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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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ANNOUNCEMENTS

MIAD profiled in Newsweek

MIAD’s campus was profiled in Newsweek’s 2023 Leading Art & Design Programs in the US.

2023 Sponsor Insight Newsweek MIAD

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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

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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
MIAD's Equity and Inclusion Center

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT MIAD?

Admitted Student Day

You are invited to attend MIAD’s Admitted Student Day on Saturday, April 27, 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.!

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News

Empathy, heritage, fashion drive MIAD 2024 Senior Exhibition

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Artist Talks provide MIAD student experience in museum world

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MIAD seniors receive 2024 Alumni Senior Thesis Awards

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Two MIAD students finalists for Grilled Cheese Grant

EXHIBITIONS

Community Hub Gallery

Fine Art + New Studio Practice Group Shows
2024 Senior Exhibition

March 26 – April 12, 2024

All MIAD Galleries

MIAD Senior Exhibition
2024

April 19 – May 11, 2024