2023 – 2024 Friends & Donors Report
Your support of our students enables them to change their lives, and ours.
“As a Nike intern, I had the opportunity to create a tool to help bridge gaps of information and understanding in the creation and development of women’s apparel, uniting designers, material developers and other functions. [T]his tool is currently being implemented to be used and touched by hundreds of Nike business partners.
The magic of giving is what made [my Nike career] possible. My access to MIAD, my professors and my peers, is why this happened. Thank you.”
Emma May Travitz ’24 (Product Design)
Material Developer, Innovation Concept Studio Team, Nike
MIAD Youth Programs expand and set records, bolster creative pipeline →
In just 2 years, MIAD’s yearlong Design Internship Program expands exponentially to 45 high-school interns and 8 professional partners; 80% of the students are BIPOC. In 2024, a record 246 high school students attended MIAD’s Summer Pre-College Program; 46% were students of color.
Annual Fund →
Wherever you direct your Annual Fund gift, and whatever amount you generously donate, you will make a significant difference.
Legacy Giving →
A planned gift – from a will, trust, life insurance or other means – offers a flexible and often tax beneficial way to impact our future creative leaders.
Your Impact →
Your support enables MIAD to fuel our students’ promising careers, the college’s award-winning programs and Milwaukee’s creative hub. We thank you for it!
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MIAD welcomes businesses and individuals to partner with us in a wide variety of ways, providing you with unparalleled access to unique creative experiences and outcomes in the arts.
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—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
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%
- Students who are Pell-eligible (lowest income) 40%
- Students who self-identify as students of color 35%
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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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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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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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Featured Students & Alumni
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Animation Career Review ranks MIAD Communication Design program top in state
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Angeline Garvey: Director of Design at Stone Creek
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Intergenerational sharing as knowledge building at MIAD
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) instructor Hj Bullard continued a longstanding collaboration with House of History this semester in their First-Year Experience “Community Connections” class.
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.