The annual Professional Portfolio Symposium – part of Understanding the Visual 2 – brought Foundations students and alumni together for a trade show of professionals, with students gaining insights into life after MIAD. The evening featured numerous working professionals and Keynote Speaker Natalie Schraufnagel. Alum Schraufnagel, an industrial designer and design strategist …
Summer festivals may have wound down, but there are still exciting upcoming events that celebrate Milwaukee – Doors Open Milwaukee and the 2014 MKE Film Festival. Explore Milwaukee and get a behind-the-scenes looks at buildings throughout the city with Doors Open Milwaukee, Saturday & Sunday, September 20 & 21. MIAD’s studios …
Can an image be art & design simultaneously, or are they always separate entities that should be approached in different ways? This was one question posed during 2014 MIAD DEFINE, a day of college-wide dialogue about contemporary art & design, driven by students, faculty and staff. MIAD DEFINE returned for its …
Open Canvas, presented by Good Knight, returned for its 13th year Saturday, November 29, 6 – 11 p.m. in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward at the Pritzlaff Building, 333. N. Plankinton. Guests enjoyed fine foods and hors d’oeuvres courtesy of over 25 sponsoring caterers and restaurants while watching nearly 80 artists create …
The MIAD Creativity Series, founded by MIAD Board Chair Madeleine Kelly Lubar and her husband, David Lubar, continues with the visit of acclaimed New York-based artists Dana Schutz and Ryan Johnson. In keeping with the mission of the Creativity Series, they will engage with MIAD students and with the …
The 41st Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI) conference, Print: MKE – hosted by MIAD and UW-Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts – features printmakers from around the globe. As many as 1,500 attendees will gather in Milwaukee March 20 – 23 for an array of printmaking events around the city. The conference …
Good Knight presented the 11th Open Canvas on Saturday, November 24, from 6-11 p.m. in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward. Guests watched over 80 artists create paintings in a single day, with all work up for auction. Open Canvas is held in memory of William Joel Kursel, and benefits MIAD scholars …
I’ve visited many art and design schools around the world and found an atmosphere and confidence at MIAD that are unique… Students have a clear and well-deserved sense of themselves and their work, and that is a rare thing.” Mark Rios, FAIA, FASLA, founding principal of Rios Clementi Hale …
MIAD’s Adult Learning program hosted a Creative Pathways Series this September, open to adults and teenagers who interested in art and design. Jill Kunsmann, Director of Pre-College and Adult Learning, said the September Creative Pathways Series was “a ‘back to basics’ on promotion and networking. Whether you are a …
MIAD’s Student/Alumni Art Sale is full of energy,” says Jerry Benjamin, MIAD Trustee. “It lets you look at the future trends in contemporary art and design, while also seeing the cultural direction unique to each generation of participating alumni.” “Most of all, the works just beg you to buy …
On Gallery Night and Day, MIAD conducted an art sale of works on paper produced by students of the Layton School of Art, MIAD’s predecessor college. In MIAD’s possession since the mid-1970s, the works were made available to the public for this special benefit. They included several thousand reasonably …
A one-day conference offered the Milwaukee region a chance to showcase the area’s creative talent. On September 21, the Creative Milwaukee at Work Conference, hosted by MIAD and presented by Creative Alliance Milwaukee (CAM), provided creative networking opportunities to strengthen capacities for creative thinking and problem solving. MIAD was …
