Art & Articles

Dexter Design Co.—Winner of $8,900 During 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition

Christian Dexter ’20 (Graphic Design & Printmaking BFA) is founder of Dexter Design Co., a finalist in the 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition

Impulse and Momentum, an exhibit by Interdisciplinary Sculpture seniors, at Area 405

After a year of making work exclusively seen in digital spaces such as Zoom and Discord, seniors in MICA's Interdisciplinary Sculpture program…

Wood Age

Artist

Ritter Zhang

Date

2021

Medium

Wood, metal, hemp rope, paper

Wood Age (detail)

Artist

Ritter Zhang

Date

2021

Medium

Wood, metal, hemp rope, paper

Masked

Artist

Anna Ruff

Date

2021

Medium

Air dry paperclay, aluminum foil, steel nails, disposable face mask

Dimensions

5.5” x 8"

Vengeance

Artist

Tichacoco

Date

2021

Medium

Multimedia installation

Vengeance

Artist

Tichacoco

Date

2021

Medium

Multimedia installation

Where life once was

Artist

Alexander Ross

Date

2021

Medium

Plywood, Various wood shavings, glossy and non glossy photo paper

Dimensions

5’ x 5’ x 1’

Where life once was (detail)

Artist

Alexander Ross

Date

2021

Medium

Plywood, Various wood shavings, glossy and non glossy photo paper

Dimensions

5’ x 5’ x 1’

Bird Dance

Artist

Jia Le Ling

Date

2021

Medium

Costume: Craft Paper, Cardboard, Acrylic Paint

Bird Dance (installation view)

Artist

Jia Le Ling

Date

2021

Medium

Costume: Craft Paper, Cardboard, Acrylic Paint

Untitled - Unit 2R, 1403 Madison Avenue

Artist

Arnab Gan Choudhury

Date

2021

Medium

Chairs from apartment, plate, canned sardines, glass, water, fork, knife, twine

Dimensions

72” x 18” x 20”

Honda Civic Triptych

Artist

Sam Zanowski

Date

2021

Medium

Steel, LED screens, found videos

Dimensions

15” x 6” x 8”

Mother of Thousands

Artist

Isabelle Valcarce

Date

2021

Medium

Nylon stockings, school glue, beeswax, rock salt, sugar, rubber, sycamore seeds, hair, cement, English moss, medical gauze, latex balloon.

Mother of Thousands

Artist

Isabelle Valcarce

Date

2021

Medium

Nylon stockings, school glue, beeswax, rock salt, sugar, rubber, sycamore seeds, hair, cement, English moss, medical gauze, latex balloon.

Animal Skin

Artist

Joy Li

Date

2021

Medium

Needles, Screen

Gridiron Calamity

Artist

Troy Taylor

Date

2021

Medium

Pallets, astroturf, basketball, football, reclaimed wood, ratchet straps, hardware, blue faces, garbage can

Dimensions

8’ x 4’ x 4’

Gridiron Calamity (detail)

Artist

Troy Taylor

Date

2021

Medium

Pallets, astroturf, basketball, football, reclaimed wood, ratchet straps, hardware, blue faces, garbage can

Dimensions

8’ x 4’ x 4’

Untitled

Artist

Julian Bellows

Date

2021

Untitled

Artist

Julian Bellows

Date

2021

Feel&Function Collection - 1

Artist

Angelina Mazenko

Date

2021

Medium

Stool: Ash Wood. Lamp: Pine Wood, Canvas, Wire, Sourced Lantern Wire. Thought Void: Craft Plywood. Environment: Sourced Carpet.

Dimensions

48” x 72” x 40”

Feel&Function Collection - 1 (detail)

Artist

Angelina Mazenko

Date

2021

Medium

Stool: Ash Wood. Lamp: Pine Wood, Canvas, Wire, Sourced Lantern Wire. Thought Void: Craft Plywood. Environment: Sourced Carpet.

