Giving Baltimore's Youth the Tools to Tell Their Stories
“Everyone has a story to tell, but not every community has access to the tools to do so,” Moira Fratantuono ’10 (Community Arts M.F.A.)…
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Open Works: Tools and Tech for the People
With wood and metal shops, 3-D printing, an electronics lab and textile studios, Open Works is a makerspace where Baltimore City residents can…
Model of Collaboration: Baltimore Design School + MICA
The brainchild of then Maryland State Senator Catherine Pugh, former MICA President Fred Lazarus and Baltimore architect Steve Ziger, the Baltimore…
Curatorial Thinking
Two Curatorial Practice alumnae — Melani Douglass ’15 and Deana Hagag ’13 are taking lessons learned at MICA and going national, recently…
Making Art that Matters Nationally
Adarsh Alphons ’06 says that art saved his life. Today, the founder and executive director of ProjectArt now leads his team with a goal to…
Prosthetic Covers for Amputees Globally
How three alumni are using cloud-based technology to bring personalized prosthetic covers to amputees around the globe.
Lisa Hochtritt, Ed.D., Director of MICA's M.A.T. Program
With a committed interest in social justice and art education, and understanding how they both intersect with youth, Dr. Lisa Hochtritt joins…
#DrawingWhileBlack
In September 2017 Annabelle Hayford ’20 composed a simple tweet that read, Starting a hashtag event to celebrate and appreciate Black artists…
Social Design Celebrates 10 Years at MICA
Since 2008, MICA has been at the forefront of the social design movement, a rapidly emerging field and creative practice in the U.S. and around…
A Conversation With President Samuel Hoi
In 2014, Samuel Hoi was appointed MICA's president following the long tenure of Fred Lazarus. Along with more than two decades of higher education…
North Avenue Knowledge Exchange
Built on the premise that everyone has something to teach and everyone has something to learn, the North Avenue Knowledge Exchange is a community-based…
Beyond Our Gates: A Q&A With David Bogen
Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs David Bogen discusses MICA's work with community stakeholders in Baltimore, specifically in and…
2018 Baker Awards for Art Title
Amy Sherald ’04 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting M.F.A.) and Margaret Rorison ’12 (Photographic and Electronic Media M.F.A.) were…
A Letter From the President: In Solidarity Against Hate and For Humanity
Dear MICA Community Members,Our nation was shaken to the core this past week by a series of senseless crimes linked by hate. We shared in communal…
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…
Art Making Change: Creative Makers Purusing Social Justice in the News
As artists and designers optimize the power of their work to bring awareness of a number of causes, the idea of socially engaged art is gathering…
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…
Community Arts Leaders in Baltimore
Everyone has a story to tell, but not every community has access to the tools to do so.
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…
The Korean Community
Discover how artists from MICA are giving Baltimore’s growing Korean community voice through art.
The Art of Urban Environmentalism
Find out how MFA in Community Arts students are collaborating with an East Baltimore activist to confront environmental injustice.
Leslie King-Hammond Graduate Award
Incoming and returning students share their perspectives on diversity and creative discourse.
Emily Chow Bluck
Within two years of earning her M.F.A. in Community Arts from MICA, Emily Chow Bluck completed four artist residencies, launched several ongoing…
Becky Slogeris
A leader while at MICA - she was a member of MICA’s Student Leadership Task Force Committee and the recipient of France-Merrick Fellowship…
MICA Honors Members of the Legacy Society and Mount Royal Society
MICA recognized a group of philanthropists who have had a significant impact on the College at a May 17 event hosted by President Samuel Hoi…
Edgar Reyes: Art of the Times
Edgar Reyes ’14 (Community Arts M.F.A.) was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, and immigrated to the United States with his mother as a child. Since…
Ada Pinkston & Hoesy Corona: MICA Duo Examines the Past and the Now
Ada Pinkston ’13 (Community Arts M.F.A.) and Hoesy Corona ’09 (Painting B.F.A.) graduated from MICA four years apart. Pinkston focused on community…
MICA Community Helps Illuminate Baltimore During Light City 2018
Light City, America’s first large-scale light festival, is where Baltimore brings artists from around the world together for a celebration of…
DeRay Mckesson, Joyce J. Scott ’70, Carrie Mae Weems Among Honorees at MICA’s 169th Commencement
College will also award MICA trustee Alice Falvey Greif with honorary degree at undergraduate ceremony; author, editor and designer Victor Margolin…
TT: A Jack of All Art
TT the Artist ’06 (General Fine Arts) could never be put in a box. With filmmaker, creative director, performer, community artist, and designer…
Alumni Launch Entities and Initiatives to Integrate Art into Communities
Many members of the MICA comm unity showcase their creative and artistic talents through their own small businesses and product lines. Below…
Sabrina Chin
As an undergrad at MICA, Sabrina Chin amassed a wealth of experience through work in the community, study abroad, and internships. Today, she…
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…
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…
First-Year Juried Exhibition
New associate dean Marcus Civin reflects on a strong show by the MFA class of 2017.
Emma You Zhang
Emma You Zhang ’16 (Graphic Design M.F.A.) is an experience designer and graphic designer at Adobe. She is a design thinker focused on branding…
An Interview with Jann Rosen-Queralt
Students in Rinehart School of Sculpture recently sat down to talk with Jann Rosen-Queralt, director of the program.
Margaret Rorison
Baltimore-based curator and filmmaker Margaret Rorison founded the experimental film series, Sight Unseen, in 2012. Still running today, the…
Unconventional Illustration
Illustrators are natural storytellers; but across media, their work has traditionally been used to play a supporting role — to add depth…
Cindy Cheng
Working from her spacious studio in the city's Greektown neighborhood, Cindy Cheng has found success as an exhibiting artist. She not only exhibits…
Eight Finalists Chosen during Pop Up Pitch Will Move On to UP/Start Finale
The finalists will compete for funding totaling $100,000 during the April 17 finale
Marilyn Narota
Born in Colombia and based in New York City, Marilyn Narota is an exhibiting artist who creates performance based videos, participatory installations…
Art + Health Care: Winston Frazer
CEO and co-founder of Danae Prosthetics, Winston Frazer hopes to help amputees around the world embrace their lives through the ability to tell…
Career Notes
A look at a few young MICA alumni and their current career success.
A Day in the Life of a NASA Artist Intern
In summer 2018, I worked as a NASA animation intern on-site at Goddard Space Flight Center – commuting from Baltimore to Greenbelt, which was…
Virtuoso Faculty: Tony Shore
From smoke-filled bars in France, to Baltimore’s back streets and alleys, to the rolling fields north of the city where members of the Elkridge…
Louder Than a Bomb
Baltimore has the secret sauce for producing electrifying poetry — woke, young people; and a space for them to be heard.
Hank Willis Thomas Visits MICA as Part of Civic Engagement Programming
MICA is partnering with the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) and For Freedoms to deliver a robust line-up of civic engagement programming on campus…
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