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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.

Cindy Cheng

Working from her spacious studio in the city's Greektown neighborhood, Cindy Cheng has found success as an exhibiting artist. She not only exhibits…

Curatorial Thinking

Two Curatorial Practice alumnae — Melani Douglass ’15 and Deana Hagag ’13 are taking lessons learned at MICA and going national, recently…

Prosthetic Covers for Amputees Globally

How three alumni are using cloud-based technology to bring personalized prosthetic covers to amputees around the globe.

Unconventional Illustration

Illustrators are natural storytellers; but across media, their work has traditionally been used to play a supporting role — to add depth…

Andrew Keiper and Kei Ito

When Andre Keiper and Kei Ito discovered their shared connection to the atomic bomb through their grandfathers, they promised to one day explore…

Becky Slogeris

A leader while at MICA - she was a member of MICA’s Student Leadership Task Force Committee and the recipient of France-Merrick Fellowship…

Toppling the Hierarchy

Building a Website for Artists and Designers

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.

Deana Haggag

Immediately upon graduating from the M.F.A. in Curatorial Practice program, Deana Haggag was named director of The Contemporary, a nomadic museum…

Cosmo Whyte

Based in Atlanta, Georgia and Montego Bay, Jamaica, Cosmo Whyte is a transdisciplinary artist and visual art lecturer at Morehouse College.

Jacob Lockard

Atlanta-based graphic designer Jacob Lockard is senior art director at AKQA.

Kris Grey

Kris Grey is a New York City-based exhibiting artist who teaches and exhibits work internationally.

Yutaka Houlette

Yutaka Houlette is a web developer and award-winning book illustrator.

E-Textiles: Yuchen Zhang

Yuchen Zhang has worked with some of the world's leading companies, including Google and Pentagram. But, nothing beat starting her own business…

Developing the Curriculum of a Social Movement

What does a social movement look like? Oak Hill Center for Education and Culture in Station North is helping answer that question.

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…

Hitting Their Marks

Three alumni who are making their mark in the entertainment industry.

Xiaofu Wang

A native of Wuhan, China, Xiaofu Wang is an active exhibiting artist currently based in Baltimore. In 2017, she was a Janet & Walter Sondheim…

Making Art that Matters

Adarsh Alphons ’06 says that art saved his life. Today, the founder and executive director of ProjectArt now leads his team with a goal to…

Marilyn Narota

Born in Colombia and based in New York City, Marilyn Narota is an exhibiting artist who creates performance based videos, participatory installations…

Emma You Zhang

Emma You Zhang ’16 (Graphic Design M.F.A.) is an experience designer and graphic designer at Adobe. She is a design thinker focused on branding…

Margaret Rorison

Baltimore-based curator and filmmaker Margaret Rorison founded the experimental film series, Sight Unseen, in 2012. Still running today, the…

Upcycle Outerwear — Environmentally Conscious Fashion

“I like thinking about how to use materials differently,” said Trisha Chenney ’17 (Interdisciplinary Sculpture B.F.A.), a finalist in the…

12 places to grab a bite near MICA’s campus

We asked the MICA community to tell us what their favorite places to eat near campus. Here’s what they said.

Brendon Massei

From day one, Brendon Massei's masters in the Business of Art and Design has helped him grow as a professional musician in the band Viking Moses…

Danah Abdulla ’12: Challenging the Status Quo

Danah Abdulla is founder of Kalimat, an open outlet that puts creative Arabs on the international stage

Toym de Leon Imao

For Philippine sculptor Abdulmari “Toym” de Leon Imao, art is in the blood. He counts as his inspiration his father, an award-winning sculptor…

Christopher Manzione

Exhibiting artist Christopher Manzione has shown his work across the United States and around the world.

Artist Up: Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle

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

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…

Derek Blanks

Derek Blanks has photographed some of the biggest names on the planet, including Oscar Award-winning actors Viola Davis, Jennifer Hudson and…

Matt Hodin

Shortly after his graduation from MICA in 2015, Matt Hodin was hired as a production designer by Under Armour at their global headquarters in…

Chloe Gallagher

Before Chloe Gallaher landed a fulltime position at the Judd Foundation in Marfa, Texas, she embraced graduate life in Baltimore, curating "The…

Emily Chow Bluck

Within two years of earning her M.F.A. in Community Arts from MICA, Emily Chow Bluck completed four artist residencies, launched several ongoing…

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

Michael Ciancio ’06 Talks Chobani Brand Reboot

A Q&A with Michael Ciancio, creative director of content at Chobani.

Open Hearts

Open Hearts

Artist

Edgar Reyes

Date

2014

Matt Rockefeller

An illustrator and comic artist based in New York City, Matt Rockefeller recently worked on 5 Worlds, a graphic novel series from Random House…

Abbi Jacobson

Abbi Jacobson is co-creator of the hit Comedy Central show Broad City. An active illustrator, she is also an author, most recently of the New…

Kyle Bodt

The design thinking skills Kyle Bodt gained during his time in the Design Leadership program helped him transition into an experience strategist…

Sungazing scroll

Sungazing scroll

Photographic and Electronic Media, M.F.A.

Artist

Kei Ito

Date

2016

Medium

Multimedia installation

Three screens with headphones beneath. The left and right screens show scribbled white lines on a black background. The center screen contains cut outs of a pair of eyes that appear to be winking.

Sound Notes 4.0 & Hesitation

Three screens with headphones beneath. The left and right screens show scribbled white lines on a black background. The center screen contains cut outs of a pair of eyes that appear to be winking.

Sound Notes 4.0 & Hesitation

Photographic and Electronic Media M.F.A.

Artist

Mengmei Pan

Date

2018

Medium

Multi-channel video

A man in a wolf mask stands in a kitchen cooking raw meat and drikning red wine.

Kitchen

A man in a wolf mask stands in a kitchen cooking raw meat and drikning red wine.

Kitchen

Photographic and Electronic Media M.F.A.

Artist

Cyrus Feldman

Date

2017

Medium

Photography

Red print of an open mouth with a tiny framed image of a man inside.

Clinicals

Red print of an open mouth with a tiny framed image of a man inside.

Clinicals

Photographic and Electronic Media M.F.A.

Artist

Caitlin Curtis

Date

2017

A woman in a red dress stands near a table wrapped in red yarn. The table is partially lifted off the ground by a single red balloon.

Self Portrait No. 2

A woman in a red dress stands near a table wrapped in red yarn. The table is partially lifted off the ground by a single red balloon.

Self Portrait No. 2

General Fine Arts B.F.A.

Artist

Yawen Jiang

Medium

Yarn, table and balloon

Multi-colored yarn cascades down a stretched canvas.

Unity

Patricia McNickle

Multi-colored yarn cascades down a stretched canvas.

Unity

General Fine Arts B.F.A.

Artist

Patricia McNickle

Medium

Acrylic yarn and stretched canvas

Gallery space with video, two paintings, and a sculptural work. The video still is of a striped screen with a man jumping backwards into space.

The Mad Testaments

Gabriel C. Amadi-Emina

Gallery space with video, two paintings, and a sculptural work. The video still is of a striped screen with a man jumping backwards into space.

The Mad Testaments

Photographic and Electronic Media M.F.A.

Artist

Gabriel C. Amadi-Emina

Date

2018

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