Art & Articles

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.

The Cool List

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

TamPal— Winner of $35k During 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition

Erica Duffy ’21 (Design Leadership MBA/MA) is founder of TamPal, 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…

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…

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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…

President Hoi Discusses Artists as Changemakers on the Free to Bmore Podcast

MICA President Sammuel Hoi recently joined the Enoch Pratt Free Library's Free to Bmore podcast to discuss how art and artists can be changemakers…

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…

Become Again: Identity as Process

What do exhibitions look like when they take queerness for granted? This was the question I tried to answer for most of the year and a half I…

Mount Royal 2019 Fall Show

See work from Mount Royal School of Art's 2019 fall show

Good Flag, Black Flag

Artist

Sarah Black Sadler ’21 (Mount Royal School of Art MFA)

Date

2019

Medium

Mixed Media

2nd Connect

Artist

Tianyue Su ’20 (Mount Royal School of Art MFA)

Date

2019

Medium

SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast), Acrylic, Glassware, Sensor, Vibration Motor, Wire, Wood, Paint, Bulb

18Oct-30Oct

Artist

Yixyab Zhang (Mount Royal School of Art MFA)

Date

2019

Medium

Mixed Media on Glass

Artist

Walter Cruz ’21 (Mount Royal School of Art)

Date

2019

Medium

Inkjet on Matte Paper

Chenab

Artist

Meghana Gavireddygari ’20 (Mount Royal School of Art MFA)

Date

2019

Medium

Mild Steel, Banarasi brocade, gold leaf

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MICA to launch Ratcliffe Center for Creative Entrepreneurship

The center, infusing creative entrepreneurship training into art and design education, further advances the College’s forward-looking mission…

MICA Alumna Wins Sondheim Prize

In the spring of Akea Brionne Brown’s first year at MICA, that the Baltimore Uprising occurred. It was finals week. And it was an event that…

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…

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…

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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…

Alumna’s Debut Children’s Book, I Am A Wolf, Out This May

Like most MICA students, Kelly Leigh Miller has always liked to draw. Whether it was in the sketchbooks her mom bought her, on the kid’s menu…

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…

When Art & Science Collide

Faculty from MICA team with scientists from Johns Hopkins University to translate results from extreme events in new visual ways.

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…

Akea Brionne Brown ’18 wins Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize

This is the fifth year in a row a MICA alum was chosen as the Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize winner.

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…

Design Leadership Students Make Finals in First Appearance at Design Challenge Competition

For three intrepid teams of MBA/MA in Design Leadership students, the challenge was too good to pass up. As the first-ever Johns Hopkins…

Kat Ward

How My MBA and Master’s in Design Leadership Shaped My Identity

Lisa Hochtritt, Ed.D., Director of MICA's M.A.T. Program

With a committed interest in social justice and art education, and understanding how they both intersect with youth, Dr. Lisa Hochtritt joins…

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Five Career Development Resources You Should Explore

The Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Career Development

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…

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…

Rinehart School of Sculpture Exhibition

The Tree of Life

Artist

Yunkyoung Cho

Date

2018

Medium

Yarn, Wire

Untitled

Artist

Alex Green

Date

2018

Horn

Artist

Emily Tucci

Date

2018

Medium

Horns, Wood, Joint compound, clay, handmade paper

The Creature

Artist

Tinglan Huang

Date

2018

Medium

Wood

The Greatest City in America

Artist

Alfredo

Date

2018

Medium

Concrete

Ethereal

Artist

Rebecca Morgan

Date

2018

Medium

Copper wire

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Louder Than a Bomb

Baltimore has the secret sauce for producing electrifying poetry — woke, young people; and a space for them to be heard.

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…

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.…

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.

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…

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…

Walter Cruz ’21 (Mount Royal School of Art)

Artist

Walter Cruz ’21 (Mount Royal School of Art)

Date

2019

Medium

Inkjet on Matte Paper

Career Notes

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

Virtuoso Faculty: Tony Shore

From smoke-filled bars in France, to Baltimore’s back streets and alleys, to the rolling fields north of the city where members of the Elkridge…

A Conversation with Juan Bastos (General Fine Arts BFA) ’84

Convo—Winner of $15K During 2022 UP/Start Venture Competition

MICA Faculty and Artist in Residence New BMA Exhibition — All Due Respect

Capturing a Baltimore Legend

Garden Party Press—Winner of $15k, Plus $5k People's Choice Award During 2021 UP/Start Competition

The Cool List

TamPal— Winner of $35k During 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition

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

MICA's Ratcliffe Center for Creative Entrepreneurship Awards Over 100k at 2020 UP/Start Finale

MICA Faculty Win Prestigious Art Educator Awards

Migrations and Meaning(s) in Art an exhibition curated by Dr. Deborah Willis

President Hoi Discusses Artists as Changemakers on the Free to Bmore Podcast

MICA Awarded Top Honors in National Democracy Challenge

Become Again: Identity as Process

Mount Royal 2019 Fall Show

Good Flag, Black Flag

2nd Connect

18Oct-30Oct

Chenab

MICA to launch Ratcliffe Center for Creative Entrepreneurship

MICA Alumna Wins Sondheim Prize

Start It Up

Save it For Later

Entrepreneurial Teaching

Site Specific: Alumni in Their Creative Spaces

Alumna’s Debut Children’s Book, I Am A Wolf, Out This May

The HEMI/MICA Extreme Arts Summer Project/ Internship

When Art & Science Collide

Time Lapse: The Charmed Life of Jim Burger

Akea Brionne Brown ’18 wins Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize

Art + Biology

Accounting for Taste

MICA awarded competitive grants from the National Endowment of the Arts

Design Leadership Students Make Finals in First Appearance at Design Challenge Competition

Kat Ward

Lisa Hochtritt, Ed.D., Director of MICA's M.A.T. Program

Five Career Development Resources You Should Explore

Mentor Extraordinaire: Illustration Faculty Member José Villarrubia

Brockett Horne, Chair of Graphic Design, Talks Career Prep

Rinehart School of Sculpture Exhibition

The Tree of Life

Untitled

Horn

The Creature

The Greatest City in America

Ethereal

Louder Than a Bomb

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

A Conversation With Darrée

Leading by Example: Maren Hassinger

Chuxi Guo

Claire Lynch

Ryan Lytle

2018 Baker Awards

Foraday—2021 UP/Start Finalist

Career Notes

Virtuoso Faculty: Tony Shore

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