In the Haas family, the grape doesn't fall far from the vine.

Allan Haas '77 (Industrial Design) never pushed his daughter Karin '08 (Printmaking) into the arts, or to attend his alma mater, MIAD. He didn't have to because, as Allan says, she was "an artist from day one."

The creative energy of MIAD students, alumni and faculty will heat up Milwaukee galleries for January Gallery Night on Friday, January 20 and Gallery Day on Saturday, January 21.

Works by five 2010 MIAD Communication Design graduates were recently exhibited in China as part of Beijing Design Week.

"The Alumni of the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design" recently completed its run at the Portage Center for the Arts. According to Curator Erica Lyn Schmidt '06 (Illustration), the exhibit aimed to "demonstrate what can be accomplished in the arts using resources that are available in the state of Wisconsin."

American Fantasy Classics, a collective of four recent MIAD alums, wants to "expand the capabilities of our community and be an example of collaboration and cooperation," according to Alec Regan '10 (Integrated Studio Arts), one of AFC's co-founders. So it's fitting that a community organization with similar goals, the Mary L. Nohl Fund, rewarded American Fantasy Classics with a prestigious 2011 Nohl Fellowship in the emerging artist category.

At MIAD's 2011 Senior Thesis Exhibition, discovery was the resulting compound when Kaycie Dunlap '11 (Time-Based Media: Animation) combined a molecule of art with a molecule of science.

Jordan Waraksa '07 (Sculpture) and MIAD Sculpture Professor Will Pergl are two of ten Milwaukee artists that participated in "Current Tendencies II." The exhibition, which was on view through December 31 at Marquette University's Haggerty Museum of Art, paired the work of the artists with Marquette academics, who used their expertise to write reflections on the artists' works.

Once upon a time, an enchanted insurance company met a charming illustrator. They traveled far and wide, fought convention, and in the end, lived happily ever after.

Erica Lyn Schmidt (Huppe) '06 (Illustration) has unearthed a successful career path by digging into paleontology.

Turn virtually every corner in Milwaukee, and you'll find the works of generations of MIAD graduates – from 2010 to 1954. Following is a selection of where they exhibited during July's Gallery Day and Night, and through September.