Art and Aerospace: Alumna Engineers Thermal Solutions for Spacecraft As a little girl, Aleks Bogunovic ’12 ’13 (Fiber B.F.A., Business of Art and Design M.P.S.) knitted, crocheted and sewed clothes, taking after…
Paul Mirel: MICA’s Starman Paul Mirel takes time after his day job at NASA to bring art and science together.
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…
The Artists Talk Collaborative duo and 2015 Sondheim Prize winners, Daniel Wickerham and Malcolm Lomax sit down for a Q&A about their artistic practice.
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…
Hello, Allo! High-profile freelance jobs for new Google app puts alumni work in the hands of people around the world.
P.J. Richardson Five years after graduating, PJ Richardson co-founded Laundry, a creative firm in Los Angeles which today employs 20 employees who take on everything…
A Conversation with Shinique Smith MICA Alumna talks about the people, places, and ideas that have influenced and inspired throughout her remarkable career.
Jessica Bastidas Jessica Bastidas, whose goal is to share her personal storybook world with children, is a student in MICA's MAT program as well as an art instructor…
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…
Leslie Speer Named Chair of New Product Design Program As the College prepares to launch its new B.F.A. in Product Design this fall, it is pleased to announce renowned educator and designer Leslie…
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…
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…
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…
Baltimore Sun Op-Ed: Supporting Arts Funding As the chief executives of the Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, and The Walters Art Museum — three anchor visual…
A Conversation with Taha Heydari LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting alumnus talks about Baltimore and Tehran.
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…
Eric Dyer: Making Sculptures that Come to Life Eric Dyer ‘04 (Mount Royal School of Art M.F.A.) brings animation into the present, physical world in an immersive and interactive way, and his…
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…
Turning Lemonade Into a LibGuide How a MICA librarian turned a pop culture phenomenon into a learning resource.
DANAE — Winner of $25k in 2017 Up/Start Competition including People’s Choice Award When Winston Frazer ’16 (Painting B.F.A.) was a junior at MICA, his experience during a Summer Travel Intensive to the island nation of São Tom…
In Good Company When the 46 Unites States Artists (USA) fellows were announced at the end of 2016, winners included luminaries across creative disciplines …
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…
MICA Announces $600,000 Ratcliffe Foundation Grant to Support Future Creative Entrepreneurs Pitch Competition Will Award up to $100,000 for up to Five Winning Teams in April BALTIMORE--MICA has been awarded a three-year, $600,000 grant…
Illustration Practice: Emily Joynton When Emily Joynton ’17 (Illustration Practice M.F.A.) first came to MICA, she had a hard time visualizing how to turn her illustration skills…
Those That Can, Teach Meet a few of the visiting artists and critics who are an essential part of graduate education 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…
Building a Better 3d Printer “These are game-changing technologies…with the potential to change medicine, agriculture, and other critical industries. One goal, for example…
Winners Announced for MICA Up/Start Venture Competition MICA is pleased to announce the winners of the Up/Start Venture Competition, the college's first pitch and start-up contest for students, graduates…
Siobhan Vicens Since completing her graduate degree at MICA, Siobhan Vicens has led arts integration professional development sessions for Baltimore City educators…
The Korean Community Discover how artists from MICA are giving Baltimore’s growing Korean community voice through art.
Hillery Sproatt ’07 Even before she entered MICA, Hillery Sproatt as an entrepreneur, launching Rebe, a line of woman's clothing and handbags with her mother, textile…
Global Perspectives International students reflect on their experiences as graduate students at MICA.
Colin Dunn Colin Dunn began blending technology with design as an undergraduate at MICA and took that passion with him to Facebook after graduation. While…
Power to the Young M.F.A. in Graphic Design students team with Ph.D. candidate to empower Baltimore’s Growing Girls.
Knowledge is Power MICA collaborates with Baltimore City partners to offer free classes, workshops and activities through the North Avenue Knowledge Exchange
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.
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…
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 …
Club Sweetness — 2017 UP/Start Finalist Brittney Dori Wilson ’16 was just finishing a master’s degree in paralegal studies at George Washington University and working for the federal…
Quarters — 2017 UP/Start Finalist The spark for Quarters — a company whose objective is to easily connect alumni hosts with students seeking study abroad and intern housing …
The Edge of Understanding: A Q&A with 2017 Sondheim Artscape Prize Winner Cindy Cheng Cindy Cheng ’08 ’11 lived all over the world — from Hong Kong to Vancouver to Hawaii to Massachusetts — before making her way to study…
Interdisciplinary Sculpture: Reece Cox Reece Cox ’17, who came to Baltimore from Charlotte, N.C., was adamant that he wanted to be a figurative painter. “I’ve taken a few leaps since…
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…
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…