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MICA Names First 5 Entrepreneurs-in-Residence at Open Works Makerspace

MICA is pleased to announce its five new Entrepreneurs-in-Residence at Open Works through its recent partnership with the Baltimore Arts Realty…

Interdisciplinary Sculpture: Reece Cox

Reece Cox ’17, who came to Baltimore from Charlotte, N.C., was adamant that he wanted to be a figurative painter. “I’ve taken a few leaps since…

Upcycle Outerwear — 2017 UP/Start Finalist

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

Maura Dwyer: Art that Builds Trust and Relationships

Maura Dwyer ‘12 (Interdisciplinary Sculpture B.F.A.) avoids biographies, as she finds that words do not adequately represent her as an artist…

Iman Djouini & Jonathan Taube: Getting the Elephant Out of the Room Through Art

After Iman Djouini ’09 and Jonathan Taube ’10 graduated from MICA, the couple then left for New Orleans to obtain their master’s degrees in printmaking…

Site Specific, The Baltimore Area

Five young alumni — based in the Baltimore area — who have carved out impressive creative spaces.

EPIC Fun

This winter, the holiday season arrived a little early for Maharani, Swarna and Kamala — three of the six Asian elephants living at the…

Building a Better 3d Printer

“These are game-changing technologies…with the potential to change medicine, agriculture, and other critical industries. One goal, for example…

Winners Announced for MICA Up/Start Venture Competition

MICA is pleased to announce the winners of the Up/Start Venture Competition, the college's first pitch and start-up contest for students, graduates…

The Korean Community

Discover how artists from MICA are giving Baltimore’s growing Korean community voice through art.

Sabrina Chin

As an undergrad at MICA, Sabrina Chin amassed a wealth of experience through work in the community, study abroad, and internships. Today, she…

Knowledge and Community

At MICA, the library is one of the most interdisciplinary spaces on campus. It’s a space where faculty, staff and students intersect. A space…

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…

Hillery Sproatt ’07

Even before she entered MICA, Hillery Sproatt as an entrepreneur, launching Rebe, a line of woman's clothing and handbags with her mother, textile…

Leslie Speer Named Chair of New Product Design Program

As the College prepares to launch its new B.F.A. in Product Design this fall, it is pleased to announce renowned educator and designer Leslie…

Those That Can, Teach

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

Power to the Young People

M.F.A. in Graphic Design students team with Ph.D. candidate to empower Baltimore’s Growing Girls.

Siobhan Vicens

Since completing her graduate degree at MICA, Siobhan Vicens has led arts integration professional development sessions for Baltimore City educators…

A Conversation with Shinique Smith

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

Center for Social Design

Learn How Design helps people get the things they need to make their lives better.

Melissa Sutherland Moss '25

Part-Time Faculty, First Year Experience /

Rosa Chang

Part-Time Faculty / Fiber

Hope Simpara

Full-Time Faculty / Fiber

TT: A Jack of All Art

TT the Artist ’06 (General Fine Arts) could never be put in a box. With filmmaker, creative director, performer, community artist, and designer…

Sam Acuff

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…

Toy Design... for Elephants

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

Bragging Rights: Incoming Students

A glimpse into the portfolios of MICA's incoming undergraduate and graduate students.

DeRay Mckesson, Joyce J. Scott ’70, Carrie Mae Weems Among Honorees at MICA’s 169th Commencement

College will also award MICA trustee Alice Falvey Greif with honorary degree at undergraduate ceremony; author, editor and designer Victor Margolin…

MICA Community Helps Illuminate Baltimore During Light City 2018

Light City, America’s first large-scale light festival, is where Baltimore brings artists from around the world together for a celebration of…

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…

Hermonie Williams

Hermonie Williams is a Baltimore-based exhibiting artist.

Harrison Tyler

Originally from West Palm Beach, Florida, Harrison Tyler ’14 (Interdisciplinary Sculpture) is the digital operations manager at Open Works, a…

Art + Biology

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

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…

Four with MICA ties make Forbes 30 under 30 Art & Style 2021

Four members of the MICA community were included in the Forbes 30 under 30 Art & Style 2021, which highlights those who are creating and designing…

Impulse and Momentum, an exhibit by Interdisciplinary Sculpture seniors, at Area 405

After a year of making work exclusively seen in digital spaces such as Zoom and Discord, seniors in MICA's Interdisciplinary Sculpture program…

Wood Age

Artist

Ritter Zhang

Date

2021

Medium

Wood, metal, hemp rope, paper

Wood Age (detail)

Artist

Ritter Zhang

Date

2021

Medium

Wood, metal, hemp rope, paper

Masked

Artist

Anna Ruff

Date

2021

Medium

Air dry paperclay, aluminum foil, steel nails, disposable face mask

Dimensions

5.5” x 8"

Vengeance

Artist

Tichacoco

Date

2021

Medium

Multimedia installation

Vengeance

Artist

Tichacoco

Date

2021

Medium

Multimedia installation

Where life once was

Artist

Alexander Ross

Date

2021

Medium

Plywood, Various wood shavings, glossy and non glossy photo paper

Dimensions

5’ x 5’ x 1’

Where life once was (detail)

Artist

Alexander Ross

Date

2021

Medium

Plywood, Various wood shavings, glossy and non glossy photo paper

Dimensions

5’ x 5’ x 1’

Bird Dance

Artist

Jia Le Ling

Date

2021

Medium

Costume: Craft Paper, Cardboard, Acrylic Paint

Bird Dance (installation view)

Artist

Jia Le Ling

Date

2021

Medium

Costume: Craft Paper, Cardboard, Acrylic Paint

Untitled - Unit 2R, 1403 Madison Avenue

Artist

Arnab Gan Choudhury

Date

2021

Medium

Chairs from apartment, plate, canned sardines, glass, water, fork, knife, twine

Dimensions

72” x 18” x 20”

Honda Civic Triptych

Artist

Sam Zanowski

Date

2021

Medium

Steel, LED screens, found videos

Dimensions

15” x 6” x 8”

Mother of Thousands

Artist

Isabelle Valcarce

Date

2021

Medium

Nylon stockings, school glue, beeswax, rock salt, sugar, rubber, sycamore seeds, hair, cement, English moss, medical gauze, latex balloon.

