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

Rinehart School of Sculpture M.F.A.

From day one, Brendon Massei's masters in the Business of Art and Design has helped him grow as a professional musician in the band Viking Moses…

Before Chloe Gallaher landed a fulltime position at the Judd Foundation in Marfa, Texas, she embraced graduate life in Baltimore, curating "The…

Currently a User Experience Strategist at Google, Molly Needelman is a human-centered designer who believes business and design go hand-in-hand…

Rachel Frank leveraged the power of the MICA network to go from intern at NIKE to full-time color designer at the sportswear titan.

A few years after turning an internship into a full-time job at a game studio, Willem Rosenthal founded Proto Games, which successfully launched…

From day one, Brendon Massei's masters in the Business of Art and Design has helped him grow as a professional musician in the band Viking Moses…

Video games often fall into one of two categories: AAA, an informal classification for games produced by a major industry publisher, or independent/indie…

Two years after the launch of the M.F.A. in Filmmaking, students in the program are reaping the benefits of unique partnerships with Johns Hopkins…

For me, music has always been a path for survival, in the strictest terms. Inspired by the music of Nirvana and the underground music scenes…

Sok Hui Low, an art educator who encourages experimentation and play with art materials and processes, teaches adolescents in Singapore, in an…

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…

It’s no coincidence that the word “collective” is in the title of the new venture from Paloma Hernando ’17 (Illustration B.F.A.) and Bekky Sunmi…

M.F.A. in Graphic Design students team with Ph.D. candidate to empower Baltimore’s Growing Girls.

MA in Social Design candidate Diamond James advocates for deeper, co-creative engagement between universities and communities.

Every year, MICA students become proud recipients of national awards. We chose just two of these talented young artists to feature in these pages:…

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Based in Atlanta, Georgia and Montego Bay, Jamaica, Cosmo Whyte is a transdisciplinary artist and visual art lecturer at Morehouse College.

A native of Wuhan, China, Xiaofu Wang is an active exhibiting artist currently based in Baltimore. In 2017, she was a Janet & Walter Sondheim…

A native of Iran, Taha Heydari has exhibited around the world, including London, Berlin and Antwerp. His work has been featured in solo exhibitions…

Born in Colombia and based in New York City, Marilyn Narota is an exhibiting artist who creates performance based videos, participatory installations…

Working from her spacious studio in the city's Greektown neighborhood, Cindy Cheng has found success as an exhibiting artist. She not only exhibits…

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

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

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

Born in Guangzhou, China, Jun Cen was named Overall New Talent winner of the 2013 Association of Illustrators Award. His work has been recognized…

For Philippine sculptor Abdulmari “Toym” de Leon Imao, art is in the blood. He counts as his inspiration his father, an award-winning sculptor…

Kyle Hackett graduated in 2013 and has been continuously exhibiting his artwork since then. Currently based in Washington, D.C., his work was…

Exhibiting artist Christopher Manzione has shown his work across the United States and around the world.

A leader while at MICA - she was a member of MICA’s Student Leadership Task Force Committee and the recipient of France-Merrick Fellowship…

Ada Pinkston ’13 (Community Arts M.F.A.) and Hoesy Corona ’09 (Painting B.F.A.) graduated from MICA four years apart. Pinkston focused on community…

Recently featured at Art Basel Miami, Morel Doucet ’13 (Ceramics B.F.A.) is an exhibiting ceramics artist and curriculum and tour coordinator…

Shawn Cook's work as an intern for Bully!Entertainment as a sophomore at MICA was so impressive that he was offered a fulltime position while…

A native of Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia, Zlata Baum has had a multifaceted career as an arts administrator, educator and exhibiting artist…

President Samuel Hoi was named a 2017-2018 Art of Change Fellow by the Ford Foundation.

Keeping pace in a rapidly changing professional environment requires the acquisition of new market-driven competencies. MICA’s Master of Professional…

I arrived in Baltimore in 2000 with a strong desire to become an artist, but I was clueless about how to do this. I come from a middle class…

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