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A Site to Behold – COMMOTION No.8 Spring 2019
The journey from Fairman Studios' MICA MPS-BAD degree to Up/Start 2018 and the evolution of Illustr8science® is featured in the newest issue of COMMOTION, MICA's Graduate Studies alumni magazine. View the article by clicking on the images below, or...
MICA coverage of the 2018 Up/Start Venture Competition
The Up/Start Venture Competition, an initiative of MICApreneurship, focuses on incubating and building creative business ventures within the MICA community. Working with industry partners, UP/Start provides mentorship and capital to help nurture ideas into sustainable businesses…
Baltimore Business Journal: Up/Start 2018
Fairman Studios LLC, founded by Jennifer Fairman, took home the top funding prize in the MICA’s third annual UP/Start Venture Competition. The final leg of the competition was held Thursday evening on MICA’s Baltimore campus. Eight student and alumni-led companies competed for more than $100,000 in prizes…
Up/Start Coverage on medium.mica.edu
Jennifer ‘Jeni’ Fairman ’17 (Business of Art & Design M.P.S.) never thought she would be a business owner. After receiving her first Masters degree in medical and biological illustration from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Fairman envisioned her life post-grad, where working for an employer for a myriad of years would be the norm…
Technical.ly Baltimore Up/Start 2018 Coverage
Fairman Studios: Jennifer Fairman, a Master’s student in MICA’s Business of Art and Design program, won $30,000 to grow her visual communication services for health sciences. The studio has shades of Baltimore’s creative and scientific sides, specializing in illustration, animation and infographics…
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- Eight creative ventures chosen to compete in MICA Up/Start competition, Baltimore Business Journal, Feb 13, 2018.
- These 8 startups are finalists in MICA’s 2018 venture competition, Technical.ly / Baltimore, February 8, 2018
- These creative ventures pitched at MICA’s Up/Start venture competition, Technical.ly / Baltimore, April 6, 2018
- MICA student-led startups take home $105,000 in prizes at venture competition, Baltimore Business Journal, Apr 6, 2018
- Maryland Institute College of Art: MICA Awards Over $100K to Creative Entrepreneurs at UP/Start Finale, Seed funding awarded to 6 MICA student and alumni teams for their creative innovative businesses. Medium, Apr 5, 2018.
- Fairman Studios, LLC — Winner $30K in 2018 UP/Start Competition. Medium, Apr 5, 2018.