Spotlight: Caleb O’Connor
O’Connor creates works that blur the line between the possible and the dreamlike, earning his art the description of “magic realism”
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On Campus Events & Exhibitions
As a convener for Baltimore’s creative community and a destination for creatives near and far, there’s always something happening at MICA. Open to prospective and current students, alumni, visiting artists, and beyond, our events and exhibitions offer a front-row seat to the ideas and work shaping the creative economy.
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Annual Benefit Fashion Show
UP/Start Venture Competition
Visiting Artists & Guest Lectures
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Spotlight: Louis Fratino
in 2026, the Baltimore Museum of Art opened “Fratino and Matisse: To See This Light Again,” placing Fratino’s work in dialogue with one…
Spotlight: Monica Ikegwu
“I want my work to highlight the different attitudes of African American people…not as subjects to paint, but as people with their own sense…
Spotlight: Juan Bastos
“When I arrived here and saw the building, I thought, ‘I don’t need to go to Italy anymore. I feel that I’m in Florence.’ It was love…
MICA Weekend to Celebrate 200 Years of Creativity Through Conversations, Storytelling, Film and Culinary Experiences
BALTIMORE, MD — Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) will celebrate its 200th anniversary with MICA Weekend, a three-day celebration of the…
MICA's Ratcliffe Center for Creative Entrepreneurship to Host 2026 CESI Conference, Oct. 2–3
Two-day gathering in Baltimore features keynotes by Maria Finkelmeier and Tori Soudan, hands-on workshops, the inaugural Lumière Awards, and…
Finding Creativity Together
Becky Bochatey ’98 and Jeremie Talbot ’98
Stroke by Stroke
Katie Pumphrey ’09 (Painting BFA)
Success Creatives at Work
Our graduates work in defense and space, IT, fashion, healthcare, education, nonprofit leadership, government, and hospitality. Many become entrepreneurs. Many lead teams. All are making an impact.
Amy Sherald
Abbi Jacobson
Jacolby Satterwhite
Carlos Florez
Jen Stark
Jeff Koons