Iman Djouini & Jonathan Taube: Getting the Elephant Out of the Room Through Art
After Iman Djouini ’09 and Jonathan Taube ’10 graduated from MICA, the couple then left for New Orleans to obtain their master’s degrees in printmaking…
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Baltimore Sun Op-Ed: Supporting Arts Funding
As the chief executives of the Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, and The Walters Art Museum — three anchor visual…
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…
Designing the Digital Classroom
M/O/O/C
Setting the Design Standard
The Wm. O. Steinmetz ’50 Designer-in-Residence Program
Those That Can, Teach
Meet a few of the visiting artists and critics who are an essential part of graduate education at MICA.
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…
One Giant Leap
Social design leaders discuss the way forward in this professional frontier.
MICA Announces $600,000 Ratcliffe Foundation Grant to Support Future Creative Entrepreneurs
Pitch Competition Will Award up to $100,000 for up to Five Winning Teams in April
BALTIMORE--MICA has been awarded a three-year, $600,000 grant…
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 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…
Black by Design By Diamond James
MA in Social Design candidate Diamond James advocates for deeper, co-creative engagement between universities and communities.
Baltimore mayoral candidates to take part in first-ever forum on arts and culture
Registered candidates from the 2016 Baltimore mayoral race were invited to take part in this first-of-its-kind Citizen Artist Baltimore Mayoral…
LAB Award
See how this year’s recipients will strengthen Baltimore’s neighborhoods and bolster the city’s identity.
Making Baltimore the Film City
A look at the new Film Centre
Risks and Rewards: MICA Alumni Succeed as Entrepreneurs
Creative businesses founded by MICA alumni stretch disciplines and showcase the endless possibilities of a MICA degree.
THUSS + FARRELL
Established…
Maura Dwyer: Art that Builds Trust and Relationships
Maura Dwyer ‘12 (Interdisciplinary Sculpture B.F.A.) avoids biographies, as she finds that words do not adequately represent her as an artist…
A Conversation with José Ruiz
The new director of MICA’s M.F.A. in Curatorial Practice discusses his goals for the program and the role curators can play in society.
Juan Carlos Castro
Before attaining his position as assistant director of art education at Concordia University in Montréal, Québec, Canada, Juan Carlos Castro…
My Favorite Things
A recent alumnus reflects on his love for Baltimore.
Power to the Young People
M.F.A. in Graphic Design students team with Ph.D. candidate to empower Baltimore’s Growing Girls.
The Genius of Joyce J. Scott
Joyce J. Scott ’70 (Art Education B.F.A.) has been named a 2016 Fellow of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The fellowships…
Faculty Member Piper Shepard and Alumnus Jacolby Satterwhite Named USA Fellows for Innovation in The Arts
Fiber faculty member Piper Shepard and Jacolby Satterwhite '08 (Painting) were just awarded fellowships by United States Artists (USA) for innovation…
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…
Building a Better 3d Printer
“These are game-changing technologies…with the potential to change medicine, agriculture, and other critical industries. One goal, for example…
Turning Lemonade Into a LibGuide
How a MICA librarian turned a pop culture phenomenon into a learning resource.
Citizen Artists
Promoting the political power of creatives.
Joyce J. Scott '70 Wins MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant
Joyce J. Scott '70 (Art Education B.F.A.) has been named a 2016 Fellow of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The fellowships…
Winners Announced for MICA Up/Start Venture Competition
MICA is pleased to announce the winners of the Up/Start Venture Competition, the college's first pitch and start-up contest for students, graduates…
Siobhan Vicens
Since completing her graduate degree at MICA, Siobhan Vicens has led arts integration professional development sessions for Baltimore City educators…
A Conversation with Shinique Smith
MICA Alumna talks about the people, places, and ideas that have influenced and inspired throughout her remarkable career.
Grad Ex
Learn how the graduate student-run exhibition committee’s growth has mirrored that of the neighborhood it calls home.
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.
Emmy Award-Winning MICA Alumnus Promotes the Nickelodeon Brand
Christopher Papa ’02 (general fine arts) loves to tell stories, and animation gives him a unique outlet for his creative expression. There are…
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.
Leslie King-Hammond Graduate Award
Incoming and returning students share their perspectives on diversity and creative discourse.
Center for Social Design
Learn How Design helps people get the things they need to make their lives better.
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…
MICA Alumna Helps Repair Brain Injuries
With the swipe of a finger, iPhone and iPad gamers are underwater, battling swarms of fish and dangerous sharks. This sets the scene for Shark…
Eric Hooper
Eric Hooper is principal at Pathways School in Silver Spring, MD.
NASA Partners with MICA Students on Short Films
Students at MICA often collaborate with working professionals on real-world projects, with outcomes that can have local, national, and even global…
Baltimore Design School and MICA Collaborate Through Teaching
A collaborative effort between then MICA president Fred Lazarus IV H’14 and Maryland State Senator Catherine E. Pugh, Baltimore Design School…
Errol Webber: Harnessing the Power of Video and Film
MICA is known for the creative license it inspires. Nowhere is that more evident than in the projects of some of the independent artists and…
Joyce Scott: Global Art Icon
For many, it’s impossible to talk about contemporary arts and culture in Baltimore and not mention Joyce J. Scott ’70 (art education). The MICA…
Jaimie Bennati
Jamie Bennati is currently teaching photo and video classes in Goiânia, Brazil and has plans to help a local group of women create crafts out…
Eric Allard
Eric Allard works with developmentally delayed children in a special needs preschool in Owings Mills, Maryland.
Emily Wade
Since 2010, Emily Wade has taught art classes to children with cancer and their families through the hospital's pediatric oncology unit, a program…