George Ciscle MICA’s MFA in Curatorial Practice director and long-time curator-in-residence prepares to retire
LAB Award See how this year’s recipients will strengthen Baltimore’s neighborhoods and bolster the city’s identity.
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…
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…
Jann Rosen-Queralt: The Artist as Change Agent Growing up in Michigan, Jann Rosen-Queralt spent a lot of time around the Great Lakes, which holds 90 percent of North America’s fresh surface…
Film and Video Chair Nadia Hironaka Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship Film and Video Chair Nadia Hironaka was awarded a 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The foundation…
Deana Haggag Immediately upon graduating from the M.F.A. in Curatorial Practice program, Deana Haggag was named director of The Contemporary, a nomadic museum…
Curatorial Thinking Two Curatorial Practice alumnae — Melani Douglass ’15 and Deana Hagag ’13 are taking lessons learned at MICA and going national, recently…
Developing the Curriculum of a Social Movement What does a social movement look like? Oak Hill Center for Education and Culture in Station North is helping answer that question.
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…
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…
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.
A Conversation with José Ruiz The new director of MICA’s M.F.A. in Curatorial Practice discusses his goals for the program and the role curators can play in society.
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…
Maryland Institute Black Archives To say that Deyane Moses ’19, ’21 (Photography BFA, Curatorial Practice MFA) entered MICA as an nontraditional student is an understatement. Older…
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…
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…
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Baltimore Museum of Art and Maryland Institute College of Art Announce Elizabeth Talford Scott Exhibition and Community Celebration MICA Exhibition Development Seminar students to work with cultural organizations and colleges across Baltimore to celebrate Talford Scott from…
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…
Full Circle The Exhibition Development Seminar at MICA Marks its 25th Anniversary by Partnering with Baltimore Museum of Art, Goya Contemporary to Build…
Exposition MICA alums build communities by sharing stories, their work, and the creative process itself.
MICA Announces Honorary Degree Recipients for the 2025 Commencement Ceremony Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is pleased to announce the 2025 honorary degree recipients, who will speak during the Undergraduate…
Ouroboros Exhibition Opens February 5 February 5–March 8, 2026 Meyerhoff Gallery, Fox Building 1303 W Mount Royal Ave Admission: FREE and open to the public Gallery Hours: Monday…
+ Enlarge Cactus Man Ashley (Qing) He ’20 (Curatorial Practice MFA) Cactus Man Artist Ashley (Qing) He ’20 (Curatorial Practice MFA) Medium Mixed media Dimensions 6’ Close
Joan Watson “Up From Down Under…Just a Hop, Skip, & a Jump — Artist as Museum — jw et al” Up From Down Under… Just a Hop, Skip, and a Jump along with its…
Hello, Allo! High-profile freelance jobs for new Google app puts alumni work in the hands of people around the world.
Global Perspectives International students reflect on their experiences as graduate students at MICA.
The Artists Talk Collaborative duo and 2015 Sondheim Prize winners, Daniel Wickerham and Malcolm Lomax sit down for a Q&A about their artistic practice.
Power to the Young People M.F.A. in Graphic Design students team with Ph.D. candidate to empower Baltimore’s Growing Girls.
The Genius of Joyce J. Scott Joyce J. Scott ’70 (Art Education B.F.A.) has been named a 2016 Fellow of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The fellowships…
Those That Can, Teach Meet a few of the visiting artists and critics who are an essential part of graduate education at MICA.