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2022 MICA Strategic Planning Relaunch & Survey Invitation

Details and a survey link regarding the Strategic Planning Relaunch.

The Cool List

Baltimore is fast becoming a cultural mecca — and national publications are taking notice.

MICA names four William O. Steinmetz ’50 Designers-in-Residence, bringing together three generations of cultural activists

Over two lectures, Cheryl D. Miller ’74 (Graphic Design and Illustration BFA), Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton, Maurice Cherry and Deyane Moses ’19…

MICA Awarded Top Honors in National Democracy Challenge

In 2018, MICA’s voting rate of registered students increased nearly 40 percentage points, and the number of eligible students registered to…

Save it For Later

When Jenny Ferretti ’07 (Painting BFA) became the digital initiatives librarian for MICA’s Decker Library in 2015, print documentation of graduate…

Entrepreneurial Teaching

To Ray Parris ’94, ‘96 (Graphic Design BFA, MAT) lemonade stands aren’t just a way for children to make a few extra dollars—they’re a vehicle…

POW!

Illustration alumni are building impressive careers in the comic industry.

The HEMI/MICA Extreme Arts Summer Project/ Internship

Numerous MICA students have taken part in the HEMI/MICA Extreme Arts Summer Project/Internship, which aims to explore visual representations…

Art + Biology

Students in MICA's biofabrication courses turn their artistic vision to biotech.

Accounting for Taste

When Meaghan Carpenter ’08 arrived at MICA’s Mount Royal School of Art, a career in the culinary world wasn’t exactly on her radar. Instead,…

MICA awarded competitive grants from the National Endowment of the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved more than $27 million in grants as part of the Arts Endowment’s…

Eight Finalists Chosen during 'Pop Up Pitch' Will Move On to UP/Start Finale

The finalists will compete for funding totaling $100,000 during the April 17 finale

Career Notes

A look at a few young MICA alumni and their current career success.

2018 Juried Undergraduate Exhibition

The God of Door

Artist

Ritter Zhang

Date

2018

Medium

papier-mâché

Kaali

Artist

Arnab Gan Choudry

Date

2018

Medium

wood, cardboard yard and acrylic sculpture

Lost

Artist

Saloni Shah

Date

2018

Medium

linocut

Boutique Store

Artist

Yanxin (Zoey) Jiang

Date

2018

Medium

watercolor, colored pencil

dissemination sisters

Artist

Tula Honkala

Date

2018

Medium

ceramics

absolute bond

Artist

Lyanne Ryu

Date

2018

Medium

lithograph

Demanding

Artist

Jeremy Gipson

Date

2018

Medium

oil on canvas

Parallels

Artist

Ava Kvapil

Date

2018

Medium

graphite on drafting vellum

Mandate of Heaven

Artist

Bernard Bagalso

Date

2017

Medium

graphite watercolor on cut paper

LeSan De Jezi

Artist

Mark Fleuridor

Date

2018

Medium

embroidered, quilted, dyed, and printed fabric

Delia, sin miedo

Artist

Maria Fragoso

Date

2018

Medium

oil on linen

Chincoteaque Island Ponies

Artist

Sierrah Rhianan Lanahan

Date

2018

Medium

pen and ink

Portait of Father

Artist

Dasha Burobina

Date

2018

Medium

collage on board

Travel

Artist

Alex Choi

Date

2018

Medium

mixed media

Trinity

Artist

Iris Hughey

Date

2018

Medium

colored pencil, acrylic paint

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Smile Indias ’17 Pursues Social Justice Through Work With Government

Through her social design work on the ground in Baltimore, Smile Indias ’17 makes truth-seeking an art. A native of the Philippines, Indias…

2018 Baker Awards

Amy Sherald ’04 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting M.F.A.) and Margaret Rorison ’12 (Photographic and Electronic Media M.F.A.) were…

Virtuoso Faculty: Mina Cheon

This past September, Korean President Moon Jae-in and the First Lady Kim Jung-sook came to “Eat Choco-Pie Together,” an installation presented…

Heather Day

Heather Day is an exhibiting artist based in San Francisco.

First Year Experience Exhibition 2018

Back to Back

First Year Experience. Course: Found and Focused. Faculty: Fabienne Lasserre.

