| | The '''Maryland Institute of Art''', founded in 1826, advertises itself as "among the top visual arts colleges in the nation."<ref>[http://www.mica.edu/About_MICA/Facts_and_History.html Facts & History], Maryland Institute College of Art</ref> Among the institute's more notable alumni was [[Alger Hiss]], who attended in 1921-22.<ref>"1921-1922: Attended... Maryland Institute of Art." [http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~law00092 Zeligs, Meyer Aaron. Papers, 1923-1978: Finding Aid]. Harvard Law School Library, October 1, 1980</ref> | | The '''Maryland Institute of Art''', founded in 1826, advertises itself as "among the top visual arts colleges in the nation."<ref>[http://www.mica.edu/About_MICA/Facts_and_History.html Facts & History], Maryland Institute College of Art</ref> Among the institute's more notable alumni was [[Alger Hiss]], who attended in 1921-22.<ref>"1921-1922: Attended... Maryland Institute of Art." [http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~law00092 Zeligs, Meyer Aaron. Papers, 1923-1978: Finding Aid]. Harvard Law School Library, October 1, 1980</ref> |
| − | During the 1920s, a visiting artist at the Maryland Institute of Art was John Sloan,<ref>[http://www.mica.edu/About_MICA/Facts_and_History/Historical_Timeline/1905-1960_A_Fresh_Start%E2%80%94Rise_of_Mount_Royal_Campus.html 1905-1960: A Fresh Start—Rise of Mount Royal Campus], Maryland Institute College of Art</ref> former editor<ref>John Loughery, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=eGWcHAAACAAJ John Sloan: Painter and Rebel]'' (New York: H. Holt, 1997) ISBN 0805052216, p. 177</ref> of the [[Communist]]<ref>Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Dilling, [http://books.google.com/books?id=w7MOv0bujK8C The Red Network: A "Who's Who" and Handbook of Radicalism for Patriots]'' (Salem, N.H.: Ayer Publishing, 1977) ISBN 0405099460, p. 190</ref> magazine ''[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masses_1914_John_Sloan.jpg The Masses]'', which would change its name to ''[[New Masses]]'' in 1926 (and be edited by [[Whittaker Chambers]]<ref>Meyer A. Zeligs, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=aytCAAAAIAAJ&pgis=1 Friendship and Fratricide: An Analysis of Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss]'' (New York: Viking Press, 1967) ASIN B000NZOTWM, p. 253</ref> starting in 1931). Sloan would appear in 1930 as a signatory on a ''New York Times'' advertisement of the [http://home.gwu.edu/~cuff/wright/organizations/johnreedclub.html John Reed Club].<ref>Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Dilling, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=w7MOv0bujK8C The Red Network: A "Who's Who" and Handbook of Radicalism for Patriots]'' (Salem, N.H.: Ayer Publishing, 1977) ISBN 0405099460, p. 180</ref> In 1959, the institute would be renamed [http://www.mica.edu/ Maryland Institute, College of Art]. | + | During the 1920s, a visiting artist at the Maryland Institute of Art was John Sloan,<ref>[http://www.mica.edu/About_MICA/Facts_and_History/Historical_Timeline/1905-1960_A_Fresh_Start%E2%80%94Rise_of_Mount_Royal_Campus.html 1905-1960: A Fresh Start—Rise of Mount Royal Campus], Maryland Institute College of Art</ref> former editor<ref>John Loughery, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=eGWcHAAACAAJ John Sloan: Painter and Rebel]'' (New York: H. Holt, 1997) ISBN 0805052216, p. 177</ref> of the [[Communist]]<ref>Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Dilling, [http://books.google.com/books?id=w7MOv0bujK8C The Red Network: A "Who's Who" and Handbook of Radicalism for Patriots]'' (Salem, N.H.: Ayer Publishing, 1977) ISBN 0405099460, p. 190</ref> magazine ''[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masses_1914_John_Sloan.jpg The Masses]'', which would change its name to ''[[New Masses]]'' in 1926 (and be edited by [[Whittaker Chambers]]<ref>Meyer A. Zeligs, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=aytCAAAAIAAJ&pgis=1 Friendship and Fratricide: An Analysis of Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss]'' (New York: Viking Press, 1967) ASIN B000NZOTWM, p. 253</ref> starting in 1931). In 1959, the institute would be renamed [http://www.mica.edu/ Maryland Institute, College of Art]. |