From the first toast at the Kick-Off Reception to the final notes drifting through Mount Royal Station, MICA Weekend unfolded as a celebration of art in motion, a living dialogue between the College, its neighbors, and generations of makers who continue to shape its story.
Friday evening began in the Fox Building, where President Cecilia McCormick welcomed the MICA community to an opening filled with laughter, reconnection, and the energy of two extraordinary exhibitions: Faculty Exhibition and Homecoming. Each gallery glowed with the shared heartbeat of the MICA family, a reminder that creativity thrives most when it’s experienced together.
As twilight descended, that spirit spilled out onto the streets of Bolton Hill for Concert on the Hill, a joyful partnership with the Bolton Hill Community Association. Beneath the glow of historic rowhouses, Greg Thompkins and the Olde Skool Band carried the crowd through waves of jazz and soul, uniting students, alumni, and neighbors in rhythm. For a moment, the campus and city became one, a vibrant testament to MICA’s enduring presence in Baltimore’s creative landscape.
Throughout the weekend, campus spaces buzzed with creativity. Student galleries transformed the Gateway and Bunting centers into incubators of tomorrow’s visionaries, while Press-Perfect in the 15/15 Building and the Fashion Sketching Workshop at Station 205 invited guests to explore design and illustration through hands-on, expressive making. In Lazarus Auditorium, the screening of Dorothy Gillespie: Courage, Independence, and Color paid homage to one of MICA’s trailblazing alumnae, whose fearless creativity continues to inspire new generations of artists to make their mark with boldness and grace.
Each event, each gathering, was a reflection of MICA’s essence as a community of artists in perpetual dialogue, celebrating not only what has been made, but all that is still to come.
