An enrolled student:

• With a 3.0 GPA or greater at the time of application

• Enrolled for 12 credits or more for the Spring 2025 semester

• Is 18 years of age or older by January 1, 2025

Required: one (1) application essay or artist statement of 500 to 1,000 words reflecting on the below prompts:

• Your vision and/or purpose that is currently informing you as a creative 

• The impact and/or contributions you want to make in the world as a creative

• The ideas that are central to your current work

• The ecological, social or cultural aspects that you are exploring and are central to your current work

• Ways in which creative entrepreneurship informs your current creative practice

Required: Submit a min of (4) and max of (6) examples of your best MICA coursework:

• Up to three (3) examples must be from MICA Creative Entrepreneurship course(s)

• Up to three (3)  examples from a MICA course outside Creative Entrepreneurship 

• Up to two (2) examples from a commission or client-based project outside MICA

• Up to one (1) example may be from an internship

• Up to one (1) group project may be included which includes the names of all of the group members and the role and contributions of the student submitting the work.

• Up to one (1) research paper done for a theory or methods class.

• Each work example must include: 

  • The course name, semester and year 

  • The faculty name 

  • Details on the assignment(s) and/or project(s) 

  • An explanatory note on how you addressed the assignment(s) and/or project(s)

  • Medium and dimensions

  • Students are encouraged to demonstrate their process on at least one project.

  • Work done as part of a series may be included as one work(e.g., a single  assignment that has a solution presented on three boards). 

The four Merit Award recipients will receive: 

• Ground transportation to and from airports

• Round trip coach airfare

• Double-occupancy hotel accommodation

• Meals

• Conference Registration fees