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Migrations and Meaning(s) in Art an exhibition curated by Dr. Deborah Willis

The exhibition, curated by Willis, the MICA inaugural Stuart B. Cooper Endowed Chair in Photography, explores debates on the topic of migration…

Eric Dyer: Making Sculptures that Come to Life

Eric Dyer ‘04 (Mount Royal School of Art M.F.A.) brings animation into the present, physical world in an immersive and interactive way, and his…

Puppet Masters

Despite puppetry being an ancient art form — it is thought to have originated about 3,000 years ago — MICA didn’t offer classes in the…

MICA Awards Over $100K to Creative Entrepreneurs at UP/Start Finale

Seed funding awarded to 6 MICA student and alumni teams for their creative innovative businesses.

Transmission

Transmission

Artist

Seth Izen

Date

2017

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…

Art Meets Science

In 2009, I began a three-phase art project that explores the relationship between art and science, addressing the changing roles of the astronaut…

Masterwork

In the early 1980s, when MICA first started using computers in classrooms, far off was today’s technological context and the complementary…

P.J. Richardson

Five years after graduating, PJ Richardson co-founded Laundry, a creative firm in Los Angeles which today employs 20 employees who take on everything…

Dandelion Wine Collective — Winner of $25k during 2017 UP/Start Competition

It’s no coincidence that the word “collective” is in the title of the new venture from Paloma Hernando ’17 (Illustration B.F.A.) and Bekky Sunmi…

Isaac Ewart: The Art of Storytelling

At 25, Isaac Ewart is among the younger artists in Light City 2017. But, he spares no effort to dive in and understand the community he works…

Carlos Florez

Carlos Florez is an Emmy Award-winning production designer and art director whose clients include NBC’s Sunday Night Football, NASA, Target…

Power to the Young

M.F.A. in Graphic Design students team with Ph.D. candidate to empower Baltimore’s Growing Girls.

Hello, Allo!

High-profile freelance jobs for new Google app puts alumni work in the hands of people around the world.

MICA Faculty Member Leads Discovery of First Gamma-Ray Binary Outside the Milky Way

An international team of researchers led by Dr. Robin Corbet, part-time faculty member in MICA's Humanistic Studies Department and astrophysicist…

Emmy Award-Winning MICA Alumnus Promotes the Nickelodeon Brand

Christopher Papa ’02 (general fine arts) loves to tell stories, and animation gives him a unique outlet for his creative expression. There are…

A Conversation with Ellen Lupton

The director of the MFA in Graphic Design talks about the current state of the field and MICA’s graduate program.

MICA Alumna Helps Repair Brain Injuries

With the swipe of a finger, iPhone and iPad gamers are underwater, battling swarms of fish and dangerous sharks. This sets the scene for Shark…

NASA Partners with MICA Students on Short Films

Students at MICA often collaborate with working professionals on real-world projects, with outcomes that can have local, national, and even global…

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…

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…

Boss Lady

MICA Alumna, Ramsey Naito ’92, up for Academy Award for the animated movie The Boss Baby

Boba Studios — Winner of $20k in 2018 UP/Start Competition

Video games often fall into one of two categories: AAA, an informal classification for games produced by a major industry publisher, or independent/indie…

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…

Knowing Mary

Knowing Mary

Artist

Kat Navarro

Date

2017

Sleepy Paper Dream Theater

Sleepy Paper Dream Theater

Artist

Zach Lyles

Date

2017

POW!

Illustration alumni are building impressive careers in the comic industry.

The HEMI/MICA Extreme Arts Summer Project/ Internship

Numerous MICA students have taken part in the HEMI/MICA Extreme Arts Summer Project/Internship, which aims to explore visual representations…

Akea Brionne Brown ’18 wins 2019 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.

Career Notes

A look at a few young MICA alumni and their current career success.

A Day in the Life of a NASA Artist Intern

In summer 2018, I worked as a NASA animation intern on-site at Goddard Space Flight Center – commuting from Baltimore to Greenbelt, which was…

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.),…

Rising Star: Noelle Stevenson

Signing her first book deal while still a student at MICA, Noelle Stevenson is a rising star. Author and illustrator of the young adult graphic…

#DrawingWhileBlack

In September 2017 Annabelle Hayford ’20 composed a simple tweet that read, Starting a hashtag event to celebrate and appreciate Black artists…

Olivia Huynh

The work of Google Doodler Olivia Huynh was seen by Google users around the world during 2016 as the MICA alumna's interactive animations marked…

From Coast to Coast: Noah Boyle

Since leaving MICA, Noah Boyle's career has thrived, first as a visual design intern for Huge, Inc. in Los Angeles and currently as a designer…

Mother's Touch

Audris Park and Jane Yeon

Mother's Touch

Artist

Audris Park and Jane Yeon

Date

2017

In Their Own Words: Places to See, Things to Do

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

Adrift

Adrift

Artist

Rowena Yow

Date

2017

Katherine Mahon

As a 3D artist at Amazon, Katherine Mahon applies all that she had learnt at MICA to modeling and material creation at the internet giant. She…

Andrew Watson

Andrew D. Watson, recipient of the 2015 Art Education Technology Outstanding Teacher Award from the National Art Education Association, is fine…

Tyler Naugle

Tyler Naugle's successful internship at MTV opened the door to a fulltime job there after graduating from MICA. After working at MTV for over…

Natasha Nayo

Since her graduation from MICA in 2015, Natasha Nayo has worked as an animator based in Baltimore. She's currently with Storyfarm, where she…

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…

MICA Community Helps Illuminate Baltimore During Light City 2018

Light City, America’s first large-scale light festival, is where Baltimore brings artists from around the world together for a celebration of…

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…

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