As part of the Greater Equity 2030 initiative to increase BIPOC representation in Milwaukee creative industries, MIAD has partnered with advertising agency Hanson Dodge to launch a graphic design internship program for high school students.
When Sydney Genthe ‘21 (Communication Design) was eight years old, she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. The materials doctors gave Sydney and her parents about the condition were created primarily for parents, not children, to understand. This experience inspired Sydney’s 2021 MIAD Senior Exhibition project, “MyTy.” MyTy is …
Ua Si Creative, co-founded by Christina Vang ’09 (Communication Design), was selected by the City of Bloomington (Minnesota) to create the WE mural, which will be located in the city’s South Loop neighborhood.
New Studio Practice: Fine Arts alums Phoenix Brown ’19 and LaNia Sproles ’17 were named to the 2021 gener8tor Art cohort.
MIAD’s product design major was a good fit for Samantha Shappell’s longtime love of interior design and furniture. For the MIAD Senior Exhibition, Samantha designed a four-piece furniture line for Third Coast Interiors, a Chicago-based interior architecture and design firm. The firm recently was formed from a merger …
Anna Siemsen ‘21 (New Studio Practice: Fine Arts) created a clothing collection inspired by her cultural background and identity for the MIAD 2021 Senior Exhibition. Anna’s seven-garment collection reflects on her connection to Chinese culture and diaspora. Each article of clothing correlates with differing themes such as the Chinese …
Associated Bank is now the presenting sponsor of MIAD’s popular Pre-College program for high school students.
Two years ago Andrew Murphy ‘21 (Interior Architecture and Design) read a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article about a veteran with PTSD who suffered a panic attack while visiting the Milwaukee VA Hospital, which has narrow, dark hallways. The article inspired his MIAD Senior Exhibition project. Andrew’s senior project, “The …
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