• The Creative Entrepreneurship Innovation Lab functions as a hub for MICA students and alumni to “soft launch” their creative entrepreneurship ventures and learn how to share their creative practices while generating income through their work.

    MICA students and alumni in Creative Entrepreneurship programs can now transition directly from the classroom into a market ready educational space located at the Baltimore Innovation Center (BIC).

    • JUST/Start winners are now required to host an event at CEINNOV in the Fall semester.

    • Any MICA student or alum who has cycled through one or more of the RCCE’s curricular or co-curricular programs are eligible to propose programming at CEINNOV.

    • Proposals for programs/events MUST:

      • Have an entrepreneurial model i.e: connect to the student/alum’s business, business idea, or entrepreneurial journey.

    • Applicants MUST:

      • Have a proven track record of consistency and successful RCCE program completion.

      • Submit a detailed proposal to be reviewed by the RCCE team.

      • Be legally able to earn income if selling products.

CEINNOV Launch Events

  • Angela McQuillan is the founder of Chimaera and former UP/Start participant, the Art Meets Science Happy Hour brought her gallery of bioart to CEINNOV.

  • Boba Studios, also a former UP/Start fellow, held a kickstarter crowdfunding party to raise funds to launch a new video game character and matching plushie toy, they exceeded their kickstarter goal of $30K.

Reimagining Early Stage Creative Ventures

The Creative Entrepreneurship Innovation Lab is an initiative funded through the Ratcliffe Foundation grant, a $5 million grant gifted to the university to support students and alumni in the ever evolving creative economy. This grant provides programing and operational support to grow and expand creative entrepreneurship resources for MICA’s academic community.

With CEINNOV, RCCE begins to blur the lines between practice and progress through experiential entrepreneurial learning to nourish sustainable growth for early stage creative ideas. CEINNOV incubates early stage creatives to grow their ideas into fully formed MVP’s (minimum viable products) that they can go to market with to learn, grow and build momentum.