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MICA’s $20 Million Renovation of Studio Center Will Act as a Redevelopment Catalyst for Station North
Renovation will make the building an integral and cultural part of the Baltimore's Station North Arts & Entertainment District
The project will add 25,000 square feet of academic space and improve the quality of an additional existing 95,000 square feet, including 2,785 square feet of gallery and exhibition space.
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Recent MICA Event Videos
View online videos of events, lectures or interviews you may have missed
- Leslie King-Hammond: Global Africa - MICA - January 30, 2012
- Scott C Lecture - December 9, 2011
- D.B. Dowd Lecture - November 8, 2011
Highlights from Jan.-March Juxtapositions
Faculty member, alumna photographs Iraqi refugees; Alumni who met while at MICA
- Alumna, Faculty Member Tells the Stories of Iraqi Refugees Through Photographs
- Independent Films Showcase MICA Talent
- A Reel of MICA's Bright Lights in Film
- Love Connections
- Center for Career Development is Hard at Work
- Galleries Led by Alumni Spread Throughout Baltimore
Visit fyi.mica.edu for an interactive calendar of happenings at the College.
MICA Publishes One-of-a-Kind International Community Arts Research Journal
Journal's mission is to advance the practices and principles of the community arts field by providing a platform for inclusive dialogue and documentation linking academia and community
In this year's journal, emphasis was placed on the historical aspect of organizations and collectives, from several regions around the world, working on projects in community arts settings.
“Making History / Making Art / MICA” Receives Award, Praise
Douglas L. Frost, vice president for development emeritus, recounts MICA and Baltimore's history in the book
Baltimore Magazine named MICA’s recently published history book the "Best Coffee Table Book" of the year and influential graphic designer Steven Heller praised the book in his daily column for Imprint, Print Magazine’s blog.
Events & Exhibitions
MICA, Zeuxis Turn an Ordinary Object Into Extraordinary Art in "The Common Object," Through March 11
Exhibition Features Work by 37 Still Life Painters, Including MICA Alumni and Faculty
MICA artists Richard Baker, Anthony Martino ’76, Mark Karnes, Stanley Friedman and Sharon Yates take part in the exhibition, which showcases more than 60 paintings incorporating a dishtowel.
Exhibition Development Seminar Examines Modern-Day Privacy, Through March 11
Group Exhibition, "Under Cover," Features Sculpture, Photography, Video Work by 11 Artists
The approximately 50 works in "Under Cover" explore how private dwellings and public spaces have begun to merge and how, as a result, concepts of and expectations for shelter, protection and privacy have been irrevocably altered.
"SIGNALto.NOISE" Explores "Undesirable Sonic Traits," Through March 11
MICA faculty member jason.sloan creates exhibition featuring cassette tape hiss and antenna tuner static
Exhibition questions the general understanding of noise.
Israeli Exhibition, "Bezalel on Tour," Makes First U.S. Stop at MICA, Through March 18
Exhibition Celebrates the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem’s 105th Anniversary
Exhibition introduces some of Israel’s emerging artists to provide a fresh and creative outlook on the country’s society.
Graduate Students Mount Work This Spring
Graduate-Level artists, designers exhibit work across campus & Station North, Feb. 24-June 13
This spring, MICA will host several exhibitions that feature engaging and provocative work by its graduate programs, and can be seen in galleries on campus and in Station North.
Artists, Designers and Authors Come to MICA, Jan.-March
Acclaimed speakers visit the college
Pixar veteran Mark Cordell Holmes; street artist Logan Hicks; internationally-acclaimed sculptor Jeff Koons ’76; "The Wire's" David Simon; author and journalist Chris Hedges; Native American artist Edgar Heap of Birds; comedian, author and the Onion reporter Baratunde Thurston; and ceramic artist Ann Agee are just a few visitors.
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