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Design Internship featured on Toolkits
MIAD’s Design Internship program was featured in Toolkits as part of discussion on the Greater Equity 2030 challenge

MIAD welcomes Rafael Francisco Salas as next Identity Series speaker
MIAD is pleased to announce Rafael Francisco Salas as our next MIAD Identity Series speaker. Please join us for Salas's artist talk on Thursday, April 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the MIAD Union. Rafael Francisco Salas is a Wisconsin-based artist. He combines landscape, the...

MIAD Fine Arts junior accepted into 2022 Yale Norfolk Summer Program
michie miller ’23 (New Studio Practice: Fine Arts) is one of only 22 students nationwide accepted into the prestigious 2022 Yale Norfolk Summer Program. “To have the labor of love of the past few years reflected back to me in this opportunity is an honor,” says...
Product Design students help Generac see the light
For Sabrina Cameli ’22, the best part of her Product Design class’ collaborative project with Generac Power Systems was being able “to make a portable light tower as unique as our minds could fathom.” The semester-long partnership sponsored by global innovator Generac...

Traditions meet innovation in the MIAD 2022 Senior Exhibition
Time-honored traditions meet 21st century technology and societal needs in the inspiring MIAD 2022 Senior Exhibition April 22 through May 7. Generously sponsored by BMO Harris Bank, the exhibition celebrates the capstone projects of nearly 190 emerging creative...
Eighteen seniors receive MIAD Alumni Senior Thesis Awards
Through the generosity of alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the college, MIAD is awarding $3,622 to an unprecedented 18 seniors to directly support the fabrication and installation of their Senior Exhibition. Winners were chosen by a panel of 15 alumni with experience in fine art and design career fields.

MIAD students design selfie museum at The Avenue in Milwaukee
MIAD students design selfie museum at The Avenue in downtown Milwaukee.

MIAD students design for the future of transportation systems
MIAD students tapped for design for the future of MKE Hyperloop transportation system.
MIAD Trustee Emerita Kim Mathews passes away
MIAD Trustee Emerita Kim Mathews passes away

MIAD Galleries launch nationwide call for art and design exhibitions for 2023
The Frederick Layton Gallery and Brooks Stevens Gallery at MIAD in Milwaukee seeks art and design exhibition proposals for 2023.

Fine Arts students collaborate with Veteran Print Project to create large-scale woodblock prints
MIAD fine arts majors collaborated with the Veteran Print Project and four Milwaukee veterans organizations to create large-scale woodblock prints.
MIAD educator and co-founder Frank Lukasavitz passes away
MIAD co-founder Frank Lukasavitz passes away. He was a lifelong Industrial Design educator, leader and mentor.