Michael Ciancio ’06 Talks Chobani Brand Reboot A Q&A with Michael Ciancio, creative director of content at Chobani.
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…
Meen Choi Meen Choi maintains an active career as a Brooklyn-based illustrator. In addition to a position as a designer for Bogopa, he pursues freelance…
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…
Tyler Naugle Tyler Naugle's successful internship at MTV opened the door to a fulltime job there after graduating from MICA. After working at MTV for over…
From Coast to Coast: Noah Boyle Since leaving MICA, Noah Boyle's career has thrived, first as a visual design intern for Huge, Inc. in Los Angeles and currently as a designer…
Henry Becker As an M.F.A. student, Henry Becker earned a Student Typeface Design Merit from Print magazine for his typeface design, Chromogenic. Today, he…
Social Butterfly — 2018 UP/Start People’s Choice Award Winner with 5k in Funding With balloons stating “You actually showed up, so have fun,” and paper cups encouraging others to “Ask me what I like about the party,” the party…
Carlos Florez Carlos Florez is an Emmy Award-winning production designer and art director whose clients include NBC’s Sunday Night Football, NASA, Target…
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…
Caitlin Turner Caitlin Turner is a designer at Mission Media in Baltimore, where she creates package design, publications, branding, identity systems and more…
Elise Roy Elise Roy is a deaf human centered designer, former lawyer, and motivational speaker who works in the vanguard of the disruptive innovation movement…
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…
Kirby Matherne A Graphic Design M.F.A. alumn, Kirby Matherne is the creative director of Vibe Kayaks.
Rachel Frank Rachel Frank leveraged the power of the MICA network to go from intern at NIKE to full-time color designer at the sportswear titan.
Matt Rockefeller An illustrator and comic artist based in New York City, Matt Rockefeller recently worked on 5 Worlds, a graphic novel series from Random House…
Sustainable Design: Alayna Citrin Currently, a graphic designer at Sir Kensington's in New York City, Alayna Citrin loves working in process-driven, collaborative environments…
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:…
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…
The Longform — Winner of $25k in 2018 UP/Start Competition Browse the racks at any major book store and you’ll find specialty publications dedicated to everything from music and fashion to food, art and…
Building Better Bait Growing up angling in the creeks and streams of southeast Pennsylvania, Hunter Grogan ’14, ’16 (Environmental Design B.F.A., Business of…
Molly Needelman Currently a User Experience Strategist at Google, Molly Needelman is a human-centered designer who believes business and design go hand-in-hand…
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Kyle Bodt The design thinking skills Kyle Bodt gained during his time in the Design Leadership program helped him transition into an experience strategist…
Shawn Cook Shawn Cook's work as an intern for Bully!Entertainment as a sophomore at MICA was so impressive that he was offered a fulltime position while…
In Real Time For me, music has always been a path for survival, in the strictest terms. Inspired by the music of Nirvana and the underground music scenes…
The Upstarts MICA Art and Design Entrepreneurs Compete For $100,000 in Venture Funding Through Up/Start Initiative
Andrew Watson Andrew D. Watson, recipient of the 2015 Art Education Technology Outstanding Teacher Award from the National Art Education Association, is fine…
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…
Ben Iluzada In addition to being a conservation technician at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Ben Iluzada is founder of BSMTPress, an apparel startup…
Willem Rosenthal A few years after turning an internship into a full-time job at a game studio, Willem Rosenthal founded Proto Games, which successfully launched…
Boba Studios — Winner of $20k in 2018 UP/Start Competition Video games often fall into one of two categories: AAA, an informal classification for games produced by a major industry publisher, or independent/indie…
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…
In Real Time: Brendon Massei From day one, Brendon Massei's masters in the Business of Art and Design has helped him grow as a professional musician in the band Viking Moses…
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…
Venture Advocate Through funding of the UP/Start Venture Competition at MICA, Philip E. and Carole R. Ratcliffe Foundation opens new doors for young students…
Modernature: Julie Buisson Julie Buisson is the co-founder of the agricultural development business Modernature, which garnered a $10,000 MICA LAB Award as well as $25…
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…
Fairman Studios, LLC — Winner $30K in 2018 UP/Start Competition Jennifer ‘Jeni’ Fairman ’17 (Business of Art & Design M.P.S.) never thought she would be a business owner. After receiving her first Masters…
Javier Ameijeiras Since his graduation from MICA, Javier Ameijeiras has contributed to TV shows, films and productions that have won Emmys and Tonys and been nominated…
William Niu Since graduating from MICA in 2012, William Niu has worked on a slew of animated TV shows, including Nickelodeon's The Legend of Korra and DreamWorks'…
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