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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

Find your fit.

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Admissions

Pursue your passion.

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Cost & Aid

Explore scholarship and aid opportunities.

MIAD's Equity and Inclusion Center

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Experience MIAD for yourself.

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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

Hire a MIAD student or alum.

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.

 

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

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT MIAD?

Milwaukee National Portfolio Day

Join us on Oct. 5, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. for the 2024 Milwaukee National Portfolio Day hosted by MIAD! 

Alumni Reunion

You’re invited to MIAD’s Alumni Reunion, Oct. 18 – 19, 2024! Re-connect with your fellow MIAD, MSA and Layton School of Art alums.

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Product Design students design custom tap handles

A framed movie poster hanging on a brick wall for the movie "Forgive Me" featuring a person's screaming face with white eyes and a silhouette standing in front of a fiery door.

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MIAD alum designs ‘beautiful’ horror posters

An abstract metallic gold scuplture with fine, melted-looking details

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MIAD students win International Sculpture Center awards

A digital illustration of a red lighthouse in front of the Hoan bridge.

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Lubar Innovation Center brings MKE history to Brix Apartments

EXHIBITIONS

Frederick Layton Gallery

Of Our Time

August 19 – October 5, 2024

Anamarie Edwards, “Hermandad,” 2024.

Brooks Stevens Gallery

MIAD Pathsetters
An Emeriti Exhibition

Oct. 18 – Dec. 7, 2024

Waldek Dynerman, “Untitled.”