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Five Free Art Activities In Baltimore

Discover Masterpieces at the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Walters Art Museum or the AVAM. (MICA alumna and faculty member Phaan Howng with her…

A Conversation With Kelsey Schmitt ’12

Art educator and practicing artist, Kelsey Schmitt ’12 is proof that graduates of MICA’s Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) program are…

Site Specific, The San Francisco Bay Area

Five alumni — based in the San Francisco Bay Area — who have carved out impressive creative spaces.

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.

National Portrait Gallery Unveils Portrait of Lady Michelle Obama by Amy Sherald ’04

“I paint American people, and I tell American stories through my paintings,” said Amy Sherald ’04 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting M.F…

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…

A Cheerleader for Art Education

As featured on Diverse Issues in Higher Education website. When Samuel — or Sammy — Hoi, president of Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)…

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LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting (MFA)

Zoe Linn Jarvis

A 2015 graduate, Zoe Linn Jarvis has a thriving career as an exhibiting artist with a large-scale solo show opening in Washington, DC in 2017…

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…

Firsts

Smithsonian Commissions Amy Sherald ’04 for Michelle Obama Portrait

Freedom to Fail

Cindy Cheng ’08 ’11 (Fine Arts Post-Baccalaureate, Mount Royal School of Art M.F.A.) measures success by what happens in the studio —…

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…

Sara Dittrich Receives Baker Artist Award

In an announcement made live on Maryland Public Television in late May, Sara Dittrich ’14 (Interdisciplinary Sculpture B.F.A.) was named a winner…

Elle Perez ’11

Photography alum Elle Pérez’s monochrome photographs explore queer and Latinx spaces — from underground wrestling to LGBTQ nightclubs (among…

Skin in the Game: Jackie Sabur

For Jackie Sabur ’03 ’06, tattooing is the ultimate expression of herself as an artist. The craft allows her to integrate learned techniques…

Allana Clarke

“I was a really terrible student,” exclaimed Allana Clarke ’14 (Mount Royal School of Art M.F.A.) in a conversation before her April lecture…

The Edge of Understanding: A Q&A with 2017 Sondheim Artscape Prize Winner Cindy Cheng

Cindy Cheng ’08 ’11 lived all over the world — from Hong Kong to Vancouver to Hawaii to Massachusetts — before making her way to study…

MICA's Ratcliffe Center for Creative Entrepreneurship Awards Over 100k at 2017 UP/Start Finale

DANAE Inc., Dandelion Wine Collective and Zee Bait Co. were the top prize winners of the Maryland Institute College of Art’s (MICA) second annual…

DANAE — Winner of $25k in 2017 Up/Start Competition including People’s Choice Award

When Winston Frazer ’16 (Painting B.F.A.) was a junior at MICA, his experience during a Summer Travel Intensive to the island nation of São Tom…

Guitars by Evil Evil — Awarded $20k in UP/Start Competition

Benjamin Torres ’15, ’16 (General Fine Arts BFA, Post-Baccalaureate in Graphic Design) always loved music. He played bass in his teens and, since…

Maura Dwyer: Art that Builds Trust and Relationships

Maura Dwyer ‘12 (Interdisciplinary Sculpture B.F.A.) avoids biographies, as she finds that words do not adequately represent her as an artist…

Good Fellows

Since the inception of the Fulbright Program in 1946, more than 325,000 recent graduates and graduate students from over 155 countries have used…

The Upstarts

MICA Art and Design Entrepreneurs Compete For $100,000 in Venture Funding Through Up/Start Initiative

Kyle Hackett

Kyle Hackett graduated in 2013 and has been continuously exhibiting his artwork since then. Currently based in Washington, D.C., his work was…

Untitled painting by Andrew Gray

Untitled

Untitled painting by Andrew Gray

Untitled

Painting B.F.A.

Artist

Andrew Gray

Date

2018

Sounds of Spring painting by Hera Kim

Sounds of Spring

Sounds of Spring painting by Hera Kim

Sounds of Spring

Painting B.F.A.

