MICA Open Works / Byron Banghart In September 2016, Baltimore Arts Realty Corporation (BARCO) launched OpenWorks, a converted 34,000-square-foot former warehouse turned makerspace…
Those That Can, Teach Meet a few of the visiting artists and critics who are an essential part of graduate education at MICA.
Tim Scofield: Art & Technology in Motion Tim Scofield is humble about his team being the only local act returning to Light City Baltimore this year. The large-scale kinetic sculpture …
Isaac Ewart: The Art of Storytelling At 25, Isaac Ewart is among the younger artists in Light City 2017. But, he spares no effort to dive in and understand the community he works…
Iman Djouini & Jonathan Taube: Getting the Elephant Out of the Room Through Art After Iman Djouini ’09 and Jonathan Taube ’10 graduated from MICA, the couple then left for New Orleans to obtain their master’s degrees in printmaking…
Global Perspectives International students reflect on their experiences as graduate students at MICA.
Star on the Rise The work of painter Amy Sherald ’04 (Hoffberger School of Painting M.F.A.) was always autobiographical in nature, but the artist says her move…
Designing for America It seems like such a clear solution to reducing recidivism rates prevalent in the criminal justice system: create an easy-to-use SMS text tool…
The Genius of Joyce J. Scott Joyce J. Scott ’70 (Art Education B.F.A.) has been named a 2016 Fellow of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The fellowships…
Humanistic Studies + Photography: Kris LaRosa Kris LaRosa ’17 (Humanistic Studies + Photography B.F.A.) came to MICA from a high school where the academic experience was intense. “I didn…
Hello, Allo! High-profile freelance jobs for new Google app puts alumni work in the hands of people around the world.
Power to the Young M.F.A. in Graphic Design students team with Ph.D. candidate to empower Baltimore’s Growing Girls.
Connections Forged in Baltimore Continue Around the World Filipino artists Ashley Dequilla ’12 and Toym Imao ’12 collaborate on series of murals in their home country.
In Good Company When the 46 Unites States Artists (USA) fellows were announced at the end of 2016, winners included luminaries across creative disciplines …
Faculty Member Piper Shepard and Alumnus Jacolby Satterwhite Named USA Fellows for Innovation in The Arts Fiber faculty member Piper Shepard and Jacolby Satterwhite '08 (Painting) were just awarded fellowships by United States Artists (USA) for innovation…
A Conversation with Taha Heydari LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting alumnus talks about Baltimore and Tehran.
Community Arts as a Way of Life Epiphanies often happen during the most mundane of tasks. For Ashley Minner, that moment-when she was able to put a name to her life’s work-came…
Culture of Change Hannah Brancato ’07, ’11 and Rebecca Nagle ’08, co-founders of FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, are seeking to not only support survivors…
Illustration: Briana Arrington The undergraduate student speaker at MICA’s 168th Commencement on Monday, May 15th, Briana Arrington ’17 (Illustration B.F.A.) brings energy…
Social Design: Smile Indias Smile Indias ’17 (Social Design M.A.), this year’s graduate student speaker at MICA’s 168th Commencement on Monday, May 15th, believes that the…
Knowledge is Power MICA collaborates with Baltimore City partners to offer free classes, workshops and activities through the North Avenue Knowledge Exchange
Fashion Forward If the fashion industry were ranked alongside individual countries’ gross domestic product, the global fashion industry would represent the…
Allana Clarke “I was a really terrible student,” exclaimed Allana Clarke ’14 (Mount Royal School of Art M.F.A.) in a conversation before her April lecture…
Louder Than a Bomb Baltimore has the secret sauce for producing electrifying poetry — woke, young people; and a space for them to be heard.
President Samuel Hoi Responds to DACA Rescission Decision The following are statements that were made to the MICA community regarding the Trump administration's September 2017 announcement to plan to…
National Portrait Gallery Unveils Portrait of Lady Michelle Obama by Amy Sherald ’04 “I paint American people, and I tell American stories through my paintings,” said Amy Sherald ’04 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting M.F…
Shenzhen Poster Exhibition Brings International Designers to MICA Coinciding with the Lunar New Year celebration on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 MICA transformed the Brown Center atrium into an exhibition of poster…
Puppet Masters Despite puppetry being an ancient art form — it is thought to have originated about 3,000 years ago — MICA didn’t offer classes in the…
Jann Rosen-Queralt For Jann Rosen-Queralt, director of MICA’s Rinehart School of Sculpture, environmental and industrial elements are an intricate part of her process…
George Ciscle MICA’s MFA in Curatorial Practice director and long-time curator-in-residence prepares to retire
Good Fellows Since the inception of the Fulbright Program in 1946, more than 325,000 recent graduates and graduate students from over 155 countries have used…
Knowledge and Community At MICA, the library is one of the most interdisciplinary spaces on campus. It’s a space where faculty, staff and students intersect. A space…
Morel Doucet - Full Circle Despite having several family members as educators, Haitian-born ceramics artist Morel Doucet ’13 (Ceramics B.F.A.) never saw himself as a…
Site Specific, The San Francisco Bay Area Five alumni — based in the San Francisco Bay Area — who have carved out impressive creative spaces.
Community Arts Leaders in Baltimore Everyone has a story to tell, but not every community has access to the tools to do so.
Art Meets Science In 2009, I began a three-phase art project that explores the relationship between art and science, addressing the changing roles of the astronaut…
Masterwork In the early 1980s, when MICA first started using computers in classrooms, far off was today’s technological context and the complementary…
Adapt & Adopt for a Better Future Keeping pace in a rapidly changing professional environment requires the acquisition of new market-driven competencies. MICA’s Master of Professional…
Envision. Create. Transform. In 2005, Baltimore was one of eight cities in the country included in the Ford Foundation’s Arts Integration and Education Reform Initiative…
A Conversation With Kelsey Schmitt ’12 Art educator and practicing artist, Kelsey Schmitt ’12 is proof that graduates of MICA’s Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) program are…
Full Bleed: A Journal of Art & Design Published annually by MICA, the work in Full Bleed stands for the civilizing influences of aesthetic experience and progressive design.
A Conversation With Zlata Baum A native of Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia, Zlata Baum has had a multifaceted career as an arts administrator, educator and exhibiting artist…
Changes in Baltimore I arrived in Baltimore in 2000 with a strong desire to become an artist, but I was clueless about how to do this. I come from a middle class…