Initial offerings include courses in art direction, AI, coding, design software, game design, and digital photography

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Daniel Frumhoff is an art director, motion designer, and design educator based in NYC.

“Artist, athlete, and clean water advocate, Katie Pumphrey is a Baltimore icon with a beer named after her.”

Sean Dong is a 3D artist and motion designer based in Baltimore.

Why the Creative Economy Needs MICA Now More Than Ever

President McCormick opens Orioles “College Night” with a clean strike— and a clear statement about MICA’s deep connection to Baltimore…

Dhrishti Khokhar is an award-winning graphic designer from India, now working with the global creative agency Ogilvy.

BALTIMORE, MD — The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is pleased to announce that its President, Cecilia M. McCormick, J.D., has been…

Words of advice from this 2022 Animation major: "Make friends with upperclassmen"

Created HBO film “Planterior,” star of PBS series “Living Wild: Plant-Spiration with Hilton Carter,” author of several books including…

Wrote, directed, and executive produced Marvel Studio’s I Am Groot, currently streaming on Disney+. Served as animation director for hit indie…

Illustrator of the New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2024 and named to Forbes 30 Under 30, Feng’s illustrations for The New Yorker,…

Diana Eusebio ’20 (Fiber BFA) is a Peruvian-Dominican textile artist based in Miami. Her artistic practice is centered on color and its cultural…

Daniel Grantham currently lives and works in Baltimore Maryland, where he is active as an artist and composer. In his audiovisual and musical…

Elisa Leiva’s Swing-Inspired Thesis at MICA

ArtWalk 2025

For Joely Ramos ’25 (Illustration BFA), Window into Worlds is both a title and a philosophy. Her ArtWalk collection features 26 mixed-media collages…

For graduating students, ArtWalk is a personal journey and shared futures of growth culminating in works that blend personal history, cultural…

Sabrina Kindervater Reimagines Product Design for a Sustainable Future

Building an Indonesian Fantasy Game at MICA

Teagan Crawford-Greene’s “The Big Muddy Times”

Gabriel Ramos’ ArtWalk Tribute to El Salvador

The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), a top-ranked art and design college, is proud to announce the launch of two innovative BFA majors:…

Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)  is pleased to announce the 2025 honorary degree recipients, who will speak during the Undergraduate…

The Art of Empathy

MICA proudly announces new faculty who are joining the College in Fall 2025 across a range of programs and contemporary approaches to art, design…

Through his camera lens, Jack Flame Sorokin ’15 (Photography BFA) captured the resilience of a North Carolina community facing devastation…

A MICA program bridges classroom learning with community engagement that connects art and fosters empathy between intergenerational communities…

The Ratcliffe Center for Creative Entrepreneurship (RCCE) proudly celebrated the 10th cycle of the UP/Start Venture Competition this past Friday…

Watch First Year Experience (FYE) faculty member LaToya Hobbs create a woodblock print portrait of Naima Mora, referencing the sculpture “Naima…

“I'm proud to make art full-time and to be creating community through hosting a Sketchbook Club and a Nature Journaling Club!”

“The professors pushed us but were also encouraging, and I loved learning from my talented, hard-working peers,” recalls Karen Ösp Pálsdóttir…

Fernando is an illustrator and art educator from Mexico City, now based in the UK.

Art Without Borders

Alleyways in Midtown Baltimore are becoming a mesmerizing convergence of dynamic rainbow patterns.

Jeff Koons ’76 (General Fine Arts BFA) boldly goes where few artists have gone before.

MICA Alum Transforms Storefront Metal Gate to Honor Baltimore Civil Rights Advocate

His studio work, installations and gallery projects have been exhibited throughout the world

The founder of fashion brand Sukushine, Sukalp has shown her work as part of New York Fashion Week.

Her clients have won Emmys, exhibited art in the MoMa, sold out products, and connected with their audience from Baltimore to South Africa.

MICA Weekend 2024 event featuring ND Stevenson ‘13 & Jeremie Talbot ‘98

Timed to coincide with the arrival of this year's freshman, the First Year Experience (FYE) Exhibition is one of the College's most highly regarded…

Dana is an artist and photographer for companies like Williams-Sonoma, the North Face, and Adobe.

Ivan David Ng is an artist from Singapore who has worked on projects with Louis Vuitton and Uber Technologies.