Jerrell Gibbs ’20 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting MFA) was commissioned to paint the official portrait of late congressman Elijah E. Cummings. The painting was on view at The Baltimore Museum of Art from Dec. 22 to Jan. 9, before it moved to its permanent home in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington DC.
MICA grad Jerell Gibbs ’20
Before he came to MICA, Jerrell Gibbs ’20 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting MFA) had begun building his network of artists in Baltimore. Already heavily involved in the city’s close knit art scene, Gibbs was consistently painting at this time, and doing DIY shows to get his work out there.
But, Gibbs said, he knew if he wanted to take his craft to the next level, to "speak the language in that space," he needed to go back to school. That’s where MICA came in. Gibbs applied, and was accepted, into the College’s LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting.
MICA Faculty Kiel Muscheiknause Helps Spotify Wrap 2021
Kiel Mutschelknaus, a MICA faculty member in the Graphic Design department, had a hand in inspiring and creating the graphics used in the international Spotify Wrapped campaign this year. The graphics were inspired by Space Type Generator, an online design tool Mutschelknaus built years ago.
The viral marketing campaign created by the international music streaming company released each December, allows Spotify users to view a compilation of data about their activity on the platform over the last year and is widely shared on social media over the following weeks. Read more >
MICA Faculty and Artist in Residence New BMA Exhibition — All Due Respect
New works by four artists with connections to MICA — Lauren Frances Adams, faculty, Painting; Mequitta Ahuja, former Stewart-McMillan Artist in Residence; Cindy Cheng ’11 (Mount Royal School of Art MFA) faculty, Drawing; and LaToya Hobbs, faculty, First Year Experience — and all past recipients of Joan Mitchell Foundation recognition, were on view in All Due Respect at the Baltimore Museum of Art through April 3. The exhibition emphasizes the importance of continued support for artists at all stages in their careers. Read more >
Related:Watch as LaToya Hobbs talks about the inspiration behind the work at the BMA, as well as her process; Read more about the exhibition in BmoreArt here.
MICA Artist-in-Residence Sasha Phyars-Burgess Wins Prestigious Paris Photo and Aperture Foundation Award
MICA Artist in Residence,Sasha Phyars-Burgess
Untitled, by Sasha Phyars-Burgess — artist-in-residence in MICA’s Photography + Media & Society MFA program — was recently selected as recipient of the 2021 First PhotoBook Award in the Paris Photo and Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards. The $10,000 prize was awarded to the artist whose first finished, publicly available photobook was judged to be the best of the year. Read more >
MICA Grad and Faculty Debut New Films on Netflix
MICA grad TT the Artist ’06 (General Fine Arts BFA) and MICA MFA Film faculty Angel Kristi bring their talents to the award-winning streaming network in their films Dark City: Beneath the Beat — a documentary on Baltimore’s club music scene — and Really Love — a drama about a rising Black painter trying to break into the competitive art world.
