Strength in Numbers 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…
Puppet Masters Despite puppetry being an ancient art form — it is thought to have originated about 3,000 years ago — MICA didn’t offer classes in the…
Jann Rosen-Queralt For Jann Rosen-Queralt, director of MICA’s Rinehart School of Sculpture, environmental and industrial elements are an intricate part of her process…
In Real Time 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…
A Conversation With Zlata Baum A native of Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia, Zlata Baum has had a multifaceted career as an arts administrator, educator and exhibiting artist…
Making Meaning of the Atomic Bomb Their MICA story begins like that of so many students who enroll in one of the College’s 21 graduate programs: with a housing search.
MICA Named Top Producing Institution for 2017-2018 Fulbright U.S. Student Program MICA was included on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2017-2018 Fulbright U.S. Students, among special-focus…
+ Enlarge Headlights on the Highway Stephen Clark Headlights on the Highway LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting Artist Stephen Clark Date 2015 Medium Fabric paint and enamel on canvas Dimensions 20 x 16 inches Close
Shenzhen Poster Exhibition Brings International Designers to MICA Coinciding with the Lunar New Year celebration on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 MICA transformed the Brown Center atrium into an exhibition of poster…
+ Enlarge Untitled Kenny Yee Untitled Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Fine Arts Artist Kenny Yee Date 2010 Medium Oil, latex on canvas Dimensions 50 x 46 inches Close
MICA Awards Over $100K to Creative Entrepreneurs at UP/Start Finale Seed funding awarded to 6 MICA student and alumni teams for their creative innovative businesses.
+ Enlarge Project Eclipse (installation shot) Kwaku Osei Project Eclipse (installation shot) Studio Art M.F.A. Artist Kwaku Osei Date 2017 Close
National Portrait Gallery Unveils Portrait of Lady Michelle Obama by Amy Sherald ’04 “I paint American people, and I tell American stories through my paintings,” said Amy Sherald ’04 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting M.F…
Finalists Selected for MICA’s 2018 Up/Start Venture Competition On Friday, Feb. 2, eight finalists for the third annual UP/Start Venture Competition were selected from over 20 applicants representing 15 undergraduate…
+ Enlarge Shelf of Shelves #1 Eunjung Park ’15 Shelf of Shelves #1 Mount Royal School of Art M.F.A. Artist Eunjung Park ’15 Date 2014 Medium Wood, metal, glass, acrylic paint, plastic film, pill, gum, cigarettes, lighter, paintbrush Close
WYPR Commentary: Destination Baltimore President Samuel Hoi speaks to Baltimore's local NPR station, WYPR, about Baltimore's growing prominence as a visitor destination. This segment…
+ Enlarge Video still from I.S.S. Log -- Day 142: An Hypothesis on Calder, Art in America, and a Mars Landing Luca Buvoli Video still from I.S.S. Log -- Day 142: An Hypothesis on Calder, Art in America, and a Mars Landing Artist Luca Buvoli Date 2011-2017 Close
Morel Doucet - Full Circle Despite having several family members as educators, Haitian-born ceramics artist Morel Doucet ’13 (Ceramics B.F.A.) never saw himself as a…
Sok Hui Low Sok Hui Low, an art educator who encourages experimentation and play with art materials and processes, teaches adolescents in Singapore, in an…
A Cheerleader for Art Education As featured on Diverse Issues in Higher Education website. When Samuel — or Sammy — Hoi, president of Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)…
+ Enlarge Southern Gothic Emily Tartanella Southern Gothic Graphic Design M.A. Artist Emily Tartanella Date 2017 Medium Digital Close
WYPR Commentary: Building the Creative Economy President Samuel Hoi speaks to Baltimore's local NPR station, WYPR, about how Baltimore's creative economy can be a catalyst for positive change…
President Hoi on Building the Creative Economy President Samuel Hoi discusses how Baltimore's creative economy can be a catalyst for positive change on Baltimore's local NPR station, WYPR…
+ Enlarge Buttholes Danni Tsuboi ’16 Buttholes Mount Royal School of Art M.F.A. Artist Danni Tsuboi ’16 Date 2015 Close
+ Enlarge Dryer Lint Collection (installation shot) Howard el-Yasin Dryer Lint Collection (installation shot) Studio Art M.F.A. Artist Howard el-Yasin Date 2016 Medium Dryer lint and mixed media Close
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Zoe Linn Jarvis A 2015 graduate, Zoe Linn Jarvis has a thriving career as an exhibiting artist with a large-scale solo show opening in Washington, DC in 2017…
Bibliography: Baltimore's Confederate Monuments Reflective of MICA's commitment to engaging in issues of diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice, and the college's historic and ongoing…
+ Enlarge Drain Lauren Jefferson Drain LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting M.F.A. Artist Lauren Jefferson Close
+ Enlarge From the series With Grandmother Ji Won Song From the series With Grandmother Teaching M.A. Artist Ji Won Song Close
+ Enlarge Smithsonian Commissions MICA Faculty Amy Sherald '04 for Michelle Obama Portrait Last week, Amy Sherald '04 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting M.F.A.), who recently joined MICA's Painting faculty as the McMillan/Stewart… Close
+ Enlarge Pulling Jinie Park Pulling LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting M.F.A. Artist Jinie Park Close
WYPR Commentary: Confronting the Sites of Confederate Monuments President Samuel Hoi speaks to Baltimore's local NPR station, WYPR, about a follow-up plan for what to do with the vacant sites of Confederate…
Confronting the Sites of Federal Monuments In September 2017, MICA's President, Samuel Hoi, offered a follow-up plan for what to do with the vacant sites of Confederate monuments.
President Hoi Receives Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellowship President Samuel Hoi was named a 2017-2018 Art of Change Fellow by the Ford Foundation.
Community Arts Leaders in Baltimore Everyone has a story to tell, but not every community has access to the tools to do so.
Art Meets Science In 2009, I began a three-phase art project that explores the relationship between art and science, addressing the changing roles of the astronaut…
A Conversation With Kelsey Schmitt ’12 Art educator and practicing artist, Kelsey Schmitt ’12 is proof that graduates of MICA’s Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) program are…
Masterwork In the early 1980s, when MICA first started using computers in classrooms, far off was today’s technological context and the complementary…
Adapt & Adopt for a Better Future Keeping pace in a rapidly changing professional environment requires the acquisition of new market-driven competencies. MICA’s Master of Professional…
Freedom to Fail Cindy Cheng ’08 ’11 (Fine Arts Post-Baccalaureate, Mount Royal School of Art M.F.A.) measures success by what happens in the studio —…