GRAD SHOW 2023 Schedule
GRAD SHOW II (Friday, March 25 - April 10**)
Graphic Design MFA (Decker and Meyerhoff Galleries), Illustration Practice, MFA (Riggs and Leidy Gallery), Graphic Design, MA (Fox 3 Gallery), and Illustration, MA (Pinkard Gallery)
** (Invitation Only) Opening Event: Saturday, March 26th, 12:00-4:00 PM
GRAD SHOW III ( Friday, April 15 - May 1**)
Community Arts, MFA (Riggs), Rinehart School of Sculpture, MFA (Leidy Gallery / Lazarus), Mount Royal School of Art, MFA (Decker Gallery), LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting, MFA (Meyerhoff Gallery), Photographic and Electronic Media MFA (Pinkard and Fox 3 Galleries)
** (Invitation Only) Opening Event: Sunday, April 24, 12:00-3:45 PM
GRAD SHOW IV (Wednesday June 22 - July 9**)
Studio Art, MFA (Riggs and Leidy Galleries)
** (Invitation Only) Opening Event: Wednesday, June 22, 5PM - 7PM
** Opening receptions during on view dates and/ or ticketed attendance for the public TBD
MASD 2022 Social Design Exchange
Monday April 18, 6-9PM
BBOX, 1601 W. Mount Royal Avenue
Filmmaking MFA Screenings
Tuesday, April 12, 7 - 10PM
Parkway Theatre, 5 W. North Avenue
Curatorial Practice, MFA, City Wide Exhibitions, Various
Students in MICA’s MFA in Curatorial Practice program complete curatorial projects and collaborate with artists, organizations, and venues. Each student works in a variety of contexts and formats while forging partnerships across audiences and communities. For additional information about participating artists, visitor hours, and public programs, visit inside.mica.edu/curatorialpractice, or micagradshow.com.
Exhibitions
Dates for tech & pedestal requests/labels are as follows (also the due date for students that are repainting their space to complete security deposit form along with their installation plan)
| GRAD I | February 7th |
| GRAD II | March 7th |
| GRAD III | March 30th |
For more information visit the Office of Exhibitions webpage here. For more information about installation resources click here.
Upload Work to micagradshow.com
MICA’s Office of Strategic Communications and Graduate Studies are eager to promote and celebrate all the incredible MFA and MA work to come this Spring and Summer. Since 2010, the banner head MICA GRAD SHOW has showcased the culminating work of our MFA and MA graduate students from the College's internationally renowned programs. Our dynamic and customizable micagradshow.com platform will again promote and archive 2022 student work.
The full MICA GRAD SHOW website featuring student work will go LIVE on February 15, 2022.
STUDENT ACTION ITEMS
1.) Upload your work to micagradshow.com
2.) Access to your profile page on micagradshow.com (a dynamic and customizable website - to ADD images, video, sound files, text, social media and more. Instructions linked here.)
3.) Contact our web designers at studio@defaultvalue.info with any problems or questions with uploading work
4.) Your profile page and images will remain editable through the Spring and Summer 2022 - even after the site goes LIVE.
MICA GRAD SHOW 22 Branding
MGS 22 Branding is designed by GDMFA ‘19 alum McKenna Sanderson.
Linked here you’ll find a preview of the branding system.
Graduate Studies and Strategic Communications will be launching a significant media presence for MGS 22 including features in Art in Education and regional advertising. Help us spread the word on social media using the e-postcards on your artist and MFA / MA program social media channels. Use hashtags, #micagradshow2022 #MICAmade #MICAmade2022.Linked here is MICA’s social media toolkit.
MICA GRAD SHOW 22 Catalog
The Office of Graduate Studies is pleased to partner with faculty and students to create a 2022 GRAD SHOW catalog featuring 2-3 images / text from the AY21 MFAST cohort and AY22 MFA and MA students. Student participation is optional but highly encouraged. One complimentary copy will be distributed to each graduating student during Commencement weekend with the option to purchase additional copies on demand.
Instructions for students:
(note: students will provide one folder each to program directors who will upload all folders)
• One folder per student, must be named like so—Firstname_Lastname
• Up to 5 images total (no more than 5, please) of graduate thesis work
• at least 3600px or 12 inches on the longest side
• at 300dpi (note: any images below 300 dpi will not be used)
• Word document w/ the below info (use provided template)
-Full, preferred name
-Program
-Hometown (City, State, Country)
-Thesis title
-150-word description of thesis
(note: students and program directors are responsible for editing all text before uploading)
Deadlines for catalog file uploads:
| February 1st | Studio Art, MFA (Summer low Residency) MFAST |
| March 7th | Teaching, MA - MAT |
| March 25th | Graphic Design, MFA (GDMFA) |
| Illustration Practice, MFA (ILLPR) | |
| Graphic Design, MA (GDMA) | |
| Illustration, MA | |
| April 15th | Community Arts, MFA |
| LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting, MFA | |
| Mount Royal School of Art, MFA | |
| Photographic and Electronic Media, MFA | |
| Rinehart School of Sculpture, MFA | |
| Social Design, MA: Social Design Exchange | |
| Filmmaking, MFA | |
| Curatorial Practice, MFA |
@MICAGRAD Instagram Takeovers
Get ready for your program's Instagram Takeover 2022!
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February 24-26
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Teaching, MA
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March 27-29
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Illustration, MA
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March 30-April 1
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Graphic Design, MA |
| April 2 - 4 |
Illustration Practice, MFA
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| April 5 - 7 |
Graphic Design, MFA
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April 8-10
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Curatorial Practice, MFA
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April 19-20
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Photographic and Electronic Media, MFA
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April 21-22
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Community Arts, MFA
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April 23-24
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Mount Royal School of Art, MFA
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April 25-26
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Hoffberger School of Painting, MFA
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April 27-28
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Rinehart School of Sculpture, MFA
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April 29-30
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Filmmaking, MFA
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May 3-4
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Social Design, MA
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June 24-26
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Studio Art MFA
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QUESTIONS?
Reach out to Elle Jones, Project Manager for MICA Grad Show, ejones03@mica.edu