MIAD alumna Alisa Toninato featured on ABC News with David Muir
MIAD alumna Alisa Toninato ’05 (Sculpture) and her company’s state-shaped metal skillets were recently featured nationally on ABC World News Tonight with David Muir. When …
MIAD President, alumni among artists selected for Milwaukee Bucks arena
Artwork by MIAD President Jeff Morin and MIAD alumni Vedale Hill ’11, Brandon Minga ’04 and Andi Woodward ’13 has been chosen for the new Milwaukee Bucks arena. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, these artists are among 32 artists selected from about 1,200 who applied for the arena project. “We …
MIAD alumna’s art influences her Chicago restaurant’s décor and food
When you are at MIAD, you feel like you can create and do anything,” said Anna Posey ’08 (Integrated Studio Arts). MIAD instilled in Anna confidence and the desire to always improve—traits she draws on daily as she owns and operates Chicago-based restaurant Elske with her husband, David. “I …
MIAD Communication Design students, alumni rack up big honors at 2017 United Adworkers Milwaukee 99 Awards
Codex de Manjares | Daniela Valle Chavelas ’17Galarza didn’t just win a student award. As a designer with Serve Marketing, she won multiple non-student awards, too, such as a Silver Award for a Women’s Point of Omaha public service campaign along with Carsyn McKenzie ’14, an art director. Galarza believes …
Behind the Scenes of the 2017 MIAD Holiday Sale: Meet two of the artists and designers
MIAD’s annual sale of student and alumni art and design work is November 30 through December 2, 2017. More than 120 artists and designers are participating this year. Here’s a Behind the Scenes look at the work and inspiration for two of the MIAD Holiday Sale participants. Mushroom Lamps | Justin …
“Embrace the Dumb: The Rob Schrab Experience” at MIAD features Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated writer & director, Nov. 15
The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) features Wisconsin native, Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated writer and director Rob Schrab at this fall’s MIAD Creativity Series, Wednesday, November 15, 2017, 6 – 7:30 p.m. at MIAD’s 4th Floor Raw Space, 273 E. Erie Street. In Schrab’s public presentation, “Embrace the Dumb …
2017 Milwaukee Film Festival features alumni short films
This year’s Milwaukee Film Festival highlights its close MIAD ties by presenting short films created by Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design alumni. MIAD is also a community partner of the Milwaukee Film Festival. The Alligator Hunter “The Alligator Hunter,” a short film by Kyle V. James ’15 (Time-Based Media …
Dave Nelson ’02: On Making Design Front and Center at Microsoft
99U Contributing Editor Dave Benton recently sat down with Nelson to find out why curiosity is the number one prerequisite for his staff, how the small-team model works within a big company with such a global reach, and why the team’s ultimate goal is bona fide, possibly-quantifiable user …
MIAD to participate in Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP)
MIAD is participating in the 2017 Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) – a one-of-a-kind survey exploring the lives of arts alumni nationwide. Alumni completing the survey this fall will have access to a site to see how their educational and career experiences compare with alumni from across …
Debut novel by alumnus Michael Mazza on sale now
Michael Mazza Michael Mazza ’80 is riding the wave. Since graduating from MIAD, Mazza has worked as an art and creative director all over the world, in places like Milwaukee, Phoenix, Dallas, Hong Kong and Los Angeles. Now living in San Francisco, he is a published author. His debut novel …
Boris Pelcer ’07 featured in WOW x WOW
Boris Pelcer Somewhere Fantastic and Glorious Artist Interview by Tim MacLean, WOW x WOW | posted in: Artist Interviews Original article published by WOW x WOW, an online art resource, specializing in the promotion and celebration of the very best New Contemporary Art from around the world. (article link) The existential …
MIAD students and alumni honored at 2016 United Adworkers Milwaukee 99 Awards
MIAD students and alumni racked up the accolades at the 2016 United Adworkers Milwaukee 99 awards show. Aaron Czarnecki ’17 Madyson Brady ’17, Aaron Czarnecki ’17 and Daniela Valle Chavelas ’17, all Communication Design majors, received student merit awards for their work. Czarnecki, who completed a rebrand for Nana Asian …
