Admissions Events
MIAD offers several in-person and virtual events throughout the year for prospective students to learn more. MIAD also participates in additional college fairs and events throughout the year. For information regarding specific events, please contact admissions@miad.edu. From information sessions to Portfolio Days, we invite you to join us for an event!
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Admitted Student Day
Are you an admitted student attending MIAD? Please join us for Admitted Student Day! This event is held at MIAD, located at 273 East Erie Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202. Get an up close and personal look at our facilities and see what it’s like to be part of our community!
MIAD Information Days
The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design invites you and your family to attend an upcoming MIAD Information Day. These events are an opportunity for students interested in attending MIAD to learn more about the college. Please join us for presentations, tours and activities!
National Portfolio Day
MIAD participates in many in-person and online National Portfolio Day events! Meet with a MIAD representative for a free portfolio review.
Milwaukee National Portfolio Day
MIAD hosts Milwaukee National Portfolio Day each October. The event is free and open to the public, but requires registration. This is an opportunity for those who wish to pursue an education in the visual and related arts to meet with representatives from colleges accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. Representatives will be available to review your artwork, discuss their programs and answer questions about professional careers in art. High school students, parents, teachers, school counselors, and college transfer students are encouraged to attend!
Wisconsin Education Fairs
MIAD admissions representatives participate in every Wisconsin Education Fair throughout the year. We look forward to meeting you at an upcoming event!
Art ConnectED
MIAD admissions representatives attend every Art ConnectED event. Stop by to meet us!
Visit MIAD
A visit to MIAD’s campus is an opportunity to see what our students see. Neat, it is not. There is dust. There is grit. Paint has been spilled. People are at work here, and this is the place where your passion can find purpose.
News
Meet Kaitlyn Powers and 2026 Senior Exhibition Project Solenne
Kaitlyn Powers ’26 (Illustration major; Communication Design minor) is a self-described mixed media illustrator, graphic designer and textile artist. She is also a President’s (Honor) List student from Appleton, Wis.
Meet Emily Camp and 2026 Senior Exhibition Project Predisposed
Emily Camp ‘26 (Animation Track in Illustration) is a President’s (Honor) List student from Fox River Grove, Ill.
MIAD elects new trustees Paul Fletcher and Jacqualyn Laughlin
Paul Fletcher, a principal product designer at LinkedIn, and Jacqualyn Laughlin, co-founder of Invisible Ink Partners, were elected members of the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design’s Board of Trustees at the college’s annual meeting in June.
Double ASID award winner is inspired by nature and internships
Rising senior at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) Adam Wold ’27 received two awards in May from the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). The Interior Architecture and Design (IAD) major won the Silver Award in the Commercial category and the Bronze Award in the Residential category.
MIAD faculty, alumni shine at WI Visual Art Achievement Awards
Professor Leslie Fedorchuk and alumni of the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) received four of the eight individual 2026 Wisconsin Visual Art Achievement Awards for “their significant contributions to the state’s creative culture.”