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Power to the Young People
M.F.A. in Graphic Design students team with Ph.D. candidate to empower Baltimore’s Growing Girls.
In Good Company
When the 46 Unites States Artists (USA) fellows were announced at the end of 2016, winners included luminaries across creative disciplines …
The Artists Talk
Collaborative duo and 2015 Sondheim Prize winners, Daniel Wickerham and Malcolm Lomax sit down for a Q&A about their artistic practice.
Paul Mirel: MICA’s Starman
Paul Mirel takes time after his day job at NASA to bring art and science together.
Siobhan Vicens
Since completing her graduate degree at MICA, Siobhan Vicens has led arts integration professional development sessions for Baltimore City educators…
Grad Ex
Learn how the graduate student-run exhibition committee’s growth has mirrored that of the neighborhood it calls home.
Adobe Design Achievement Awards: Hitesh Singhal ’16 and Monica Amneus ’16
Every year, MICA students become proud recipients of national awards. We chose just two of these talented young artists to feature in these pages:…
Leslie King-Hammond Graduate Award
Incoming and returning students share their perspectives on diversity and creative discourse.
Making Baltimore the Film City
A look at the new Film Centre
Back to School
A reflection on what the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting has to offer.
Film and Video Chair Nadia Hironaka Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
Film and Video Chair Nadia Hironaka was awarded a 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The foundation…
Alumna Chronicles Life in the Big City with Hit Show
Who knew Broad City, a Comedy Central television series, would be such a hit? The fans did, and they were right. The show, nominated for the…
Faculty Set the Example in Building Sustainable Professional Careers
To launch a succccessful ca reer, it’s vital that students develop both a high degree of competency in their chosen discipline and make professional…
Connections Forged in Baltimore Continue Around the World
Filipino artists Ashley Dequilla ’12 and Toym Imao ’12 collaborate on series of murals in their home country.
Global Perspectives
International students reflect on their experiences as graduate students at MICA.
Envision. Create. Transform.
In 2005, Baltimore was one of eight cities in the country included in the Ford Foundation’s Arts Integration and Education Reform Initiative…
Star on the Rise
The work of painter Amy Sherald ’04 (Hoffberger School of Painting M.F.A.) was always autobiographical in nature, but the artist says her move…
Site Specific, The Baltimore Area
Five young alumni — based in the Baltimore area — who have carved out impressive creative spaces.
EPIC Fun
This winter, the holiday season arrived a little early for Maharani, Swarna and Kamala — three of the six Asian elephants living at the…
Designing for America
It seems like such a clear solution to reducing recidivism rates prevalent in the criminal justice system: create an easy-to-use SMS text tool…
Designing the Digital Classroom
M/O/O/C
Hello, Allo!
High-profile freelance jobs for new Google app puts alumni work in the hands of people around the world.
A Conversation with Taha Heydari
LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting alumnus talks about Baltimore and Tehran.
Community Arts as a Way of Life
Epiphanies often happen during the most mundane of tasks. For Ashley Minner, that moment-when she was able to put a name to her life’s work-came…
Culture of Change
Hannah Brancato ’07, ’11 and Rebecca Nagle ’08, co-founders of FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, are seeking to not only support survivors…
Changes in Baltimore
I arrived in Baltimore in 2000 with a strong desire to become an artist, but I was clueless about how to do this. I come from a middle class…
One Giant Leap
Social design leaders discuss the way forward in this professional frontier.
Citizen Artists
Promoting the political power of creatives.
Turning Lemonade Into a LibGuide
How a MICA librarian turned a pop culture phenomenon into a learning resource.
George Ciscle
MICA’s MFA in Curatorial Practice director and long-time curator-in-residence prepares to retire
A Conversation with Shinique Smith
MICA Alumna talks about the people, places, and ideas that have influenced and inspired throughout her remarkable career.
The Changing Landscape of Art & Design Education
“What do you see as the major changes in art and design education and how do you see MICA responding to these changes?”
This is a question I…
Celebrating Dr. Karen Carroll, Dean of the Center For Art Education
As Dr. Karen Carroll — MICA’s “Art Mama” in residence — prepares to retire, her students and colleagues laud her singular brand…
The Art of Urban Environmentalism
Find out how MFA in Community Arts students are collaborating with an East Baltimore activist to confront environmental injustice.
The Korean Community
Discover how artists from MICA are giving Baltimore’s growing Korean community voice through art.
Black by Design By Diamond James
MA in Social Design candidate Diamond James advocates for deeper, co-creative engagement between universities and communities.
A Conversation with Ellen Lupton
The director of the MFA in Graphic Design talks about the current state of the field and MICA’s graduate program.
LAB Award
See how this year’s recipients will strengthen Baltimore’s neighborhoods and bolster the city’s identity.
Center for Social Design
Learn How Design helps people get the things they need to make their lives better.
First-Year Juried Exhibition
New associate dean Marcus Civin reflects on a strong show by the MFA class of 2017.