MICA's Printmaking department is a vibrant community, made up of faculty who are artists and scholars. Our work and teachings are informed by a practice of studio work and research.
Jonathan Thomas is the current Chair of the Printmaking Department at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, Maryland.
Gail Deery is a Professor of Printmaking, Papermaking and Book Arts at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, Maryland.
Bob Cicero, owner of Baltimore's famed Globe Poster, joined MICA as a letterpress instructor in September 2011 along with his 16-truckload collection of wood type, posters, and R&B, auto racing, and carnival cuts.
Mary Mashburn, a letterpress printer and instructor, as well as a graphic designer, orchestrated the move of the Globe Poster collection to MICA, where she is working to help integrate the tools and methods of a previous generation of printers into the college culture.
I am interested in the meaning of "signs", not for their literal translation, but as metaphor for our attempts to find meaning by identifying with symbolic form our own small corner or perhaps larger place in the universe.
R.L. Tillman is a teacher, artist, and curator. In his creative work, he twists and tweaks the visual culture of our time to explore issues in society, politics, and art.
Kyle Van Horn is the co-owner and founder of Baltimore Print Studios, Baltimore's only public-access screen, and letterpress printmaking studio.
Eva Wylie received her Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking from Tyler School of Art in 2003.