马里兰机械研究所时期

马里兰艺术学院在最初的时候，19 世纪 20 年代，是一个机械艺术协会，由巴尔的摩的本地企业家和民主领袖带头创立。这个马里兰机械艺术协会在南查尔斯街的“音乐厅”开设了展览，用来展示美国制造的机械品。协会还开设了一门与机械艺术有关的课程，并建立了一个收藏关于机械和科学著作的图书馆，称之为“神庙” 。

机械艺术协会的音乐厅和图书馆，运营到第十个年头，在 19 世纪 30 年代的时候，遭遇了巴尔的摩的火灾。这场火灾是由巴尔的摩几家银行倒闭引起的金融恐慌所导致的。在火灾中，马里兰机械艺术协会失去了所有的财产和收藏。

重建时期

到了 40 年代，火灾之后，当初的创始人们，连同当地政府的拨款，开始重建学校，并获得了更多的教学资源，包括新的建筑，以及新的科系——化学系，设计系。1854年，马里兰艺术学院成立了一所专为女性开设的走读设计学院，这是美国第一批为女性开设的艺术课程之一。1860 年，专为男性开设的走读学校成立了。1870 年，走读学校正式成立。

马里兰艺术学院时期

1959年，马里兰机械艺术协会正式更名为马里兰艺术学校。并由于城市建设的原因，搬迁了学校到了现在的地址，并进行一系列的扩张，逐渐形成了现有的校区布局。从 1972 年到 1975 年，MICA 受到了包括作曲家约翰·凯奇、诗人艾伦·金斯伯格、摄影师沃克·埃文斯、印刷大师肯尼斯·E·泰勒、画家伊莱恩·德·库宁和艺术评论家克莱门特·格林伯格在内的众多艺术家和评论家的关注。在接下来的几年里,学校扩大皇家山大道，在此期间，学院注重加强与国际艺术世界的互动，提供在世界各地许多国家的留学项目和住所。

我们主张艺术家，设计师和教育者在社会中的核心地位。塑造文化，通过合作蓬勃发展。拥抱差异，拥护公平。追求卓越和严谨。进行有目的和严格的评估。以韧性为荣。体现了激情和信念。

马里兰艺术学院原校徽

马里兰艺术学院新校徽

• 伯爵霍夫曼 – 画家，教育家
• 马克·米洛夫 – 罗德岛设计学院的跨学科艺术家，教育家
• 安德鲁·康奈尔·罗宾逊 – 帕森斯新设计学院教授，​​画家，版画家，雕塑家
• 多萝西·卡瓦里·雅尼克 – 卡内基·梅隆大学和其他学校的教授。
• 塔玛拉·多布森 – 克里奥帕特拉·琼斯女演员，时装模特。
• 阿比·雅各布森，喜剧演员，作家，女演员，插画家。
• 苏珊·洛 – 女星，梦幻乐园之一
• Maelcum Soul – 女演员，画家
• 理查德·阿米格 – 建筑模型制作师
• 赖特·巴特勒 – 建筑师
• 约翰·雅各布·津克 – 电影院建筑师
• 希瑟·戴 – 抽象画家，烹饪艺术创业公司Studio Table的企业家
• 达娜·韦拉尔迪 – 设计师，艺术家和企业家，以其T恤系列而闻名。
• 扎克·里希特 – 数字和VR体验创意总监，设计师。
• 约翰·卡特 – 电影导演和概念画家。
• 杰里米·卡尼利亚，幻想和恐怖题材的书籍封面艺术的插画家
• 诺埃尔·史蒂文森，插画家，漫画家
• Babs Tarr，插画家
• 吴安妮，插画家，漫画书画家
• 詹妮弗·丹尼尔，表情符号小组委员会主席
• 吉姆·康德隆，画家，混合媒体艺术家
• 简·弗兰克，画家，雕塑家，混合媒体画家，纺织画家
• 盖亚，街头壁画家和艺术家
• 杰夫·昆斯，雕塑家，画家
• 詹妮·卢卡奇，当代艺术家
• 吉米·乔·罗什，视觉艺术家，地下电影制片人，摄影师
• 琼·卡西斯（1974），摄影师等上百位名人画家。

The portfolio should be a selection of recent artwork that represents your artistic interests and demonstrates your technical skills and ability. You should include examples of artwork that reflect the full range of your ideas, interests, experience, and abilities in the arts to date. Applicants must submit a portfolio of 12-20 pieces of artwork.

