Three AICAD Alumni have been recipients of the 2017 MacArthur Fellowship award, better known as the MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant!
The MacArthur Fellowships, awarded annually for exceptional “originality, insight, and potential”, come with a no-strings-attached award of $625,000, which is distributed to recipients over five years. Recipients may be writers, scientists, artists, social scientists, humanists, teachers, entrepreneurs, or those in other fields across the United...
October 2, 2017
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The second annual Art of Change Fellowship is awarded to artists and cultural leaders who advance freedom, justice and inclusion in the arts.
BALTIMORE — Earlier today, MICA President Samuel Hoi was named a 2017-2018 Art of Change Fellow by the Ford Foundation. The fellowship program recognizes “visionary artists and cultural leaders in creating powerful works of art that help advance freedom, justice...
Freedom Podcasting Distributes First Season of Conversations with Trailblazers in Business, Technology, Art and Innovation
(Pasadena, Calif.) September 19, 2017 — Today, ArtCenter College Design launched a new podcast featuring intimate interviews with leading artists and innovators, using change as a framework to explore their creative coming of age and the ways in which the creative process has been a catalyst for transformation—personally, professionally and globally. The...
The Portfolio: Four Schools of Art & Design Share Tips and Techniques
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 | 7-8 pm ET
FREE for NAEA Members; $49 for non-members
Register HERE
The portfolio is the most important piece of the process when applying to specialized art and design schools. Help your students prepare! Join the Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD) and Admissions Counselors from four AICAD member institutions (Otis College of Art & Design; Minneapolis...
FAILE, a street artist collaboration with MCAD alum Patrick Miller '03, painted a three-story mural on the back tower of MCAD's Main Building.
2017 is a year of change and growth at MCAD!
May 31 marked the completion of MCAD's first-ever comprehensive capital campaign, NEXT/NOW, which supports facilities, programs, and scholarships. Nearly 24M was raised in support of these initiatives. MCAD is planning an event on 9/16, Celebration Saturday- a public open house and celebration inviting the public in to view their new spaces: M/LAB, a media laboratory, a black box, a redesigned Entrepreneurial Studies suite with new client...
Trevor Paglen / Photo: MacArthur Foundation
