Cinematic Arts & Interior Design Program

At George Fox, we empower students to become influential designers and storytellers, cultivating wonder and engaging issues of Christian faith and authentic human experience.

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Cinematic Arts

Our program focuses on creative storytelling through narrative and documentary films, writing for media, audio production, and other technologies. Here, you’ll be part of a close-knit group of students who work together on every stage of production in hands-on classes, learning experiences, and personal projects.

Concentrations include:

  • Film and Video Production
  • Animation

Check out our cinematic arts major to get more details on what you’ll study, job opportunities, and reasons why you should consider joining us.

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Interior Design

George Fox’s interior design major educates you to become a creative and responsible designer of residential and commercial spaces. Program components emphasize problem solving in applied design studios, and with a focus on space planning, sourcing and industry connection, you’ll learn to design environments for residential and commercial spaces in a broad range of design programs.

Check out our interior design major to get more details on what you’ll study, job opportunities, and reasons why you should consider joining us.

What We Emphasize:

Internships & Finding a Job in the Industry

Every cinematic arts major takes an internship as part of their degree program, equipping you with real-world experience to apply for a variety of careers in the ever-expanding entertainment industry. Potential professions include:

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  • Videographer/cinematographer
  • Television/film producer
  • Director
  • Editor/post-production supervisor
  • Special effects editor/animator
  • Sound technician/sound designer
  • Corporate/nonprofit and faith-based video production
  • UX/UI
  • Social media content creator
  • Motion graphics
  • Screenwriter
  • Gaming illustration/animation

As an interior design student, you’ll work with clients on real-life projects. Every student participates in a paid internship or project, and classes like The Studio offer the opportunity to gain professional experience that can be used in your portfolio. Past projects include:

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  • Forest Grove Foundation Service Hub
  • La Salle College Preparatory School
  • Kingsley Military Base
  • Alaska Airlines
  • Mackenzie Inc.
  • A&E Design
  • Amy Troute Inspired Interior Design
  • Hill Devine Design
  • Lindye Galloway Interiors
  • RJ Smith Construction
  • Kelly Frampton Interior Design
  • Studio Red Homes
  • JAC Interiors
  • Studio Garrison
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Fox Film Festival

The Fox Film Festival is our annual event that showcases the best of the George Fox cinematic arts majors’ work over the past year. The festival recognizes innovative storytelling, encourages creativity and growth, and provides exposure to valuable feedback from other artists, professionals and students.

Current students are invited to submit their films, which are judged in several categories by faculty, cinematic arts alumni, and industry professionals. Both narrative and documentary films are accepted.

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The Studio

You’ll gain hands-on experience in classes with real clients. The Studio is a class with a focus on real clients, in which students come alongside real businesses and nonprofits to work on a project being built.

These projects provide you the client-facing experience, budgeting understanding and decision-making skills needed to complete a project. Plus, many projects even pay students for their work. 

Recent Studio projects include: 

  • Forest Grove Foundation Service Hub
  • La Salle College Preparatory School
  • Kingsley Military Base 

Facilities

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Art & Cinematic Arts Building

We have great news for our future art students! The vibrant and growing art and design program – housing the university’s graphic design, studio art and arts administration, illustration, and cinematic arts majors – will have a new home in the fall of 2025.

The new 6,000-square-foot facility will be located between the Maker Hub and Pennington Hall and will feature a large studio for pottery and ceramics, another space for glass and sculpture, and a partially covered courtyard work area with a ceramics kiln. You could be one of the first classes to use this new space and make your mark on the art program for years to come.

Lemmons Building

Lemmons Building

This uniquely-designed building historically has housed the art and design programs. It offers classroom space, a computer lab, and interior design labs.

The Maker Hub

The Maker Hub

As an interior design student you’ll have the opportunity to create furniture, paint decor, and design projects in our 16,000-square-foot maker hub.

Our Faculty

Our faculty are experienced professionals who have extensive real-world experience. 

Meet our Faculty