| MICA Offers Civic Engagement, Graduate Programs in East Baltimore |
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MICUA Matters Fall 2010
“MICA has become the leader in designing academic programs that integrate art and design with civic engagement,” MICA President Fred Lazarus IV said. “The programming that will occur in East Baltimore takes that original, transformational curriculum to the next level in what we hope will become an international model for collegiate civic engagement—immerse your students in the community, listen and learn from the community, and then create projects that make life measurably better for the citizens who live there and beyond.”
MICA PLACE will be a hub for graduate study, preparing students for civic-minded careers in action-oriented community arts and social design work, as well as other professions. It will support community development, revitalization, and health and well-being in East Baltimore and beyond through community/college engagement, educational programs, and the development, documentation, and dissemination of new knowledge and resources. |
Maryland Institute College of Art will build upon its more than decade-long history of pioneering civic engagement through innovative, unique programming that immerses its faculty and students in community partnerships and graduate study in East Baltimore and beyond. In September, the College finished renovating the former St. Wenceslaus School, 814 N. Collington Ave., into a year-round center for community arts and social design programs with apartments entitled MICA PLACE (Programs Linking Art, Culture, and Education).