MIAD Lubar Innovation Center
The MIAD Lubar Innovation Center connects real-world clients with our best and brightest students.
Through our creative development program, we foster innovative and entrepreneurial thinking to challenge our students’ individual interests, support academic programming and collaborate with corporate and nonprofit partners.
Are you a business or non-profit that needs creative solutions? Hire MIAD students for paid professional projects!
The Innovation Center is here for you year-round. Stop by anytime to see how we can help!
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News from the Innovation Center
Florentine Opera partners with MIAD Lubar Innovation Center
Summerfest collaborates with MIAD Lubar Innovation Center
Milwaukee Public Market celebrates 20 years with MIAD collaboration
Milwaukee Art Museum partners with MIAD Lubar Innovation Center
You now have access to over 900 creatives.
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Meet Kaitlyn Powers and 2026 Senior Exhibition Project Solenne
Kaitlyn Powers ’26 (Illustration major; Communication Design minor) is a self-described mixed media illustrator, graphic designer and textile artist. She is also a President’s (Honor) List student from Appleton, Wis.
Meet Emily Camp and 2026 Senior Exhibition Project Predisposed
Emily Camp ‘26 (Animation Track in Illustration) is a President’s (Honor) List student from Fox River Grove, Ill.
MIAD elects new trustees Paul Fletcher and Jacqualyn Laughlin
Paul Fletcher, a principal product designer at LinkedIn, and Jacqualyn Laughlin, co-founder of Invisible Ink Partners, were elected members of the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design’s Board of Trustees at the college’s annual meeting in June.
Double ASID award winner is inspired by nature and internships
Rising senior at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) Adam Wold ’27 received two awards in May from the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). The Interior Architecture and Design (IAD) major won the Silver Award in the Commercial category and the Bronze Award in the Residential category.
MIAD faculty, alumni shine at WI Visual Art Achievement Awards
Professor Leslie Fedorchuk and alumni of the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) received four of the eight individual 2026 Wisconsin Visual Art Achievement Awards for “their significant contributions to the state’s creative culture.”