Acknowledged nationally as a premier leader in art and design education, MICA is deliberately cultivating a new generation of the artist – one that is capable of seamlessly integrating innovation, entrepreneurship, and creative citizenship with contemporary approaches to art, design, and media.
MICA is redefining the artist's and designers' role as creative, solutions-oriented makers and thinkers who will drive social, cultural, and economic advancement for our future.
As the oldest continuously degree-granting college of art and design in the nation, MICA is located in Baltimore, deeply connected to the community. It is a leading contributor to the creative economy regionally, and a top producer of nationally and internationally recognized professional artists and designers.
Our Mission and Vision statements and our Tenets are an authentic reflection of MICA as we are today and what we aspire to be going forward. EMPOWER students to forge creative, purposeful lives and careers in a diverse and changing world. THRIVE with Baltimore. MAKE the world we imagine.
A just, sustainable, and joyful world activated and enriched by artists, designers, and educators who are valued for their leadership and imagination. MICA's innovative curriculum, state-of-the-art facilities, and world-class faculty come together to support a single purpose: provide a no-holds-barred education and experience that will prepare you to be a creative leader in the 21st century.
More than MICA's recruiting arm, we are here to help you apply, set up a visit, connect with a MICA representative or admission counselor. We ultimately can help you choose your adventure via any one (or several) of our art, design, and education programs. Start here to understand how MICA's graduate studies have helped brilliant artists, designers, teachers, curators, and thinkers level-up, pushing their practice boundaries to engage meaningfully in contemporary art and design.
MICA is a nationally recognized leader in innovative art and design education. We have spent decades refining our programs and curriculum so that our students are well prepared for the growth opportunities that exist for artists and designers in today's and tomorrow's creative economy.
MICA is a beautiful community of talented and diverse artists and designers who create in every part of their day and life.
Your peers, mentors, neighbors in our community, professionals in the field, visiting artists, and scholars will encourage you to try something new, discover new people, develop fresh ideas, and engage meaningfully in the world. And, yes, we also have fun! We've got your back. MICA provides the tools, support, and the community. You bring the imagination.
MICA's campus is designed to encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration and artistic exploration, providing industry-standard equipment and facilities to support your creative pursuits.
We at MICA envision a better world for everyone. Art and design thinking creations and interventions bring voice and equitable opportunities to groups affected by disparities. Advance environmental, economic, and social sustainability and enhance individual lives. The core concepts of diversity, equity, inclusion, and globalization are touchstones at MICA. They guide values, principles, and strategies that infuse our academic and institutional planning, practices, research, and outcomes. They are catalysts for creativity, excellence, and thoughtful engagement on campus and in larger spheres.
Internships provide students a valuable opportunity to network and gain professional experiences within industries of interest before leaving MICA. The Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Career Development can help you identify appropriate opportunities in art and design fields. Students may receive three credits for a structured and approved internship and gain up to six credits toward graduation.
MICA's First Year Experience has been crafted to provide a rigorous, integrated curriculum that reflects our people's diversity and learning pathways. Students are challenged by courses that share a philosophy of learning through making-thinking-exploring-reflecting and honoring individuals' needs to define their relationship to the world as artists and designers. The program helps students consider their significant options, providing a breadth of experiences while promoting in-depth thinking and skill development.
Engaging in the arts, whether through required courses or extracurricular activities, is valuable in developing essential skills that professionals need, like critical thinking and observational and communication skills and bias awareness and empathy. MICA offers Community Education courses and workshops in pastel painting, figure drawing, oil painting, open studio model sessions, and art collecting seminars.
MICA's non-degree learning opportunities offer a rich and varied schedule for anyone interested in pursuing the study of art and design at MICA. MICA puts you at the center of a dynamic, internationally renowned creative community shaping the world of art and design.
A MICA education is all about making connections – on campus, in Baltimore, and worldwide. It's about engaging with people from different backgrounds and working with teachers and visiting artists with entirely different art and design perspectives.
It's about exploring the world and discovering how new insights will influence your life and your artmaking. And it's also about how your life and vision can impact your community and even change the world.
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