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Site Specific: Alumni in Their Creative Spaces

Five alumni—based in Chicago—who have carved out impressive creative spaces: Alex Fuller ’03 (Graphic Design BFA), Aram Han Sifuentes ’11…

Alumna’s Debut Children’s Book, I Am A Wolf, Out This May

Like most MICA students, Kelly Leigh Miller has always liked to draw. Whether it was in the sketchbooks her mom bought her, on the kid’s menu…

POW!

Illustration alumni are building impressive careers in the comic industry.

Accounting for Taste

When Meaghan Carpenter ’08 arrived at MICA’s Mount Royal School of Art, a career in the culinary world wasn’t exactly on her radar. Instead,…

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…

Kat Ward

How My MBA and Master’s in Design Leadership Shaped My Identity

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

MICA Faculty Win Prestigious Art Educator Awards

Three MICA faculty members have been recognized by national and state organizations for their outstanding work as art educators. They include…

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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…

MICA Awarded $510K from ArtPlace America, Will Build Field of Creative Placemaking

The funding will help to expand community and organizational partnerships, as well as create a sequence of both undergraduate and graduate courses…

MICA Awarded Top Honors in National Democracy Challenge

In 2018, MICA’s voting rate of registered students increased nearly 40 percentage points, and the number of eligible students registered to…

Mount Royal 2019 Fall Show

See work from Mount Royal School of Art's 2019 fall show

Good Flag, Black Flag

Artist

Sarah Black Sadler ’21 (Mount Royal School of Art MFA)

Date

2019

Medium

Mixed Media

2nd Connect

Artist

Tianyue Su ’20 (Mount Royal School of Art MFA)

Date

2019

Medium

SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast), Acrylic, Glassware, Sensor, Vibration Motor, Wire, Wood, Paint, Bulb

18Oct-30Oct

Artist

Yixyab Zhang (Mount Royal School of Art MFA)

Date

2019

Medium

Mixed Media on Glass

Artist

Walter Cruz ’21 (Mount Royal School of Art)

Date

2019

Medium

Inkjet on Matte Paper

Chenab

Artist

Meghana Gavireddygari ’20 (Mount Royal School of Art MFA)

Date

2019

Medium

Mild Steel, Banarasi brocade, gold leaf

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MICA Announces the William O. Steinmetz ’50 and Betty Cooke ’46 Chair in Design

Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is pleased to announce the founding of the William O. Steinmetz ’50 and Betty Cooke ’46 Chair in Design…

The Art of Hanbok

This past summer, faculty and students from MICA collaborated with international faculty, students, and guests from the Hanbok Advancement Center…

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…

Save it For Later

When Jenny Ferretti ’07 (Painting BFA) became the digital initiatives librarian for MICA’s Decker Library in 2015, print documentation of graduate…

MICA President Samuel Hoi Discusses Art Education on WYPR's Midday with Tom Hall

President Samuel Hoi was on WYPR for Midday on Higher Education with Tom Hall in August 2019, where he spoke about MICA’s role in Baltimore,…

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…

Parachute Syrup (part one of two)

Regan Dunleavy ’19 (Fiber BFA)

Parachute Syrup (part one of two)

Artist

Regan Dunleavy ’19 (Fiber BFA)

Date

2018

Medium

Ripstop nylon, nylon lycra, paracord

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…

When Art & Science Collide

Faculty from MICA team with scientists from Johns Hopkins University to translate results from extreme events in new visual ways.

Time Lapse: The Charmed Life of Jim Burger

Jim Burger ’82 (Photography B.F.A.) — noted Baltimore-area photographer and longtime photojournalist for the Baltimore City Paper and The Baltimore…

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.

Art + Biology

Students in MICA's biofabrication courses turn their artistic vision to biotech.

MICA awarded competitive grants from the National Endowment of the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved more than $27 million in grants as part of the Arts Endowment’s…

Sarah Belisle

Sarah Delisle is a pyrotechnic designer for Image Engineering – a Baltimore-based entertainment company.

MICA Eats: R House

Here's an inside look at R House, an industrial-chic food hall that has something for everyone.

Blackives: A Celebration of Black History at MICA

The Blackives remembers the stories of promising young black artists who attempted to study at MICA, from 1891 to 1958, but could not because…

Artist

Deyane Moses '19

Date

2019

Artist

Deyane Moses '19

Date

2019

Artist

Deyane Moses '19

Date

2019

Artist

Deyane Moses '19

Date

2019

Artist

Deyane Moses '19

Date

2019

Artist

Deyane Moses '19

Date

2019

Artist

Deyane Moses '19

Date

2019

Artist

Deyane Moses '19

Date

2019

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Maker Space / Digital Fabrication Studio

Building your vision takes the right tools and plenty of space to grow. We provide what you need to get there.

