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MIAD Lubar Innovation Center

The MIAD Lubar Innovation Center connects real-world clients with our best and brightest students.

Through our creative development program, we foster innovative and entrepreneurial thinking to challenge our students’ individual interests, support academic programming and collaborate with corporate and nonprofit partners.

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The Innovation Center is here for you year-round. Stop by anytime to see how we can help! 

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News from the Innovation Center
A finished mural with Veolia and MMSD logos depicting flowers and fish.

Veolia North America mural highlights native plants and fish

A blank poster for Summerfest. The background is an aquatic scene with an otter, fixes, and other creatures with instruments.

Summerfest collaborates with MIAD Lubar Innovation Center

Delaney Regan talks to Harley-Davidson Museum representatives.

Lubar Innovation Center concepts for Harley-Davidson Museum

An interactive digitally designed mural of a hot dog bun with a speech bubble that says "On my wurst behavior."

Illustration major designs poster for Milwaukee Art Museum

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Past Client Work

News

Ice cream social meets fine art networking at Cone-ections

Through the Intro to Arts Management course at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD), five students collaborated to plan a successful artist networking event via ice cream social. Milwaukee-area artists and MIAD alumni visited campus to connect with students and enjoy a cone!

La Mère Brazier: Phoebe Nelson Senior Exhibition 2025

Phoebe Nelson ’25 (Illustration) came to the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) to study children’s book illustration. Now at the end of her senior year, she is writing and illustrating a children’s book about Eugénie Brazier, the first person to get six Michelin stars, for her Senior Exhibition project.

MIAD Independent Inquiry Program launches with three student grants

Galilea Cerda ’26, Tina Voith ’26 and Madi Weglarz ’25 are the first three Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design students selected to receive Independent Inquiry Program stipends to investigate new technologies and their applicability to art and design education. As first-time applicants, each receives a stipend of $1,200 for a six-week Mini Inquiry this summer.

Grilled Cheese grants propel MIAD seniors

Funds from the annual Grilled Cheese Grant helped Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) awardees Siren Harris, Yo Yo collective and Madi Weglarz complete their 2025 Senior Exhibition projects and future work. All the MIAD awardees are Fine Art + New Studio Practice seniors.