Marketing & Communication
The Marketing & Communication Office promotes MIAD’s mission, values and vision through creative communications and consistent reflection of our brand. We champion enrollment in MIAD’s programs through innovative marketing and communications that exemplify our educational offerings, diverse faculty and outstanding facilities. Marketing & Communication sees their work in service to the MIAD community.
Brand Resources
At MIAD, 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 passion finds purpose.
We invite the MIAD community to utilize the college’s brand resources. Our Brand Guide provides downloadable assets, including the college’s logos, as well as fonts and templates.
Templates
For the Media
MIAD’s Marketing & Communication Office is the first point of contact for all media inquiries. We are happy to provide information about the college, our community programs and galleries. Press releases, images and media interview scheduling are all available through our office. You can find more on our News page, which offers the latest information on all things MIAD. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook.
Let’s connect!
Stacey Steinberg
Executive Director of Marketing & Communication
staceysteinberg@miad.edu, 414.847.3236
News
La Mère Brazier: Phoebe Nelson Senior Exhibition 2025
Phoebe Nelson ’25 (Illustration) came to the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) to study children’s book illustration. Now at the end of her senior year, she is writing and illustrating a children’s book about Eugénie Brazier, the first person to get six Michelin stars, for her Senior Exhibition project.
MIAD Independent Inquiry Program launches with three student grants
Galilea Cerda ’26, Tina Voith ’26 and Madi Weglarz ’25 are the first three Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design students selected to receive Independent Inquiry Program stipends to investigate new technologies and their applicability to art and design education. As first-time applicants, each receives a stipend of $1,200 for a six-week Mini Inquiry this summer.
Grilled Cheese grants propel MIAD seniors
Funds from the annual Grilled Cheese Grant helped Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) awardees Siren Harris, Yo Yo collective and Madi Weglarz complete their 2025 Senior Exhibition projects and future work. All the MIAD awardees are Fine Art + New Studio Practice seniors.
Sebastian Penn: Senior Exhibition 2025
Sebastian Penn ’25 (Animation Track in Illustration), “From Home to Legacy: Black and Queer Bars in Milwaukee.” Sebastian is a President’s (Honor) List student from Holman, Wis.
McKenna Martin: Senior Exhibition 2025
McKenna Martin ’25 (Product Design), “Hyacinth.” McKenna received first place for her design for the 2023 Delta design project/competition at MIAD, is on the Dean’s List and is from Fond du Lac, Wis.