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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…

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…

POW!

Illustration alumni are building impressive careers in the comic industry.

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…

Eight Finalists Chosen during 'Pop Up Pitch' Will Move On to UP/Start Finale

The finalists will compete for funding totaling $100,000 during the April 17 finale

Career Notes

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

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…

A Day in the Life of a NASA Artist Intern

The summer before my senior year, I worked as a NASA animation intern on-site at Goddard Space Flight Center – commuting from Baltimore to Greenbelt…

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…

Louder Than a Bomb

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

Kehinde Bademosi ’15: Storytelling to Save Lives

As a child growing up in Nigeria, Kehinde Bademosi ’15 (Social Design M.A.) didn’t have a television. His family simply couldn’t afford one. So…

Smile Indias ’17 Pursues Social Justice Through Work With Government

Through her social design work on the ground in Baltimore, Smile Indias ’17 makes truth-seeking an art. A native of the Philippines, Indias…

Kristen Spilman ’05: Design as a Way of Life

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

Designing New Leadership, Starting Now

“You have two minutes, start now.” These six simple words kicked off a flurry of sticky notes, Sharpie pens and far-flung ideas that began our…

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…

Rising Star: ND Stevenson

Signing their first book deal while still a student at MICA, ND Stevenson is a rising star. Author and illustrator of the young adult graphic…

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.

Jacob Lockard

Atlanta-based graphic designer Jacob Lockard is senior art director at AKQA.

Christina Neston

Christina Neston is a Bay Area native who combines her passions for food and art through design.

Hermonie Williams

Hermonie Williams is a Baltimore-based exhibiting artist.

Smile Indias

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

E-Textiles: Yuchen Zhang

Yuchen Zhang has worked with some of the world's leading companies, including Google and Pentagram. But, nothing beat starting her own business…

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…

Hilary Ament

Graphic designer Hilary Ament works in film and tv for productions that include First Man and Doctor Sleep.

MICA Announces the William O. Steinmetz ’50 and Betty Cooke ’46 Chair in Design

Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is pleased to announce the founding of the William O. Steinmetz ’50 and Betty Cooke ’46 Chair in Design…

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…

More Than Numbers

Information and Visualization students take data detailing the devastating change of population in the Łódź Ghetto in Poland during the Holocaust…

Jinbo Huang ’19 (Graphic Design BFA)

Artist

Jinbo Huang ’19 (Graphic Design BFA)

Date

2019

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…

Art + Biology

Students in MICA's biofabrication courses turn their artistic vision to biotech.

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…

Sarah Belisle

Sarah Delisle is a pyrotechnic designer for Image Engineering – a Baltimore-based entertainment company.

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

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.…

A Letter From the President: In Solidarity Against Hate and For Humanity

Dear MICA Community Members,Our nation was shaken to the core this past week by a series of senseless crimes linked by hate. We shared in communal…

Art + Health Care: Winston Frazer

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

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.

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

Alumna Creates a Space to Celebrate Baltimore's Immigrant Community

For her senior thesis, Valeria Fuentes ’17 ’18 (Architectural Design B.F.A., Social Design M.F.A.) created a clothing line called Segunda Piel…

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…

First Year Experience Exhibition 2018

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

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