Art & Articles

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…

MICA Community Helps Illuminate Baltimore During Light City 2018

Light City, America’s first large-scale light festival, is where Baltimore brings artists from around the world together for a celebration of…

Brockett Horne, Chair of Graphic Design, Talks Career Prep

Faculty are mindful of how each step of a student’s education can contribute to their long-term success and work to integrate professional…

A Conversation With President Samuel Hoi

In 2014, Samuel Hoi was appointed MICA's president following the long tenure of Fred Lazarus. Along with more than two decades of higher education…

Inclusive Storytelling For Social Impact

Rising Action Studio, winner of $10k in 2018 UP/Start Competition, helps change makers and nonprofits tell inspiring and ethical stories about…

Nour Tabet

Nour Tabet, who worked as a graphic designer in Beirut before coming to MICA to pursue graduate study, is currently senior visual designer at…

Creative Careers: Morel Doucet

Recently featured at Art Basel Miami, Morel Doucet ’13 (Ceramics B.F.A.) is an exhibiting ceramics artist and curriculum and tour coordinator…

Jescia Hoffman Hopper

Jescia Hoffman Hopper teaches at Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Middle School in Minnesota, where she works to build a rigorous, holistic art curriculum…

Rising Action Studio — Winner $10k in 2018 UP/Start Competition

Rising Action Studio, which helps change makers and nonprofits tell imaginative, inspiring and ethical stories about social impact movements…

MICA Welcomes Sheri Parks as Vice President of Strategic Initiatives

MICA is pleased to announce the appointment of Sheri Parks as the College's next Vice President of Strategic Initiatives. Beginning on June…

2018 Steinmetz Residency Awarded to Design Technologist Zachary Lieberman

Zachary Lieberman, New York-based artist, design technologist and educator dedicated to exploring new modes of expression and play, has been…

Knowledge and Community

At MICA, the library is one of the most interdisciplinary spaces on campus. It’s a space where faculty, staff and students intersect. A space…

Sara Dittrich Receives Baker Artist Award

In an announcement made live on Maryland Public Television in late May, Sara Dittrich ’14 (Interdisciplinary Sculpture B.F.A.) was named a winner…

Site Specific, The Baltimore Area

Five young alumni — based in the Baltimore area — who have carved out impressive creative spaces.

Making Space

The Fabrication Studios are amazing community spaces where students learn and make. The shops on campus afford students, faculty and staff with…

EPIC Fun

This winter, the holiday season arrived a little early for Maharani, Swarna and Kamala — three of the six Asian elephants living at the…

The Korean Community

Discover how artists from MICA are giving Baltimore’s growing Korean community voice through art.

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…

The Upstarts

MICA Art and Design Entrepreneurs Compete For $100,000 in Venture Funding Through Up/Start Initiative

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…

Bragging Rights: Incoming Students

A glimpse into the portfolios of MICA's incoming undergraduate and graduate students.

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…

Upcycle Outerwear — 2017 UP/Start Finalist

“I like thinking about how to use materials differently,” said Trisha Chenney ’17 (Interdisciplinary Sculpture B.F.A.), a finalist in the upcoming…

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…

Maura Dwyer: Art that Builds Trust and Relationships

Maura Dwyer ‘12 (Interdisciplinary Sculpture B.F.A.) avoids biographies, as she finds that words do not adequately represent her as an artist…

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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…

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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…

Art + Biology

Students in MICA's biofabrication courses turn their artistic vision to biotech.

The HEMI/MICA Extreme Arts Summer Project/ Internship

Numerous MICA students have taken part in the HEMI/MICA Extreme Arts Summer Project/Internship, which aims to explore visual representations…

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Four with MICA ties make Forbes 30 under 30 Art & Style 2021

Four members of the MICA community were included in the Forbes 30 under 30 Art & Style 2021, which highlights those who are creating and designing…

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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A Community of Creatives

MICA faculty James Williams II ’09 (Mount Royal School of Art MFA)—one of a dozen MICA-connected Sondheim winners since the prize's inception—talks…

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