MICA Pan-College Convening on Strategic Planning: March 9
Information around the virtual Pan-College Convening on Strategic Planning on Wednesday, March 9 from 10 a.m. to noon EST
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2022 MICA Strategic Planning Relaunch & Survey Invitation
Details and a survey link regarding the Strategic Planning Relaunch.
MICA Art History, Theory, and Criticism Faculty Sarah-Neel Smith Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grant
Art Historian and MICA Art History, Theory, and Criticism Faculty Sarah-Neel Smith was recently awarded grant funding by the National Endowment…
Capturing a Baltimore Legend
MICA alum Jerrell Gibbs ’20 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting MFA) talks learning to understand the medium of painting through an abstract…
The Art of Racing: Winner to be announced Friday, March 25
Established more than four decades ago, the partnership between the Preakness Stakes and the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) continues…
2022 MICA UP/Start Venture Competition Finalists Announced
MICA is pleased to announce this year’s UP/Start Venture Competition finalists, who were chosen after the Round 1 Virtual 'Pop Up and Pitch'…
Bill Gaskins, founding director of Photography + Media & Society MFA, to speak as part of a Magnum Photos series
MICA’s Bill Gaskins, founding director of Photography + Media & Society MFA—a program accredited by the Maryland Higher Education Commission…
MICA ranks top 50 for QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023
This spring, MICA has been named as one of the world’s top visual arts universities according to the latest edition of the world’s most-consulted…
The Derek Chauvin Trial Verdict
No single verdict will ever undo the horrific events that occurred. May this outcome help bring a moment of solace and hope for a better future…
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.
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…
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.
Anchovy Press—Winner of $14,100 During 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
Rebecca Marimutu ’20 (Photographic & Electronic Media MFA) and Priyanka Kumar ’20 (Illustration Practice MFA) are co-founders of Anchovy…
Le Boi— 2021 UP/Start Finalist
Yuze Le ’21 (Design Leadership MBA/MA) is founder of Le Boi, a finalist in the 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
Alumni Founded Green Burial Startup Winner of $25k During 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
Carrie Carter ’20 (Product Design BFA) is founder of Resdie Burials, is a finalist in the 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
Confetti Collection Co.—Winner of $2k During 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
Charlene Etienne ’21 (Data Analytics & Visualization MPS) is founder of Confetti Collection Co., a finalist in the 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
Dexter Design Co.—Winner of $8,900 During 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
Christian Dexter ’20 (Graphic Design & Printmaking BFA) is founder of Dexter Design Co., a finalist in the 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
MICA launches new President’s Global Advisory Council to activate broad network of advocates for the College
MICA is pleased to announce the creation of the President’s Global Advisory Council, set to launch in May 2021, in an effort to continue to…
Jerrell Gibbs ’20 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting MFA) chosen as award winner by American Academy of Arts and Letters
Jerrell Gibbs ’20 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting MFA) was announced as one of 18 artists who will receive a 2021 reward in art from…
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…
MICA Granted ‘Voter Friendly Campus’ by Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and Fair Election Center’s Campus Vote Project
MICA was officially designated a “Voter Friendly Campus” this month by Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and Fair Election Center…
MICA stands in support of our Asian and Asian American communities, and condemns rise in violence and hateful rhetoric
Dear MICA faculty, staff, students, and trustees,
This week, our nation was rocked by yet another mass shooting. And while details have not…
Colette Veasey-Cullors, photographer and founding AVP of the CORE, appointed to Aperture Foundation board
MICA is pleased to announce Colette Veasey-Cullors, photographer and founding associate vice president of the Center for Organizing, Representation…
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…
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…
June 30 - Faculty and Staff Memo
MICA Faculty and Staff,
As you are aware, on Monday, July 6, we will release MICA’s full plan for reopening the campus this fall. We want to…
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…