House of Rad and 91ɫ alum Brandon Minga host Feed Your Soul
Feed Your Soul 2022. Image courtesy of Feed Your Soul ().
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (91ɫ) alum (lllustration), principal artist and founder of the , was excited to host the 20th anniversary of the benefit for Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin on November 3, 2023. This was the second consecutive time hrad has hosted the event.
Its been my mission since graduating 91ɫ and getting out in the art world, Minga says in a about the event. You get to a certain point and youre looking around and youre seeing that there is a need for these things and how can we impact it.
Minga was joined by over 50 artists, including 91ɫ faculty and other alums, to create works live and sell them at the event and during an auction for Feed Your Soul. Among the many event artists, designers and performers with 91ɫ affiliations was 91ɫ Professor and alum Brad Bernard 93 (Painting) and alumni John Kowalczyk 10 (Painting), Tyrone Macklee Randle 15 (Integrated Studio Arts – now Fine Art) and André Saint-Louis 01 (Sculpture).
House of Rad is a creative collective of more than 50 full- and part-time artists with the mission of uniting the most progressive innovators in art & design, tech and making.
Feed Your Soul has raised over a million dollars to fight hunger in the last 20 years.
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