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2023 – 2024 Friends & Donors Report

Your support of our students enables them to change their lives, and ours.

Emma Travitz
a student works on a sewing machine in the textiles lab

 

“A quote from a student about their MIAD experience, scholarships, highlights, etc.”
—First Last ’23 (Illustration)

 

From the President

We see our work in service to the community, and we are committed to making Milwaukee and MIAD more equitable and vibrant places to explore and launch careers, and to attract new ideas and talent to Milwaukee’s creative industries. With your invaluable support, we have created programs and services to increase the representation of diverse voices in our students’ experiences and our curriculum, and in our expanding community programs.

We have continued to create spaces to serve our growing student body and to meet the needs of our Milwaukee business, nonprofit and cultural communities. Most important, we have enhanced resources and scholarship funding for incoming and current students to increase access to our award-winning curriculum and ensure student success.

Much of this has been achieved with your support throughout 2021-22 and Our Creative Future – MIAD’s $10 million campaign publicly announced in May and co-chaired by Madeleine Lubar, Bob Mikulay and Sarah Zimmerman. Because of all of you, the campaign is at 87% completion. Together, we will continue to positively impact the lives of those in our shared communities.

Thank you for helping our students to realize their promise of today, and our community’s promise of tomorrow. It is a privilege to share with you our accomplishments in 2021-22.

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Jeffrey Morin | MIAD President

A headshot of MIAD's president Jeff Morin

MIAD by the numbers. 920 students enrolled. 100% of students receive financial aid, including scholarships. 35% of students self-identify as students of color. 63% of first-year students from Wisconsin are the first in their family to attend college. 40% of students are Pell-eligible (lowest income).

Of MIAD’s 920 students…

  • Students who receive financial aid, including scholarships 100% 100%
  • Students who are Pell-eligible (lowest income) 40% 40%
  • Students who self-identify as students of color 35% 35%

People

Our work in service to the community

MIAD students, alumni, faculty and staff are driven by excellence and committed to embracing diversity while addressing societal needs and challenges.

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PEOPLE

Welcome AICAD Fellows

The celebration continues through 2024! Join us for an upcoming event this fall, share your memories with us and learn more about the work we’re doing to advance MIAD’s creative future.

 

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PEOPLE

Interim VP for Academic Affairs

The celebration continues through 2024! Join us for an upcoming event this fall, share your memories with us and learn more about the work we’re doing to advance MIAD’s creative future.

 

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Marie Larson

Featured Students & Alumni

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Animation Career Review ranks MIAD Communication Design program top in state

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Veolia North America mural highlights native plants and fish

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Angeline Garvey: Director of Design at Stone Creek

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MIAD interns aim high at Bucks; offer internship advice

Two mock-up boxes of snacks made with bug-derived ingredients called Bugbite with branding in pastel colors.

News

Animation Career Review ranks MIAD Communication Design program top in state

A finished mural with Veolia and MMSD logos depicting flowers and fish.

News

Veolia North America mural highlights native plants and fish

A black and gold t-shirt with coffee-related square designs.

News

Angeline Garvey: Director of Design at Stone Creek

Two posters of Bucks players Khris Middleton and Andre Jackson Jr.

News

MIAD interns aim high at Bucks; offer internship advice

Two mock-up boxes of snacks made with bug-derived ingredients called Bugbite with branding in pastel colors.

News

Animation Career Review ranks MIAD Communication Design program top in state

A finished mural with Veolia and MMSD logos depicting flowers and fish.

News

Veolia North America mural highlights native plants and fish

A black and gold t-shirt with coffee-related square designs.

News

Angeline Garvey: Director of Design at Stone Creek

Two posters of Bucks players Khris Middleton and Andre Jackson Jr.

News

MIAD interns aim high at Bucks; offer internship advice

Two mock-up boxes of snacks made with bug-derived ingredients called Bugbite with branding in pastel colors.

News

Animation Career Review ranks MIAD Communication Design program top in state

A finished mural with Veolia and MMSD logos depicting flowers and fish.

News

Veolia North America mural highlights native plants and fish

A black and gold t-shirt with coffee-related square designs.

News

Angeline Garvey: Director of Design at Stone Creek

Two posters of Bucks players Khris Middleton and Andre Jackson Jr.

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MIAD interns aim high at Bucks; offer internship advice

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Senior’s passion for Illustration and Natural Sciences thrives at MIAD

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) senior Lilly Zbiegien’s two passions – Illustration and Natural Sciences – flourished at an early age and have continued through college. Recently Zbiegien presented her Natural Science Independent Study research, “Junkyard Nests,” showing not only the impact of plastic pollution on birds, but also her skill in portraying the environment through Illustration.

Reducing food insecurity at MIAD’s People’s Pantry

Students, staff and faculty at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) are addressing short-term food insecurity on campus with direct action. One of the college’s newest resources, the People’s Pantry, provides free food for anyone in the MIAD community who needs a meal, no questions asked.

gener8tor Art x Sherman Phoenix announces 2024 Fall Cohort

Of the seven Milwaukee artists selected for the gener8tor Art x Sherman Phoenix 2024 Fall Cohort, three are part of the community at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD). Assistant Professor Morgan Bouldes, current senior Nomka Enkhee ’25 and Photography & Digital Media Lab Technician Grant Gill ’13 (Photography) were selected as part of the grant and mentorship program.

Painting is alive at the Painting is Dead Gallery

It’s over 20 years and 30 miles from a figure drawing class at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design to the new Painting is Dead Gallery in Fredonia, Wis., owned by Katie Musolff ’04 (Painting) and Andy Fletcher, who first met in the class.