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Site Specific: Alumni in Their Creative Spaces

Five alumni—based in Chicago—who have carved out impressive creative spaces: Alex Fuller ’03 (Graphic Design BFA), Aram Han Sifuentes ’11…

Alumna’s Debut Children’s Book, I Am A Wolf, Out This May

Like most MICA students, Kelly Leigh Miller has always liked to draw. Whether it was in the sketchbooks her mom bought her, on the kid’s menu…

The HEMI/MICA Extreme Arts Summer Project/ Internship

Numerous MICA students have taken part in the HEMI/MICA Extreme Arts Summer Project/Internship, which aims to explore visual representations…

When Art & Science Collide

Faculty from MICA team with scientists from Johns Hopkins University to translate results from extreme events in new visual ways.

Time Lapse: The Charmed Life of Jim Burger

Jim Burger ’82 (Photography B.F.A.) — noted Baltimore-area photographer and longtime photojournalist for the Baltimore City Paper and The Baltimore…

Akea Brionne Brown ’18 wins Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize

This is the fifth year in a row a MICA alum was chosen as the Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize winner.

Art + Biology

Students in MICA's biofabrication courses turn their artistic vision to biotech.

Accounting for Taste

When Meaghan Carpenter ’08 arrived at MICA’s Mount Royal School of Art, a career in the culinary world wasn’t exactly on her radar. Instead,…

MICA awarded competitive grants from the National Endowment of the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved more than $27 million in grants as part of the Arts Endowment’s…

Design Leadership Students Make Finals in First Appearance at Design Challenge Competition

For three intrepid teams of MBA/MA in Design Leadership students, the challenge was too good to pass up. As the first-ever Johns Hopkins…

Kat Ward

How My MBA and Master’s in Design Leadership Shaped My Identity

Lisa Hochtritt, Ed.D., Director of MICA's M.A.T. Program

With a committed interest in social justice and art education, and understanding how they both intersect with youth, Dr. Lisa Hochtritt joins…

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Five Career Development Resources You Should Explore

The Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Career Development

Mentor Extraordinaire: Illustration Faculty Member José Villarrubia

Orpheus Collar ’09 was obsessed with comics as a teenager – so obsessed, in fact, that when he was in high school, his mother tracked down legendary…

Brockett Horne, Chair of Graphic Design, Talks Career Prep

Faculty are mindful of how each step of a student’s education can contribute to their long-term success and work to integrate professional…

Rinehart School of Sculpture Exhibition

The Tree of Life

Artist

Yunkyoung Cho

Date

2018

Medium

Yarn, Wire

Untitled

Artist

Alex Green

Date

2018

Horn

Artist

Emily Tucci

Date

2018

Medium

Horns, Wood, Joint compound, clay, handmade paper

The Creature

Artist

Tinglan Huang

Date

2018

Medium

Wood

The Greatest City in America

Artist

Alfredo

Date

2018

Medium

Concrete

Ethereal

Artist

Rebecca Morgan

Date

2018

Medium

Copper wire

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Louder Than a Bomb

Baltimore has the secret sauce for producing electrifying poetry — woke, young people; and a space for them to be heard.

Social Design Celebrates 10 Years at MICA

Since 2008, MICA has been at the forefront of the social design movement, a rapidly emerging field and creative practice in the U.S. and around…

Emily Ianacone ’15 Brings Design Strategy to Mayor's Office of Innovation

In recent years, recruiting officers hasn’t been easy for the Baltimore City Police Department. While the number of officers leaving each year…

A Conversation With Darrée

A native of Los Angeles, Darrée Hyun ’18 (Filmmaking M.F.A.) is a storyteller who investigates the relationship between self and society.…

Leading by Example: Maren Hassinger

For the past 20 years, Rinehart School of Sculpture Director Maren Hassinger has led young artists through example. She explained, “I think…

Chuxi Guo

Rinehart School of Sculpture M.F.A.

Claire Lynch

Rinehart School of Sculpture M.F.A.

Ryan Lytle

Rinehart School of Sculpture M.F.A.

2018 Baker Awards

Amy Sherald ’04 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting M.F.A.) and Margaret Rorison ’12 (Photographic and Electronic Media M.F.A.) were…

Maker Space / Dolphin Design Center

Building your vision takes the right tools and plenty of space to grow. We provide what you need to get there.

Rising Star: ND Stevenson

Signing their first book deal while still a student at MICA, ND Stevenson is a rising star. Author and illustrator of the young adult graphic…

Edon Muhaxheri

Edon Muhaxheri is an illustrator who discovered a lost Albanian alphabet while a student in MICA's M.F.A. in Illustration Practice program.

The Legacy of Chair Emeritus in Art Education Dr. Al Hurwitz ’41 (1920-2012) Is Felt Worldwide

MICA Chair Emeritus in Art Education and alumnus Dr. Al Hurwitz '41, who passed away on Saturday, March 24, 2012 leaves a lasting legacy on the…

Smile Indias

Smile Indias, a former T. Rowe Price Foundation Fellow and Social Design Advisor to the Baltimore Police Department, is currently pursuing a…

Mount Royal School of Art

See work from Mount Royal School of Art M.F.A. program.