Career Notes

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

Mentor Extraordinaire: Illustration Faculty Member José Villarrubia

Orpheus Collar ’09 was obsessed with comics as a teenager – so obsessed, in fact, that when he was in high school, his mother tracked down legendary…

A Day in the Life of a NASA Artist Intern

The summer before my senior year, I worked as a NASA animation intern on-site at Goddard Space Flight Center – commuting from Baltimore to Greenbelt…

Brockett Horne, Chair of Graphic Design, Talks Career Prep

Faculty are mindful of how each step of a student’s education can contribute to their long-term success and work to integrate professional…

Virtuoso Faculty: Tony Shore

From smoke-filled bars in France, to Baltimore’s back streets and alleys, to the rolling fields north of the city where members of the Elkridge…

Martica

Rose Marie Cromwell '05

Martica

Artist

Rose Marie Cromwell '05

Date

2017

Medium

C-Print

Rinehart School of Sculpture Exhibition

The Tree of Life

Artist

Yunkyoung Cho

Date

2018

Medium

Yarn, Wire

Untitled

Artist

Alex Green

Date

2018

Horn

Artist

Emily Tucci

Date

2018

Medium

Horns, Wood, Joint compound, clay, handmade paper

The Creature

Artist

Tinglan Huang

Date

2018

Medium

Wood

The Greatest City in America

Artist

Alfredo

Date

2018

Medium

Concrete

Ethereal

Artist

Rebecca Morgan

Date

2018

Medium

Copper wire

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Louder Than a Bomb

Baltimore has the secret sauce for producing electrifying poetry — woke, young people; and a space for them to be heard.

Tony Shore: Reflections From China

Painting Department Chair Tony Shore ’93 (Painting B.F.A.) draws inspiration from everyday life - wherever he may be. Following are paintings…

Closing Time

Chair, Painting Department

Artist

Tony Shore ’93 (Painting B.F.A.)

Date

2018

Medium

acrylic on velvet

Lounge

Chair, Painting Department

Artist

Tony Shore ’93 (Painting B.F.A.)

Date

2018

Medium

acrylic on velvet

Midnight Barber Shop

Chair, Painting Department

Artist

Tony Shore ’93 (Painting B.F.A.)

Date

2018

Medium

acrylic on velvet

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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…

Kehinde Bademosi ’15: Storytelling to Save Lives

As a child growing up in Nigeria, Kehinde Bademosi ’15 (Social Design M.A.) didn’t have a television. His family simply couldn’t afford one. So…

Emily Ianacone ’15 Brings Design Strategy to Mayor's Office of Innovation

In recent years, recruiting officers hasn’t been easy for the Baltimore City Police Department. While the number of officers leaving each year…

Jinbo Huang ’19 (Graphic Design BFA)

Artist

Jinbo Huang ’19 (Graphic Design BFA)

Date

2019

President Hoi Discusses Artists as Changemakers on the Free to Bmore Podcast

Become Again: Identity as Process

MICA to launch Ratcliffe Center for Creative Entrepreneurship

Start It Up

Entrepreneurial Teaching

More Than Numbers

Site Specific: Alumni in Their Creative Spaces

Alumna’s Debut Children’s Book, I Am A Wolf, Out This May

POW!

Accounting for Taste

Design Leadership Students Make Finals in First Appearance at Design Challenge Competition

Kat Ward

Eight Finalists Chosen during 'Pop Up Pitch' Will Move On to UP/Start Finale

MICA Faculty Win Prestigious Art Educator Awards

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

MICA Awarded $510K from ArtPlace America, Will Build Field of Creative Placemaking

MICA Awarded Top Honors in National Democracy Challenge

Mount Royal 2019 Fall Show

Good Flag, Black Flag

2nd Connect

18Oct-30Oct

Chenab

MICA Announces the William O. Steinmetz ’50 and Betty Cooke ’46 Chair in Design

The Art of Hanbok

MICA Alumna Wins Sondheim Prize

Save it For Later

MICA President Samuel Hoi Discusses Art Education on WYPR's Midday with Tom Hall

Maryland Institute Black Archives

Parachute Syrup (part one of two)

Parachute Syrup (part one of two)

The HEMI/MICA Extreme Arts Summer Project/ Internship

When Art & Science Collide

Time Lapse: The Charmed Life of Jim Burger

Akea Brionne Brown ’18 wins Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize

Art + Biology

MICA awarded competitive grants from the National Endowment of the Arts

Sarah Belisle

MICA Eats: R House

Blackives: A Celebration of Black History at MICA

Maker Space / Digital Fabrication Studio

Career Notes

Mentor Extraordinaire: Illustration Faculty Member José Villarrubia

A Day in the Life of a NASA Artist Intern

Brockett Horne, Chair of Graphic Design, Talks Career Prep

Virtuoso Faculty: Tony Shore

Martica

Martica

Rinehart School of Sculpture Exhibition

The Tree of Life

Untitled

Horn

The Creature

The Greatest City in America

Ethereal

Louder Than a Bomb

Tony Shore: Reflections From China

Closing Time

Lounge

Midnight Barber Shop

Hank Willis Thomas Visits MICA as Part of Civic Engagement Programming

Kehinde Bademosi ’15: Storytelling to Save Lives

Emily Ianacone ’15 Brings Design Strategy to Mayor's Office of Innovation