|
|
A New Make Your Mark Record!
More than 295 donors, including alumni, students, parents, Trustees, staff, faculty, and friends, set a new fundraising record during MICAs’ Annual Giving Day, raising over $132,000! Thank you to all who participated in this unparalleled effort to raise funds for MICA’s incredible students. Read more
|
|
|
|
Congrats to the Class of ‘22!
Join us in celebrating the Class of 2022 as they prepare to walk across the stage on May 16th. Learn about the Honorary Degree Recipients, keynote speakers and more at mica.edu/commencement, and don’t forget to share a special personal congratulations message to the class here.
|
|
|
|
Up/Start Winners!
Congratulations to all the winners of the 2022 UP/Start Venture Competition, an initiative of MICApreneurship and the Ratcliffe Center for Creative Entrepreneurship. Read more about each of the creative business ventures and the inspired students who created them.
|
|
|
|
Benefit Fashion Show
AMPLIFY, MICA’s 2022 Annual Benefit Fashion Show, hosted by the Office of Culture and Identity, took place for the first time since 2019. Check out this BmoreArt interview with some of the participating students to learn how they made the event a successful fundraiser for Dr. Frankie Martin's Diversity & Inclusion Grant.
|
|
|
|
Art of Racing Winner
Congratulations to MICA student Theresia Zhang ’24 for winning the inaugural ‘Art of Racing’ competition. Her work, “Speed,” will be incorporated into merchandise sold at Preakness with a portion of her award going to Park Heights Renaissance, an affordable housing nonprofit operating near Pimlico Race Course. Read more
|
|
|
|
Prestigious Art Prize Finalists
Congratulations to Maren Henson ’17 (Mount Royal School of Art MFA), Megan Koeppel ’18 (Painting BFA), and James Williams II ’09 (Mount Royal School of Art MFA) for being the finalists to take home the Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize! Read more about the artists, and check out their work on view at the Walters Art Museum June 21- September 18.
|
|
|
|
A Conversation with Juan Bastos ’84
Since graduating in 1984, MICA alumnus Juan F. Bastos has enjoyed a successful career as a professional portraitist. Hundreds of his oil paintings and pastel drawings adorn the walls of private homes, corporate offices, educational institutions, and public buildings all over the world. Read more
|
|
MICA / Alumni Made
Arpie Shekoyan Art
Arpie Shekoyan '21 (Business of Art & Design MPS)
Arpie is an LA-based artist who works primarily in craft materials and paint. Growing up as an Armenian-American, she began exploring narratives of women whose stories have been subdued or eradicated due to dispossession of land. Arpie continues to use craft and patterned paper in her 2-D works not only to allude to the Western art history's representation of the "Middle East", but to challenge the notion of gendered mediums. arpieshekoyanart.com
Check out Arpie’s shop on Etsy!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alumni, Donor, and Equity Advocate
Dr. Joyce J. Scott ’70 (Art Education BFA) created a scholarship fund to support artists and designers of color from Baltimore City. Read about her commitment here.
|
|
|
|
We Want to Hear from You!
The Baltimore Banner, a new digital-only news and lifestyle content provider launching later this year, is conducting a series of virtual Community Conversations to understand what is important to the community. Join us for a virtual session with alumni to share your perspective Thursday, May 19th, at 5PM EST. Contact Emily Chappell at echappell@mica.edu for more info.
|
|
|
|
© 2020 Maryland Institute College of Art |
|
|
|
|
|
|