M.A. in Graphic Design

Applicants should submit a recommended 15-18 digital images for review. Submissions should show how you use typography, images, color, composition, etc. to visually communicate. Sketches and process work are acceptable with captions that explain the broader context of the work.

 M.F.A. in Graphic Design

This portfolio may consist of professional and/or student design work, or visual work produced in another discipline. A portfolio of writing may also be considered. Applicants should submit 18-20 digital images or time-based work for review online.

M.A. in Illustration

Applicants to the Illustration (M.A.) should submit 15-18 digital images or time-based media for review.

M.F.A. in Illustration Practice

The Illustration Practice faculty require at least 20 images. Video & audio files count as a single ‘image.’ Both 2D and 3D work is acceptable but not required. Samples of works-in-progress or process imagery are acceptable but should be very limited.

M.F.A. in Filmmaking Written Requirements

A. All Filmmaking applicants should write and upload a single 500-800 personal statement that addresses your interest in and goals for graduate-level study.

B. All filmmaking applicants should submit all of the following: (no longer than 2 pages or 500 words)

• • A story synopsis for a 5-minute silent film. Focus on the visual storyline and description of characters.
  • A dialogue scene between two people. You can write a one-sentence description of the characters but rely on the dialogue to reveal something about the characters.
  • Describe a concept for a feature script, narrative or documentary, you would like to develop.

Portfolio

A. Video/Film:

Candidates may upload video directly to mica.slideroom.com, or embed video from external sharing sites such as Vimeo or YouTube. Candidates may upload up to 10 individual videos, provided the total running time of the submissions does not exceed 40 minutes.

For individual pieces should be no longer than 2 minutes. For each clip, please describe thoroughly your contribution to the video. Collaborative pieces are acceptable provided you had major creative contributions (director, writer, producer, camera operator or editor).

B. Visual Arts:

Candidates may submit up to 10 samples of work from other visual media, including but not limited photography, painting, costume design, illustration, etc.

C. Written Media:

Candidates may submit up to 10 pieces of writing. Acceptable writing samples include screenplays (feature or short), detailed treatments, critical writing, film theory, short or long-form narrative or non-fictional writing.

Photographic and Electronic Media

Applicants to the M.F.A. program in Photographic and Electronic Media should upload a portfolio of visual work to mica.slideroom.com.

• This may include digital and non-digital work; however, evidence of digital experience is helpful.
• The portfolio may consist of a combination of the media listed below, but please limit still images to about 20 total.
• For time-based work, a maximum 5-minute reel should be chosen for preliminary viewing. Longer works may be included as supplemental material.
• For interactive works that do not fit either of these categories, judgment should be used in selecting a portion to be viewed.

For each piece uploaded, please include the following information in the notes field: the original format of the work, length in minutes (if time-based), and year in which the work was completed.

Applicants should submit their portfolio materials for review with their application via mica.slideroom.com. Specific technical guidelines addressing the submission of digital images, video files, sound files and text files are available in the SlideRoom system.

M.B.A./M.A. in Design Leadership

The Design Leadership (M.B.A./M.A.) requires applicants to upload three unique essays through the Carey Business School online application:

• A. Why are you a strong candidate for the Design Leadership program? What makes this degree a good fit for you? How will you make a unique contribution to the Carey Business School and Maryland Institute College of Art communities? (500 words)
• B. How do you plan to leverage the M.A. in Design Leadership in your career trajectory?
• C. Please answer essay question C1 or C2:
  • C1: Describe your most significant success or failure. Please include the situation, attributions related to it and what you learned from it.
  • C2: Describe a time your ethics were challenged. How did you address the situation and what did you learn?

M.P.S. in Business of Art and Design

（Optional）Candidates may submit up to 10 portfolio images that provide relevant insight into their candidacy for the Business of Art and Design (Online M.P.S.) program.

M.P.S. in Data Analytics and Visualization (MPS)

（Optional）Candidates may submit up to 10 portfolio images that provide relevant insight into their candidacy for the Data Analytics and Visualization (Online M.P.S.) program.

M.P.S. in UX

（Optional）Candidates may submit up to 10 portfolio images that provide relevant insight into their candidacy for the UX (Online M.P.S.) program.