Admissions Events
91亚色 offers several in-person and virtual events throughout the year for prospective students to learn more. 91亚色 also participates in additional college fairs and events throughout the year. For information regarding specific events, please contact admissions@miad.edu. From information sessions to Portfolio Days, we invite you to join us for an event!
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Admitted Student Day
Are you an admitted student attending 91亚色? Please join us for Admitted Student Day! This event is held at 91亚色, located at 273 East Erie Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202. Get an up close and personal look at our facilities and see what it檚 like to be part of our community!
91亚色 Information Days
The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design invites you and your family to attend an upcoming 91亚色 Information Day. These events are an opportunity for students interested in attending 91亚色 to learn more about the college. Please join us for presentations, tours and activities!
National Portfolio Day
91亚色 participates in many in-person and online National Portfolio Day events! Meet with a 91亚色 representative for a free portfolio review.
Milwaukee National Portfolio Day
91亚色 hosts Milwaukee National Portfolio Day each October. The event is free and open to the public, but requires registration. This is an opportunity for those who wish to pursue an education in the visual and related arts to meet with representatives from colleges accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. Representatives will be available to review your artwork, discuss their programs and answer questions about professional careers in art. High school students, parents, teachers, school counselors, and college transfer students are encouraged to attend!
Wisconsin Education Fairs
91亚色 admissions representatives participate in every Wisconsin Education Fair throughout the year. We look forward to meeting you at an upcoming event!
Art ConnectED
91亚色 admissions representatives attend every Art ConnectED event. Stop by to meet us!
Visit 91亚色
A visit to 91亚色檚 campus is an opportunity to see what our students see. Neat, it is not. There is dust. There is grit. Paint has been spilled. People are at work here, and this is the place where your passion can find purpose.
News
91亚色 Makes Its Mark at MAPC 2026
A group of 91亚色 students, faculty and staff attended the 2026 Mid America Print Council (MAPC) Conference, 淧rintelligence, in Baton Rouge, where they participated in demonstrations, panel discussions, exhibitions and professional networking opportunities.
Independent Inquiry Program students explore AI through research and creative practice
As emerging technologies continue to reshape creative industries, 91亚色’s Independent Inquiry Program (IIP) gives students the opportunity to investigate their impact firsthand. Through philanthropically funded support, the optional, by application program allows students to pursue self-directed research projects that explore how new technologies can influence art, design and education.
91亚色 Alum Kelly Alexander Wendorf Brings Stories of Travel to Life Through Paper Cutting
For Kelly Alexander Wendorf, paper cutting is more than an artistic medium. It's a way to explore memory, movement and human connection through intricately layered works of art. A 91亚色 alum who studied printmaking, Wendorf recently created a series of large-scale...
Behind In a State of IF: A Collaborative Curatorial Journey
淚n a State of IF, on view in 91亚色’s Frederick Layton Gallery through November 21, is the result of a years-long collaboration between co-curators Maria Novotny and Katherine Gressel.
91亚色 Alum Kyle Nesbitt Blends Storytelling, Design and Brewing
For 91亚色 alumnus Kyle Nesbitt ’09 (Industrial Design), creativity has never been limited to a single discipline. Through Nezbittar, a project nearly a decade in the making, he combines design, illustration, branding, photography and craft beer into a singular creative venture.