travel info (Copy) — experience design certificate program by Odyssey Works

Baltimore

If you plan on staying at a hotel during your visit to Baltimore, we recommend good neighbor, Hotel Indigo, or if you're feeling fancy, the Revival Hotel. Wilson House is a wonderful, quirky BNB a ten minute walk to MICA. There are plenty of hotels in the Inner Harbor area, from which you could take a carshare or the light-rail right to MICA. Generally we don't recommend AirBnBs because several students had problems last year, but if you do go that route, look for one near MICA in Bolton Hill east of Eutaw or in the Hampden neighborhood. This one is good.

If you are coming in by train, you can take the MARC or Amtrak trains to MARC Penn Station in Baltimore, which is a three block walk from our location.

Friday:
1-5 pm: Welcome Session at the Brown Center (Maryland Institute College of Art)
7 pm: Private dinner hosted at good neighbor in Hampden. 3827 Falls Rd, Baltimore, MD 21211

Saturday:
10 am-1 pm: Morning Session (at the Brown Center)
1-2 pm: Lunch from Ekiben
2-5 pm: Program Information (at the Brown Center)
Dinner is on your own!

Sunday:
10 am-1 pm: Phase Zero (at the Brown Center)
1-2 pm: Lunch from Cocina Luchadoras
2-3: Wrap up

New York

Aloft is a solid choice that I recommended to folks when I was a co-owner of a B&B in Brooklyn and we were full. It's in downtown Brooklyn and close to a lot of transit. If you're looking for something hip and in Manhattan The Standard or ACE Hotel are great, if a bit more of a splurge. Airbnbs are also of course an option--in Brooklyn we recommend staying in Williamsburg or Greenpoint (which are close to Chemistry Creative), Fort Green, Prospect Heights, Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights (further South in BK, but lovely). All are all relatively safe, walkable, and will have all sorts of great places to eat and explore; Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Bushwick will have more direct transit options along the L train. Lunch will be provided Saturday and Monday, as will dinner on Sunday.

Friday, November 22 - Install

10 am-6 pm: Install at Chemistry Creative

Saturday, November 23 - Dress Rehearsals

10-12 pm: Final Installation

12-1 pm: Lunch

1-6 pm: Dress Rehearsals & time to experience each other’s work

Sunday, November 24 - New Frame

10 am: Arrive at Chemistry Creative

11 am-5 pm: THE NEW FRAME is open to the public

5-6 pm: Cocktail hour

7:30 pm: Celebratory dinner

Monday, November 25 - Graduation and De-install / Strike