To: Fred Lazarus, President, MICA, Shana Kroiz, Instructor, Aimee Adashek, Office of Arts Promotion, and Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sunpapers

Save MICA Jewelry Program!

I strongly oppose the decision to close the MICA jewelry design program. This is a bad decision for Baltimore and America's need for young "artrepreneurs."

Why is this important?

The Maryland Institute College of Art has announced the closing of the Jewelry Design program! This nationally recognized program has produced hundreds of award winning jewelry designers. As America grows its "new" manufacturing sector, we feel closing the jewelry design program at MICA is a bad decision for Baltimore and America's need for young "artrepreneurs."