Dimensions

48” x 72” x 40”

Death in Dade 4

Artist

David Correa

Date

2021

Medium

Modified 2-Stroke engine, gasoline tanks, fuel lines, nylon fabrics, nylon harnesses, fake chains, paper, pen

Untitled

Artist

Yiyi Han

Date

2021

Untitled

Artist

Yiyi Han

Date

2021

Stairs (installation view)

Artist

Ken Ha

Date

2021

Medium

Cedar, oak, plywood

Stairs

Artist

Ken Ha

Date

2021

Medium

Cedar, oak, plywood

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Mother of Thousands

Isabelle Valcarce

Mother of Thousands

Artist

Isabelle Valcarce

Date

2021

Medium

Nylon stockings, school glue, beeswax, rock salt, sugar, rubber, sycamore seeds, hair, cement, English moss, medical gauze, latex balloon.

Animal Skin

Joy Li

Animal Skin

Artist

Joy Li

Date

2021

Medium

Needles, Screen

Mother of Thousands

Isabelle Valcarce

Mother of Thousands

Artist

Isabelle Valcarce

Date

2021

Medium

Nylon stockings, school glue, beeswax, rock salt, sugar, rubber, sycamore seeds, hair, cement, English moss, medical gauze, latex balloon.

Where life once was

Alexander Ross

Where life once was

Artist

Alexander Ross

Date

2021

Medium

Plywood, Various wood shavings, glossy and non glossy photo paper

Dimensions

5’ x 5’ x 1’

Where life once was (detail)

Alexander Ross

Where life once was (detail)

Artist

Alexander Ross

Date

2021

Medium

Plywood, Various wood shavings, glossy and non glossy photo paper

Dimensions

5’ x 5’ x 1’

Gridiron Calamity (detail)

Troy Taylor

Gridiron Calamity (detail)

Artist

Troy Taylor

Date

2021

Medium

Pallets, astroturf, basketball, football, reclaimed wood, ratchet straps, hardware, blue faces, garbage can

Dimensions

8’ x 4’ x 4’

Gridiron Calamity

Troy Taylor

Gridiron Calamity

Artist

Troy Taylor

Date

2021

Medium

Pallets, astroturf, basketball, football, reclaimed wood, ratchet straps, hardware, blue faces, garbage can

Dimensions

8’ x 4’ x 4’

Death in Dade 4

David Correa

Death in Dade 4

Artist

David Correa

Date

2021

Medium

Modified 2-Stroke engine, gasoline tanks, fuel lines, nylon fabrics, nylon harnesses, fake chains, paper, pen

Masked

Anna Ruff

Masked

Artist

Anna Ruff

Date

2021

Medium

Air dry paperclay, aluminum foil, steel nails, disposable face mask

Dimensions

5.5” x 8"

Feel&Function Collection - 1

Angelina Mazenko

Feel&Function Collection - 1

Artist

Angelina Mazenko

Date

2021

Medium

Stool: Ash Wood. Lamp: Pine Wood, Canvas, Wire, Sourced Lantern Wire. Thought Void: Craft Plywood. Environment: Sourced Carpet.

Dimensions

48” x 72” x 40”

Feel&Function Collection - 1 (detail)

Angelina Mazenko

Feel&Function Collection - 1 (detail)

Artist

Angelina Mazenko

Date

2021

Medium

Stool: Ash Wood. Lamp: Pine Wood, Canvas, Wire, Sourced Lantern Wire. Thought Void: Craft Plywood. Environment: Sourced Carpet.

Dimensions

48” x 72” x 40”

Honda Civic Triptych

Sam Zanowski

Honda Civic Triptych

Artist

Sam Zanowski

Date

2021

Medium

Steel, LED screens, found videos

Dimensions

15” x 6” x 8”

Bird Dance

Jia Le Ling

Bird Dance

Artist

Jia Le Ling

Date

2021

Medium

Costume: Craft Paper, Cardboard, Acrylic Paint

Bird Dance (installation view)

Jia Le Ling

Bird Dance (installation view)

Artist

Jia Le Ling

Date

2021

Medium

Costume: Craft Paper, Cardboard, Acrylic Paint

Stairs (installation view)

Ken Ha

Stairs (installation view)

Artist

Ken Ha

Date

2021

Medium

Cedar, oak, plywood

Stairs

Ken Ha

Stairs

Artist

Ken Ha

Date

2021

Medium

Cedar, oak, plywood

Untitled - Unit 2R, 1403 Madison Avenue

Arnab Gan Choudhury

Untitled - Unit 2R, 1403 Madison Avenue

Artist

Arnab Gan Choudhury

Date

2021

Medium

Chairs from apartment, plate, canned sardines, glass, water, fork, knife, twine

Dimensions

72” x 18” x 20”

