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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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

Louder Than a Bomb

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

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 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 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…

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…

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.

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Whitney Sherman ’71

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Art Director: Ethel Kessler ’71

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Whitney Sherman ’71

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1998

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…

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…

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…

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…

Giving Baltimore's Youth the Tools to Tell Their Stories

“Everyone has a story to tell, but not every community has access to the tools to do so,” Moira Fratantuono ’10 (Community Arts M.F.A.)…

Career Notes

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

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…

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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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

When Art & Science Collide

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

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.

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

Entrepreneurial Teaching

To Ray Parris ’94, ‘96 (Graphic Design BFA, MAT) lemonade stands aren’t just a way for children to make a few extra dollars—they’re a vehicle…

MICA to launch Ratcliffe Center for Creative Entrepreneurship

The center, infusing creative entrepreneurship training into art and design education, further advances the College’s forward-looking mission…

A Conversation With Darrée

A native of Los Angeles, Darrée Hyun ’18 (Filmmaking M.F.A.) is a storyteller who investigates the relationship between self and society.…

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…

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