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MICA’s Fête of Lights Celebrates 200 Years

The modern Fête bridges MICA's 200-year history with contemporary artistic practice, and is a revival of events that originated in the late 1920s

MICA has leaned into this historic milestone by mining its rich and storied past, hosting a Bicentennial Gala called the Fête of Lights on February 21, at the Main Building and Cohen Plaza, featuring wearable art, art installations, a student-led fashion show, parade, and massive party.

Visual Art

Seen & Heard: A Conversation with Julia Kim Smith

Julia Kim Smith's Transit arrives at a moment when the language of displacement has become uncomfortably familiar.

Smith, the daughter of Korean refugees who immigrated to the United States after the Korean War, assembles fifteen years of work spanning video, text, embroidery, and blood into a reckoning that refuses the comfort of metaphor.

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