Artist Ronald Muchatuta and students from MICA reflect on the Venice Biennale 2022

MICA Study Abroad & African Art in Venice Forum 2022-07-19
As part of its institution-wide strategic plan, the Maryland Institute College of Art presents The Space for Creative Black Imagination, an interdisciplinary Making and Research institute. MICA (pronounced "my-ka") is home to top-ranked fine arts, design, electronic media, art education, liberal arts, and professional studies degree and non-credit programs. The Space for Creative Black Imagination is the first of its kind to be established and hosted by an art and design college, and builds on MICA’s legacy as the first independent, continuously degree granting college of art and design.
The Space for Creative Black Imagination responds to the challenges of the 21st century by its dedication to the study of culture, race, social justice, and imagination beyond established paradigms, through interdisciplinary, interactive and social projects in visual, design, and media studies.
The Space’s research orientation is Black and Feminist which, with broad inclusivity, focuses its activities on the dynamics that shape marginalized communities and the impact of those dynamics on creative production. The Space works with faculty affiliates, students, and staff at MICA and beyond. By means of partnerships with other institutions, the Baltimore community, and collaborators across the globe, makers affiliated with The Space are committed to cutting-edge approaches to the practice and study of creativity and imagination, and to works that expand and challenge the meaning of creative black imagination. By developing practices and pedagogies that amplify the intersections of art, culture, and society, The Space enables creative and intellectual investigation locally and globally, through interdisciplinary and interactive projects in visual, design, and media culture. Activities include making, research, teaching, mentoring, public debate and interactive public projects.
The Space for Creative Black Imagination is co-founded and co-directed by Dr. Mel Michelle Lewis and Dr. Raél Sally