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MICA Faculty's Documentary Wins an Oscar
Chair of MICA’s video and film arts department Patrick Wright, Errol Webber Jr. '08, Matt Davies '09, students helped create "Music by Prudence"
"Music by Prudence," a documentary short subject film co-produced by Patrick Wright, chair of MICA’s video and film arts department, has won an Oscar, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced March 7. Errol Webber Jr. ’08 is the youngest cinematographer ever to shoot an Oscar-winning film. Several of Wright’s students interned on the project.
Illustration Class Redesigns High Grounds Coffee Packaging
Vote for your favorite design and then see it on the shelves
Baltimore's High Grounds Coffee has worked with a MICA illustration course to redesign its packaging, and now it is asking everyone to vote on which one, or five, you like the best.
Faculty & Alumni News
Animation Faculty Member Karen Yasinsky and Sculptor Richard Cleaver '78 Win Top Prizes in 2010 Baker Artist Awards
Baker Artist Award Winners Receive Up To $25,000 Each in Prize Money
Karen Yasinsky, animation faculty member, and sculptor Richard Cleaver '78 (ceramics) are two of the three Mary Sawyers Baker Prize winners, announced on March 3. This prize, which offers $25,000 to each winner, is part of the Baker Artist Awards, a program that recognizes Baltimore visual and performing artists of all mediums.
MICA Congratulates the 2010 Sondheim Prize Semifinalists
$25,000 award recognizes the achievements of visual artists or collaborators in mid-atlantic region
Twenty-four members of the MICA community honored as semifinalists in prestigious competition hosted by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts.
Events & Exhibitions
MICA Presents 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' the Shakespearean Mythological Melting Pot, March 24-April 4
Production Sets the Stage for MICA’s New Curricular Emphasis in the Performance Arts
The 10 performances of this Shakespearean woodland romantic fantasy will feature an imaginative set and provocative staging, capitalizing on all the artistic and performance talents of the College community. Performances take place Wednesday, March 24-Saturday, March 27 at 8 p.m.; Sunday, March 28 at 7 p.m.; Wednesday, March 31-Saturday, April 3 at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, April 4 at 7 p.m. in Gateway's BBOX.
MICA Mounts M.F.A. Thesis Exhibitions, March 26-May 2
Graduate-Level Artists, Designers Exhibit Work in Three Consecutive Shows in Galleries of Fox Building
MICA this spring features three engaging and provocative exhibitions of thesis work by more than 40 master of fine arts candidates from MICA's internationally renowned M.F.A. in Graphic Design, Hoffberger School of Painting, Mount Royal School of Art, M.F.A. in Photographic & Electronic Media and Rinehart School of Sculpture programs.
MICA’S Experimental Fashion Students Present Panoptic, April 3
Multimedia Event Transforms North Avenue Market for One Night, Two Performances
Artists and designers from MICA partner with North Avenue Market in the Station North Arts and Entertainment District to stage 'Panoptic: An Experimental Fashion Event' on Saturday, April 3 at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Artists, Designers and Historians Lecture at MICA This Spring
Next up: Contemporary Museum Executive Director Irene Hofmann on Wednesday, March 24, 12:30 p.m.
This spring, MICA brings regional, national and international artists and historians to the College to discuss their work, life and career experiences. Free and open to the public, these lectures offer a rare opportunity to learn about the creative process from prominent contemporary figures in the art world.
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