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Baltimore Business Journal Explores MICA's Economic and Cultural Impact, Research Initiatives
Article Demonstrates How College Is 'An Increasingly Attractive Stop on the Job Recruiter Circuit'
The Baltimore Business Journal explored MICA's economic and cultural impact on Baltimore, and the College's research initiatives in a special Higher Education section of the May 29-June 4 issue.
American Artist: Drawing Magazine Profiles MICA's Drawing Program
Article Demonstrates Newest Generation of Students' Interest in Traditional Draftsmanship
MICA's drawing program is profiled in the spring issue of American Artist: Drawing magazine, available on newsstands through Aug. 10. The article, "A Return to Drawing by Hand at MICA," features artwork by faculty Mark Karnes, Abby Sangiamo, Rex Stevens and Howie Weiss, as well as alumni/students Kent Miller '09, Jennifer Brakefield '09 and Haniya Ghazelah '10.
Student & Alumni News
2009 MICA Graduate Wins Fulbright to Germany
Kate Dervishi ’09 Will Spend Year in Berlin Studying German Expressionist Cinema
Recent MICA graduate Kate Dervishi '09 (BFA, painting) has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to Germany for the 2009-10 academic year. Dervishi will spend a year in Berlin to study German Expressionist cinema and its relationship to painting.
Colin Campbell '04 Serves as Series Host and Artist for New PBS Show
TIME TEAM AMERICA, 'Part Extreme Adventure, Part Hard Science, and Part Reality Show,' Premieres July 8
Originally hired as the "Time Team America" sketch artist and its only non-archaeologist member, Colin Campbell '04 was named the series host when he started asking the probing questions ordinary viewers would ask. Campbell studied painting, ceramics, and computer animation as a general fine arts major and art history minor at MICA. This background gives him an eye for unusual artifacts, an appreciation of the past, and the skill to draw an excavation site as it would have appeared years ago, according to PBS.
Events & Exhibitions
MICA Presents MFA in Studio Art Thesis Exhibition June 29-July 11
Reception Takes Place July 10 in Galleries of Fox Building and Bunting Center
MICA this summer features an exhibition of thesis work of 11 graduating artists in the MFA in Studio Art, a low-residency program that allows experienced artists to develop a professional body of work, a unique personal voice, and an expanded understanding of contemporary art through intensive studio practice. Artwork will be on view Monday, June 29–Saturday, July 11 in Decker, Meyerhoff, and Fox 3 galleries of Fox Building, 1303 W. Mount Royal Ave., and Pinkard Gallery of Bunting Center, 1401 W. Mount Royal Ave. A public reception with the artists takes place Friday, July 10, 6–8 p.m.
MICA Features MA in Community Arts Exhibition July 16-Aug. 1
Master's Candidates Highlight Their Growth as Artists During Community Collaborations
MICA presents the MA in Community Arts (MACA) Exhibition, a collection of the personal art of the community artists in MACA’s graduating class of 2009, Thursday, July 16–Saturday, Aug. 1. The work represents the students’ growth as artists during their time at MICA and with their community organizations. Artwork will be on view in Leidy Atrium and Rosenberg Gallery of Brown Center, 1301 W. Mount Royal Ave. A public reception with the artists takes place Friday, July 31, 5–7 p.m.
Walters Exhibits Paintings by Herman Maril '28
Museum presents 23 of the late Baltimore artist's seascapes, landscapes and still lifes
The Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles St., presents Herman Maril: An American Modernist, a presentation of 23 paintings by MICA alumnus and Baltimore artist Herman Maril '28. The exhibition, which features seascapes, landscapes and still lifes painted in Baltimore, Cape Cod, Mass., and during Maril's travels, celebrates the 100th anniversary of the late artist's birth. It opens June 28 and continues through Aug. 30.
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