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Andrew Keiper and Kei Ito

When Andre Keiper and Kei Ito discovered their shared connection to the atomic bomb through their grandfathers, they promised to one day explore…

Ben Peterson

As a Code for American fellow, Ben Peterson pursued user-centered, design-thinking techniques to create a simple technology solution to help…

Get Your Green Quotient

Visitors new to Baltimore often remark on how green they find the city, and the amount of trees covering our streets is no accident. For years…

Virtuoso Faculty: Jenna Frye

There is no clear line between Jenna Frye’s art practice and her work as an educator. Both come down to the same driving force: her desire…

Becky Slogeris

A leader while at MICA - she was a member of MICA’s Student Leadership Task Force Committee and the recipient of France-Merrick Fellowship…

Matt Hodin

Shortly after his graduation from MICA in 2015, Matt Hodin was hired as a production designer by Under Armour at their global headquarters in…

Toy Design... for Elephants

MICA students students accept challenge to design toy for Asian elephants at the National Zoo.

Scratching the Surface: Ellen Lupton

Jarrett Fuller talks to the co-director of MICA’s M.F.A. graphic design program, Ellen Lupton. In addition to her work at MICA, Ellen is the…

Design + Civic Engagement: Katherine Namacher

MICA's multidisciplinary helped Katherine Nammacher to use her passion for technology as a means for civic engagement. She is co-founder and…

Emily Ragle

Emily Ragle has made apps for the Food Network, National Geographic, Fast Company, the Royal Irish Academy, and more. She is currently principal…

Michael Ciancio ’06 Talks Chobani Brand Reboot

A Q&A with Michael Ciancio, creative director of content at Chobani.

Sustainable Design: Alayna Citrin

Currently, a graphic designer at Sir Kensington's in New York City, Alayna Citrin loves working in process-driven, collaborative environments…

Matt Rockefeller

An illustrator and comic artist based in New York City, Matt Rockefeller recently worked on 5 Worlds, a graphic novel series from Random House…

Rachel Frank

Rachel Frank leveraged the power of the MICA network to go from intern at NIKE to full-time color designer at the sportswear titan.

Kirby Matherne

A Graphic Design M.F.A. alumn, Kirby Matherne is the creative director of Vibe Kayaks.

Nour Tabet

Nour Tabet, who worked as a graphic designer in Beirut before coming to MICA to pursue graduate study, is currently senior visual designer at…

Elise Roy

Elise Roy is a deaf human centered designer, former lawyer, and motivational speaker who works in the vanguard of the disruptive innovation movement…

Tyler Naugle

Tyler Naugle's successful internship at MTV opened the door to a fulltime job there after graduating from MICA. After working at MTV for over…

Meen Choi

Meen Choi maintains an active career as a Brooklyn-based illustrator. In addition to a position as a designer for Bogopa, he pursues freelance…

Caitlin Turner

Caitlin Turner is a designer at Mission Media in Baltimore, where she creates package design, publications, branding, identity systems and more…

Paul Mirel: MICA’s Starman

Paul Mirel takes time after his day job at NASA to bring art and science together.

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.

First-Year Juried Exhibition

New associate dean Marcus Civin reflects on a strong show by the MFA class of 2017.

Center for Social Design

Learn How Design helps people get the things they need to make their lives better.

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:…

2022 MICA UP/Start Venture Competition Finalists Announced

MICA is pleased to announce this year’s UP/Start Venture Competition finalists, who were chosen after the Round 1 Virtual 'Pop Up and Pitch'…

Graphic Design Faculty Q&A: Kristian Bjørnard ’09 (Graphic Design MFA)

Kristian Bjørnard is a designer, educator, and sustainabilitist. An alumni of MICA's Graphic Design MFA program, he is director of The Office…

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Graphic Design MFA Projects Stand Out at STA 100

Every year, the Society of Typographic Arts (STA) 100 show recognizes 100 greatest examples of typographic design excellence by professionals…

Teaching Artist

MICA faculty member is carving out time to shape a new generation of makers thanks to a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grant.

Inclusive Storytelling For Social Impact

Rising Action Studio, winner of $10k in 2018 UP/Start Competition, helps change makers and nonprofits tell inspiring and ethical stories about…

Brendon Massei

From day one, Brendon Massei's masters in the Business of Art and Design has helped him grow as a professional musician in the band Viking Moses…

Danah Abdulla ’12: Challenging the Status Quo

Danah Abdulla is founder of Kalimat, an open outlet that puts creative Arabs on the international stage

Annie Wu

A senior at MICA when she was named a 2011 Creator to Watch by newsarama.com in its "11 for ’11: Things To Watch in the New Year," Annie Wu…

Maker Spaces / Studios: Rinehart Studio

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

Harrison Tyler

Originally from West Palm Beach, Florida, Harrison Tyler ’14 (Interdisciplinary Sculpture) is the digital operations manager at Open Works, a…

Toppling the Hierarchy

Building a Website for Artists and Designers

Dabbling in the Extreme

In 2017, MICA's Jay Gould became the first artist-in-resident to participate in the HEMI/MICA Extreme Arts Program. The program aims to create…

An Entrepreneurial Approach to Educational Innovation

The capacity and willingness to act upon opportunities, to embrace the uncertain, to take a calculated risk, to dream big, to persevere and to…

Creating A Fashion Alternative

Alumna goes against the grain, creating a fashion line that aligns with her moral compass.

#MICApreneurship

#MICApreneurship is a hub of creative applied entrepreneurial support, resources and programming specially designed to help MICA students and…

Three screens with headphones beneath. The left and right screens show scribbled white lines on a black background. The center screen contains cut outs of a pair of eyes that appear to be winking.

Sound Notes 4.0 & Hesitation

Three screens with headphones beneath. The left and right screens show scribbled white lines on a black background. The center screen contains cut outs of a pair of eyes that appear to be winking.

Sound Notes 4.0 & Hesitation

Photographic and Electronic Media M.F.A.

Artist

Mengmei Pan

Date

2018

Medium

Multi-channel video

Paige Vickers

Paige Vickers is a Brooklyn-based freelance illustrator with an impressive client list.

A man in a wolf mask stands in a kitchen cooking raw meat and drikning red wine.

Kitchen

A man in a wolf mask stands in a kitchen cooking raw meat and drikning red wine.

Kitchen

Photographic and Electronic Media M.F.A.

Artist

Cyrus Feldman

Date

2017

Medium

Photography

Red print of an open mouth with a tiny framed image of a man inside.

Clinicals

Red print of an open mouth with a tiny framed image of a man inside.

Clinicals

Photographic and Electronic Media M.F.A.

Artist

Caitlin Curtis

Date

2017

Molly Needelman

Currently a User Experience Strategist at Google, Molly Needelman is a human-centered designer who believes business and design go hand-in-hand…

Gallery space with video, two paintings, and a sculptural work. The video still is of a striped screen with a man jumping backwards into space.

The Mad Testaments

Gabriel C. Amadi-Emina

Gallery space with video, two paintings, and a sculptural work. The video still is of a striped screen with a man jumping backwards into space.

The Mad Testaments

Photographic and Electronic Media M.F.A.

Artist

Gabriel C. Amadi-Emina

Date

2018

Kyle Bodt

The design thinking skills Kyle Bodt gained during his time in the Design Leadership program helped him transition into an experience strategist…

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