Sarah Belisle Sarah Delisle is a pyrotechnic designer for Image Engineering – a Baltimore-based entertainment company.
Maker Space / Dolphin Design Center Building your vision takes the right tools and plenty of space to grow. We provide what you need to get there.
North Avenue Knowledge Exchange Built on the premise that everyone has something to teach and everyone has something to learn, the North Avenue Knowledge Exchange is a community-based…
Art of the Impossible As a Ph.D. candidate at Howard University’s African Studies Department with a background in international relations, I studied language, literature…
Lisa Hochtritt, Ed.D., Director of MICA's M.A.T. Program With a committed interest in social justice and art education, and understanding how they both intersect with youth, Dr. Lisa Hochtritt joins…
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…
Social Design Celebrates 10 Years at MICA Since 2008, MICA has been at the forefront of the social design movement, a rapidly emerging field and creative practice in the U.S. and around…
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…
Leading by Example: Maren Hassinger For the past 20 years, Rinehart School of Sculpture Director Maren Hassinger has led young artists through example. She explained, “I think…
A Conversation with Juan Bastos (General Fine Arts BFA) ’84 Since graduating in 1984, MICA alumnus, Juan F. Bastos, has enjoyed a successful career as a professional portraitist. Hundreds of his oil paintings…
Art + Health Care: Winston Frazer CEO and co-founder of Danae Prosthetics, Winston Frazer hopes to help amputees around the world embrace their lives through the ability to tell…
2018 Baker Awards Amy Sherald ’04 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting M.F.A.) and Margaret Rorison ’12 (Photographic and Electronic Media M.F.A.) were…
Open Works: Tools and Tech for the People With wood and metal shops, 3-D printing, an electronics lab and textile studios, Open Works is a makerspace where Baltimore City residents can…
MICA Partners with BMA and For Freedoms to Deliver 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…
Model of Collaboration: Baltimore Design School + MICA The brainchild of then Maryland State Senator Catherine Pugh, former MICA President Fred Lazarus and Baltimore architect Steve Ziger, the Baltimore…
Edon Muhaxheri Edon Muhaxheri is an illustrator who discovered a lost Albanian alphabet while a student in MICA's M.F.A. in Illustration Practice program.
Cosmo Whyte Based in Atlanta, Georgia and Montego Bay, Jamaica, Cosmo Whyte is a transdisciplinary artist and visual art lecturer at Morehouse College.
Kris Grey Kris Grey is a New York City-based exhibiting artist who teaches and exhibits work internationally.
The Legacy of Chair Emeritus in Art Education Dr. Al Hurwitz ’41 (1920-2012) Is Felt Worldwide MICA Chair Emeritus in Art Education and alumnus Dr. Al Hurwitz '41, who passed away on Saturday, March 24, 2012 leaves a lasting legacy on the…
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Beyond Our Gates: A Q&A With David Bogen Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs David Bogen discusses MICA's work with community stakeholders in Baltimore, specifically in and…
A Letter From the President: In Solidarity Against Hate and For Humanity Dear MICA Community Members,Our nation was shaken to the core this past week by a series of senseless crimes linked by hate. We shared in communal…
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…
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…
The Cool List Baltimore is fast becoming a cultural mecca — and national publications are taking notice.
MICA names four William O. Steinmetz ’50 Designers-in-Residence, bringing together three generations of cultural activists Over two lectures, Cheryl D. Miller ’74 (Graphic Design and Illustration BFA), Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton, Maurice Cherry and Deyane Moses ’19…
MICA welcomes Audrey Tanner as Vice President of Admission & Financial Aid MemorandumDate: August 21, 2020To: MICA Campus CommunityFrom: Samuel Hoi, PresidentSubject: Welcome to Audrey Tanner as Vice President of Admission…
MICA awards two LAUNCH fellowships to Curatorial Practice alumni In June of 2019, MICA awarded two of its four annual LAUNCH fellowships to alumni from the Curatorial Practice MFA (CP) program. After participating…
As COVID-19 halts the world, 'makers unite' During an unprecedented world health pandemic that has shuttered any sense of normalcy, artists and designers are doing what they do best — making…
GFA Special Projects class provides real-world experience while giving back to the community Artwork depicting birds and Baltimore landmarks— like race horses at Pimlico, boats in the Inner Harbor and the Patterson Park Pagoda — now…
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…
President Hoi Discusses Artists as Changemakers on the Free to Bmore Podcast MICA President Sammuel Hoi recently joined the Enoch Pratt Free Library's Free to Bmore podcast to discuss how art and artists can be changemakers…
Become Again: Identity as Process What do exhibitions look like when they take queerness for granted? This was the question I tried to answer for most of the year and a half I…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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 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.