MICA Grad and Faculty Debut New Films on Netflix MICA grad TT the Artist ’06 (General Fine Arts BFA) and MICA MFA Film faculty Angel Kristi bring their talents to the award-winning streaming…
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…
Emma Childs Emma is a US-based abstract painter whose work has been featured in American and British Vogue, and Dwell Magazine.
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 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…
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…
+ Enlarge 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… Close
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…
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…
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…
Cosmo Whyte Based in Atlanta, Georgia and Montego Bay, Jamaica, Cosmo Whyte is a transdisciplinary artist and visual art lecturer at Morehouse College.
Capturing a Baltimore Legend MICA alum Jerrell Gibbs ’20 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting MFA) talks learning to understand the medium of painting through an abstract…
The Cool List Baltimore is fast becoming a cultural mecca — and national publications are taking notice.
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…
Hank Willis Thomas Visits MICA as Part of 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…
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…
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.
Freedom to Fail Cindy Cheng ’08 ’11 (Fine Arts Post-Baccalaureate, Mount Royal School of Art M.F.A.) measures success by what happens in the studio —…
A Conversation With Kelsey Schmitt ’12 Art educator and practicing artist, Kelsey Schmitt ’12 is proof that graduates of MICA’s Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) program are…
Those That Can, Teach Meet a few of the visiting artists and critics who are an essential part of graduate education at MICA.
Connections Forged in Baltimore Continue Around the World Filipino artists Ashley Dequilla ’12 and Toym Imao ’12 collaborate on series of murals in their home country.
Winston Frazer CEO and co-founder of Danae Prosthetics, Winston Frazer ’16 hopes to help amputees around the world embrace their lives through the ability…
Paul Mirel: MICA’s Starman Paul Mirel takes time after his day job at NASA to bring art and science together.
Community Arts as a Way of Life Epiphanies often happen during the most mundane of tasks. For Ashley Minner, that moment-when she was able to put a name to her life’s work-came…
A Conversation with Shinique Smith MICA Alumna talks about the people, places, and ideas that have influenced and inspired throughout her remarkable career.
Leslie King-Hammond Graduate Award Incoming and returning students share their perspectives on diversity and creative discourse.
Abbi Jacobson Abbi Jacobson is co-creator of the hit Comedy Central show Broad City. An active illustrator, she is also an author, most recently of the New…
Artist Up: Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle is an exhibiting artist featured in Ebony's "Women Up Issue."
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…
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…
Derek Blanks Derek Blanks has photographed some of the biggest names on the planet, including Oscar Award-winning actors Viola Davis, Jennifer Hudson and…
Andrew Watson Andrew D. Watson, recipient of the 2015 Art Education Technology Outstanding Teacher Award from the National Art Education Association, is fine…
Fashion Forward If the fashion industry were ranked alongside individual countries’ gross domestic product, the global fashion industry would represent the…
Site Specific, The San Francisco Bay Area Five alumni — based in the San Francisco Bay Area — who have carved out impressive creative spaces.
Nikki Hendricks Nikki Hendricks was a senior at MICA when she received an invitation to participate in the 2017 New York, Paris and Milan fashion weeks – three…
Pablo Cano When Pablo Cano was seven, his 10-year-old sister told him he had a talent for art. He took that to heart and the 1982 general fine arts graduate…
The Upstarts MICA Art and Design Entrepreneurs Compete For $100,000 in Venture Funding Through Up/Start Initiative
Emmy Award-Winning MICA Alumnus Promotes the Nickelodeon Brand Christopher Papa ’02 (general fine arts) loves to tell stories, and animation gives him a unique outlet for his creative expression. There are…
Alumna Chronicles Life in the Big City with Hit Show Who knew Broad City, a Comedy Central television series, would be such a hit? The fans did, and they were right. The show, nominated for the…
Alumni Launch Entities and Initiatives to Integrate Art into Communities Many members of the MICA comm unity showcase their creative and artistic talents through their own small businesses and product lines. Below…
Risks and Rewards: MICA Alumni Succeed as Entrepreneurs Creative businesses founded by MICA alumni stretch disciplines and showcase the endless possibilities of a MICA degree. THUSS + FARRELL Established…
Errol Webber: Harnessing the Power of Video and Film MICA is known for the creative license it inspires. Nowhere is that more evident than in the projects of some of the independent artists and…