Led by Faculty Members Nate Larson and TLaloC (aka Eduardo Corral), MICA students will spend three weeks in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from May 24 - June 14, 2025.

The studio program consists of 6-credits: PH 375: Narrative Strategies & IL 313: Sketchbook Intensive. The parallel classes are structured to explore ideas of narrative and storytelling from a multidisciplinary perspective, utilizing photography, illustration, drawing, moving image, collage, digital collage, and other hybrid methods and media.

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina and a vibrant port city with a rich architecture and dynamic city life with a deep history of cultural contributions to the visual arts. We will spend our time on site in Buenos Aires exploring the local culture(s), learning about Argentine history and food, meeting with local artists, growing our cultural and global competencies, and producing new artistic fieldwork on site.

In the tradition of the best visual storytelling, students will traverse and explore the city of Buenos Aires, connecting with the people, music, social fabric, urban landscape, and most importantly, reflecting on their own positionality in the global community. We will meet with Argentinian artists, photographers, and illustrators to learn about their work through artist talks and studio visits.

We will build our cultural competencies through visits to area museums, art galleries, and cultural centers, including the Fundación Larivière Fotografía Latinoamericana, Museo de Arte Moderno, Fundación Proa, and Centro Cultural Recoleta. And, we will, of course, create flexible time for individual and small group exploration of the city.

Please visit the Office of International Education to learn more about the program and to apply for Summer 2025.