The MFA in Craft Media centres craft as a medium for conceptual exploration and critical dialogue through embodied material practices. Students will be challenged to approach form, function, labour, skill, modes of production, materiality, modes of communication, and other theoretical investigations in a collaborative, cross-disciplinary, studio-based program that creatively evaluates and pushes at the boundaries of contemporary craft. Designed as a 20-month residency, the program has some flexibility in spring and summer semesters for off-campus, credit-fulfilling activity (such as national/international workshops and travel residencies), with approval by the Office of Research and Graduate Studies. The core of the program is practice-led, autonomous research. Students may concentrate upon a specific discipline: Ceramics, Fibre, Glass or Jewellery and Metals, or they may augment their primary craft discipline to build an interdisciplinary or hybrid program of study. During the course of their study, students may initiate mentorships with faculty from AUArts' other program areas, such as Print Media, Drawing, Media Arts and Design. Courses in craft history, theory, research, and professional practice (pedagogy), underpin the intense studio practice. Students will propose an Individual Plan of Study and Research (IPSR), outlining a personal vision and level of critical and innovative thinking to position them as future leaders in their chosen fields.