December Commencement took place Dec. 18 in Brown Center's Falvey Hall
Posted 12.21.09 by MICA Media Relations
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BALTIMORE--Forty-one MICA undergraduate students received B.F.A. degrees from College President Fred Lazarus on Dec. 18 in Brown Center's Falvey Hall.
Commencement speaker Colin Campbell '04, host of the PBS series, Time Team America, challenged the students to "create with a reckless abandon for the rest of your lives. You guys are some of the best trained artists of your generation. If you don't create, I don't know who will."
Campbell related his current professional success to his freshman year at MICA, specifically through the connections he made during his positions in Residence Life. "You have no idea the foundations you have built for yourselves yet," Campbell said. "The decisions you have made that will change your life, the people you have met who could change your path."
Fiber student Peter Henry Ellis Boyce '09 delivered the undergraduate address. In his speech, he said it feels good to be set up in this critical place -- MICA -- that is diplomatic between creative people and the world around us.
Students received B.F.A. degrees in art history, theory and criticism; drawing; environmental design; fiber; general fine arts; graphic design; illustration; interdisciplinary sculpture; painting; photography; printmaking; and video and film arts.
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Founded in 1826, MICA is among the top visual arts colleges in the nation. It enrolls 1,714 undergraduate and 218 graduate students from 48 states and 52 foreign countries, offering programs of study leading to the bachelor of fine arts (B.F.A.), master of arts (M.A.), and master of fine arts (M.F.A.) degrees. It also offers post-baccalaureate certificate programs and a full slate of credit and noncredit courses for adults, college-bound students, and children. MICA is recognized as an important cultural resource for the Baltimore/Washington region, sponsoring many public and community-outreach programs-including more than 100 exhibitions by students, faculty, and nationally and internationally known artists annually-as well as artists' residencies, film series, lectures, readings, and performances.
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