Andrew Watson Andrew D. Watson, recipient of the 2015 Art Education Technology Outstanding Teacher Award from the National Art Education Association, is fine…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Site Specific, The San Francisco Bay Area Five alumni — based in the San Francisco Bay Area — who have carved out impressive creative spaces.
A Conversation with Shinique Smith MICA Alumna talks about the people, places, and ideas that have influenced and inspired throughout her remarkable career.
Nikki Hendricks Nikki Hendricks was a senior at MICA when she received an invitation to participate in the 2017 New York, Paris and Milan fashion weeks – three…
Sam Acuff Sam Acuff leveraged his fine arts skills to launch a creative business and won $25,000 in investment funding during MICA's annual Up-Start Venture…
Q&A With Leslie Speer LESLIE SPEER, recently selected to lead MICA’s new B.F.A. in Product Design, is a designer and educator who has worked for companies and clients…
Jordan Bradley Jordan Bradley, who created his first app as a freshman, is the creator of Pi, a day planning app for creative people and winner of the People's…
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.
Errol Webber Music by Prudence, a documentary short subject film co-produced by Patrick Wright, chair of MICA's video and film arts department, won an Oscar…
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…
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…
George Ciscle MICA’s MFA in Curatorial Practice director and long-time curator-in-residence prepares to retire
Faculty Set the Example in Building Sustainable Professional Careers To launch a succccessful ca reer, it’s vital that students develop both a high degree of competency in their chosen discipline and make professional…
Joyce Scott: Global Art Icon For many, it’s impossible to talk about contemporary arts and culture in Baltimore and not mention Joyce J. Scott ’70 (art education). The MICA…
Errol Webber: Harnessing the Power of Video and Film MICA is known for the creative license it inspires. Nowhere is that more evident than in the projects of some of the independent artists and…
Risks and Rewards: MICA Alumni Succeed as Entrepreneurs Creative businesses founded by MICA alumni stretch disciplines and showcase the endless possibilities of a MICA degree. THUSS + FARRELL Established…
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…
Alumna Chronicles Life in the Big City with Hit Show Who knew Broad City, a Comedy Central television series, would be such a hit? The fans did, and they were right. The show, nominated for the…
Emmy Award-Winning MICA Alumnus Promotes the Nickelodeon Brand Christopher Papa ’02 (general fine arts) loves to tell stories, and animation gives him a unique outlet for his creative expression. There are…
The Upstarts MICA Art and Design Entrepreneurs Compete For $100,000 in Venture Funding Through Up/Start Initiative
Pablo Cano When Pablo Cano was seven, his 10-year-old sister told him he had a talent for art. He took that to heart and the 1982 general fine arts graduate…
Fashion Forward If the fashion industry were ranked alongside individual countries’ gross domestic product, the global fashion industry would represent the…
Derek Blanks Derek Blanks has photographed some of the biggest names on the planet, including Oscar Award-winning actors Viola Davis, Jennifer Hudson and…
Baltimore Design School and MICA Collaborate Through Teaching A collaborative effort between then MICA president Fred Lazarus IV H’14 and Maryland State Senator Catherine E. Pugh, Baltimore Design School…
Guitars by Evil Evil — Awarded $20k in 2017 UP/Start Competition Benjamin Torres ’15, ’16 (General Fine Arts B.F.A., Post-Baccalaureate in Graphic Design) always loved music. He played bass in his teens and…
Social Media Abuzz For ‘ARTPOP’ Album Cover Release Pop singer and songwriter Lady Gaga tapped internationally acclaimed artist Jeff Koons ’76 (general fine arts) to design the ARTPOP album cover…
Taha Heydari A native of Iran, Taha Heydari has exhibited around the world, including London, Berlin and Antwerp. His work has been featured in solo exhibitions…
Art of the Impossible As a Ph.D. candidate at Howard University’s African Studies Department with a background in international relations, I studied language, literature…
Designing New Leadership, Starting Now “You have two minutes, start now.” These six simple words kicked off a flurry of sticky notes, Sharpie pens and far-flung ideas that began our…
Cosmo Whyte Based in Atlanta, Georgia and Montego Bay, Jamaica, Cosmo Whyte is a transdisciplinary artist and visual art lecturer at Morehouse College.
Marilyn Narota Born in Colombia and based in New York City, Marilyn Narota is an exhibiting artist who creates performance based videos, participatory installations…
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…
Prosthetic Covers for Amputees Globally How three alumni are using cloud-based technology to bring personalized prosthetic covers to amputees around the globe.
Kyle Bodt The design thinking skills Kyle Bodt gained during his time in the Design Leadership program helped him transition into an experience strategist…
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…
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…
Toym de Leon Imao For Philippine sculptor Abdulmari “Toym” de Leon Imao, art is in the blood. He counts as his inspiration his father, an award-winning sculptor…
U.S. News & World Report Rankings Recognize MICA's Graduate Programs as Top in Nation Baltimore--MICA's graduate programs have once again been ranked in the top 10 of Master of Fine Arts programs in the nation by U.S. News & World…
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…
MICA Names First 5 Entrepreneurs-in-Residence at Open Works Makerspace MICA is pleased to announce its five new Entrepreneurs-in-Residence at Open Works through its recent partnership with the Baltimore Arts Realty…