Artist

Hera Kim

Date

2016

Artist Up: Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle

Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle is an exhibiting artist featured in Ebony's "Women Up Issue."

Abstract painting, a white square is draped across a canvas and frame that are both painted pink.

Upon

Abstract painting, a white square is draped across a canvas and frame that are both painted pink.

Upon

LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting

Artist

Jinie Park

Date

2015

Ada Pinkston & Hoesy Corona: MICA Duo Examines the Past and the Now

Ada Pinkston ’13 (Community Arts M.F.A.) and Hoesy Corona ’09 (Painting B.F.A.) graduated from MICA four years apart. Pinkston focused on community…

MICA Named Top Producer of Fulbright Fellows

Since the inception of the Fulbright Program in 1946, more than 325,000 recent graduates and graduate students from over 155 countries have used…

Abstract painting, triangular figures in the interior of a car at night.

Moonhunters

Thomas Dahlberg

Abstract painting, triangular figures in the interior of a car at night.

Moonhunters

LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting

Artist

Thomas Dahlberg

Date

2015

Medium

Oil on canvas, diptych

Dimensions

48 x 95 inches

Portrait of Michelle Obama against a light blue background. She is sitting with her chin propped on the back of her hand and is wearing a black and white dress with geometric patters. Her skin and hair are all painted in shades of black and grey.

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama

Amy Sherald ’04

Portrait of Michelle Obama against a light blue background. She is sitting with her chin propped on the back of her hand and is wearing a black and white dress with geometric patters. Her skin and hair are all painted in shades of black and grey.

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama

Artist

Amy Sherald ’04

Date

2018

Medium

Oil paint

Dimensions

72 x 60 inches

Slanted pink lines against a beige background. A neon yellow stripe runs along the bottom of the painting.

Lot

Slanted pink lines against a beige background. A neon yellow stripe runs along the bottom of the painting.

Lot

LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting

Artist

Erin High

Date

2014

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.

Meditating on the Sofa painting by Sarah Stoll

Meditating on the Sofa

Meditating on the Sofa painting by Sarah Stoll

Meditating on the Sofa

Painting B.F.A.

Artist

Sarah Stoll

Date

2017

Chameleon Gallery — Winner of $15k in 2018 UP/Start Competition

As artists, Yi-An P‘an ’18 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting M.F.A.) and Haoran Chang ’18 (Mount Royal School of Art M.F.A.) say they are…

Stephen Towns: Patience Paid Off

The most oft-discussed piece in “Ruminations and a Reckoning,” a solo show at the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA), is “Birth of a Nation” — a…

Painting by Meg Beck

hominal

Painting by Meg Beck

hominal

Painting B.F.A.

Artist

Meg Beck

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…

Baptism painting by Tyler Ballon

Baptism

Baptism painting by Tyler Ballon

Baptism

Painting B.F.A.

Artist

Tyler Ballon

Date

2018

Meen Choi

Meen Choi maintains an active career as a Brooklyn-based illustrator. In addition to a position as a designer for Bogopa, he pursues freelance…

Winston Frazer

CEO and co-founder of Danae Prosthetics, Winston Frazer ’16 hopes to help amputees around the world embrace their lives through the ability…

Painting installation by Szemui Ho, Kailyn Cavaluzzo, Micah Albin Sattin, and Ella Ritts

Chrominiscence

Szemui Ho, Kailyn Cavaluzzo, Micah Albin Sattin, and Ella Ritts

Painting installation by Szemui Ho, Kailyn Cavaluzzo, Micah Albin Sattin, and Ella Ritts

Chrominiscence

Painting B.F.A.

Artist

Szemui Ho, Kailyn Cavaluzzo, Micah Albin Sattin, and Ella Ritts

Date

2018

Payton Cossell Turner and Brian Kaspr

Payton Cosell Turner and Brian Kaspr are co-owners of Flat Vernacular, a highly successful design studio specializing in original wallpapers…

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…

Painting by Tyler Ballon

Deposition

Painting by Tyler Ballon

Deposition

Painting B.F.A.

Artist

Tyler Ballon

Date

2018

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…

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