CAREER DEVELOPMENT & CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
At MICA, we believe in empowering students to forge creative, purposeful lives and careers in a diverse and changing world.
Through research, innovation and collaborative support, The Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Career Development empowers and educates MICA students and alumni to create purposeful sustainable careers.
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Career Development’s resource library offers information on all aspects of career development for artists, designers, and creative professionals in a range of fields.
Find the resources you need to prepare a professional package, from building your resume to curating your Linkedin profile and from documenting your artwork at home to crafting your artist statement and bio.
Find videos and handouts about job boards, internship resources, interview tips, an online networking guide, and more.
Grants, Residencies, Competitions and Exhibitions
Applying to any competitive opportunity requires a great deal of effort, from preparing materials to creating a statement of intent. Career Development can help you explore the grant seeking process, identify resources for your individual goals, and assist you with your application.
Interested in starting your own business, launching a product or being a freelancer?
Find resources within MICA, Baltimore–and Maryland–based opportunities, and other helpful tips.
Graduate School and Graduate Student Resources
If you’re interested in graduate study or are a current grad student looking for helpful tools, you’ll find an array of resources here.
For undergraduates looking to extend their college careers, we can introduce you to the search process and help you in every stage, from identifying which schools are right for you and timing your process to stay on track, to reviewing your application materials.
mica.edu/career-development/entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship and creative practice are intertwined for many MICA students seeking purposeful and sustainable pathways post-graduation. The focused yet flexible creative entrepreneurship programming at MICA empowers both artists and designers with a wide range of creative professional tools that support successful lives.
The Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Career Development provides MICA students and alumni with a multitude of career advising services. Reach out to us and get started on the next move in your career!
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The Ratcliffe Center for Creative Entrepreneurship (RCCE)
MICA is home to the Ratcliffe Center for Creative Entrepreneurship, a hub dedicated to helping the College’s students and alumni become successful business owners. Made possible with a $5 million gift from the Philip E. and Carole R. Ratcliffe Foundation, the Center addresses the evolving needs of artists and designers in the new creative economy.
The RCCE offers curricular and co-curricular opportunities to explore entrepreneurship as a career path and build entrepreneurial skills to support your creative career.
The UP/Start Venture Competition, which awards over $100k in seed funding annually, focuses on incubating and building creative business ventures within the MICA community. Working with industry partners, UP/Start provides mentorship and capital to help you nurture your ideas into sustainable businesses.
The Creative Entrepreneurship Minor provides a framework to deepen your creative, critical thinking, and business skills across majors and disciplines so that you can create change in the world as an artist, designer, business owner, and/or community organizer.
This year-long program for incoming first-year students is focused on integrating studio research with emergent technologies, project-based learning, professional practice, and financial literacy. First Year Fellows explore the entrepreneurial mindset and gain knowledge and skills to not only propel your college studies, but also prepare for a wide range of creative professional careers that support a purposeful and successful life.
E/Intern provides you with the opportunity to MICA students the opportunity to participate in a valuable summer business internship experience. The fellowships of up to $3,000 will be awarded to eligible students who have demonstrated interest in creative entrepreneurship and have secured an internship offer from a potential employer.
Working with partners in Baltimore and beyond, and catalyzed by MICA, the Baltimore Creatives Acceleration Network (B/ CAN) offers holistic business, marketing, legal, and financial training, as well as tools and resources, to creative entrepreneurs ranging from individual artists looking to sustain their practice to creative startup companies looking to revolutionize their industry.
A career advising appointment is a great way to start a conversation about what is important to you, identifying your strengths and interests and exploring your options and strategies.
Meet with a Peer Career Advisor
Peer Career Advisors (PCAs) are undergraduate and graduate students trained in professional development and resources available to students and creatives. They can review your professional materials, and provide general job or internship search advice. Day and evening times are available during the school year.
Need a second opinion?
During an in-person or virtual session we can review and edit your professional materials including resumes, cover letters, portfolios, websites, demo reels, artist statements and application essays.
As a MICA student and alumni, you can schedule 1:1 appointments with RCCE staff, whether you want to learn more about different RCCE programs, are interested in starting your own business, or need support while navigating your entrepreneurial journey.
for Career Development lsperring@mica.edu Stacy Stube Director, Ratcliffe Center for Creative Entrepreneurship sstube@mica.edu Creatives at Work: Alumni Success Stories mica.edu/creatives-at-work MICAnetwork: Connecting Students and Alumni to Employers micanetwork.com
