MICA announces 2021 UP/Start Finalists
MICA is thrilled to announce this year’s eight UP/Start Venture Competition finalists, who were selected from a total of a record 58 applicants…
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Members of MICA community honored for prestigious education, illustration awards
Multiple members of the MICA community—from faculty to alumni to endowed chairs—were selected for prestigious awards by the Maryland Art Education…
Four with MICA ties make Forbes 30 under 30 Art & Style 2021
Four members of the MICA community were included in the Forbes 30 under 30 Art & Style 2021, which highlights those who are creating and designing…
Stuart Clarke Succeeds Gwen Davidson as MICA Board Chair
Memorandum
Date: October 20, 2020To: MICA Campus CommunityFrom: Samuel Hoi, PresidentRe: Stuart Clarke Succeeds Gwen Davidson as MICA Board…
Report on Action Plan for a DEIG-Driven and Safe MICA
MemorandumDate: October 16, 2020To: Members of the MICA CommunityFrom: Samuel Hoi, PresidentRe: Report on Action Plan for a DEIG-Driven and…
MICA Board of Trustee Reponse to No Confidence Vote
Dear Members of the MICA Faculty Assembly,
The MICA Board of Trustees recognizes the critical role of the faculty and your essential impact…
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…
Follow Up to June 1 Statement in Support of Black Lives Matter and Against Discrimination
June 4, 2020
Dear MICA Campus Community,
This is the follow-up communication promised in my previous campus memo. The June 1 expression of…
MICA Issues Statement in Support of Black Lives Matter and Against Discrimination
June 1, 2020
Dear MICA Community Members,
In Baltimore, it is impossible to feel the pain of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis and Breonna…
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…
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…
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…
DACA Provides a Fairer Shot
Central to the aspirational promise of America is the bedrock belief that we are all equal–regardless of the circumstances of our birth–and our…
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…
The Art of Hanbok
This past summer, faculty and students from MICA collaborated with international faculty, students, and guests from the Hanbok Advancement Center…
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…
MICA President Samuel Hoi Discusses Art Education on WYPR's Midday with Tom Hall
President Samuel Hoi was on WYPR for Midday on Higher Education with Tom Hall in August 2019, where he spoke about MICA’s role in Baltimore,…
More Than Numbers
Information and Visualization students take data detailing the devastating change of population in the Łódź Ghetto in Poland during the Holocaust…
MICA Contacts
MICA has compiled this list of easy-to-access relevant internal resources. If you have questions not answered in our COVID-19 FAQs, you can use…
Information about Hours of Operation
Due to the COVID-19 Global Pandemic, operational hours on campus will be impacted and information about campus operations may frequently change…
COVID-19 Technology Resources
This webpage provides an overview of some of the tools that can be used by MICA employees to effectively telework and maintain their department…
External COVID-19 Resources
Following is a list of local, state, and national resources about COVID-19.
April 20 Student Memo
Information about changes to financial holds and the fall registration timeline.
MICA Awards More Than $100K in Annual UP/Start Venture Competition
GPG Technologies and Greenmount Tile were the top prize winners of the Maryland Institute College of Art’s (MICA) fourth annual UP/Start Venture…
April 7 Human Resources Memo
Information on hiring and recruitment process during the COVD-19 pandemic.
April 3 Campus Memo
Updated details around Commencement and year-end exhibitions for the Class of 2020.
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.
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…
March 27 Human Resources Memo
An update to MICA staff about the Staff FAQ, building accessibility and the Job Matching program.
March 27 Human Resources Memo
Information about MICA’s Job Matching Program.
Yelp Names Baltimore Top Foodie City
Yelp's data team compared ratings, reviews, and cuisine diversity to reveal where its users love to eat as it named Baltimore among the Top 10…
Inside Look: Land of Kush
When we asked MICA students about their favorite places to eat, Baltimore's hippest vegan soul food joint was high on the list.
Inside Look: Dooby's
According to MICA students, Dooby's is the place to eat when you don't want to break the bank.
March 21 Campus Memo
Information to the MICA community of the negative result for the individual who had been tested for COVID-19.
March 20 Campus Memo
An update to the MICA community that the College had not yet received the test results for the individual tested for COVID-19.
March 19 Student Memo
Move-out information for graduate students.
March 16 Student Memo
Updated information for graduate students about the move-out process, cleaning, equipment, and more.
Design Leadership Students Make Finals in First Appearance at Design Challenge Competition
For three intrepid teams of MBA/MA in Design Leadership students, the challenge was too good to pass up.
As the first-ever Johns Hopkins…
March 5 Campus Memo
Guidance around spring break travel, hygiene, communal gatherings, and more.
February 27 Campus Memo
Information about the College’s study abroad programs, including suspension of the Italy program.