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MICA did not turn out to be at all what I expected. Don't believe their hype about being an "academic" art school - the liberal arts classes are extremely easy. The studio courses are hit or miss; some require a lot of work and thought, others are busywork, or require no work at all. I can't tell you how many class sessions I've sat through where we merely listened to the teacher talk, or had group discussions about "concept" and "what is art?" I began to feel like MICA is more TALK than it is ACTION. My teachers rarely give me any meaningful critique. The majority of the instructors I've had are extremely easy on their students. I've had more valuable input from my fellow classmates than any of the instructors. The grading system is ridiculous as well; it often feels arbitrary and not reflective of the quality of your work or effort exerted. I'll have classmates get the same grades as I do even if they attended class less, or vice versa. It benefits one to get very buddy-buddy with the professors and department chairs. I think students who came into MICA with mediocre work improve a lot, but having entered the school with an already high skill level, I typically get passed over in critique because the professors assume "I know what I'm doing" and don't need specific attention.
If you are very independently driven and work hard on your art that means a lot to YOU, you will progress. But my thought on that is, if you're developing on your own, why pay so much to go to art school? If you DO come to MICA, make SURE to seek out the few professors with notoriously rigorous classes and frank advice, because otherwise you'll find it easy to coast through this school and accomplish little. But I'm still unconvinced it's worth the 35 thousand dollar price tag.
As a side not, Baltimore is a truly amazing city. Don't be put off by the crime or endless ugly rowhouses. There are some beautiful neighborhoods and fascinating places outside of the typical downtown scene, such as Fells Point and Hampden and Highlandtown. The music scene here can't be beat. | Individual Value: A+, Scholastic Success: F |  | | |
| | Oct 26 2009 | 1st Year Female --
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| Super Brilliant |
I loved this place except that it was in Baltimore! What a shit pit. Thankfully, Washington, DC and Philly and especially New York are not that far away. Coming from Seattle, this school had destinct plusses and minuses. Plus -- Seattle is a Yeah, Whatever place. So whatever you are, whatever your pose, whatever your dress, this school is like Seattle where anything is fine. Negative --Baltimore is a shit pit so don't be yourself outside the environment of the school and the art world the school feeds into.
Can I say too much how great the faculty are? Can I say how progressive the school is? My art world in Seattle was so wide open ... and yet in the uptight east (so we always said) there was such an openness. Pierre, my boy friend, is a curator in Seattle and 20 years older than me. We became a twosome when I was 16 and he 36 and his abilities in Impressionism was known and respected in Baltimore so when I moved here he was accepted by my professors. I was, I guess, expecting something else.
Adcive, be candid, the proft says. So, go for it. Don't worry about what your teachers or parents say. Put it out there. This school, after all the usual shit schools are about, IS about doing art well, so if you do art well, don't worry about anything else.
Gays are more than welcome as are cross dressers, young girls with much older boyfriends (like me!), half naked girls who love to show their bodies off (like me!), people who love Bach (me, too!), and whatever. If you're good at art, you can be whatever you want, so be it! | Education Quality: B+, Surrounding City: D | | | |
| | May 18 2009 | 4th Year Female --
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| Bright | md institute has spent a lot on modern buildings with all the expensive tuition people have handed over to them, i hope they help students on the serious lack of art jobs they will encounter after they graduate from there. a funny town baltimore is, sometimes very scary. wish i had done a year or two of MICA then done peace corps. the school would be better if they taught you how to paint and how to fix a car, build a home, how to create solar panels, etc. i learned more while working at all the low wage jobs in baltimore. | Preparedness: F, Reputation: F | | |
| | May 06 2009 | Alumnus Male --
Class 2000 | | Blog it!Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account:
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| Average | The College is so beutiful,I could never ask for another place to go to for learning . I only spent one week there butI wish I could'v steid longer . | Individual Value: A, Useful Schoolwork: C | | | |
| | Apr 05 2009 | 1st Year Female --
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