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Chelsea Conrad’s Garden Party Press Featured in PRINT
Chelsea Conrad ’20 (Illustration MA) turned an idea for Christmas gifts for her family into a thriving business. Her venture, Garden Party Press…
Fashion Forward: MICA Alumni Startups Seek to Change the Net-Zero Fashion Game
Rachel Faller ’08 (Fiber BFA) went to Cambodia on a Fulbright grant shortly after her graduation from MICA to learn about fair trade — and left…
MICA Faculty and Artist in Residence New BMA Exhibition — All Due Respect
New works by four artists with connections to MICA — Lauren Frances Adams, faculty, Painting; Mequitta Ahuja, former Stewart-McMillan Artist…
MICA Announces Cecilia McCormick as President
McCormick will continue as president, following her interim presidency since January 2024, and will spearhead exciting new initiatives for the…
Shifting Ground
In Celebrating Everyday Black Experiences, Monica Ikegwu and Jerrell Gibbs Shift Perceptions
Honor Roll
Awards, Fellowships Among Accolades Received by MICA Faculty
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…
Wonderstruck
Amy Sherald Among Canon-Expanding Artists Showing at Brooklyn Museum, United Kingdom’s National Portrait Gallery
Inspiration Point
MICA alum Phaan Howng exhibits at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Heart of the Matter
MICA Brings Renowned Artists and Designers to Campus This Spring
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…
Photography Faculty Presents Richard Avedon at the Smithsonian
Shannon Perich, history of photography faculty at MICA and curator of the Photographic History Collection at the National Museum of American…
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…
MICA Students Selected as Finalists for AXA Art Prize
Three MICA students have been selected as finalists for this year’s AXA Art Prize competition, one of the leading student art competitions in…
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…
MICA Faculty Explores Illustration’s Impact on Historic Perceptions of Race
Robyn Phillips-Pendleton, MICA faculty and interim director of the MFA in Illustration Practice, is co-curator of Imprinted: Illustrating Race…
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…
Olivia Huynh, Google Doodler, Reaches a Worldwide Audience
The work of Google Doodler Olivia Huynh has been seen by Google users around the world as the MICA alumna's interactive animations marked holidays…
MICA Grad and Faculty Debut New Films on Netflix
MICA grad TT the Artist ’06 (General Fine Arts BFA) and MICA MFA Film faculty Angel Kristi bring their talents to the award-winning streaming…
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…
MICA Pan-College Convening on Strategic Planning: March 9
Information around the virtual Pan-College Convening on Strategic Planning on Wednesday, March 9 from 10 a.m. to noon EST
Migrations and Meaning(s) in Art an exhibition curated by Dr. Deborah Willis
The exhibition, curated by Willis, the MICA inaugural Stuart B. Cooper Endowed Chair in Photography, explores debates on the topic of migration…
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…
The Art of Hanbok
This past summer, faculty and students from MICA collaborated with international faculty, students, and guests from the Hanbok Advancement Center…
MICA Alumna Wins Sondheim Prize
In the spring of Akea Brionne Brown’s first year at MICA, that the Baltimore Uprising occurred. It was finals week. And it was an event that…
Start It Up
From its earliest days, MICA has had a connection to doers and makers, to people who believe that artistic creativity is a catalyst for positive…
Save it For Later
When Jenny Ferretti ’07 (Painting BFA) became the digital initiatives librarian for MICA’s Decker Library in 2015, print documentation of graduate…
Entrepreneurial Teaching
To Ray Parris ’94, ‘96 (Graphic Design BFA, MAT) lemonade stands aren’t just a way for children to make a few extra dollars—they’re a vehicle…
Maryland Institute Black Archives
To say that Deyane Moses ’19, ’21 (Photography BFA, Curatorial Practice MFA) entered MICA as an nontraditional student is an understatement.
Older…
Site Specific: Alumni in Their Creative Spaces
Five alumni—based in Chicago—who have carved out impressive creative spaces: Alex Fuller ’03 (Graphic Design BFA), Aram Han Sifuentes ’11…
Alumna’s Debut Children’s Book, I Am A Wolf, Out This May
Like most MICA students, Kelly Leigh Miller has always liked to draw.
Whether it was in the sketchbooks her mom bought her, on the kid’s menu…
POW!
Illustration alumni are building impressive careers in the comic industry.
The HEMI/MICA Extreme Arts Summer Project/ Internship
Numerous MICA students have taken part in the HEMI/MICA Extreme Arts Summer Project/Internship, which aims to explore visual representations…
When Art & Science Collide
Faculty from MICA team with scientists from Johns Hopkins University to translate results from extreme events in new visual ways.
Time Lapse: The Charmed Life of Jim Burger
Jim Burger ’82 (Photography B.F.A.) — noted Baltimore-area photographer and longtime photojournalist for the Baltimore City Paper and The Baltimore…
Art + Biology
Students in MICA's biofabrication courses turn their artistic vision to biotech.
Accounting for Taste
When Meaghan Carpenter ’08 arrived at MICA’s Mount Royal School of Art, a career in the culinary world wasn’t exactly on her radar. Instead,…
Art + Health Care: Winston Frazer
CEO and co-founder of Danae Prosthetics, Winston Frazer hopes to help amputees around the world embrace their lives through the ability to tell…
Beyond Our Gates: A Q&A With David Bogen
Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs David Bogen discusses MICA's work with community stakeholders in Baltimore, specifically in and…
North Avenue Knowledge Exchange
Built on the premise that everyone has something to teach and everyone has something to learn, the North Avenue Knowledge Exchange is a community-based…
Developing the Curriculum of a Social Movement
What does a social movement look like? Oak Hill Center for Education and Culture in Station North is helping answer that question.
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…
Giving Baltimore's Youth the Tools to Tell Their Stories
“Everyone has a story to tell, but not every community has access to the tools to do so,” Moira Fratantuono ’10 (Community Arts M.F.A.)…
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.
Stephen Hendee: Teaching Artist
Best known for fabricating ambitious, large-scale installations, MICA faculty member Stephen Hendee is creating a new objective for his studio…