October 3 – 4, 2025 | Baltimore, MD
Get ready for an unforgettable celebration of creativity, community, and connection! MICA Weekend 2025 is bringing together alumni, families, students, faculty, and friends for two vibrant days on campus packed with hands-on workshops, open studios, gallery exhibitions, alumni reunions, family programming, and more.
Headlining the weekend is MICA alum Abbi Jacobson ’06 - co-creator and star of Broad City, and voice talent in Disenchantment and The Mitchells vs. the Machines. You won’t want to miss her!
Registration is now open! Register now and be a part of the MICA magic.
Let’s come together to celebrate the power of art, design, and community. See you in October 2025!
MW Headliner
MICA Weekend 2025 Headliner! - Abbi Jacobson
Abbi Jacobson ’06
We're thrilled to welcome back Abbi Jacobson, actor, writer, illustrator, and proud MICA alum, as the headliner for MICA Weekend 2025.
Abbi is the co-creator and star of the hit series Broad City, which began as a web series and quickly gained a cult following before catching the attention of Amy Poehler, who helped bring it to Comedy Central. With its fearless humor and offbeat energy, Broad City became a cultural phenomenon — and it all started with Abbi’s creative spark at MICA.
A 2006 graduate of the General Fine Arts program, Abbi credits MICA with shaping her multidisciplinary approach and quick-thinking creativity. Beyond television, she’s a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator with three books to her name. She also voiced Katie in the Oscar-nominated animated film The Mitchells vs. the Machines and Bean in Netflix’s Disenchantment. In 2022, she co-created and starred in Amazon’s critically acclaimed A League of Their Own.
This October, she returns to where it all began. Don’t miss it.
Registration is now open!
Your ticket includes access to all events, receptions, and exhibitions throughout the weekend.
Dorothy Gillespie
"Dorothy Gillespie: Courage, Independence and Color" Saturday Oct 4th
Dorothy Gillespie (1920–2012) was an American artist and sculptor who became known for her large and colorful abstract metal sculptures and an ardent advocate for equal representation for women artists. Studying art at the Maryland Institute of Art (MICA) 1938-41 Dorothy made her way to New York City where she spent her twenties painting in bohemian West (Greenwich) Village among artistic luminaries of the 1940s and 1950s. The 90-minute feature documentary "Dorothy Gillespie: Courage, Independence and Color" by NYC filmmakers Jay Scala and Crystal White in association with The Dorothy M. Gillespie Foundation tells the story of Dorothy Gillespie on her journey, in what can only be described as a life exemplified by courage, independence and color. The filmmakers traveled to cities across the country where they interviewed friends, artists, collectors, museum officials, university administrators, public art officials and others to paint a rich portrait of Dorothy Gillespie and her world.
