instructor
• Allison Grant, Assistant Professor of Art, Photography
• Christopher Jordan, Associate Professor of Art, Photography and Digital Media

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Digital Media student work: Teah Shaw, self portrait

Meredith Coleman, image for “Ukiyo-e Re-imagined 浮世絵,” ARH 356, Art of Japan, spring 2020, Dr. Doris Sung, The University of Alabama

Digital Media student work: Jones Projection downtown Tuscaloosa site.

Alex Green, work from his digital media project, Strange Worlds, 2018.

Parker Hutchens, “Resonance”

Digital Media student work: Christina Noe, Self Portrait, 2016

Charlie Cruz, “I Can’t See Me,” digital art, 2019.

Video

All About A&S- Digital Media in the Department of Art and Art History from UA College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo.

Visiting Artists

• Christopher Spearpoint
• Cosmo Whyte
• Deborah Luster
• Kevin Cahill
• Alexander Seiler
• Conor McBride
• Michael Arcos
• Sophie Lvoff

Recent News and Events

• Screening on the Green, Woods Quad
• Jones Projection, First Friday Tuscaloosa
• Students Present Research at URCA
• Digital Media Exhibited at Ferguson Center and Downtown Tuscaloosa
• VFX Artist Kev Cahill to Speak at UA
• UA Students Study Digital Media in Austria and Switzerland

News

Digital Media Major’s Design Selected for Maui Competition

In February, digital media major Angel Greene’s surfboard design was selected to represent The University of Alabama at the Maui Jim Tournament. The tournament is a design competition sponsored by the company Maui Jim and is held in conjunction with the Maui Jim Invitational, the annual college basketball tournament that will be held in Hawaii

Digital Art Instructor Has Prints Selected for Midwest Exhibitions

Nic Tisdale, full-time instructor in foundations, digital art and printmaking, has had two prints selected for exhibitions in the Midwest. His color lithograph, Trylla: Troll Stories #1, was selected for an international juried exhibition, Ink Matters, at the Indiana University’s IU Kokomo Downtown Gallery, on exhibit March 6-21, 2020. And his print titled Excised #11,

Digital Media Students Exhibit New Work Feb. 28

Sella-Granata Audiovisual Night Friday, February 28, 2020 Sella-Granata Art Gallery, 109 Woods Hall Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Exhibit begins at 5:00, through 9:30 p.m. UA digital media students invite you to experience an evening of mysterious, humorous and thought-provoking visual and audio creativity in a one-night-only exhibition that you don’t want to miss. The