Artist

RZ

Date

2018

Medium

Charcoal and Ink

Portrait of My Father

First Year Experience. Course: Forum. Faculty: Catherine Behrent.

Artist

Rachel Patterson

Date

2018

Medium

Pyrography, Oil and Acrylic

Honesty

First Year Experience. Course: Found and Focus. Faculty: Nancy Roeder.

Artist

Anthony Quesen

Date

2018

Medium

Oil

Long Coat Ladies in the Woods

First Year Experience. Courses: (left) Forum, (right) Contemporary Practice. Faculty: (left) Valeska Populouh, (right) LaToya Hobbs.

Artist

Hanna Moog

Date

2018

Medium

(left) Metalic Ceramic Figures, (right) Watercolor, Ink, Gouache

Other Worldly Connection

First Year Experience. Course: Contemporary Practice. Faculty: Julia Clift.

Artist

Nicholas Kolashy

Date

2018

Medium

Digital Print

STANIEL!

First Year Experience. Course: Body World Machine. Faculty: Noa Heyne.

Artist

Ben Bendana

Date

2018

Medium

Polymer Clay, Glass Eyes

Mini Sofa for Mr 2

First Year Experience. Course: Forum. Faculty: Mark Augustine.

Artist

Zeyi Li

Date

2018

Medium

Fabric, Polystyrene Bead

Api (Janos Neubauer)

First Year Experience. Course: Surface and Screen. Faculty: Janet Olney.

Artist

Leah Alligood

Date

2018

Medium

Collage

7 Deadly Sins: Sloth

Artist

Daria Burobina

Date

2018

1000 Handwriting Straight Lines

First Year Experience. Course: Prototype / Situate / Fabricate. Faculty: Kevin Cook.

Artist

CC He

Date

2018

Medium

Chinese Ink on Rice Paper

Build

First Year Experience. Course: Forum. Faculty: Fletcher Mackey.

Artist

Toffee Matech, Raven Hirsch-Rosales, Desolina Fletcher

Date

2018

Medium

Cardboard, Acrylic

Untitled

First Year Experience. Course: Tradition and Innovation. Faculty: Renée Rendine.

Artist

Maddie Abuyuan

Date

2018

Medium

Embroidery Thread, Watercolor

Everything's Fine

First Year Experience. Course: Prototype / Situate / Fabricate. Faculty: Lisa Dillin.

Artist

Hui-yi Kuo

Date

2018

Medium

Pine

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Developing the Curriculum of a Social Movement

What does a social movement look like? Oak Hill Center for Education and Culture in Station North is helping answer that question.

Alumna Creates a Space to Celebrate Baltimore's Immigrant Community

For her senior thesis, Valeria Fuentes ’17 ’18 (Architectural Design B.F.A., Social Design M.F.A.) created a clothing line called Segunda Piel…

First Year Experience Exhibition 2018

A look at work created by students in the 2017-2018 First Year Experience.

Hilary Ament

Graphic designer Hilary Ament works in film and tv for productions that include First Man and Doctor Sleep.

MICA Eats

When we asked MICA students to recommend top places to eat that don't break the bank, these were their most recommended restaurants. On the…

Grad Show 2018: Studio Art

Installation

Studio Art M.F.A.

Artist

Naomi Natale

Date

2018

Hot Yoga 2

Studio Art M.F.A.

Artist

Caitlin Albritton

Date

2018

Medium

Oil on canvas

Installation

Studio Art M.F.A.

Artist

Rebecca Rivas-Rogers

Date

2018

Stage Fright

Studio Art M.F.A.

Artist

Anna Skarbeck

Date

2018

Medium

Oil on panel

Leaving My Mark

Studio Art M.F.A.

Artist

Sasha Backhaus

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Prosthetic Covers for Amputees Globally

How three alumni are using cloud-based technology to bring personalized prosthetic covers to amputees around the globe.

