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Abby Armstrong Check
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Emily Blaser
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Alexia Brunson
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Maureen Chavez-Kruger
Cheryl Coan
Paul Engevold
Leslie Fedorchuk
Laura Fuller-Cooper
Devlin Grimm
Anna Hillary
Chelsea Holton
Tamara Johnston
Julia Kirchner
David Lawson
Emily Leonard
Ashley Luchinski
Kathleen Mulhern
Maurizio Murru
Stephanie Rhyner
Joshua Rutherford
Gregory Sadler
Justin Schumaker
CJ Scruton
Lauren Simmons
Joshua Steffey
Ishani Synghal
Chris Szczesny-Adams
Donna Tanzer
Andy Turner
Valerie Vespalec
Valeria Volante
Isabelle Von Sturm-Day
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News
Student commission celebrates previous MIAD board chair
Deanna Tillisch, outgoing chair of the board at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD), received a student-commissioned monotype print in recognition of her service. “Deanna Dancing” was made by Anna Louise Barr ’26 (Fine Art + New Studio Practice).
MIAD elects new board chair and three new trustees
MIAD elects new board chair and three new trustees: Amanda Singh to board chair; Abim Kolawole, Lauren Hurley, and Bob Schwartz as trustees.
Meet AJ Schramek and Senior Exhibition project Life is a Drag!
AJ Schramek ’25 (Animation Track in Illustration) is a President’s (Honor) List student from Villa Park, Ill., who received a 2025 MIAD Alumni Senior Thesis Award.
Bronzeville initiatives by MIAD alums garner state and local awards
Community advocate, business owner, writer and editor Lexi S. Brunson ’14, an alum and assistant professor of Writing and Humanities at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD), recently accepted two awards: Best Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Initiative (Business) at the 34th annual Wisconsin Main Street Awards and Historic King Drive Business of the Year.
Fine Art senior selected for Tidal Shift Award
Marta Tereziya ’26 (Fine Art + New Studio Practice), a senior at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD), was recognized with a 2025 Tidal Shift award for her oil painting “Global Warning.” The award celebrates young artists who want to solve the climate crisis.