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The collection is comprised of artistic medals and other small relief sculptures that were collected within the Rinehart School of Sculpture. Many of the medals were created by artists through the auspices of the Society of Medallists, sometimes for the Society's annual edition.

The collection also includes pieces made by people affiliated with the Maryland Institute as alumni or faculty.

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The Baltimore Music and Performance Collection features posters, fliers, graphic material, local and national publications, and other material relating to the underground music and performance scene in Baltimore in the mid-1990s until 2019. The collection also includes ephemera from donor Tim Kabara’s activities in the music scene, such as ticket stubs and calendars.

Abstract The Ellen Dorn Levitt Book Arts Collection consists of materials used by Ellen Dorn Levitt in her career as a book artist and book making instructor, highlighting her time at Lyndon Institute in Vermont. The collection includes Levitt’s completed books, some in collaboration with students or other colleagues, sample books, instructional aids (such as sewing/ binding patterns and directions), and various book arts program proposals. These materials are complemented with correspondence from...

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9 Letterpress posters, each consisting of a pangram -- a sentence that contains all the letters in the alphabet -- showcasing a different typeface from the Jon Selikoff Collection at IS Projects, a public-access printmaking and book arts studio founded by Ingrid Schindall in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The posters are part of an ongoing series.

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Printed and audio-visual materials regarding the artist Jon Schueler, a painter who was visiting artist at MICA in the 1960s.

Abstract The Morris Louis Study Collection comprises materials that document and discuss the work of Morris Louis. Included are: audio materials which are interviews with Louis associates and supporters; publicity files with published articles and ephemera concerning Louis exhibitions and publications (some with attached notes between Louis’s widow Marcella Brenner and Louis’s primary art dealer Andre Emmerich and the Andre Emmerich Gallery); artwork documentation in 35mm slide format; book-length...

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35mm color slides reproducing 55 artworks by Reba Stewart who was faculty at MICA from 1963-1971.

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Publications, correspondence, personal documents, and photographs dealing with artists Reuben Kramer and Perna Krick.

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The collection consists of 73 examples of penmanship, the work of Samuel Curtis Malone or his associates. Included are alphabets, projects for specific clients, decorative borders and unspecified blanks, and promotional pieces for S.C. Malone’s business in Baltimore, Maryland. There are also 3 items of instructional penmanship from Malone’s teaching endeavors, and approximately 22 items that are sketches, preparatory drawings, and notes. Three items are noted as being by Arthur P. Myers.

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Drawings of floral subjects in various media, including pencil, ink, watercolor, created by Sophia L. Crownfield. Some paintings in oil are included. The drawings were studies in different stages of development toward designs for textile patterns, to be produced in silk for the woman’s dress-silk trade. Some examples of silk textiles that were the result of the drawings are included.