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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…
Alleyway Activation
Alleyways in Midtown Baltimore are becoming a mesmerizing convergence of dynamic rainbow patterns.
Lunar Lure
Jeff Koons ’76 (General Fine Arts BFA) boldly goes where few artists have gone before.
Memorial on Metal
MICA Alum Transforms Storefront Metal Gate to Honor Baltimore Civil Rights Advocate
Baltimore Nonprofit, Led by MICA Alum, Receives $2 Million Grant
Twenty-one years ago, MICA alum Susan Malone ’97 (Photography BFA) began working as manager of programs at Wide Angle Youth Media — a Baltimore…
MICA President Samuel Hoi Announces Retirement
College Also Announces Transition Committee Led by John Brothers & Mary Miller
The Cool List
Baltimore is fast becoming a cultural mecca — take a look at what people around the nation are saying about Charm City.
Faculty Announced as 2023 Sondheim Finalists
Abigail Lucien and Kyrae Dawaun are among a trio of finalists for the Sondheim Art Prize
Stream of Consciousness
With an image of 22-year-old Jina “Mahsa” Amini as the centerpiece of a new artwork — a large-scale, neon billboard that will sit at the heart…
A Community of Creatives
MICA faculty James Williams II ’09 (Mount Royal School of Art MFA)—one of a dozen MICA-connected Sondheim winners since the prize's inception—talks…
Javier Ameijeiras’ Work Featured in Museum of Broadway, Opening This Fall
The work of Javier Ameijeiras ’05 (Illustration BFA) an award-winning concept illustrator and scenic designer specializing in film, TV, and theatre…
Cultural Architects: Curators From MICA are Enriching – and Redefining – Their Field
The pioneering MFA in Curatorial Practice at MICA — the first of its kind in the US — is a hotbed of invention. Its students deliberately seek…
Meta-Phoric
In an installation at Meta Open Arts’ Miami office to mark World Oceans Day on June 8, Morel Doucet ’13 (Ceramics BFA) addresses themes of climate…
All the World's a Stage
It’s not a cliche to say that the trajectory of Elle Pérez ’11 (Photography BFA) has been meteoric. In a handful of years, they’ve had solo shows…
Mira—2022 UP/Start Finalist
Mira, the venture of Jana Thompson ’21 (UX Design MPS), was one of seven finalists in this year's competition.
MICA Faculty Kiel Mutschelknaus Helps Spotify Wrap 2021
Kiel Mutschelknaus, a MICA faculty member in the Graphic Design department, had a hand in inspiring and creating the graphics used in the international…
2022 MICA Strategic Planning Relaunch & Survey Invitation
Details and a survey link regarding the Strategic Planning Relaunch.
The Cool List
Baltimore is fast becoming a cultural mecca — and national publications are taking notice.
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…
Become Again: Identity as Process
What do exhibitions look like when they take queerness for granted? This was the question I tried to answer for most of the year and a half I…
MICA to launch Ratcliffe Center for Creative Entrepreneurship
The center, infusing creative entrepreneurship training into art and design education, further advances the College’s forward-looking mission…
POW!
Illustration alumni are building impressive careers in the comic industry.
When Art & Science Collide
Faculty from MICA team with scientists from Johns Hopkins University to translate results from extreme events in new visual ways.
Career Notes
A look at a few young MICA alumni and their current career success.
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…
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…
Cosmo Whyte
Based in Atlanta, Georgia and Montego Bay, Jamaica, Cosmo Whyte is a transdisciplinary artist and visual art lecturer at Morehouse College.
Yutaka Houlette
Yutaka Houlette is a web developer and award-winning book illustrator.
E-Textiles: Yuchen Zhang
Yuchen Zhang has worked with some of the world's leading companies, including Google and Pentagram. But, nothing beat starting her own business…
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…
#DrawingWhileBlack
In September 2017 Annabelle Hayford ’20 composed a simple tweet that read, Starting a hashtag event to celebrate and appreciate Black artists…
Hitting Their Marks
Three alumni who are making their mark in the entertainment industry.
Xiaofu Wang
A native of Wuhan, China, Xiaofu Wang is an active exhibiting artist currently based in Baltimore. In 2017, she was a Janet & Walter Sondheim…
First Year Experience Exhibition 2018
A look at work created by students in the 2017-2018 First Year Experience.
Marilyn Narota
Born in Colombia and based in New York City, Marilyn Narota is an exhibiting artist who creates performance based videos, participatory installations…
A Conversation With President Samuel Hoi
In 2014, Samuel Hoi was appointed MICA's president following the long tenure of Fred Lazarus. Along with more than two decades of higher education…
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…
Kehinde Bademosi ’15: Storytelling to Save Lives
As a child growing up in Nigeria, Kehinde Bademosi ’15 (Social Design M.A.) didn’t have a television. His family simply couldn’t afford one.
So…
Smile Indias ’17 Pursues Social Justice Through Work With Government
Through her social design work on the ground in Baltimore, Smile Indias ’17 makes truth-seeking an art.
A native of the Philippines, Indias…
Kristen Spilman ’05: Design as a Way of Life
Design as a practice and discipline is relatively new for the technology industry, according to Kristen Spilman ’05 (Graphic Design M.F.A.),…
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.…
Designing New Leadership, Starting Now
“You have two minutes, start now.”
These six simple words kicked off a flurry of sticky notes, Sharpie pens and far-flung ideas that began our…
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.
Art of the Impossible
As a Ph.D. candidate at Howard University’s African Studies Department with a background in international relations, I studied language, literature…