Media Center | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Media Center

Overhead shot of the gray studio

The Media Center provides easy access to cutting-edge technology for animation, sound, lighting, and both digital and analog camera equipment. The facilities, in addition to the thousands of pieces of equipment, are completely free for student use. Assistance with operation from the knowledgeable staff is available if needed. Check out just a fraction of the equipment available for use:

  • Audio recorder equipment by Focusrite and Zoom
  • Hydrophones, contact mics, and electromagnetic microphones
  • SDC and LDC microphones by Rode, Sennheiser, Audio-Technica, and AKG
  • 4K LED and LCD Displays
  • Digital Cinema Cameras by Canon, Sony, and Red
  • Analog cameras by Haas
  • Medium and Large format cameras
  • Chromakey (Green Screen) Background
  • Bose speaker systems
  • Tripods and mic stands
  • DLP Projectors
  • Wacom Tablets

And so much more!

M/LAB

This 13,282-square-foot space fosters innovation and collaboration by allowing the creative energies of animation, film, multimedia, photography, and web development to merge.

  • Black Box Gallery
  • Analog and digital print studios
  • Film and animation production studios
  • Digital photo lab
  • Sound recording and mixing studio
  • Web and multimedia studio
  • High-tech classrooms
  • 2 multi-use production studios

Address

2501 Stevens Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55404

Contact Us

612.874.3700
800.874.MCAD (6223)
Fax: 612.874.3701

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Land Acknowledgement

The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) acknowledges it is located on traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of Indigenous people. This is the ancestral homeland of the Dakota and Ojibwe people, who were forcibly exiled from the land because of aggressive and persistent settler colonialism. We recognize that this place has a complex and layered history. As a community dedicated to creativity, MCAD is committed to ongoing efforts to support and advocate for American Indian Nations and peoples.


Nondiscrimination Policy

MCAD admits students of any race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, or marital status to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, or marital status in the administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.