MICA Faculty Kiel Mutschelknaus Helps Spotify Wrap 2021
Kiel Mutschelknaus, a MICA faculty member in the Graphic Design department, had a hand in inspiring and creating the graphics used in the international…
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2022 MICA UP/Start Venture Competition Finalists Announced
MICA is pleased to announce this year’s UP/Start Venture Competition finalists, who were chosen after the Round 1 Virtual 'Pop Up and Pitch'…
Garden Party Press—Winner of $15k, Plus $5k People's Choice Award During 2021 UP/Start Competition
Chelsea Conrad ’20 (Illustration MA) is founder of Garden Party Press, a 2021 UP/Start finalist.
Foraday—2021 UP/Start Finalist
Sean Duffy ’20 (User Experience Design MPS), Stephanie Petagno ’02 (General Sculpture Studies BFA), and Amber LaRosa, co-founders of Foraday…
Dexter Design Co.—Winner of $8,900 During 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
Christian Dexter ’20 (Graphic Design & Printmaking BFA) is founder of Dexter Design Co., a finalist in the 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
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's Ratcliffe Center for Creative Entrepreneurship Awards Over 100k at 2020 UP/Start Finale
BALTIMORE — The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is proud to announce this year’s UP/Start Venture Competition winners — Makers for Humankind…
Start It Up
From its earliest days, MICA has had a connection to doers and makers, to people who believe that artistic creativity is a catalyst for positive…
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…
Site Specific: Alumni in Their Creative Spaces
Five alumni—based in Chicago—who have carved out impressive creative spaces: Alex Fuller ’03 (Graphic Design BFA), Aram Han Sifuentes ’11…
Time Lapse: The Charmed Life of Jim Burger
Jim Burger ’82 (Photography B.F.A.) — noted Baltimore-area photographer and longtime photojournalist for the Baltimore City Paper and The Baltimore…
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.
A Day in the Life of a NASA Artist Intern
The summer before my senior year, I worked as a NASA animation intern on-site at Goddard Space Flight Center – commuting from Baltimore to Greenbelt…
Brockett Horne, Chair of Graphic Design, Talks Career Prep
Faculty are mindful of how each step of a student’s education can contribute to their long-term success and work to integrate professional…
Louder Than a Bomb
Baltimore has the secret sauce for producing electrifying poetry — woke, young people; and a space for them to be heard.
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…
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.),…
Anchovy Press—Winner of $14,100 During 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
Rebecca Marimutu ’20 (Photographic & Electronic Media MFA) and Priyanka Kumar ’20 (Illustration Practice MFA) are co-founders of Anchovy…
MICA Faculty Win Prestigious Art Educator Awards
Three MICA faculty members have been recognized by national and state organizations for their outstanding work as art educators. They include…
Migrations and Meaning(s) in Art an exhibition curated by Dr. Deborah Willis
The exhibition, curated by Willis, the MICA inaugural Stuart B. Cooper Endowed Chair in Photography, explores debates on the topic of migration…
POW!
Illustration alumni are building impressive careers in the comic industry.
When Art & Science Collide
Faculty from MICA team with scientists from Johns Hopkins University to translate results from extreme events in new visual ways.
Mentor Extraordinaire: Illustration Faculty Member José Villarrubia
Orpheus Collar ’09 was obsessed with comics as a teenager – so obsessed, in fact, that when he was in high school, his mother tracked down legendary…
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…
Louder Than a Bomb
Baltimore has the secret sauce for producing electrifying poetry — woke, young people; and a space for them to be heard.
Masterwork
In the early 1980s, when MICA first started using computers in classrooms, far off was today’s technological context and the complementary…
Site Specific, The Baltimore Area
Five young alumni — based in the Baltimore area — who have carved out impressive creative spaces.
Designing for America
It seems like such a clear solution to reducing recidivism rates prevalent in the criminal justice system: create an easy-to-use SMS text tool…
Setting the Design Standard
The Wm. O. Steinmetz ’50 Designer-in-Residence Program
Hello, Allo!
High-profile freelance jobs for new Google app puts alumni work in the hands of people around the world.
Designing the Digital Classroom
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Power to the Young People
M.F.A. in Graphic Design students team with Ph.D. candidate to empower Baltimore’s Growing Girls.
EPIC Fun
This winter, the holiday season arrived a little early for Maharani, Swarna and Kamala — three of the six Asian elephants living at the…
Paul Mirel: MICA’s Starman
Paul Mirel takes time after his day job at NASA to bring art and science together.
Celebrating Dr. Karen Carroll, Dean of the Center For Art Education
As Dr. Karen Carroll — MICA’s “Art Mama” in residence — prepares to retire, her students and colleagues laud her singular brand…
A Conversation with Ellen Lupton
The director of the MFA in Graphic Design talks about the current state of the field and MICA’s graduate program.
First-Year Juried Exhibition
New associate dean Marcus Civin reflects on a strong show by the MFA class of 2017.
Center for Social Design
Learn How Design helps people get the things they need to make their lives better.
E-Textiles: Yuchen Zhang
Yuchen Zhang has worked with some of the world's leading companies, including Google and Pentagram. But, nothing beat starting her own business…
Sustainable Design: Alayna Citrin
Currently, a graphic designer at Sir Kensington's in New York City, Alayna Citrin loves working in process-driven, collaborative environments…
Matt Hodin
Shortly after his graduation from MICA in 2015, Matt Hodin was hired as a production designer by Under Armour at their global headquarters in…
Rachel Frank
Rachel Frank leveraged the power of the MICA network to go from intern at NIKE to full-time color designer at the sportswear titan.
Carlos Florez
Carlos Florez is an Emmy Award-winning production designer and art director whose clients include NBC’s Sunday Night Football, NASA, Target…
Caitlin Turner
Caitlin Turner is a designer at Mission Media in Baltimore, where she creates package design, publications, branding, identity systems and more…
Stephen Edmond
Upon graduation from MICA, Stephen Edmond was recruited by well-known boxing brand Everlast Worldwide, Inc. Within months, he found himself designing…
Emily Ragle
Emily Ragle has made apps for the Food Network, National Geographic, Fast Company, the Royal Irish Academy, and more. She is currently principal…
From Coast to Coast: Noah Boyle
Since leaving MICA, Noah Boyle's career has thrived, first as a visual design intern for Huge, Inc. in Los Angeles and currently as a designer…