Design Leadership MA/MBA alum Michelle Polyak was recently selected the U.S. Digital Corps two-year fellowship sponsored by the Biden Administration…

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.

Erica Duffy ’21 (Design Leadership MBA/MA) is founder of TamPal, a finalist in the 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition.

Over two lectures, Cheryl D. Miller ’74 (Graphic Design and Illustration BFA), Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton, Maurice Cherry and Deyane Moses ’19…

Three MICA faculty members have been recognized by national and state organizations for their outstanding work as art educators. They include…

MICA President Sammuel Hoi recently joined the Enoch Pratt Free Library's Free to Bmore podcast to discuss how art and artists can be changemakers…

The funding will help to expand community and organizational partnerships, as well as create a sequence of both undergraduate and graduate courses…

In 2018, MICA’s voting rate of registered students increased nearly 40 percentage points, and the number of eligible students registered to…

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…

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…

In 2005, Baltimore was one of eight cities in the country included in the Ford Foundation’s Arts Integration and Education Reform Initiative…

Seed funding awarded to 6 MICA student and alumni teams for their creative innovative businesses.

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…

DANAE Inc., Dandelion Wine Collective and Zee Bait Co. were the top prize winners of the Maryland Institute College of Art’s (MICA) second annual…

MICA’s Exhibition Development Seminar (EDS) Presents Its 2026 Exhibition Celebrating and Reflecting on 200 Years of MICA and the Intertwined…

Sculptor. Painter. Teacher. Advocate.

Recent Grads Receive International Recognition for Thesis Work

Marilyn Nance ’96, Celebrated Photographer Who Chronicled Festac ’77, Publishes Last Day In Lagos.

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…

Showcase

Jesse Turnbull  ’04 attended MICA and graduated from the Illustration Department in 2004. He has worked in Philadelphia as a freelance illustrator…

A proud graduate of MICA's MFA Illustration Practice program, Lisa Perrin spent five years as an in-house illustrator at American Greetings card…

Local engagement is essential to MICA’s mission as a College, and members of our community consistently devote their time and talent to the city…

World Wide Wonders

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…

Hilary Ament ’15 (Graphic Design BFA) continues to make a splash in the world of film graphic design, less than a decade after graduating from…

Now Showing – Everywhere

Curators From MICA are Enriching – and Redefining – Their Field

Convo, the venture of Emma Koramshahi ’22 (Design Leadership MA/MBA) and Julia Breskin ’22 (Design Leadership MA/MBA), was one of seven finalists…

Compressent Co., the venture of Herschel Ruben ’21 (Product Design BFA), was one of seven finalists in this year's competition.

Blvck Door, the venture of Iman Carr ’22 (Design Leadership MA/MBA) and Shakeel Alexander, was one of seven finalists in this year's competition…

MICA alum Jerrell Gibbs ’20 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting MFA) talks learning to understand the medium of painting through an abstract…

MICA is pleased to announce this year’s UP/Start Venture Competition finalists, who were chosen after the Round 1 Virtual 'Pop Up and Pitch'…

Chelsea Conrad ’20 (Illustration MA) is founder of Garden Party Press, a 2021 UP/Start finalist.

Baltimore is fast becoming a cultural mecca — and national publications are taking notice.

Yuze Le ’21 (Design Leadership MBA/MA) is founder of Le Boi, a finalist in the 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

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…

BALTIMORE — The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is proud to announce this year’s UP/Start Venture Competition winners — Makers for Humankind…

Artwork depicting birds and Baltimore landmarks— like race horses at Pimlico, boats in the Inner Harbor and the Patterson Park Pagoda — now…