Arts

David Acheson Woodward of the Maryland Institute invents a photographic enlarging camera.

David Acheson Woodward invents an enlarging camera in 1857 that focuses sunlight through a lens onto sensitized photographic paper. Woodward is principal of what becomes Maryland Institute College of Art. MICA produces two prominent Maryland artists, Joyce J. Scott and Amy Sherald.

David Acheson Woodward of the Maryland Institute invents a photographic enlarging camera. Read More »

Land Recognition

We acknowledge the enduring presence of many American Indian tribes who once lived in Maryland and who now, having lost their lands, live in a diaspora. Read more.

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