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Jon Horvath, NSP faculty, on “This Is Bliss” project
Jon Horvath, Associate Professor in the New Studio Practice: Fine Arts department, recently published “This Is Bliss,” a multimedia project centered around the “disappearing” town of Bliss, Idaho.
Ruth Foundation for the Arts awards MIAD Ruth DeYoung Kohler Legacy Fund
Today, the Ruth Foundation for the Arts announced the 140 arts organizations who received one of their Fall 2022 grants inspired by how artists live, make, and are remembered. The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design is honored to be recognized among the recipients.
MIAD’s galleries launch call for art & design proposals for 2024 exhibitions
The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design invites artists nationwide to submit proposals for exhibition in 2024. MIAD, a non-profit art and design college located in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward, features two professional on-campus galleries, the Frederick Layton Gallery and the Brooks Stevens Gallery.
Haggerty Museum of Art features MIAD alum for lecture
David Najib Kasir, ’01 Painting, will present his lecture “A Conversation in Cultural Shapes & Landscapes” at Marquette University’s Haggerty Museum of Art on Tuesday, November 15th at 5 p.m. Kasir, a Milwaukee oil painter, produces deeply personal work that “surrounds the act of coming to terms with the challenges of family, life, love, and loss.”
MIAD alum, student win “I Am A Voter” Wisconsin design competition
Kelsey Robinson (’21 Communication Design) and Sarah Madden (’24 Communication Design) want you to vote! The MIAD alum and student both competed and placed in a new design competition.
James Barany on Vardo project and creativity
James Barany, Professor of First Year Experience, treated MIAD students, staff and faculty last week to a tour of the Vardo that he constructed during COVID.
Madison exhibition spotlights MIAD professor, alum
Madison Arts + Literature Laboratory hosts the exhibition “The Shape of the Environment,” curated by Lelia Byron, which seeks to “convey the importance of different environmental issues for people across the globe.”
Milwaukee’s thriving art and city life garner national, international acclaim
In a move that delighted Milwaukeeans, National Geographic recently named the city one of the top 25 places to visit in the world.
MIAD scholarship supporter passes away
Edith Hibbard, a longtime supporter of MIAD, passed away on September 29, 2022. She and her husband William Hibbard (1927-2020) established the Cookie Hibbard Scholarship in honor of their late daughter Mary Ellen “Cookie” Hibbard.
MIAD students, alumni complete Taxco Apartments mural
Four MIAD students and two alumni completed a quilt-themed mural on the new Taxco Apartments in Milwaukee’s Walker’s Point neighborhood. The company developing the new apartments, Mandel Group, Inc., contacted the MIAD Lubar Innovation Center to source artists for the project.
Villa Terrace Art Museum hosts MIAD alumni in gallery opening
Two MIAD New Studio Practice: Fine Arts alumni, Nick Drain ’20 and Z Moralez ’21, will be featured in the Villa Terrace Museum’s new exhibition “Grounded,” opening October 27th at 6 p.m.
gener8tor Art Fellowship honors MIAD alum as part of SPOOKY BOOBS
Amy Cannestra, Communication Design ’06, makes up one third of feminist art group SPOOKY BOOBS, which won a 2022 gener8tor art fellowship.
New Studio Practice: Fine Arts professor featured in Michigan sculpture installation
Jason S. Yi, Professor of Art in New Studio Practice: Fine Arts at MIAD, recently installed his exhibit “Dissimulations” in the Dennos Museum in Traverse City, Michigan. “Dissimulations” references a Korean peninsula environment, although with an eye to universal notions of what landscape and environment mean for people.
MIAD students and voting in Wisconsin
General Election Day is Tuesday, November 4, 7 a.m. – 8 p.m. MIAD students are able to vote in this upcoming election with the required documents and by registering to vote. What documents do students need to vote? One of the following: • A valid Wisconsin Driver’s License • Wisconsin State ID Card …
Artist featured in MIAD exhibition named McKnight Foundation Distinguished Artist
Douglas R. Ewart, an interdisciplinary artist from Minnesota whose work spans musical performance, instrument making, painting and teaching, was named the 2022 McKnight Foundation Distinguished Artist. Ewart is currently displaying work in MIAD’s “Then as Now: Woodland Pattern 1980-2022” gallery exhibition.
Product Design adjunct professor creates coats for cancer doctors
Larry “Murf” Murphy, Product Design adjunct professor at MIAD, has a unique way of thanking his cancer care team. Each year since 2018, on the anniversary of his surgery, Murf creates designs on lab coats for his doctors.
MIAD President Jeff Morin discusses career prospects and supporting MIAD students
Jeff Morin, president of Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, represented the college on Spectrum News 1 recently to discuss career prospects for MIAD graduates and the school’s strategy for financially and academically supporting students.
Chicago advertising agency hires award-winning MIAD alum
Chicago-based advertising agency O’Keefe Reinhard & Paul (OKRP) recently hired MIAD alum Matt McNulty, Communication Design ’13, as a Group Creative Director for Burger King.
Milwaukee National Portfolio Day
Please join us for the 2023 Milwaukee National Portfolio Day on Saturday, October 14, 2023 from 10am – 2pm CST. This event will be held at MIAD located at 273 East Erie Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202. This event is free and open to the public.
Paid summer internships help high schoolers “design” career paths
Completing a paid summer internship through MIAD’s yearlong Design Internship Program provided many Milwaukee-area high school students their first opportunity to work in a professional setting related to their career interests.
MIAD alum selected as finalist in Honda Design and Drive Art Contest
Jimmy Cobb, New Studio Practice: Fine Arts ’22, is one of six finalists selected for Honda’s Design and Drive Art Contest.
MIAD receives Molson Coors Project Justice Scholarship Awards
MIAD receives Molson Coors Project Justice Scholarship Awards
MIAD student interns design, create mural for Milwaukee Public Museum Africa Gallery
MIAD student interns design, create mural for Milwaukee Public Museum
Design Internship featured on Toolkits
MIAD’s Design Internship program was featured in Toolkits as part of discussion on the Greater Equity 2030 challenge
MIAD welcomes Rafael Francisco Salas as next Identity Series speaker
MIAD is pleased to announce Rafael Francisco Salas as our next MIAD Identity Series speaker. Please join us for Salas's artist talk on Thursday, April 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the MIAD Union. Rafael Francisco Salas is a Wisconsin-based artist. He combines landscape, the...