Margaret Rorison

Baltimore-based curator and filmmaker Margaret Rorison founded the experimental film series, Sight Unseen, in 2012. Still running today, the…

Inclusive Storytelling For Social Impact

Rising Action Studio, winner of $10k in 2018 UP/Start Competition, helps change makers and nonprofits tell inspiring and ethical stories about…

Andrew Keiper and Kei Ito

When Andre Keiper and Kei Ito discovered their shared connection to the atomic bomb through their grandfathers, they promised to one day explore…

Kehinde Bademosi ’15: Storytelling to Save Lives

As a child growing up in Nigeria, Kehinde Bademosi ’15 (Social Design M.A.) didn’t have a television. His family simply couldn’t afford one. So…

Emily Ianacone ’15 Brings Design Strategy to Mayor's Office of Innovation

In recent years, recruiting officers hasn’t been easy for the Baltimore City Police Department. While the number of officers leaving each year…

Kristen Spilman ’05: Design as a Way of Life

Design as a practice and discipline is relatively new for the technology industry, according to Kristen Spilman ’05 (Graphic Design M.F.A.),…

A Conversation With Darrée

A native of Los Angeles, Darrée Hyun ’18 (Filmmaking M.F.A.) is a storyteller who investigates the relationship between self and society.…

Designing New Leadership, Starting Now

“You have two minutes, start now.” These six simple words kicked off a flurry of sticky notes, Sharpie pens and far-flung ideas that began our…

Leading by Example: Maren Hassinger

For the past 20 years, Rinehart School of Sculpture Director Maren Hassinger has led young artists through example. She explained, “I think…

Chuxi Guo

Rinehart School of Sculpture M.F.A.

Claire Lynch

Rinehart School of Sculpture M.F.A.

Ryan Lytle

Rinehart School of Sculpture M.F.A.

Art of the Impossible

As a Ph.D. candidate at Howard University’s African Studies Department with a background in international relations, I studied language, literature…

Curatorial Thinking

Two Curatorial Practice alumnae — Melani Douglass ’15 and Deana Hagag ’13 are taking lessons learned at MICA and going national, recently…

Unconventional Illustration

Illustrators are natural storytellers; but across media, their work has traditionally been used to play a supporting role — to add depth…

Legacy in Motion

Rising Stars

Working the Problem

Second Look

The Cool List

Career Notes: Art Education

A Community of Creatives

2022 MICA Strategic Planning Relaunch & Survey Invitation

The Cool List

MICA names four William O. Steinmetz ’50 Designers-in-Residence, bringing together three generations of cultural activists

MICA Awarded Top Honors in National Democracy Challenge

Save it For Later

Entrepreneurial Teaching

POW!

The HEMI/MICA Extreme Arts Summer Project/ Internship

Art + Biology

Accounting for Taste

MICA awarded competitive grants from the National Endowment of the Arts

Eight Finalists Chosen during 'Pop Up Pitch' Will Move On to UP/Start Finale

Career Notes

2018 Juried Undergraduate Exhibition

The God of Door

Kaali

Lost

Boutique Store

dissemination sisters

absolute bond

Demanding

Parallels

Mandate of Heaven

LeSan De Jezi

Delia, sin miedo

Chincoteaque Island Ponies

Portait of Father

Travel

Trinity

Smile Indias ’17 Pursues Social Justice Through Work With Government

2018 Baker Awards

Virtuoso Faculty: Mina Cheon

Heather Day

First Year Experience Exhibition 2018

Back to Back

Portrait of My Father

Honesty

Long Coat Ladies in the Woods

Other Worldly Connection

STANIEL!

Mini Sofa for Mr 2

Api (Janos Neubauer)

7 Deadly Sins: Sloth

1000 Handwriting Straight Lines

Build

Untitled

Everything's Fine

Developing the Curriculum of a Social Movement

Alumna Creates a Space to Celebrate Baltimore's Immigrant Community

First Year Experience Exhibition 2018

Hilary Ament

MICA Eats

Grad Show 2018: Studio Art

Installation

Hot Yoga 2

Installation

Stage Fright

Leaving My Mark

Prosthetic Covers for Amputees Globally

Margaret Rorison

Inclusive Storytelling For Social Impact

Andrew Keiper and Kei Ito

Kehinde Bademosi ’15: Storytelling to Save Lives

Emily Ianacone ’15 Brings Design Strategy to Mayor's Office of Innovation

Kristen Spilman ’05: Design as a Way of Life

A Conversation With Darrée

Designing New Leadership, Starting Now

Leading by Example: Maren Hassinger

Chuxi Guo

Claire Lynch

Ryan Lytle

Art of the Impossible

Curatorial Thinking