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Curatorial Thinking

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

Unconventional Illustration

Illustrators are natural storytellers; but across media, their work has traditionally been used to play a supporting role — to add depth…

Toppling the Hierarchy

Building a Website for Artists and Designers

MICA Partners with BMA and For Freedoms to Deliver Civic Engagement Programming

MICA is partnering with the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) and For Freedoms to deliver a robust line-up of civic engagement programming on campus…

Edon Muhaxheri

Edon Muhaxheri is an illustrator who discovered a lost Albanian alphabet while a student in MICA's M.F.A. in Illustration Practice program.

Cosmo Whyte

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

Taha Heydari

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

Marilyn Narota

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

Cindy Cheng

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

Prosthetic Covers for Amputees Globally

How three alumni are using cloud-based technology to bring personalized prosthetic covers to amputees around the globe.

Emma You Zhang

Emma You Zhang ’16 (Graphic Design M.F.A.) is an experience designer and graphic designer at Adobe. She is a design thinker focused on branding…

Toym de Leon Imao

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

Artist Up: Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle

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

MICA Named Top Producer of Fulbright Fellows

Since the inception of the Fulbright Program in 1946, more than 325,000 recent graduates and graduate students from over 155 countries have used…

Derek Blanks

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

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…

Maker Space / Dolphin Design Center

Building your vision takes the right tools and plenty of space to grow. We provide what you need to get there.

Erin Fender

Erin Fender is a photographer and program manager at the nonprofit Atlanta Photography Group.

Kris Grey

Kris Grey is a New York City-based exhibiting artist who teaches and exhibits work internationally.

The Legacy of Chair Emeritus in Art Education Dr. Al Hurwitz ’41 (1920-2012) Is Felt Worldwide

MICA Chair Emeritus in Art Education and alumnus Dr. Al Hurwitz '41, who passed away on Saturday, March 24, 2012 leaves a lasting legacy on the…

Everything's Fine

Everything's Fine

First Year Experience. Course: Prototype / Situate / Fabricate. Faculty: Lisa Dillin.

Artist

Hui-yi Kuo

Date

2018

Medium

Pine

Smile Indias

Smile Indias, a former T. Rowe Price Foundation Fellow and Social Design Advisor to the Baltimore Police Department, is currently pursuing a…

Yutaka Houlette

Yutaka Houlette is a web developer and award-winning book illustrator.

Breast Cancer Research Stamp

Breast Cancer Research Stamp

Whitney Sherman ’71

Breast Cancer Research Stamp

Breast Cancer Research Stamp

Art Director: Ethel Kessler ’71

Artist

Whitney Sherman ’71

Date

1998

Open Works: Tools and Tech for the People

With wood and metal shops, 3-D printing, an electronics lab and textile studios, Open Works is a makerspace where Baltimore City residents can…

North Avenue Knowledge Exchange

Built on the premise that everyone has something to teach and everyone has something to learn, the North Avenue Knowledge Exchange is a community-based…

Developing the Curriculum of a Social Movement

What does a social movement look like? Oak Hill Center for Education and Culture in Station North is helping answer that question.

Model of Collaboration: Baltimore Design School + MICA

The brainchild of then Maryland State Senator Catherine Pugh, former MICA President Fred Lazarus and Baltimore architect Steve Ziger, the Baltimore…

Giving Baltimore's Youth the Tools to Tell Their Stories

“Everyone has a story to tell, but not every community has access to the tools to do so,” Moira Fratantuono ’10 (Community Arts M.F.A.)…

#DrawingWhileBlack

In September 2017 Annabelle Hayford ’20 composed a simple tweet that read, Starting a hashtag event to celebrate and appreciate Black artists…

Hitting Their Marks

Three alumni who are making their mark in the entertainment industry.

Stephen Hendee: Teaching Artist

Best known for fabricating ambitious, large-scale installations, MICA faculty member Stephen Hendee is creating a new objective for his studio…

Xiaofu Wang

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

First Year Experience Exhibition 2018

A look at work created by students in the 2017-2018 First Year Experience.

Making Art that Matters

Adarsh Alphons ’06 says that art saved his life. Today, the founder and executive director of ProjectArt now leads his team with a goal to…

Upcycle Outerwear — Environmentally Conscious Fashion

“I like thinking about how to use materials differently,” said Trisha Chenney ’17 (Interdisciplinary Sculpture B.F.A.), a finalist in the…

Teaching Artist

MICA faculty member is carving out time to shape a new generation of makers thanks to a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grant.

Andrew Keiper and Kei Ito

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

Chad Smith

Chad Smith used his masters's in Information Visualization to land a position heading the emerging technology arm of the Office of Public Outreach…

Ben Peterson

As a Code for American fellow, Ben Peterson pursued user-centered, design-thinking techniques to create a simple technology solution to help…

Brendon Massei

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…

Becky Slogeris

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 & Hoesy Corona: MICA Duo Examines the Past and the Now

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…

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…

Dabbling in the Extreme

In 2017, MICA's Jay Gould became the first artist-in-resident to participate in the HEMI/MICA Extreme Arts Program. The program aims to create…

Toy Design... for Elephants

MICA students students accept challenge to design toy for Asian elephants at the National Zoo.

Chloe Gallagher

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

Emily Chow Bluck

Within two years of earning her M.F.A. in Community Arts from MICA, Emily Chow Bluck completed four artist residencies, launched several ongoing…

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