Art & Articles

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 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…

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…

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

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

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…

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…

Louder Than a Bomb

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

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…

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.),…

Toy Design... for Elephants

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

Virtuoso Faculty: Jenna Frye

There is no clear line between Jenna Frye’s art practice and her work as an educator. Both come down to the same driving force: her desire…

A Conversation With President Samuel Hoi

In 2014, Samuel Hoi was appointed MICA's president following the long tenure of Fred Lazarus. Along with more than two decades of higher education…

First Year Experience Exhibition 2018

Back to Back

First Year Experience. Course: Found and Focused. Faculty: Fabienne Lasserre.

Artist

RZ

Date

2018

Medium

Charcoal and Ink

Portrait of My Father

First Year Experience. Course: Forum. Faculty: Catherine Behrent.

Artist

Rachel Patterson

Date

2018

Medium

Pyrography, Oil and Acrylic

Honesty

First Year Experience. Course: Found and Focus. Faculty: Nancy Roeder.

Artist

Anthony Quesen

Date

2018

Medium

Oil

Long Coat Ladies in the Woods

First Year Experience. Courses: (left) Forum, (right) Contemporary Practice. Faculty: (left) Valeska Populouh, (right) LaToya Hobbs.

Artist

Hanna Moog

Date

2018

Medium

(left) Metalic Ceramic Figures, (right) Watercolor, Ink, Gouache

Other Worldly Connection

First Year Experience. Course: Contemporary Practice. Faculty: Julia Clift.

Artist

Nicholas Kolashy

Date

2018

Medium

Digital Print

STANIEL!

First Year Experience. Course: Body World Machine. Faculty: Noa Heyne.

Artist

Ben Bendana

Date

2018

Medium

Polymer Clay, Glass Eyes

Mini Sofa for Mr 2

First Year Experience. Course: Forum. Faculty: Mark Augustine.

Artist

Zeyi Li

Date

2018

Medium

Fabric, Polystyrene Bead

Api (Janos Neubauer)

First Year Experience. Course: Surface and Screen. Faculty: Janet Olney.

Artist

Leah Alligood

Date

2018

Medium

Collage

7 Deadly Sins: Sloth

Artist

Daria Burobina

Date

2018

1000 Handwriting Straight Lines

First Year Experience. Course: Prototype / Situate / Fabricate. Faculty: Kevin Cook.

Artist

CC He

Date

2018

Medium

Chinese Ink on Rice Paper

Build

First Year Experience. Course: Forum. Faculty: Fletcher Mackey.

Artist

Toffee Matech, Raven Hirsch-Rosales, Desolina Fletcher

Date

2018

Medium

Cardboard, Acrylic

Untitled

First Year Experience. Course: Tradition and Innovation. Faculty: Renée Rendine.

Artist

Maddie Abuyuan

Date

2018

Medium

Embroidery Thread, Watercolor

Everything's Fine

First Year Experience. Course: Prototype / Situate / Fabricate. Faculty: Lisa Dillin.

Artist

Hui-yi Kuo

Date

2018

Medium

Pine

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First Year Experience Exhibition 2018

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

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…

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…

Passing of Fletcher Mackey, Faculty and Dedicated Academic Leader at MICA

Dear MICA Faculty and Staff, It is with great sadness that I write to inform you that Fletcher Mackey, dedicated faculty member and academic…

MICA Faculty and Artist in Residence New BMA Exhibition — All Due Respect

New works by four artists with connections to MICA — Lauren Frances Adams, faculty, Painting; Mequitta Ahuja, former Stewart-McMillan Artist…

FYE Faculty LaToya Hobbs’ Work Featured at Frist Art Museum

Carving a New Tradition: The Art of LaToya M. Hobbs will be on show through April 28.

Honor Society: MICA Faculty Recognized for Their Work, Careers

MICA’s faculty do more than teach — they are working professionals immersed in the art and design communities. They are also highly respected…

Turning Point

Ernest Shaw’s Thurgood Marshall Portrait in State Capital Expands Maryland’s Story

Faculty Announced as 2023 Sondheim Finalists

Abigail Lucien and Kyrae Dawaun are among a trio of finalists for the Sondheim Art Prize

Watch MICA faculty LaToya Hobbs create a woodblock print for the National Gallery of Art

Watch First Year Experience (FYE) faculty member LaToya Hobbs create a woodblock print portrait of Naima Mora, referencing the sculpture “Naima…

History Maker

MICA Alum Becomes First Black Artist With Work in the National Statuary Hall Collection

First Year Experience Exhibition 2024

Timed to coincide with the arrival of this year's freshman, the First Year Experience (FYE) Exhibition is one of the College's most highly regarded…

First Year Experience Exhibition 2023

Timed to coincide with the arrival of this year's freshman, the First Year Experience (FYE) Exhibition is one of the College's most highly regarded…

Andrew Copeland '13 '20

Full-Time Faculty / Creative Entrepreneurship; Coordinator / First Year Experience

Valeska Maria Populoh

Full-Time Faculty / Fiber

Melissa Sutherland Moss '25

Part-Time Faculty / First Year Experience

GFA Special Projects class provides real-world experience while giving back to the community

MICA awarded competitive grants from the National Endowment of the Arts

MICA names four William O. Steinmetz ’50 Designers-in-Residence, bringing together three generations of cultural activists

MICA Faculty Win Prestigious Art Educator Awards

President Hoi Discusses Artists as Changemakers on the Free to Bmore Podcast

Become Again: Identity as Process

MICA Alumna Wins Sondheim Prize

When Art & Science Collide

Akea Brionne Brown ’18 wins Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize

Accounting for Taste

Design Leadership Students Make Finals in First Appearance at Design Challenge Competition

Kat Ward

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

Lisa Hochtritt, Ed.D., Director of MICA's M.A.T. Program

Mentor Extraordinaire: Illustration Faculty Member José Villarrubia

Louder Than a Bomb

Emily Ianacone ’15 Brings Design Strategy to Mayor's Office of Innovation

Smile Indias ’17 Pursues Social Justice Through Work With Government

Kristen Spilman ’05: Design as a Way of Life

Toy Design... for Elephants

Virtuoso Faculty: Jenna Frye

A Conversation With President Samuel Hoi

First Year Experience Exhibition 2018

Back to Back

Portrait of My Father

Honesty

Long Coat Ladies in the Woods

Other Worldly Connection

STANIEL!

Mini Sofa for Mr 2

Api (Janos Neubauer)

7 Deadly Sins: Sloth

1000 Handwriting Straight Lines

Build

Untitled

Everything's Fine

First Year Experience Exhibition 2018

Virtuoso Faculty: Mina Cheon

Virtuoso Faculty: Mina Cheon

Passing of Fletcher Mackey, Faculty and Dedicated Academic Leader at MICA

MICA Faculty and Artist in Residence New BMA Exhibition — All Due Respect

FYE Faculty LaToya Hobbs’ Work Featured at Frist Art Museum

Honor Society: MICA Faculty Recognized for Their Work, Careers

Turning Point

Faculty Announced as 2023 Sondheim Finalists

Watch MICA faculty LaToya Hobbs create a woodblock print for the National Gallery of Art

History Maker

First Year Experience Exhibition 2024

First Year Experience Exhibition 2023

Andrew Copeland '13 '20

Valeska Maria Populoh

Melissa Sutherland Moss '25