You will have a choice of courses, instructors, speakers and events that will be an integral part of your education. Though degree requirements are at the core of your two years, the 28 graduate students in the Mt. Royal program and the 40-50 students who comprise MICA's four other graduate programs are a vital component of your education and formation as an artist. Mt. Royal is a community within the larger graduate community and the Maryland Institute, College of Art. Community involves participation and having a voice in creating an exciting, dynamic context in which you can do your research. Students are involved in the program on many levels and have a voice in recreating and redefining what Mt. Royal is and can be.
Mt. Royal is made up of women and men from all regions of the United States and around the world.
Some students come directly from undergraduate programs while others enter the program after time away from school. The current average age is between 26 and 27. What everyone in the program shares, faculty and students alike, is an intense interest in pursuing their art at the highest standards of contemporary practice. Mt. Royal comprises the entire fourth floor of MICA's Fox Building, a converted industrial space, in which students are provided their own studio. There is also a small woodshop, computer lab, and student lounge within the program's facilities, all of which are secure and available 24 hours a day during the academic year.