The exhibition runs August 28 to September 29, 2026, in the Sheila & Richard Riggs Gallery at MICA’s Fred Lazarus IV Center.

Whitney Frazier, Assistant Director of School of Creative and Professional Studies Programs

Doug Barkey, Dean, School of Creative and Professional Studies

BALTIMORE, MD — For 200 years, the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) has provided students with a renowned art and design education. Today…

August 28–October 11, 2026Opening Reception: Thursday, September 10, 5–7 p.m. Decker Gallery, Fox Building1303 W Mount Royal Ave. Baltimore…

José Villarrubia ’83 (General Fine Arts BFA), Illustration faculty

Maia Chao, Faculty

Alumnus Gabriel Ramos ’25 (Graphic Design BFA) always wanted a way to bring together MICA and his employer, the Baltimore Orioles. His recommendation…

Tony Lugo ’20 (Mount Royal School of Art MFA), former faculty

Julia Di Bussolo ’06, ’07 (Photography BFA, Community Arts MA)

Juan Bastos ’84 (General Fine Arts BFA)

Where can you grow, not only as an artist, but as someone whose work matters in the world? For nearly two centuries, artists and educators have…

Student entrepreneurs awarded funding to launch creative ventures

MICA president Cecilia M. McCormick appeared on the April 15 episode of The Truth In This Art, the arts-and-culture interview podcast hosted…

Chidinma Dureke ’25 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting MFA)

Joyce J. Scott ’70 (Art Education BFA)

Haven DeAnglis ’20 (Fiber BFA)

A Legacy of Support and Possibility

Nannette Blinchikoff, Donor/Friend, Former president of Maryland Arts Equity Foundation (MAEF)

Amy Brusselback ’94 (Visual Communication Design BFA), Current MICA Board of Trustees member

ND Stevenson ’13 (Illustration BFA)

William Grimm ’19 (Fiber BFA)

Ryan Hoover ’06 (Rinehart School of Sculpture MFA); Faculty, Interdisciplinary Sculpture

Beverly Price ’22 (Photographic & Electronic Media MFA) is a native Washington, D.C. fine art photographer whose work focuses on the intersection…

For 200 years, MICA has been powered by one enduring truth: creativity changes lives, and it takes a community of supporters to make that possible…

Matthew Power, President, Maryland Independent College and University Association (MICUA)

John Angelos, President and COO, Mid-Atlantic Sports Network; MICA Board of Trustees member

Kristy Tillman Knuppel, MICA Parent Council

Sarah McCann ’09, ’19 (Community Arts MA, Community Arts MFA)

Shinique Smith ’92, ’03 (General Fine Arts BFA, Mount Royal School of Art MFA)

Yumi Hogan ’08 (Painting BFA); Former First Lady of Maryland; Adjunct professor, MICA Drawing program; Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts

The launch of the Female School of Design in 1854 was more than a programmatic addition; it was a declaration of belief that women belonged in…

New online undergraduate program prepares students to design human-centered digital experiences while building on MICA’s established leadership…

Sculptor. Painter. Teacher. Advocate.

Prospective students are invited to learn more at MICA open house and virtual events

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

Margaret F. S. Glace and Annette Smith Burgess

Mike Weikert ’05 (Graphic Design MFA); Co-Founder & Co-Executive Director, Center for Creative Impact

Lee Davis; Co-Executive Director, Center for Creative Impact

Landscape Painter • President • Architect of Modern MICA

Frankie Martin, Ed.D.; Retired Staff, MICA’s first Diversity Officer

Betty Cooke ’46 (Art Education BFA)

Andrea Dixon ’88 (Visual Communication BFA); Director, Office of Exhibitions

Excerpted and adapted from Making History / Making Art, by Douglas L. Frost.

Unique Robinson, Director of MICA’s MFA Community Arts Program

Mia Weiner ’13 (Fiber BFA)