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Technology-based careers require innovation and attention to detail. However, one doesn’t have to major in computers or engineering to succeed…
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Social Media Abuzz For ‘ARTPOP’ Album Cover Release
Pop singer and songwriter Lady Gaga tapped internationally acclaimed artist Jeff Koons ’76 (general fine arts) to design the ARTPOP album cover…
TT: A Jack of All Art
TT the Artist ’06 (General Fine Arts) could never be put in a box. With filmmaker, creative director, performer, community artist, and designer…
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…
Baltimore Design School and MICA Collaborate Through Teaching
A collaborative effort between then MICA president Fred Lazarus IV H’14 and Maryland State Senator Catherine E. Pugh, Baltimore Design School…
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…
Joyce Scott: Global Art Icon
For many, it’s impossible to talk about contemporary arts and culture in Baltimore and not mention Joyce J. Scott ’70 (art education). The MICA…
Faculty Set the Example in Building Sustainable Professional Careers
To launch a succccessful ca reer, it’s vital that students develop both a high degree of competency in their chosen discipline and make professional…
Hello, Allo!
High-profile freelance jobs for new Google app puts alumni work in the hands of people around the world.
Paul Mirel: MICA’s Starman
Paul Mirel takes time after his day job at NASA to bring art and science together.
LAB Award
See how this year’s recipients will strengthen Baltimore’s neighborhoods and bolster the city’s identity.
Modernature: Julie Buisson
Julie Buisson is the co-founder of the agricultural development business Modernature, which garnered a $10,000 MICA LAB Award as well as $25…
The Upstarts
MICA Art and Design Entrepreneurs Compete For $100,000 in Venture Funding Through Up/Start Initiative
An Entrepreneurial Approach to Educational Innovation
The capacity and willingness to act upon opportunities, to embrace the uncertain, to take a calculated risk, to dream big, to persevere and to…
Finalists Selected for MICA’s 2018 Up/Start Venture Competition
On Friday, Feb. 2, eight finalists for the third annual UP/Start Venture Competition were selected from over 20 applicants representing 15 undergraduate…
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…
Winners Announced for MICA Up/Start Venture Competition
MICA is pleased to announce the winners of the Up/Start Venture Competition, the college's first pitch and start-up contest for students, graduates…
Kyle Bodt
The design thinking skills Kyle Bodt gained during his time in the Design Leadership program helped him transition into an experience strategist…
Molly Needelman
Currently a User Experience Strategist at Google, Molly Needelman is a human-centered designer who believes business and design go hand-in-hand…
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…
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…
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
Kat Ward
How My MBA and Master’s in Design Leadership Shaped My Identity
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…
MICA Awards More Than $100K in Annual UP/Start Venture Competition
GPG Technologies and Greenmount Tile were the top prize winners of the Maryland Institute College of Art’s (MICA) fourth annual UP/Start Venture…
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…
MICA announces 2021 UP/Start Finalists
MICA is thrilled to announce this year’s eight UP/Start Venture Competition finalists, who were selected from a total of a record 58 applicants…
Le Boi— 2021 UP/Start Finalist
Yuze Le ’21 (Design Leadership MBA/MA) is founder of Le Boi, a finalist in the 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
TamPal— Winner of $35k During 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
Erica Duffy ’21 (Design Leadership MBA/MA) is founder of TamPal, a finalist in the 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition.
2022 MICA UP/Start Venture Competition Finalists Announced
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'…
Blvck Door—Winner of $40K During the 2022 UP/Start Venture 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…
Convo—Winner of $15K During 2022 UP/Start Venture Competition
Convo, the venture of Emma Koramshahi ’22 (Design Leadership MA/MBA) and Julia Breskin ’22 (Design Leadership MA/MBA), was one of seven finalists…
Designing a Career in Government
Design Leadership MA/MBA alum Michelle Polyak was recently selected the U.S. Digital Corps two-year fellowship sponsored by the Biden Administration…
MICA's Ratcliffe Center for Creative Entrepreneurship Awards Over 100k at 2023 UP/Start Finale
As announced on April 10, $105,000 was awarded to eight finalists at the 2023 UP/Start Venture Competition at MICA.
UP/Start is an initiative…
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and MICA reimagine Design Leadership MA/MBA program with support from the Alix Foundation
The Alix Foundation is committing $1 million to Johns Hopkins Carey Business School to support the school’s Design Leadership MA/MBA dual degree…
Career Notes: Art + STEM
A look at a few MICA alumni and their interdisciplinary collaboration with science, technology, engineering, and math.
Dewayne Whitfield ’16 (Design Leadership MA/MBA) Receives U.S. Department of Energy Excellence Award
MICA alum Dewayne Whitfield ’16 (Design Leadership MA/MBA) was awarded the 2022 US Department of Energy's Excellence Award. An information technology…