NEW YORK--The Museum of Arts and Design is showcasing intricate works of paper in Slash: Paper Under the Knife, in which two MICA alumni are featured. Adam Fowler '01 and Lesley Dill '80 are among the 50 artists from 16 countries who have cut-paper pieces shown in the extensive exhibition, open through April 4.

The December issue of ARTnews included Slash as the main review, talking about both Fowler's and Dill's work. The magazine refers to Fowler's complex piece as "exercises in compulsive cuttery." Untitled (74 Layers) is a multi-layer drawing-turned-sculpture made up of dozens of sheets of paper from which all the white space has been cut away, leaving only the drawn lines -- but that doesn't nearly describe the intricacy of the "thick, hairy 'drawings,'" as ARTnews called it. As for Dill, a veteran "word" artist, her Blind Horseman "brilliantly and disconcertingly unites form and content," according to ARTnews. The rather haunting piece, a black horse made of graphite, carbon and mulberry papers, Tyvek, thread and ink, featured words from an Emily Dickinson poem, a trend in Dill's recent works.

For more about the exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design (2 Columbus Circle), click here.

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.