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MIAD named Top Graphic Design school for fifth consecutive year; senior receives top honor
March 24, 2020 … For the fifth consecutive year, Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) magazine has named MIAD a Top Graphic Design School. GDUSA also recognized MIAD senior Mallory Kubenik ’20 (Communication Design) on the 2020 Students to Watch list. GDUSA offers the Top...
POSTPONED: Creative Fusion celebrates Milwaukee’s creative brilliance to benefit student scholarships
UPDATE 3/25/2020: Creative Fusion, our May 2, 2020, fundraising gala supporting scholarships, has been postponed. We will provide more information as it is available. (March 11, 2020) The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) presents Creative Fusion, May 2,...
Six MIAD students awarded Alumni Thesis Scholarships
March 5, 2020 ... Social innovation. Empathy. Creativity. These are themes found among six MIAD Senior Exhibition projects recently awarded a 2020 Alumni Thesis Scholarship. The scholarship directly supports fabrication and installation of the students’ work, and is...
Industrial Design senior wins international award for design inspired by her injured dog
March 3, 2020 … Megan Piunti ’20 (Industrial Design) struggled to care for her dog, Emmie, last April when Emmie had a painful Intervertebral Disc Disease (IVDD) injury that left her temporarily paralyzed. “We used plastic bins and a sling [made] from a grocery...
Carmex partners with MIAD Illustration students to design social media campaign
MILWAUKEE (February 12, 2020) … During a course project, Wisconsin-based Carmex worked with MIAD Illustration students to create digital artwork for a new social media campaign. The artwork featured students’ personal versions of comfort and living as their authentic...
Two documentary exhibitions explore storytelling, sharing history and truth
MILWAUKEE (January 31, 2020) … Two new documentary exhibitions are on view now through March 14, 2020 in MIAD's Brooks Stevens Gallery. The exhibitions present different approaches to telling stories, sharing history and shifting perspectives. The Opening Reception...
Painter, sculptor and activist Titus Kaphar presents MIAD Creativity Series February 5
MILWAUKEE (January 21, 2020) … MIAD presents renowned painter, sculptor and activist Titus Kaphar in the MIAD Creativity Series, Wednesday, February 5, 6 – 7:30 p.m. in MIAD’s 4th Floor Raw Space. In his public presentation “Making Space for Black History: Amending...
OSSUARY exhibition features 160 Wisconsin artists, 340+ works involving bones
MILWAUKEE (January 2, 2020) … Originally inspired by curator Laurie Beth Clark’s research at repositories of bones in countries where mass violence has occurred, “OSSUARY: A Project by Laurie Beth Clark” features more than 300 artists and more than 340 total works...
Registration now open for Summer 2020 adult Continuing Education classes and Summer 2020 Creative Educators Institute
Registration is now open for Summer 2020 adult Continuing Education classes and the Summer 2020 Creative Educators Institute at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD). Summer 2020 Continuing Education Program: The Summer 2020 program features courses on...
MIAD’s Galleries launch annual call for art and design exhibitions
MILWAUKEE (December 10, 2019) … The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) and its galleries — the Frederick Layton Gallery and Brooks Stevens Gallery — invite professional artists, designers and curators nationwide to submit proposals for exhibitions....
MIAD participates in Dec. 3 national GivingTuesday movement
MILWAUKEE (November 21, 2019) ... The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design joins the GivingTuesday national day of giving movement, December 3, 2019. As a nonprofit college of art and design, MIAD relies on philanthropy to support student scholarships and academic...
MIAD’s annual sale of student and alumni art & design work, December 5 – 7
MILWAUKEE (November 15, 2019) … The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) hosts the 9th annual MIAD Holiday Sale – a sale of student and alumni art and design work – December 5 – 7, 2019 at MIAD’s 4th Floor Raw Space. For the second year, the sale has...
Like Game of Thrones? Check out Story & Craft – A Magic: The Gathering Exhibition at MIAD
MILWAUKEE … If you like science fiction, fantasy art, Dungeons & Dragons or TV shows like Game of Thrones, then you may want to check out Story & Craft – A Magic: The Gathering Exhibition at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design’s (MIAD) Brooks Stevens...
MAM, Sculpture Milwaukee and MIAD welcome the acclaimed Radcliffe Bailey for artist talk, Oct. 17
MILWAUKEE (October 1, 2019) … Renowned artist Radcliffe Bailey gives an artist talk, open to the public, at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) Thursday, October 17, 6 p.m. Admission is free. The Atlanta-based artist discusses his work Pensive, featured...
Representation and identity among themes addressed in Society for Photographic Education Midwest Juried Exhibition
MILWAUKEE … September 19 – The Society for Photographic Education (SPE) Midwest Juried Exhibition, on view in the Brooks Stevens Gallery at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD), September 20 – October 27, highlights professional and student works...
Students and alumni: Sign up to sell your work at the 2019 MIAD Holiday Sale
MILWAUKEE (September 23, 2019) – We invite MIAD students and alumni to showcase and sell their work at the 2019 MIAD Holiday Sale, December 5 – 7. Now in its ninth year, the MIAD Holiday Sale gives students and alumni the opportunity to exhibit and sell their work to...
MIAD Industrial Design senior reaches new heights as NASA intern
MILWAUKEE ... September 12, 2019 – Veteran. Husband. Student at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD). David Gabriel can now add “NASA Intern” to the list. The Industrial Design senior spent his summer in Huntsville, Ala., at the NASA Marshall Space...
Strange Fire Collective addresses policing bodies, political action and access to power in MIAD Creativity Series and “In this body of mine” exhibition
MILWAUKEE (September 12, 2019) … The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) features the Strange Fire Collective’s four founding members – Jess T. Dugan, Rafael Soldi, Zora J Murff and Hamidah Glasgow – in the MIAD Creativity Series, Friday, October 25, 6 –...
MIAD seeks public comments for accreditation visit
The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) seeks comments from the public about the College in preparation for its periodic evaluation by its regional accrediting agency. The College will host a visit from the Higher Learning Commission November 10 - 12, 2019....
Money Magazine ranks MIAD among top 10 art and design colleges nationwide
MILWAUKEE ... September 5, 2019 – Money Magazine’s “Best Colleges for Your Money in 2019” ranks the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design among the top 10 art and design colleges in the country. MIAD is among the top 20% of degree-granting colleges and universities...
Milwaukee National Portfolio Day
Please join us for the 2019 National Portfolio Day hosted by the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Saturday, September 21, 2019 from 12pm - 4pm. The event will be held at MIAD's main academic facility, the Jane...
Record number of high school students see art and design career possibilities through MIAD Pre-College
MILWAUKEE ... July 24, 2019 – Through all the ups and downs she’s faced in life, one constant for Roxi Copenhaver has been art. “I realized at a young age that I want to make art for a living,” says the native of Thorp, Wis. “As long as I can make art, I’ll be happy.”...
Fall gallery exhibitions bring social justice, gaming culture and award winners to the forefront
MILWAUKEE… July 9, 2019 – The fall season of exhibitions at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) explores feminism through large-scale artwork, highlights the best works of Milwaukee’s Mary L. Nohl Suitcase Travel Award winners and members of the...
Private College Week
MIAD is pleased to participate in Private College Week 2019! For students that are interested in visiting the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, group tours of our classrooms, exhibition galleries, and residence hall are available on the following dates: Monday,...