Foot

Mount Royal School of Art

Artist

Estee Fox ’15

Date

2015

Medium

Gouache, Oil Bar, Charcoal, Mica, Graphite and Ink on Paper

Dimensions

70 x 50 inches

Trin-a-trios

Mount Royal School of Art M.F.A.

Artist

Katie Duffy ’14

Date

2014

Medium

Video animation projected onto MDF

Hush Now

Mount Royal School of Art M.F.A.

Artist

Millie Veracauteren ’18

Date

2018

Shelf of Shelves #1

Mount Royal School of Art M.F.A.

Artist

Eunjung Park ’15

Date

2014

Medium

Wood, metal, glass, acrylic paint, plastic film, pill, gum, cigarettes, lighter, paintbrush

Hymn to the Fallen

Mount Royal School of Art M.F.A.

Artist

Haoran Chang ’18

Date

2018

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Beyond Our Gates: A Q&A With David Bogen

Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs David Bogen discusses MICA's work with community stakeholders in Baltimore, specifically in and…

Open Works: Tools and Tech for the People

With wood and metal shops, 3-D printing, an electronics lab and textile studios, Open Works is a makerspace where Baltimore City residents can…

North Avenue Knowledge Exchange

Built on the premise that everyone has something to teach and everyone has something to learn, the North Avenue Knowledge Exchange is a community-based…

Developing the Curriculum of a Social Movement

What does a social movement look like? Oak Hill Center for Education and Culture in Station North is helping answer that question.

Model of Collaboration: Baltimore Design School + MICA

The brainchild of then Maryland State Senator Catherine Pugh, former MICA President Fred Lazarus and Baltimore architect Steve Ziger, the Baltimore…

Giving Baltimore's Youth the Tools to Tell Their Stories

“Everyone has a story to tell, but not every community has access to the tools to do so,” Moira Fratantuono ’10 (Community Arts M.F.A.)…

Alumna Creates a Space to Celebrate Baltimore's Immigrant Community

For her senior thesis, Valeria Fuentes ’17 ’18 (Architectural Design B.F.A., Social Design M.F.A.) created a clothing line called Segunda Piel…

Career Notes

A look at a few young MICA alumni and their current career success.

Virtuoso Faculty: Tony Shore

From smoke-filled bars in France, to Baltimore’s back streets and alleys, to the rolling fields north of the city where members of the Elkridge…

Cosmo Whyte

Based in Atlanta, Georgia and Montego Bay, Jamaica, Cosmo Whyte is a transdisciplinary artist and visual art lecturer at Morehouse College.

Hermonie Williams

Hermonie Williams is a Baltimore-based exhibiting artist.

Yutaka Houlette

Yutaka Houlette is a web developer and award-winning book illustrator.

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Estee Fox ’15

Foot

Mount Royal School of Art

Artist

Estee Fox ’15

Date

2015

Medium

Gouache, Oil Bar, Charcoal, Mica, Graphite and Ink on Paper

Dimensions

70 x 50 inches

Hitting Their Marks

Three alumni who are making their mark in the entertainment industry.

Start It Up

Save it For Later

Entrepreneurial Teaching

Site Specific: Alumni in Their Creative Spaces

Alumna’s Debut Children’s Book, I Am A Wolf, Out This May

The HEMI/MICA Extreme Arts Summer Project/ Internship

When Art & Science Collide

Time Lapse: The Charmed Life of Jim Burger

Akea Brionne Brown ’18 wins Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize

Art + Biology

Accounting for Taste

MICA awarded competitive grants from the National Endowment of the Arts

Design Leadership Students Make Finals in First Appearance at Design Challenge Competition

Kat Ward

Lisa Hochtritt, Ed.D., Director of MICA's M.A.T. Program

Five Career Development Resources You Should Explore

Mentor Extraordinaire: Illustration Faculty Member José Villarrubia

Brockett Horne, Chair of Graphic Design, Talks Career Prep

Rinehart School of Sculpture Exhibition

The Tree of Life

Untitled

Horn

The Creature

The Greatest City in America

Ethereal

Louder Than a Bomb

Social Design Celebrates 10 Years at MICA

Emily Ianacone ’15 Brings Design Strategy to Mayor's Office of Innovation

A Conversation With Darrée

Leading by Example: Maren Hassinger

Chuxi Guo

Claire Lynch

Ryan Lytle

2018 Baker Awards

Maker Space / Dolphin Design Center

Rising Star: ND Stevenson

Edon Muhaxheri

The Legacy of Chair Emeritus in Art Education Dr. Al Hurwitz ’41 (1920-2012) Is Felt Worldwide

Smile Indias

Mount Royal School of Art

Foot

Trin-a-trios

Hush Now

Shelf of Shelves #1

Hymn to the Fallen

Beyond Our Gates: A Q&A With David Bogen

Open Works: Tools and Tech for the People

North Avenue Knowledge Exchange

Developing the Curriculum of a Social Movement

Model of Collaboration: Baltimore Design School + MICA

Giving Baltimore's Youth the Tools to Tell Their Stories

Alumna Creates a Space to Celebrate Baltimore's Immigrant Community

Career Notes

Virtuoso Faculty: Tony Shore

Cosmo Whyte

Hermonie Williams

Yutaka Houlette

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Hitting Their Marks

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