The Fashion Certificate at MassArt offers an opportunity for students to learn the fundamentals of fashion design in one of the oldest and most respected fashion programs in the country.
MassArt’s Fashion program has long been celebrated for encouraging creative exploration while building on time-tested principles of design and craft. The Fashion Certificate at MassArt offers an opportunity for students to learn the fundamentals of fashion design in one of the oldest and most respected fashion programs in the country.
Design Certificate students take a series of foundation courses that include pattern drafting, fashion illustration, tailoring and couture design. Looking toward the future, specialized courses offer students an opportunity to tailor their design focus in areas that are relevant to the current industry and beyond. These include- digital textile design, sustainable fashion, Clo 3D apparel design, costume design, handbag design and more. Classes are taught by experts in these respective areas. Students explore cultural and aesthetic trends while learning from professionals in different aspects of fashion to master technical skills and identify their design ethos throughout a series of individually directed projects.
Ultimately, students complete the program with a professional portfolio consisting of a body of work that is technically proficient and fashion forward.
Students who complete the Fashion Design Certificate Program are expected to be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes, which are necessary and part of successful entry into professional design practice.
As the nation’s first and only public college of art and design, we’ve spent 150 years demonstrating the truly amazing things that happen when world-class education is an option for every deserving student.
We are a community of artists and designers from all walks of life, excited by the opportunity to learn, live, and do great work together.
Our Legacy
In 1873, the Massachusetts Normal Art School opened its doors in response to the Massachusetts Drawing Act, a progressive 1870 mandate requiring all cities in the Commonwealth of over 10,000 residents to include drawing in their public school curricula (“normal schools” were the precursors to teachers’ colleges).
The Industrial Revolution was changing the way the world functioned, and mid-19th Century Bostonians believed that industry wasn’t the only way to build a stronger nation.
Art, they felt certain, was also essential to growing a powerful country, a vital economy, and improving and advancing the well-being of citizens. London and Paris - thriving cities with grand museums and galleries - were compelling examples.
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