Cultivate your Creativity in a Hands-On Environment
In our programs in the School of Design, Arts, and Communication, we鈥檒l teach you how to learn more about your design field of interest while we prepare you to learn to meet the real-world challenges faced in today鈥檚 creative industries, businesses, and organizations.
No matter what field of design you’re interested in, we’ll will give you a strong framework on which you can build a successful career. You can develop your individual voice and vision by applying what you learn through internships that connect you with professionals in your chosen field. You’ll also benefit from our new location on the Owings Mills North Campus, a facility that has state-of-the-art equipment and settings for you to hone your skills in your major. Our goal is for you to graduate as an emerging, practicing professional who is prepared to hit the ground running.
Programs of Study
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Business Communication | BS, BS to MS | ||
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Communication Studies | BS, BA, BS to MS | done | |
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Fashion Design | BS, BS to MS | done | |
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Film and Moving Image | BS, BS to MS | done | |
Graphic Design | BS, BA, BS to MS | done | |
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Theatre and Media Performance | BS, BS to MS | done | |
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BS, BS to MS
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麻豆社鈥檚 Theatre and Media Performance presents a playful new adaptation of Jane Austen鈥檚 beloved novel SENSE AND SENSIBILITY that follows the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Dashwood sisters鈥攕ensible Elinor and hypersensitive Marianne鈥攁fter their father鈥檚 sudden death leaves them financially destitute and socially vulnerable.
A short tour of the studios and labs that support the Fashion Design program at Stevenson. Students will master the understanding of fashion and costume, consumer psychology, materials, and techniques of apparel construction. With studio work as a primary focus, you will have the extensive hands-on experience and skills needed for a successful career in fashion.
Students from The Mill Agency worked with the Friends of Patterson Park on a rebranding of the park鈥檚 iconic Observatory; they created a new logo, promotional materials, and worked with local ice cream shop BMORE LICKS to create an exclusive new flavor, all to reintroduce the Observatory to the public.
Meet the Dean

“In small classes, expert faculty get to know students’ individual goals and aspirations so they may guide them in the direction of their dreams while providing the skills and foundations necessary to keep their feet planted firmly on the ground.”
Dean Hostalka, MFA
Dean, School of Design, Arts, and Communication
Minors
- Art
- Communication
- Fashion Design
- Fashion Merchandising
- Film and Moving Image
- Music
- Photography
- Graphic Design
A Closer Look

Focused on the Future
A New Venue to Experience Theater, Music, and Culture
The Sandra and Malcolm Berman Family Performing Arts Center
Coming soon! Our new Performing Arts Center will serve the students of our Theatre and Media Performance program, providing a new venue for the program鈥檚 stage productions.
School of Design, Arts, and Communication News

Over the course of 3 days鈥擭ov. 4-5-6鈥擯hil Contrino (bio below) will visit classes and speak to students about theatrical distribution. On Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 7pm in PAZ 104 (the Philip A. Zaffere Library event space), Contrino will give a lecture…

Stevenson Theatre and Media Performance students Aiden Abraham ’25 and Rene茅 Young along with alumna Laura Holland ’18 were featured actors in Quarry Theatre’s production of The Red Shoes: Soul Stories at the Baltimore Theatre Project. Kyla Johnson ’26 stage…

Come one, come all, to the 2024 showcase of our graduating students’ work, held in the Inscape Theater on our Greenspring Campus. It will be, as it always is, a terrific display of our seniors’ talent and hard work.

For our twenty-fourth episode (and sixth and final of the 2023-2024 academic year), we welcome sophomore FMI students Zach Jones and Cassara Wheeler to discuss the films聽Infested聽and聽Humane. Both come out on April 26, the former on Shudder and the latter…