Mother of Thousands

Artist

Isabelle Valcarce

Date

2021

Medium

Nylon stockings, school glue, beeswax, rock salt, sugar, rubber, sycamore seeds, hair, cement, English moss, medical gauze, latex balloon.

Animal Skin

Artist

Joy Li

Date

2021

Medium

Needles, Screen

Gridiron Calamity

Artist

Troy Taylor

Date

2021

Medium

Pallets, astroturf, basketball, football, reclaimed wood, ratchet straps, hardware, blue faces, garbage can

Dimensions

8’ x 4’ x 4’

Gridiron Calamity (detail)

Artist

Troy Taylor

Date

2021

Medium

Pallets, astroturf, basketball, football, reclaimed wood, ratchet straps, hardware, blue faces, garbage can

Dimensions

8’ x 4’ x 4’

Untitled

Artist

Julian Bellows

Date

2021

Untitled

Artist

Julian Bellows

Date

2021

Feel&Function Collection - 1

Artist

Angelina Mazenko

Date

2021

Medium

Stool: Ash Wood. Lamp: Pine Wood, Canvas, Wire, Sourced Lantern Wire. Thought Void: Craft Plywood. Environment: Sourced Carpet.

Dimensions

48” x 72” x 40”

Feel&Function Collection - 1 (detail)

Artist

Angelina Mazenko

Date

2021

Medium

Stool: Ash Wood. Lamp: Pine Wood, Canvas, Wire, Sourced Lantern Wire. Thought Void: Craft Plywood. Environment: Sourced Carpet.

Dimensions

48” x 72” x 40”

Death in Dade 4

Artist

David Correa

Date

2021

Medium

Modified 2-Stroke engine, gasoline tanks, fuel lines, nylon fabrics, nylon harnesses, fake chains, paper, pen

Untitled

Artist

Yiyi Han

Date

2021

Untitled

Artist

Yiyi Han

Date

2021

Stairs (installation view)

Artist

Ken Ha

Date

2021

Medium

Cedar, oak, plywood

Stairs

Artist

Ken Ha

Date

2021

Medium

Cedar, oak, plywood

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A Community of Creatives

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…

Students explore the city of Seoul during summer study abroad.

Summer Travel Intensive to Korea

Student Team from MICA Named Overall Winner at the 2023 Biodesign Challenge

Their winning project, Mother Nacre, was presented alongside 44 others from art, design, and research institutions across the U.S. and around…

Coastal Conservation

Cities along the U.S. coast, which are home to more than 65 million people, are particularly vulnerable to the rising seas and storms caused…

Career Notes: Art + STEM

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

Granting Meaning

MICA Faculty Awarded Grants by Bureau of Land Management, National Science Foundation

History Renewed

MICA students are learning how to make a concrete difference in revitalizing a Baltimore community.

The Upstarts

Sara Dittrich Receives Baker Artist Award

Making Space

MICA Names First 5 Entrepreneurs-in-Residence at Open Works Makerspace

Interdisciplinary Sculpture: Reece Cox

Upcycle Outerwear — 2017 UP/Start Finalist

Maura Dwyer: Art that Builds Trust and Relationships

Iman Djouini & Jonathan Taube: Getting the Elephant Out of the Room Through Art

Site Specific, The Baltimore Area

EPIC Fun

Building a Better 3d Printer

Winners Announced for MICA Up/Start Venture Competition

The Korean Community

Sabrina Chin

Knowledge and Community

Puppet Masters

Hillery Sproatt ’07

Leslie Speer Named Chair of New Product Design Program

Those That Can, Teach

Power to the Young People

Siobhan Vicens

A Conversation with Shinique Smith

Center for Social Design

Melissa Sutherland Moss '25

Rosa Chang

Hope Simpara

TT: A Jack of All Art

Sam Acuff

Toy Design... for Elephants

Bragging Rights: Incoming Students

DeRay Mckesson, Joyce J. Scott ’70, Carrie Mae Weems Among Honorees at MICA’s 169th Commencement

MICA Community Helps Illuminate Baltimore During Light City 2018

Upcycle Outerwear — Environmentally Conscious Fashion

Hermonie Williams

Harrison Tyler

Art + Biology

The HEMI/MICA Extreme Arts Summer Project/ Internship

Four with MICA ties make Forbes 30 under 30 Art & Style 2021

Impulse and Momentum, an exhibit by Interdisciplinary Sculpture seniors, at Area 405

Wood Age

Wood Age (detail)

Masked

Vengeance

Vengeance

Where life once was

Where life once was (detail)

Bird Dance

Bird Dance (installation view)

Untitled - Unit 2R, 1403 Madison Avenue

Honda Civic Triptych

Mother of Thousands

Mother of Thousands

Animal Skin

Gridiron Calamity

Gridiron Calamity (detail)

Untitled

Untitled

Feel&Function Collection - 1

Feel&Function Collection - 1 (detail)

Death in Dade 4

Untitled

Untitled

Stairs (installation view)

Stairs

A Community of Creatives

Students explore the city of Seoul during summer study abroad.

Student Team from MICA Named Overall Winner at the 2023 Biodesign Challenge

Coastal Conservation

Career Notes: Art + STEM

Granting Meaning

History Renewed