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Milwaukee Art Museum

Milwaukee Art Museum

The Quadracci Pavilion, featuring the wing-like ‘Brise Soleil’

All full-time MIAD students are members of the Milwaukee Art Museum and can visit the museum for free. Students simply show their student ID at the entrance. 

MAM interiorinterior of the Quadracci Pavillion

Milwaukee Art Museum expansion, opening Fall 2015Milwaukee Art Museum expansion – opened Fall 2015

News

Product Design class uses virtual reality for shoe design

Product Design students at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) are keeping up to date with the emerging technologies that are becoming industry standard. In the junior Advanced Digital Modeling course, instructor Frank Savage has incorporated Gravity Sketch, a virtual reality platform, into a shoe design assignment.

Senior Communication Design project wins national GDUSA award

Cultivata, the 2025 Senior Exhibition project by Frankie Mallerdino ’25 (Communication Design) at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD), was named a Gold Foil winner in Graphic Design USA’s 2025 Digital Design Awards. Only 10 percent of the more than 3,000 entries earn this national distinction.

Yale Norfolk Summer Program accepts Fine Art junior

Greta Berens ’26 (Fine Art + New Studio Practice) was accepted to participate in the summer Yale Norfolk program in Norfolk, Connecticut. The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) junior is one of 25 students who will attend the six-week program.