Mars Pursley ’28 (Fiber, Fashion and Textiles BFA)

Recognizing the various accomplishments of students, alumni, and faculty.

Becky Bochatey ’98 and Jeremie Talbot ’98

Lucas Cowan ’03 (Fiber BFA)

Whitney Frazier, Assistant Director of School of Creative and Professional Studies Programs

Doug Barkey, Dean, School of Creative and Professional Studies

BALTIMORE, MD — For 200 years, the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) has provided students with a renowned art and design education. Today…

Fully Online Graduate Program Prepares Creative Professionals to Design, Lead, and Launch Innovative Games Across Platforms and Genres

Christopher Michels ’29, ’30 (Illustration BFA, MAT candidate)

Nannette Blinchikoff, Donor/Friend, Former president of Maryland Arts Equity Foundation (MAEF)

For 200 years, MICA has been powered by one enduring truth: creativity changes lives, and it takes a community of supporters to make that possible…

Sarah McCann ’09, ’19 (Community Arts MA, Community Arts MFA)

In 2005, Baltimore was one of eight cities in the country included in the Ford Foundation’s Arts Integration and Education Reform Initiative…

Seed funding awarded to 6 MICA student and alumni teams for their creative innovative businesses.

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…

DANAE Inc., Dandelion Wine Collective and Zee Bait Co. were the top prize winners of the Maryland Institute College of Art’s (MICA) second annual…

MICA’s Exhibition Development Seminar (EDS) Presents Its 2026 Exhibition Celebrating and Reflecting on 200 Years of MICA and the Intertwined…

Sculptor. Painter. Teacher. Advocate.

On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, MICA celebrates the cultures, histories, creativity, and knowledge of Indigenous peoples and the ways those traditions…

What We Carry Forward  There is something powerful about reaching 200 years. A bicentennial asks us to consider not only what has endured, but…

Four members of the MICA community have been recognized through the Rubys Artist Grants, a program of the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation that provides…

Twelve MICA alumni, faculty, and staff are among 48 artists selected for Tomorrow Will Also Rise, a juried regional exhibition at The Phillips…

Making America Again: So Strong, So Brave, So True MICA presents Making America Again: So Strong, So Brave, So True, an exhibition highlighting…

For its 10th annual UP/Start Venture Competition, MICA awarded more than $105,000 to student- and alumni-led ventures advancing creative innovation…

New Master’s Degree in Game Design MICA has announced a new Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Game Design, which is a fully online, 30-credit…

For generations, MICA has prepared artists and designers to shape culture and industry. Today, through the School of Creative and Professional…

Bringing problem-solving to science, iconic brands, professional sports, and communities around the world.

“I want my work to highlight the different attitudes of African American people…not as subjects to paint, but as people with their own sense…

BALTIMORE, MD — Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) will celebrate its 200th anniversary with MICA Weekend, a three-day celebration of the…

Good morning. Convocation is one of my favorite moments on the academic calendar. It is a time of new beginnings, where you can feel that sense…

The exhibition runs August 28 to September 29, 2026, in the Sheila & Richard Riggs Gallery at MICA’s Fred Lazarus IV Center.

August 28–October 11, 2026Opening Reception: Thursday, September 10, 5–7 p.m. Decker Gallery, Fox Building1303 W Mount Royal Ave. Baltimore…

Andrew Heaner ‘23 (Illustration Practice MFA) is an illustrator making lively and energetic work.

2026 Undergraduate Commencement Honorary Degree recipient

Julia Di Bussolo ’06, ’07 (Photography BFA, Community Arts MA)

Where can you grow, not only as an artist, but as someone whose work matters in the world? For nearly two centuries, artists and educators have…

Student entrepreneurs awarded funding to launch creative ventures

Cherry Lau ’12 (Interdisciplinary Sculpture BFA)

Chidinma Dureke ’25 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting MFA)

Haven DeAnglis ’20 (Fiber BFA)

Joyce J. Scott ’70 (Art Education BFA)

A Legacy of Support and Possibility

David Hart, Former Director of Alumni & Parent Relations

ND Stevenson ’13 (Illustration BFA)

From fashion illustration student to influential trustee, Amalie Rothschild’s relationship with MICA reflected a lifetime of artistic innovation…