MICA Grassroots DesignFest 2023, sponsored by the T. Rowe Price Foundation, took place virtually on Zoom in two formats - a February event spread across a 10-day period and a March daylong event. In total, DesignFest 2023 featured 26 nonprofit organizations and 101 designers, including undergraduate students, graduate students, and professionals. DesignFest included students from Johns Hopkins University, Liberty University, Loyola University, MICA, Stevenson University, UMBC, University of Baltimore, Bowie State University, and Park School of Baltimore.
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PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS

  • Ballet After Dark
  • Baltimore Racial Justice Action
  • Brown Memorial Tutoring Program 
  • Caroline Center
  • Central Baltimore Partnership
  • Charm City Care Connection
  • Farm Alliance of Baltimore
  • Garwyn Oaks Housing Center
  • Govans Presbyterian Church (the Farm Project Committee)
  • Greater Baybrook Alliance
  • Homeless  Persons Representation Project
  • Impact Hub Baltimore
  • Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation of Metropolitan Baltimore

  • Maryland Art Place
  • The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum, Inc
  • Northwood Baseball League LLC
  • Opera Baltimore (formerly Baltimore Concert Opera)
  • Open Works
  • The "Stop Oppressive Seizures" Fund
  • PIVOT Inc.
  • Reading Partners Baltimore
  • St. Francis Neighborhood Center
  • Unmatched Athlete
  • Urban Foli Djembe Orchestra Performing Arts Inc
  • Wildseed Gear Library

PARTICIPATING DESIGN FIRMS:

  • Crosshook Creative
  • Skelton Sprouls Inc.
  • Redstart Creative
  • Mindgrub Technologies 
  • Harford Designs LLC
  • Fenton Communications
  • Color Of Change
  • Flexion
  • Beatty Development
  • Cohere
  • G Carter Designs​
  • Guglik Design
  • Joltage
  • Swisstrix
  • Tech Fleet
  • Mindgrub
  • Fastspot
  • Type A Design & Letterpress Studio
  • Wide Angle Youth Media

SAMPLE DESIGN WORK