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McKenna Martin �25 (Product Design), �Hyacinth.� McKenna received first place for her design for the 2023 Delta design project/competition at 91��ɫ, is on the Dean�s List and is from Fond du Lac, Wis.

91��ɫ seniors Rita Jennings �25 (Fine Art + New Studio Practice), Noah Teague �25 (Communication Design) and Fabian Rico Sanchez �25 (Product Design) explore empathy, connection and innovation through their capstone projects.

Tamar Cawthra �25 (Illustration), �A Haunting in Vicksburg.� Tamar is a President�s (Honor) List student from Howell, Mich.

This year, Milwaukee Summerfest partnered with the Lubar Innovation Center at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (91��ɫ) to design the 2025 lineup poster.

Tatiana Osburn �25 (Fine Art + New Studio Practice), �Solace In My Pews Of Devotion.� Tatiana is from Milwaukee, Wis.

Lauren Blood �25 (Communication Design; Business minor through Marquette), �Raða.� Lauren was a Finalist at the recent 2025 United Adworkers Showcase Awards and is from Kansas City, Kansas.

Megan Ramirez �25 (Interior Architecture and Design), �The Sentinel Apartments.� Megan is a President�s (Honor) List student from Milwaukee, Wis.

International students Eeshaan Dutt �26 and Chelsea Mody �25 share more than both being from India; they came to 91��ɫ based on the creativity and welcoming community they found at the college.

Deanna Tillisch, 91��ɫ Board Chair, and her family were featured in Lake Country Neighbors� March 2025 issue.

When he first applied for the Ruth Arts + 91��ɫ Grant program, Jason S. Yi planned to attend the Berlin Biennale. However, the 91��ɫ fine art instructor needed to change gears and shift the focus of his project after discovering the biennale wouldn�t take place until 2025.

With its gently sloping lines evocative of individuals celebrating and embracing their identity together, the logo designed by 91��ɫ Professor Nicole Hauch for Tourette Support & Education, the non-profit she founded, reflects the values of Community & Belonging; Personal Growth & Acceptance; Mindfulness & Understanding.

Sean Enfield, critical studies and writing instructor at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (91��ɫ), published Holy American Burnout! in December 2023. Since then, Enfield�s collection of essays has received critical acclaim and widespread support.

For 10 years, 91��ɫ First Year Experience Assistant Professor and painter Matthew Lee has visited and worked in a 66-million-year-old dinosaur bonebed near Ekalaka, Mont. On three occasions, he�s taken 91��ɫ students with him as part of 91��ɫ�s Study Abroad Programs, to dig and create art there.

A self-described artist, social practitioner and storyteller, 91��ɫ Service Learning and Critical Studies faculty Hj Bullard leads a life of community support, within 91��ɫ and beyond.

As part of �Women�s Rights are Human Rights: International Posters on Gender-Based Inequality, Violence and Discrimination,� students at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (91��ɫ) were invited to submit their own posters reflecting their interpretation of the exhibition.

Despite frigid temperatures on January 19, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design senior Lizzie Wahlen (Communication Design) joined in Milwaukee�s �The People�s Rights and Progressive Policies March,� which she co-organized with a friend.

This March, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (91��ɫ) Professor Lou Morton�s short film �MINE!� makes its world premiere at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival. Last March, Morton�s animated music video �Born Days: How to Disappear� received a Juror Award at the 62nd Ann Arbor Film Festival, where it had its world premiere.

Seven students received awards at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design�s juried FYE Media Arts Festival � an in-house screening and celebration of video, animation and sound design works by current and former First-Year Experience (FYE) students held on November 26. The 56 entries were judged by multimedia and filmmaking professionals Emma B. Barany, Gabe Leistekow and Sara Sowell.