This year, MICA’s 32nd Annual Benefit Fashion Show will be concurrent with the College’s bicentennial. As we reflect on the artistic legacy of this institution, we are asking our designers to investigate and expand on this year’s theme, Reclaim. To reclaim is ‘to return to or recover something that was lost or taken’. Our show means to inspire appreciation and action to preserve historic cultural art practices. What can we salvage from the past? How can we ensure these histories move forward with us?

Through research, craft, & performance, our 8 collections by MICA students explore what it means to acknowledge our roots as artists and take them into the future.