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Your Creative Path Starts Here.

Your creative path
starts here.

There is an energy to this place, and we thrive on it. We collaborate, innovate and solve problems together. We connect in meaningful ways and take inspiration from the vibrant world around us. We believe in the power of art and design to not merely reflect the world, but to change it. 

This is where your passion finds purpose.

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Programs

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Admissions

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MIAD's Equity and Inclusion Center

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CELEBRATE MIAD

MIAD at 50

The celebration continues through 2024! Join us for an upcoming event this fall, share your memories with us and learn more about the work we’re doing to advance MIAD’s creative future.

 

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Animation Career Review releases 2024 Graphic Design rankings

Animation Career Review ranked MIAD the top graphic design school in Wisconsin and named it among the top 15 in the midwest and top 25 private colleges nationally.

 

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MIAD by the numbers. Ranked in the top 20 small art colleges in the nation. Ranked in the top 10 best schools for Illustration in the Great Lakes. Ranked in the top 7% in the Midwest for Communication Design. 4 MIAD NSP Students have been accepted to the prestigious Yale Norfolk summer program in the last 4 years. Nearly 30% of MIAD graduates own their own businesses.

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Lubar Innovation Center

Connecting MIAD students and clients.

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MIAD Gallery at The Ave

Explore calls and partnerships.

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Careers

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CAREER OUTCOMES

Do what you love
for life.

You’ll be prepared to take on the professional world with a voice and vision all your own. Do what you love for a living. Do it for life.

 

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EQUITY + INCLUSION

Creating an
inclusive MIAD.

Whether you’re a student, faculty member, staff or visitor, we encourage you to join us as we create a more equitable and inclusive college.

 

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EQUITY + INCLUSION

Creating an
inclusive MIAD.

Whether you’re a student, faculty member, staff or visitor, we encourage you to join us as we create a more equitable and inclusive college.

 

Learn More
Zine Library against a yellow wall in the E+I center

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT MIAD?

Gallery Call for Proposals

MIAD’s call for exhibition proposals for the 2026 calendar year and beyond is open! We welcome group and thematic exhibition proposals. 

MIAD Holiday Sale

MIAD’s annual Holiday Sale returns Dec. 5 – 7, 2024! 

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A lifelike watercolor of butterflies and two bees flying and sipping nectar from yellow and red flowers.

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Painting is alive at the Painting is Dead Gallery

A green sign with fun font says "Resources!" above a bookshelf with titles like "I'm having top surgery." A paper lion sits on the bookshelf, along with a bucket of pride flags.

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WI LGBT Chamber of Commerce names MIAD Nonprofit Business of the Year

"I Can Share My Toys: A Social Story" by Morgan Tillisch.

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MIAD alum publishes picture book for neurodiverse children

A black and white photo of the seven Milwaukee artists selected for the fall 2024 gener8tor Art x Sherman Phoenix cohort

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gener8tor Art x Sherman Phoenix announces 2024 Fall Cohort

EXHIBITIONS

Frederick Layton Gallery

Of Our Time

October 7 – November 21, 2024

Anamarie Edwards, “Hermandad,” 2024.

Brooks Stevens Gallery

MIAD Pathsetters
An Emeriti Exhibition

Oct. 18 – Dec. 14, 2024

Waldek Dynerman, “Untitled.”