Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
273 E. Erie Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Mailing address:
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
273 E. Erie Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
CAMPUS LINKS
Main homepage:
www.miad.edu
QUICK CODES
SAT number:
1506
ACT number:
4701
FAFSA number:
014203
FICE number:
29113
CAMPUS SUMMARY
Successor to Milwaukee's Layton
School of Art, the
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
(MIAD) was
founded in 1974. Wisconsin's only
four year, accredited,
independent college of art and
design, MIAD is located
in a spacious, five story, red
brick, state-of-the-art
facility in the Historic Third Ward
District of
Milwaukee. Situated on the scenic
Menomonee River,
two blocks from Lake Michigan, this
artistic
community is surrounded by
galleries, shops, cafes and
only 1/2 mile from the downtown
theater and
restaurant district.
Included in the main facility are
multi-windowed
classrooms, studio space for all
students once they
declare their major, several art
galleries including the
Brooks Stevens Gallery of Industrial
Design, an art
supply store, cafeteria, library,
computer lab, photo lab,
3D lab and foundry. The Residence
Hall, with
comfortable living space
(air-conditioned and
carpeted), and a Student Union
compliment this
stimulating art environment. Latest
additions include
the William F. Eisner Advertising
and Design Museum,
an interactive, archival, education
center focusing on
advertising and design and their
impact on our culture.
UNIQUE/SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Offering a studio-centered
curriculum supplemented by
a vital liberal arts component,
MIAD's student/faculty
ratio is 15 to 1. During the first
year, at the foundations
level, students explore a variety of
concepts, a range of
techniques and experiment with
diverse materials. As a
sophomore, students declare a major
choosing from
communication design, drawing,
illustration, industrial
design, interior architecture and
design, painting,
photography, printmaking and
sculpture. They spend
the next three years developing and
refining skills in
their major: graduating with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts
degree.
MIAD's faculty are practicing
artists, designers, writers
and scholars. Their professional
activities range from
active exhibition records to those
who work as
illustrators, or communications,
industrial or interior
architecture designers, and writers
of fiction, poetry
and nonfiction. With the guidance of
our faculty,
students tap into their own unique
talent and learn to
take risks. The result is an
undercurrent of energy
throughout the college from which
all students grow
and benefit.
Outreach programs are bountiful at
MIAD including a
New York Studio Program; a mobility
program which
allows students to spend a semester
or year at one of
MIAD's sister AICAD schools (private
art and design
colleges in the United States);
studies abroad (France,
Germany, Japan, Ireland, Poland,
South Korea); and
special programs with neighboring
Marquette
University, offering MIAD's students
recreational,
health, and counseling services
along with extended
class offerings including the option
to earn a minor in
business or advertising.
