MICA Celebrates Creativity’s Impact on Baltimore and Beyond

MICA Alum Becomes First Black Artist With Work in the National Statuary Hall Collection

Alumni and Faculty Connect Past to Present

Taylor McManus is an illustrator and educator currently based in Northern Virginia with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration and a Masters…

MICA’s faculty do more than teach — they are working professionals immersed in the art and design communities. They are also highly respected…

Antonius Bui is a poly-disciplinary artist who has exhibited across the United States.

Jennie Lobato ’00 (General Fine Arts BFA) was among L’Oréal Paris’ 2022 Women of Worth. Chosen for her role in launching drawchange, an organization…

Using a graphite pencil and watercolor paints, MICA alum Art Lien ’76 (General Fine Arts BFA) spent his entire career as a courtroom sketch artist…

The official White House portrait of President Barack Obama, by MICA alum Robert McCurdy ’74 (General Fine Arts BFA), was unveiled on September…

Art Lien, Longtime Supreme Court Artist, Retires Following Storied Career

A look at a few MICA alumni and their success in art education.

A look at a few MICA alumni and their interdisciplinary collaboration with science, technology, engineering, and math.

MICA faculty James Williams II ’09 (Mount Royal School of Art MFA)—one of a dozen MICA-connected Sondheim winners since the prize's inception—talks…

Throughout her career, Abbi Jacobson ’06 (General Fine Arts BFA) has showcased an exceptional capacity to create work across genres – as an artist…

Since graduating in 1984, MICA alumnus, Juan F. Bastos, has enjoyed a successful career as a professional portraitist. Hundreds of his oil paintings…

The Tell-Tale Arts

Recent Grads Receive International Recognition for Thesis Work

Cindy Cheng ’08 ’11 (Fine Arts Post-Baccalaureate, Mount Royal School of Art M.F.A.) measures success by what happens in the studio  —…

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…

Meet a few of the visiting artists and critics who are an essential part of graduate education at MICA.

Filipino artists Ashley Dequilla ’12 and Toym Imao ’12 collaborate on series of murals in their home country.

CEO and co-founder of Danae Prosthetics, Winston Frazer ’16 hopes to help amputees around the world embrace their lives through the ability…

Paul Mirel takes time after his day job at NASA to bring art and science together.

Epiphanies often happen during the most mundane of tasks. For Ashley Minner, that moment-when she was able to put a name to her life’s work-came…

MICA Alumna talks about the people, places, and ideas that have influenced and inspired throughout her remarkable career.

Incoming and returning students share their perspectives on diversity and creative discourse.

CEO and co-founder of Danae Prosthetics, Winston Frazer hopes to help amputees around the world embrace their lives through the ability to tell…

Abbi Jacobson is co-creator of the hit Comedy Central show Broad City. An active illustrator, she is also an author, most recently of the New…

Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle is an exhibiting artist featured in Ebony's "Women Up Issue."

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…

Sam Acuff leveraged his fine arts skills to launch a creative business and won $25,000 in investment funding during MICA's annual Up-Start Venture…

Derek Blanks has photographed some of the biggest names on the planet, including Oscar Award-winning actors Viola Davis, Jennifer Hudson and…

Andrew D. Watson, recipient of the 2015 Art Education Technology Outstanding Teacher Award from the National Art Education Association, is fine…

If the fashion industry were ranked alongside individual countries’ gross domestic product, the global fashion industry would represent the…

Five alumni — based in the San Francisco Bay Area — who have carved out impressive creative spaces.

Performance Art as Protest & Protest as Performance Art

Nikki Hendricks was a senior at MICA when she received an invitation to participate in the 2017 New York, Paris and Milan fashion weeks – three…

When Pablo Cano was seven, his 10-year-old sister told him he had a talent for art. He took that to heart and the 1982 general fine arts graduate…

MICA Art and Design Entrepreneurs Compete For $100,000 in Venture Funding Through Up/Start Initiative

Christopher Papa ’02 (general fine arts) loves to tell stories, and animation gives him a unique outlet for his creative expression. There are…

Who knew Broad City, a Comedy Central television series, would be such a hit? The fans did, and they were right. The show, nominated for the…

Many members of the MICA comm unity showcase their creative and artistic talents through their own small businesses and product lines. Below…

Creative businesses founded by MICA alumni stretch disciplines and showcase the endless possibilities of a MICA degree.   THUSS + FARRELL Established…

MICA is known for the creative license it inspires. Nowhere is that more evident than in the projects of some of the independent artists and…

For many, it’s impossible to talk about contemporary arts and culture in Baltimore and not mention Joyce J. Scott ’70 (art education). The MICA…

To launch a succccessful ca reer, it’s vital that students develop both a high degree of competency in their chosen discipline and make professional…