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MIAD students and Milwaukee teacher develop game to broaden cultural representation


Hands-on professional experiences are an important part of a MIAD education. In the video above, Rocky Ho ’23 (Illustration), Melvin Hood ’23 (Communication Design) and game co-creator Jason Crayton discuss designing and illustrating the new “Factions: Battlegrounds” fantasy strategy game. The game aims to broaden cultural representation in the board game industry. Thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign, the game will be produced in spring 2021.

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Containment Breach Selected for ICON13 Motion Commotion Screening

Parker Deutsch ’26 (Illustration – Animation Track) recently had the animated short “Containment Breach” selected for screening in Motion Commotion, part of ICON13, the Illustration Conference. The showcase features innovative animation and motion-based work from illustrators and animators across the field.

MAKE! Participants Reflect on Creativity, Community and Growth

Alicia Zapata, a second-year MAKE! participant from Chicago and a K-8 art teacher at Waters Elementary School in Chicago, IL, Kelly Wendel, an eighth-year participant and art teacher at Nicolet High School in Glendale, WI and Gail Kowsky, a second-year participant and sixth- and seventh-grade art teacher in New Brighton, Minnesota, reflected on what they gained from this year’s program.