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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…

Garden Party Press—Winner of $15k, Plus $5k People's Choice Award During 2021 UP/Start Competition

Chelsea Conrad ’20 (Illustration MA) is founder of Garden Party Press, a 2021 UP/Start finalist.

The Cool List

Baltimore is fast becoming a cultural mecca — and national publications are taking notice.

TamPal— Winner of $35k During 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition

Erica Duffy ’21 (Design Leadership MBA/MA) is founder of TamPal, a finalist in the 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

(L to R) Try to Catch It, It's Kinda Hard; Shark Suits Try To Pursuade Us; Space The Remix); It's Cool, We've Been Around

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

MICA Faculty and Artist in Residence New BMA Exhibition — All Due Respect

New works by four artists with connections to MICA — Lauren Frances Adams, faculty, Painting; Mequitta Ahuja, former Stewart-McMillan Artist…

Convo—Winner of $15K During 2022 UP/Start Venture Competition

Convo, the venture of Emma Koramshahi ’22 (Design Leadership MA/MBA) and Julia Breskin ’22 (Design Leadership MA/MBA), was one of seven finalists…

Graphic Design alumna Hilary Ament talks her recent work on “Oppenheimer,” “Nope”

Hilary Ament ’15 (Graphic Design BFA) continues to make a splash in the world of film graphic design, less than a decade after graduating from…

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and MICA reimagine Design Leadership MA/MBA program with support from the Alix Foundation

The Alix Foundation is committing $1 million to Johns Hopkins Carey Business School to support the school’s Design Leadership MA/MBA dual degree…

Wonderstruck

Amy Sherald Among Canon-Expanding Artists Showing at Brooklyn Museum, United Kingdom’s National Portrait Gallery

Inspiration Point

MICA alum Phaan Howng exhibits at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Heart of the Matter

MICA Brings Renowned Artists and Designers to Campus This Spring

MICA Is A Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Students

Today, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs recognized Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) for being…

Working the Problem

MICA Faculty Part of Nonprofit Whose Collaboration with City High School is a Leading Example of Urban Sustainability

MICA President Samuel Hoi Announces Retirement

College Also Announces Transition Committee Led by John Brothers & Mary Miller

The Cool List

Baltimore is fast becoming a cultural mecca — take a look at what people around the nation are saying about Charm City.

A Community of Creatives

MICA faculty James Williams II ’09 (Mount Royal School of Art MFA)—one of a dozen MICA-connected Sondheim winners since the prize's inception—talks…

April 7 Human Resources Memo

Information on hiring and recruitment process during the COVD-19 pandemic.

Turning Point

Ernest Shaw’s Thurgood Marshall Portrait in State Capital Expands Maryland’s Story

Designing a Career in Government

Design Leadership MA/MBA alum Michelle Polyak was recently selected the U.S. Digital Corps two-year fellowship sponsored by the Biden Administration…

Pathways at MICA and Beyond: Antonius Bui ’16 (General Fine Arts BFA)

“Transferring to MICA as a pre-med student from a public university, I honestly had a lot of insecurities concerning my artistic ability and…

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Illustration Faculty Q&A: Lisa Perrin ’13 (Illustration Practice MFA)

A proud graduate of MICA's MFA Illustration Practice program, Lisa Perrin spent five years as an in-house illustrator at American Greetings card…

Capturing Legends

The official White House portrait of President Barack Obama, by MICA alum Robert McCurdy ’74 (General Fine Arts BFA), was unveiled on September…

Career Notes: Art Education

A look at a few MICA alumni and their success in art education.

Career Notes: Art + STEM

A look at a few MICA alumni and their interdisciplinary collaboration with science, technology, engineering, and math.

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…

Coastal Conservation

Cities along the U.S. coast, which are home to more than 65 million people, are particularly vulnerable to the rising seas and storms caused…

(L to R) Try to Catch It, It's Kinda Hard; Shark Suits Try To Pursuade Us; Space The Remix); It's Cool, We've Been Around

Walter Cruz ’21 (Mount Royal School of Art)

(L to R) Try to Catch It, It's Kinda Hard; Shark Suits Try To Pursuade Us; Space The Remix); It's Cool, We've Been Around

Artist

Walter Cruz ’21 (Mount Royal School of Art)

Date

2019

Medium

Inkjet on Matte Paper

Art Incubator

MICA hosts candidates to be the next great American artist during the Smithsonian-MTV show, “The Exhibit”

Matt Johnson’s ‘Sleeping Figure’ provokes oversized questions and commentary near Marfa

One of the most talked about sculptures at Desert X 2023 — Sleeping Figure, by Matt Johnson ’00 (Sculpture BFA) — can now be found as a permanent…

Foraday—2021 UP/Start Finalist

Sean Duffy ’20 (User Experience Design MPS), Stephanie Petagno ’02 (General Sculpture Studies BFA), and Amber LaRosa, co-founders of Foraday…

Granting Meaning

MICA Faculty Awarded Grants by Bureau of Land Management, National Science Foundation

Faculty Announced as 2023 Sondheim Finalists

Abigail Lucien and Kyrae Dawaun are among a trio of finalists for the Sondheim Art Prize

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