Wood Age (detail)

Ritter Zhang

Wood Age (detail)

Artist

Ritter Zhang

Date

2021

Medium

Wood, metal, hemp rope, paper

Wood Age

Ritter Zhang

Wood Age

Artist

Ritter Zhang

Date

2021

Medium

Wood, metal, hemp rope, paper

MICA launches new President’s Global Advisory Council to activate broad network of advocates for the College

MICA is pleased to announce the creation of the President’s Global Advisory Council, set to launch in May 2021, in an effort to continue to…

Jerrell Gibbs ’20 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting MFA) chosen as award winner by American Academy of Arts and Letters

Jerrell Gibbs ’20 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting MFA) was announced as one of 18 artists who will receive a 2021 reward in art from…

MICA names four William O. Steinmetz ’50 Designers-in-Residence, bringing together three generations of cultural activists

Over two lectures, Cheryl D. Miller ’74 (Graphic Design and Illustration BFA), Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton, Maurice Cherry and Deyane Moses ’19…

MICA Granted ‘Voter Friendly Campus’ by Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and Fair Election Center’s Campus Vote Project

MICA was officially designated a “Voter Friendly Campus” this month by Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and Fair Election Center…

MICA stands in support of our Asian and Asian American communities, and condemns rise in violence and hateful rhetoric

Dear MICA faculty, staff, students, and trustees, This week, our nation was rocked by yet another mass shooting. And while details have not…

Colette Veasey-Cullors, photographer and founding AVP of the CORE, appointed to Aperture Foundation board

MICA is pleased to announce Colette Veasey-Cullors, photographer and founding associate vice president of the Center for Organizing, Representation…

MICA announces 2021 UP/Start Finalists

MICA is thrilled to announce this year’s eight UP/Start Venture Competition finalists, who were selected from a total of a record 58 applicants…

Members of MICA community honored for prestigious education, illustration awards

Multiple members of the MICA community—from faculty to alumni to endowed chairs—were selected for prestigious awards by the Maryland Art Education…

Black Lives Continue to Matter

Globe Poster

Black Lives Continue to Matter

Artist

Globe Poster

Date

2021

The Great Good

Mikea Hugley

The Great Good

Artist

Mikea Hugley

Date

2019

Exoskeleton

Breath Play

Pete Dowley

Breath Play

Artist

Pete Dowley

Date

2019

Medium

Oil, graphite and colored pencil on canvas

First Kill

Daniel Bitton

First Kill

Artist

Daniel Bitton

Date

2019

Fighting for all black lives

Artist

James Thaler

Date

2020

Medium

Oil paint

MICA welcomes Audrey Tanner as Vice President of Admission & Financial Aid

MemorandumDate: August 21, 2020To: MICA Campus CommunityFrom: Samuel Hoi, PresidentSubject: Welcome to Audrey Tanner as Vice President of Admission…

MICA awards two LAUNCH fellowships to Curatorial Practice alumni

In June of 2019, MICA awarded two of its four annual LAUNCH fellowships to alumni from the Curatorial Practice MFA (CP) program. After participating…

June 30 - Faculty and Staff Memo

MICA Faculty and Staff, As you are aware, on Monday, July 6, we will release MICA’s full plan for reopening the campus this fall. We want to…

Extra Bold Italic Foundry 11

Shivani Parasnis

Extra Bold Italic Foundry 11

Artist

Shivani Parasnis

What is a Dream Book Cover

Evie Zhu

What is a Dream Book Cover

Artist

Evie Zhu

The Huemane Race

W. Devaul Emmett

The Huemane Race

Artist

W. Devaul Emmett

Date

2019

Medium

Oil paint

Dimensions

16" x 20"

In Search of Return 02

Kathy Espinoza Perez

In Search of Return 02

Artist

Kathy Espinoza Perez

Medium

Hand and digital renders and drawings

My Shell Collection

Jailine Cano Olivas

My Shell Collection

Artist

Jailine Cano Olivas

Date

2020

Medium

Silk organza, butterfly sweet pea dye, seaweed dyed wool yarn, sea shells

Dimensions

58” L x 42" W

Outstretched

Elizabeth Bowles

Outstretched

Artist

Elizabeth Bowles

Date

2019

Medium

Photography