Alumni Founded Green Burial Startup Winner of $25k During 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
Carrie Carter ’20 (Product Design BFA) is founder of Resdie Burials, is a finalist in the 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
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Confetti Collection Co.—Winner of $2k During 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
Charlene Etienne ’21 (Data Analytics & Visualization MPS) is founder of Confetti Collection Co., a finalist in the 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
Dexter Design Co.—Winner of $8,900 During 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
Christian Dexter ’20 (Graphic Design & Printmaking BFA) is founder of Dexter Design Co., a finalist in the 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
Jerrell Gibbs ’20 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting MFA) chosen as award winner by American Academy of Arts and Letters
Jerrell Gibbs ’20 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting MFA) was announced as one of 18 artists who will receive a 2021 reward in art from…
MICA names four William O. Steinmetz ’50 Designers-in-Residence, bringing together three generations of cultural activists
Over two lectures, Cheryl D. Miller ’74 (Graphic Design and Illustration BFA), Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton, Maurice Cherry and Deyane Moses ’19…
MICA Granted ‘Voter Friendly Campus’ by Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and Fair Election Center’s Campus Vote Project
MICA was officially designated a “Voter Friendly Campus” this month by Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and Fair Election Center…
MICA stands in support of our Asian and Asian American communities, and condemns rise in violence and hateful rhetoric
Dear MICA faculty, staff, students, and trustees,
This week, our nation was rocked by yet another mass shooting. And while details have not…
Colette Veasey-Cullors, photographer and founding AVP of the CORE, appointed to Aperture Foundation board
MICA is pleased to announce Colette Veasey-Cullors, photographer and founding associate vice president of the Center for Organizing, Representation…
MICA announces 2021 UP/Start Finalists
MICA is thrilled to announce this year’s eight UP/Start Venture Competition finalists, who were selected from a total of a record 58 applicants…
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…
Stuart Clarke Succeeds Gwen Davidson as MICA Board Chair
Memorandum
Date: October 20, 2020To: MICA Campus CommunityFrom: Samuel Hoi, PresidentRe: Stuart Clarke Succeeds Gwen Davidson as MICA Board…
MICA Issues Statement in Support of Black Lives Matter and Against Discrimination
June 1, 2020
Dear MICA Community Members,
In Baltimore, it is impossible to feel the pain of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis and Breonna…
MICA's Ratcliffe Center for Creative Entrepreneurship Awards Over 100k at 2020 UP/Start Finale
BALTIMORE — The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is proud to announce this year’s UP/Start Venture Competition winners — Makers for Humankind…
GFA Special Projects class provides real-world experience while giving back to the community
Artwork depicting birds and Baltimore landmarks— like race horses at Pimlico, boats in the Inner Harbor and the Patterson Park Pagoda — now…
MICA Faculty Win Prestigious Art Educator Awards
Three MICA faculty members have been recognized by national and state organizations for their outstanding work as art educators. They include…
MICA Awarded $510K from ArtPlace America, Will Build Field of Creative Placemaking
The funding will help to expand community and organizational partnerships, as well as create a sequence of both undergraduate and graduate courses…
MICA Awarded Top Honors in National Democracy Challenge
In 2018, MICA’s voting rate of registered students increased nearly 40 percentage points, and the number of eligible students registered to…
Become Again: Identity as Process
What do exhibitions look like when they take queerness for granted? This was the question I tried to answer for most of the year and a half I…
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…
DACA Provides a Fairer Shot
Central to the aspirational promise of America is the bedrock belief that we are all equal–regardless of the circumstances of our birth–and our…
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…
The Art of Hanbok
This past summer, faculty and students from MICA collaborated with international faculty, students, and guests from the Hanbok Advancement Center…
MICA Alumna Wins Sondheim Prize
In the spring of Akea Brionne Brown’s first year at MICA, that the Baltimore Uprising occurred. It was finals week. And it was an event that…
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…
Save it For Later
When Jenny Ferretti ’07 (Painting BFA) became the digital initiatives librarian for MICA’s Decker Library in 2015, print documentation of graduate…
MICA President Samuel Hoi Discusses Art Education on WYPR's Midday with Tom Hall
President Samuel Hoi was on WYPR for Midday on Higher Education with Tom Hall in August 2019, where he spoke about MICA’s role in Baltimore,…
More Than Numbers
Information and Visualization students take data detailing the devastating change of population in the Łódź Ghetto in Poland during the Holocaust…
MICA Awards More Than $100K in Annual UP/Start Venture Competition
GPG Technologies and Greenmount Tile were the top prize winners of the Maryland Institute College of Art’s (MICA) fourth annual UP/Start Venture…
Akea Brionne Brown ’18 wins Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize
This is the fifth year in a row a MICA alum was chosen as the Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize winner.
Fontánez Rodríguez Named 2018-19 National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR) Art Resident at Decker Library
BALTIMORE — The Maryland Institute College of Art’s (MICA) Decker Library will welcome Cristina Fontánez Rodríguez as its 2018-19 National Digital…
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…
Yelp Names Baltimore Top Foodie City
Yelp's data team compared ratings, reviews, and cuisine diversity to reveal where its users love to eat as it named Baltimore among the Top 10…
Inside Look: Land of Kush
When we asked MICA students about their favorite places to eat, Baltimore's hippest vegan soul food joint was high on the list.
Inside Look: Dooby's
According to MICA students, Dooby's is the place to eat when you don't want to break the bank.
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…
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.
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 of the Impossible
As a Ph.D. candidate at Howard University’s African Studies Department with a background in international relations, I studied language, literature…
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…
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…
Virtuoso Faculty: Mina Cheon
This past September, Korean President Moon Jae-in and the First Lady Kim Jung-sook came to “Eat Choco-Pie Together,” an installation presented…
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…
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…
Hitting Their Marks
Three alumni who are making their mark in the entertainment industry.
Five Must-See Spaces on MICA's Campus
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Five free activities in Baltimore
Discover Masterpieces at the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Walters Art Museum or the AVAM.
The Baltimore Museum of Art is home to the internationally…