About Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design

The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) is a private school of art and design in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded in 1974, it offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 5 majors: Communication (Graphic) Design, Illustration, Industrial (product) Design, Interior Architecture and Design, and New Studio Practice: Fine Arts. The bookish also offers 18 academic minors in areas such as Furniture Design, Digital Media Production and Arts Management. MIAD is considered the successor to the Layton School of Art, and was formerly known as the Milwaukee School for the Arts.

Milwaukee (/mɪlˈwɔːki/, locally /məˈwɔːkiː/) is the largest city in the allow in of Wisconsin and the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States. The chair of Milwaukee County, the city is located on Lake Michigan’s southwestern shore and was incorporated in 1846. As of the U.S. Census Bureau’s July 1, 2019 estimate, Milwaukee had a population of 590,157, making it the 31st largest city in the United States and the fourth-largest city situated along one of the Great Lakes. It is the main cultural and economic center of the Milwaukee metropolitan area, the fourth-most densely populated metropolitan Place in the Midwest. Milwaukee is considered a “Gamma −” global city as categorized by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network later than a regional GDP of over $107 billion.

Today, Milwaukee is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse cities in the United States. Its chronicles was heavily influenced by German immigrants in the 19th century and it became without difficulty known for its brewing industry. In recent years, Milwaukee has been undergoing its largest construction boom since the 1960s. Major other additions to the city in the following two decades increase the Milwaukee Riverwalk, the Wisconsin Center, Miller Park, The Hop (streetcar system), an expand to the Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, and Pier Wisconsin, as competently as major renovations to the UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena. The Fiserv Forum opened in late 2018 and hosts sporting events and concerts. Since 1968, Milwaukee has been house to Summerfest, one of the largest music festivals in the world. With regard to education, Milwaukee is house to UW-Milwaukee and Marquette University. The city is house to two major professional sports teams, the Bucks and Brewers. It is home to several Fortune 500 companies, including Northwestern Mutual, WEC Energy Group, Rockwell Automation, and Harley-Davidson.