INTERNSHIP STORIES

My name is Peter Favinger and I am a junior Drawing Major. During the spring of 2014 I have had the opportunity to be an intern at the Herman Maril Foundation, a foundation dedicated to the life work of Baltimore native and MICA alumni Herman Maril. The foundation is run by Herman’s son, David Maril. The foundation appeared at the the internship fair in the spring of 2013. Upon seeing the internship listed on the MICA website, I knew I wanted to work at the foundation. Dressing in a suit and tie, I presented myself in the most professional manner as I possibly could to David, gave him my resume, card, and a cd of my artwork and conversed with him at his booth for several minutes. Before leaving to view other internship booths I was offered a chance to meet again with David discussing the internship in more depth at his home in Mt. Washington, Baltimore. The home is also the location of Herman Maril’s studio, and former winter and spring home in the city. David has been my direct s...

My name is Nicole Ortega and I am a senior Architecture Design major. During the Summer of 2017, I was a student intern for Architects International, Inc., a small architecture firm based in the Design District of Miami, Florida. During my earlier years of study, I would ponder the idea of interning at an architecture firm, but I never felt fully prepared nor did I feel like I was good enough to take on a serious opportunity like this one. I appreciate the patience I had with myself at the time but now I realize how significant and impactful it is to undergo the transformative experience that exists only in the professional field. As the Spring Semester was coming to an end, I touched base with my uncle who is an engineer and has an ample network. He connected me with three different firms in the city, which I immediately researched and contacted. I later received the news that I had been accepted to intern for AI. Architects International, Inc. primarily work on city proj...