2022 MICA UP/Start Venture Competition Finalists Announced MICA is pleased to announce this year’s UP/Start Venture Competition finalists, who were chosen after the Round 1 Virtual 'Pop Up and Pitch'…
Entrepreneurial Teaching To Ray Parris ’94, ‘96 (Graphic Design BFA, MAT) lemonade stands aren’t just a way for children to make a few extra dollars—they’re a vehicle…
Start It Up From its earliest days, MICA has had a connection to doers and makers, to people who believe that artistic creativity is a catalyst for positive…
Site Specific: Alumni in Their Creative Spaces Five alumni—based in Chicago—who have carved out impressive creative spaces: Alex Fuller ’03 (Graphic Design BFA), Aram Han Sifuentes ’11…
Migrations and Meaning(s) in Art an exhibition curated by Dr. Deborah Willis The exhibition, curated by Willis, the MICA inaugural Stuart B. Cooper Endowed Chair in Photography, explores debates on the topic of migration…
MICA Faculty Win Prestigious Art Educator Awards Three MICA faculty members have been recognized by national and state organizations for their outstanding work as art educators. They include…
When Art & Science Collide Faculty from MICA team with scientists from Johns Hopkins University to translate results from extreme events in new visual ways.
MICA Faculty Kiel Mutschelknaus Helps Spotify Wrap 2021 Kiel Mutschelknaus, a MICA faculty member in the Graphic Design department, had a hand in inspiring and creating the graphics used in the international…
MICA's Ratcliffe Center for Creative Entrepreneurship Awards Over 100k at 2020 UP/Start Finale BALTIMORE — The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is proud to announce this year’s UP/Start Venture Competition winners — Makers for Humankind…
Garden Party Press—Winner of $15k, Plus $5k People's Choice Award During 2021 UP/Start Competition Chelsea Conrad ’20 (Illustration MA) is founder of Garden Party Press, a 2021 UP/Start finalist.
Foraday—2021 UP/Start Finalist Sean Duffy ’20 (User Experience Design MPS), Stephanie Petagno ’02 (General Sculpture Studies BFA), and Amber LaRosa, co-founders of Foraday…
Time Lapse: The Charmed Life of Jim Burger Jim Burger ’82 (Photography B.F.A.) — noted Baltimore-area photographer and longtime photojournalist for the Baltimore City Paper and The Baltimore…
Anchovy Press—Winner of $14,100 During 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition Rebecca Marimutu ’20 (Photographic & Electronic Media MFA) and Priyanka Kumar ’20 (Illustration Practice MFA) are co-founders of Anchovy…
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…
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
Graphic Design MFA Projects Stand Out at STA 100 Every year, the Society of Typographic Arts (STA) 100 show recognizes 100 greatest examples of typographic design excellence by professionals…
Paul Mirel: MICA’s Starman Paul Mirel takes time after his day job at NASA to bring art and science together.
A Conversation with Ellen Lupton The director of the MFA in Graphic Design talks about the current state of the field and MICA’s graduate program.
First-Year Juried Exhibition New associate dean Marcus Civin reflects on a strong show by the MFA class of 2017.
Center for Social Design Learn How Design helps people get the things they need to make their lives better.
Adobe Design Achievement Awards: Hitesh Singhal ’16 and Monica Amneus ’16 Every year, MICA students become proud recipients of national awards. We chose just two of these talented young artists to feature in these pages:…
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MICA awarded competitive grants from the National Endowment of the Arts National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved more than $27 million in grants as part of the Arts Endowment’s…
Sarah Belisle Sarah Delisle is a pyrotechnic designer for Image Engineering – a Baltimore-based entertainment company.
Akea Brionne Brown ’18 wins Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize This is the fifth year in a row a MICA alum was chosen as the Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize winner.
Alumna’s Debut Children’s Book, I Am A Wolf, Out This May Like most MICA students, Kelly Leigh Miller has always liked to draw. Whether it was in the sketchbooks her mom bought her, on the kid’s menu…
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More Than Numbers Information and Visualization students take data detailing the devastating change of population in the Łódź Ghetto in Poland during the Holocaust…
Maryland Institute Black Archives To say that Deyane Moses ’19, ’21 (Photography BFA, Curatorial Practice MFA) entered MICA as an nontraditional student is an understatement. Older…
'Knock the Block'—Winner of $12K During the UP/Start Venture Competition "Knock the Block," the venture of Book Karnjanakit ’21 (Illustration Practice MFA), was one of seven finalists in this year's competition.
MICA Alumna Wins Sondheim Prize In the spring of Akea Brionne Brown’s first year at MICA, that the Baltimore Uprising occurred. It was finals week. And it was an event that…
Alumni Founded Green Burial Startup Winner of $25k During 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition Carrie Carter ’20 (Product Design BFA) is founder of Resdie Burials, is a finalist in the 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
Compressent Co.—Winner of $30K During the 2022 UP/Start Venture Competition Compressent Co., the venture of Herschel Ruben ’21 (Product Design BFA), was one of seven finalists in this year's competition.
Blvck Door—Winner of $40K During the 2022 UP/Start Venture Competition Blvck Door, the venture of Iman Carr ’22 (Design Leadership MA/MBA) and Shakeel Alexander, was one of seven finalists in this year's competition…
MICA Grad and Faculty Debut New Films on Netflix MICA grad TT the Artist ’06 (General Fine Arts BFA) and MICA MFA Film faculty Angel Kristi bring their talents to the award-winning streaming…
Artist-in-Residence Sasha Phyars-Burgess Wins Prestigious Paris Photo and Aperture Foundation Award Untitled, by Sasha Phyars-Burgess — artist-in-residence in MICA’s Photography + Media & Society MFA program — was recently selected as recipient…
MICA Faculty and Artist in Residence New BMA Exhibition — All Due Respect New works by four artists with connections to MICA — Lauren Frances Adams, faculty, Painting; Mequitta Ahuja, former Stewart-McMillan Artist…
Building Better Bait Meet product designer and entrepreneur Hunter Grogan ’14, ’16 (Environmental Design BFA, Business of Art and Design MPS)
TamPal— Winner of $35k During 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition Erica Duffy ’21 (Design Leadership MBA/MA) is founder of TamPal, a finalist in the 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition.
Le Boi— 2021 UP/Start Finalist Yuze Le ’21 (Design Leadership MBA/MA) is founder of Le Boi, a finalist in the 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
Confetti Collection Co.—Winner of $2k During 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition Charlene Etienne ’21 (Data Analytics & Visualization MPS) is founder of Confetti Collection Co., a finalist in the 2021 UP/Start Venture Competition
MICA to launch Ratcliffe Center for Creative Entrepreneurship The center, infusing creative entrepreneurship training into art and design education, further advances the College’s forward-looking mission…
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…
MICA Issues Statement in Support of Black Lives Matter and Against Discrimination June 1, 2020 Dear MICA Community Members, In Baltimore, it is impossible to feel the pain of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis and Breonna…