2018 Steinmetz Residency Awarded to Design Technologist Zachary Lieberman
Zachary Lieberman, New York-based artist, design technologist and educator dedicated to exploring new modes of expression and play, has been…
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Performance Art as Protest & Protest as Performance Art
Puppet Masters
Despite puppetry being an ancient art form — it is thought to have originated about 3,000 years ago — MICA didn’t offer classes in the…
Sok Hui Low
Sok Hui Low, an art educator who encourages experimentation and play with art materials and processes, teaches adolescents in Singapore, in an…
A Cheerleader for Art Education
As featured on Diverse Issues in Higher Education website.
When Samuel — or Sammy — Hoi, president of Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)…
Rising Action Studio — Winner $10k in 2018 UP/Start Competition
Rising Action Studio, which helps change makers and nonprofits tell imaginative, inspiring and ethical stories about social impact movements…
Venture Advocate
Through funding of the UP/Start Venture Competition at MICA, Philip E. and Carole R. Ratcliffe Foundation opens new doors for young students…
Boss Lady
MICA Alumna, Ramsey Naito ’92, up for Academy Award for the animated movie The Boss Baby
Good Fellows
Since the inception of the Fulbright Program in 1946, more than 325,000 recent graduates and graduate students from over 155 countries have used…
In Real Time
For me, music has always been a path for survival, in the strictest terms. Inspired by the music of Nirvana and the underground music scenes…
A Conversation With Zlata Baum
A native of Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia, Zlata Baum has had a multifaceted career as an arts administrator, educator and exhibiting artist…
Morel Doucet - Full Circle
Despite having several family members as educators, Haitian-born ceramics artist Morel Doucet ’13 (Ceramics B.F.A.) never saw himself as a…
President Hoi Receives Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellowship
President Samuel Hoi was named a 2017-2018 Art of Change Fellow by the Ford Foundation.
Setting the Design Standard
The Wm. O. Steinmetz ’50 Designer-in-Residence Program
A Conversation With Kelsey Schmitt ’12
Art educator and practicing artist, Kelsey Schmitt ’12 is proof that graduates of MICA’s Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) program are…
Those That Can, Teach
Meet a few of the visiting artists and critics who are an essential part of graduate education at MICA.
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…
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…
A Conversation with Shinique Smith
MICA Alumna talks about the people, places, and ideas that have influenced and inspired throughout her remarkable career.
Leslie King-Hammond Graduate Award
Incoming and returning students share their perspectives on diversity and creative discourse.
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…
Jescia Hoffman Hopper
Jescia Hoffman Hopper teaches at Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Middle School in Minnesota, where she works to build a rigorous, holistic art curriculum…
Andrew Watson
Andrew D. Watson, recipient of the 2015 Art Education Technology Outstanding Teacher Award from the National Art Education Association, is fine…
Siobhan Vicens
Since completing her graduate degree at MICA, Siobhan Vicens has led arts integration professional development sessions for Baltimore City educators…
Juan Carlos Castro
Before attaining his position as assistant director of art education at Concordia University in Montréal, Québec, Canada, Juan Carlos Castro…
Alumni Launch Entities and Initiatives to Integrate Art into Communities
Many members of the MICA comm unity showcase their creative and artistic talents through their own small businesses and product lines. Below…
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…
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…
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…
DeRay Mckesson, Joyce J. Scott ’70, Carrie Mae Weems Among Honorees at MICA’s 169th Commencement
College will also award MICA trustee Alice Falvey Greif with honorary degree at undergraduate ceremony; author, editor and designer Victor Margolin…
Art and Aerospace: Alumna Engineers Thermal Solutions for Spacecraft
As a little girl, Aleks Bogunovic ’12 ’13 (Fiber B.F.A., Business of Art and Design M.P.S.) knitted, crocheted and sewed clothes, taking after…
MICA Honors Members of the Legacy Society and Mount Royal Society
MICA recognized a group of philanthropists who have had a significant impact on the College at a May 17 event hosted by President Samuel Hoi…
Art + Space Exploration
Aleks Bogunovic turned her love for sewing and fabrication into Aerothreads, a business that makes Multi-Layer Insulation blankets for the aerospace…
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…
The Cool List
Baltimore is fast becoming a cultural mecca — take a look at what people around the nation are saying about Charm City.
Making Art that Matters
Adarsh Alphons ’06 says that art saved his life. Today, the founder and executive director of ProjectArt now leads his team with a goal to…
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…
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…
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…
MICA President Samuel Hoi Discusses Art Education on WYPR's Midday with Tom Hall
President Samuel Hoi was on WYPR for Midday on Higher Education with Tom Hall in August 2019, where he spoke about MICA’s role in Baltimore,…
President Hoi Discusses Artists as Changemakers on the Free to Bmore Podcast
MICA President Sammuel Hoi recently joined the Enoch Pratt Free Library's Free to Bmore podcast to discuss how art and artists can be changemakers…
MICA Faculty Win Prestigious Art Educator Awards
Three MICA faculty members have been recognized by national and state organizations for their outstanding work as art educators. They include…
Members of MICA community honored for prestigious education, illustration awards
Multiple members of the MICA community—from faculty to alumni to endowed chairs—were selected for prestigious awards by the Maryland Art Education…
MICA names four William O. Steinmetz ’50 Designers-in-Residence, bringing together three generations of cultural activists
Over two lectures, Cheryl D. Miller ’74 (Graphic Design and Illustration BFA), Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton, Maurice Cherry and Deyane Moses ’19…
VP Finance & Business Services Finalists
Details regarding the VP for Finance & Business Services finalists.
Graphic Design Faculty Q&A: Minsun Eo
Minsun Eo focuses on practice that creates integrated design knowledge, system and experience for art, technology, architecture, fashion and…
Pathways at MICA and Beyond: Antonius Bui ’16 (General Fine Arts BFA)
“Transferring to MICA as a pre-med student from a public university, I honestly had a lot of insecurities concerning my artistic ability and…
March 1, 2023 Campus Memo
March 1, 2023
Dear MICA faculty and staff:
Following the in-person State of the College meeting today, I am writing to you about the future…