Best known for fabricating ambitious, large-scale installations, MICA faculty member Stephen Hendee is creating a new objective for his studio…

A native of Iran, Taha Heydari has exhibited around the world, including London, Berlin and Antwerp. His work has been featured in solo exhibitions…

Working from her spacious studio in the city's Greektown neighborhood, Cindy Cheng has found success as an exhibiting artist. She not only exhibits…

Two Curatorial Practice alumnae — Melani Douglass ’15 and Deana Hagag ’13 are taking lessons learned at MICA and going national, recently…

How three alumni are using cloud-based technology to bring personalized prosthetic covers to amputees around the globe.

Illustrators are natural storytellers; but across media, their work has traditionally been used to play a supporting role — to add depth…

MICA faculty member is carving out time to shape a new generation of makers thanks to a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grant.

When Andre Keiper and Kei Ito discovered their shared connection to the atomic bomb through their grandfathers, they promised to one day explore…

Chad Smith used his masters's in Information Visualization to land a position heading the emerging technology arm of the Office of Public Outreach…

A leader while at MICA - she was a member of MICA’s Student Leadership Task Force Committee and the recipient of France-Merrick Fellowship…

Since the inception of the Fulbright Program in 1946, more than 325,000 recent graduates and graduate students from over 155 countries have used…

Building a Website for Artists and Designers

MICA asked three MICA students about their favorite places in Baltimore and around campus. Here's what they had to say.

Immediately upon graduating from the M.F.A. in Curatorial Practice program, Deana Haggag was named director of The Contemporary, a nomadic museum…

The most oft-discussed piece in “Ruminations and a Reckoning,” a solo show at the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA), is “Birth of a Nation” — a…

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

Twenty-one years ago, MICA alum Susan Malone ’97 (Photography BFA) began working as manager of programs at Wide Angle Youth Media — a Baltimore…

McCormick will continue as president, following her interim presidency since January 2024, and will spearhead exciting new initiatives for the…

MICA proudly announces new faculty who are joining the College in Fall 2025 across a range of programs and contemporary approaches to art, design…

Celebrating everything from espresso to the changing of the seasons, MICA alum reaches a worldwide audience.

Area Head & Full-Time Faculty / Photography; Assistant Chair / Animation & Media Arts

Full-Time Faculty/ Film and Video, Animation and Media Arts, BFA; Co-Area Head / Creative Media Production, BFA; Full-Time Faculty / Studio…

Part-Time Faculty / First Year Experience

Area Head / Animation; Faculty / Animation and Media Arts

Chair / Animation and Media Arts

Program Coordinator

Full-Time Faculty / History of Art, Design, & Visual Culture

Nate Larson, Full-Time Faculty, Photography

Launching in Fall 2026, the new programs expand MICA’s media arts ecosystem, connecting filmmaking, game development, and interactive storytelling…

Three alumni who are making their mark in the entertainment industry.

A native of Wuhan, China, Xiaofu Wang is an active exhibiting artist currently based in Baltimore. In 2017, she was a Janet & Walter Sondheim…

Adarsh Alphons ’06 says that art saved his life. Today, the founder and executive director of ProjectArt now leads his team with a goal to…

Born in Colombia and based in New York City, Marilyn Narota is an exhibiting artist who creates performance based videos, participatory installations…

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…

Emma You Zhang ’16 (Graphic Design M.F.A.) is an experience designer and graphic designer at Adobe. She is a design thinker focused on branding…

Baltimore-based curator and filmmaker Margaret Rorison founded the experimental film series, Sight Unseen, in 2012. Still running today, the…

Discover Masterpieces at the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Walters Art Museum or the AVAM. (MICA alumna and faculty member Phaan Howng with her…

“I like thinking about how to use materials differently,” said Trisha Chenney ’17 (Interdisciplinary Sculpture B.F.A.), a finalist in the…

We asked the MICA community to tell us what their favorite places to eat near campus. Here’s what they said.

From day one, Brendon Massei's masters in the Business of Art and Design has helped him grow as a professional musician in the band Viking Moses…

Danah Abdulla is founder of Kalimat, an open outlet that puts creative Arabs on the international stage

For Philippine sculptor Abdulmari “Toym” de Leon Imao, art is in the blood. He counts as his inspiration his father, an award-winning sculptor…

Exhibiting artist Christopher Manzione has shown his work across the United States and around the world.

Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle is an exhibiting artist featured in Ebony's "Women Up Issue."

Ada Pinkston ’13 (Community Arts M.F.A.) and Hoesy Corona ’09 (Painting B.F.A.) graduated from MICA four years apart. Pinkston focused on community…

Derek Blanks has photographed some of the biggest names on the planet, including Oscar Award-winning actors Viola Davis, Jennifer Hudson and…

Shortly after his graduation from MICA in 2015, Matt Hodin was hired as a production designer by Under Armour at their global headquarters in…