CLASS WORK

“Biomes” - Elisa Levia, MICA ‘26

“Biomes” - Elisa Levia, MICA ‘26

“Foundational Rows” - Anna Rossi, MICA ‘28

“Mondo” - Anna Rossi, MICA ‘28

“Foundational Rows” - Annie Gough, MICA ‘28

“Foundational Rows” - Annie Gough, MICA ‘28

“Foundational Rows” - Annie Gough, MICA ‘28

First Year Fellows Info Session

RCCE & FYF Team

April 5, 2024

Signature Curricular Programs

Signature Co-Curricular Programs

JUST/Start Idea Competition

Create a 1-Minute Pitch Video.

$3000, $1500, and $500 in seed money for the top three awardees voted on by the MICA Community.

Learn what it means to pitch your idea.

CEINNOV

Incubate in our market ready space at the Baltimore Innovation Center (BIC)

Learn how to share your creative practice while generating income through your work.

A hub for MICA students and alumni �to “soft launch” their creative ventures.

CEINNOV Launches

Justin Remo

DUST a graphic novel

Oreoluwa Akinyode

IRE OWI Blankets

Angela McQuillan

Chimaera Gallery

UP/Start Venture Competition

Learn from industry leaders and community partners in the incubator.

Live finale in April with $105,000 in awards given.

People's Choice winner gets. E/Studio Creative Package.

Pitch your impact-driven creative business idea.

Introducing Entrepreneurship at the First Year Level

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• Program summary
• First Year Fellows (FYF) is a full-year program that aims to take a selected group of aspiring First Year students and instill in them the foundational understanding of how to be entrepreneurs using the strengths of their creative processes.
• Enrollment
• Class size 10:1
• 20 students per semester

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What is the First Year Fellows in Creative Entrepreneurship?

• $250 Materials fund / per semester
• Learning the Art of Selling
• Ideation and going to market training
• In collaboration with classmates, design, create and sell products to raise money for a charity chosen by the cohort
• Future Programming Art market
• Allows you to make money directly from your sales

Money Matters

Live Learn Community

• Students selected for this experience will live together in Leake Hall
• Work and collaborate with fellow cohort members in entrepreneurial focused First Year Experience courses
• Participate in co-curricular programming designed to support budding entrepreneurship.

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A designated community just for FYF students!

Eligibility

• First Year students who have been admitted to MICA for Fall 2024 are eligible to apply for the program.
• Must display an interest in entrepreneurship
• Must submit all application materials by April 26, 2024

www.micarcce.com/fyf

Application Information

www.micarcce.com/fyf

Applications are reviewed by the FYF faculty and program manager where we consider the following elements:

• Essay or video content quality
• Clear entrepreneurial interest/spirit it shown
• Student displays unique qualities, skill knowledge and team player energy
• Portfolio submitted in slideroom with MICA application

Application & Acceptance Timeline

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www.micarcce.com/fyf

CORE CLASS

• Program summary
• First Year Fellows is dual course program split across two of your foundational course: Color Design (2D) and Fabrication (3D). Each course is done per semester giving students a full year’s time to create the foundations of their entrepreneurial goals.

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• Cohort Engagement
• All participating students will be engaged with each other for the duration of the year for the full cohort teaching experience.

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Full Year Cohort

THE FALL

Color Design (2D)

Identifying common goals

Groups id.

Logo Workshop

Seamless Patterns

THE SPRING

Fabrication (3D)

CLASS PERKS

Kyle Vanhorn

RISO Printing Workshop

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rcce@mica.edu

micarcce.com