The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) is a
private
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art school
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in
Milwaukee
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,
Wisconsin
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. Founded in 1974, it offers the
Bachelor of Fine Arts
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Background
The Bachelor ...
degree. MIAD is considered the successor to the
Layton School of Art
The Layton School of Art was a post-secondary school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Originally affiliated with the Layton Art Gallery, it was established by Charlotte Partridge and Miriam Frink in September 1920 in the basement of the buildi ...
, and was formerly known as the Milwaukee School for the Arts.
History
MIAD’s predecessor was the
Layton School of Art
The Layton School of Art was a post-secondary school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Originally affiliated with the Layton Art Gallery, it was established by Charlotte Partridge and Miriam Frink in September 1920 in the basement of the buildi ...
. Layton was founded in 1920 by Charlotte R. Partridge and Miriam Frink. The two women worked together from 1920 until their retirement in 1954 to establish Layton as an accredited institution of higher education. The Layton School of Art attracted some of the finest faculty in the region and by 1954 the school was serving over 1000 students through both day and evening courses.
Upon closure of Layton, in 1974, seven faculty members co-founded the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. These included CW Peckenpaugh, Roland Poskaand, and Jack H. White.
Academics
The institution offers only the
Bachelor's of Fine Arts
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degree. It is accredited by the
Higher Learning Commission
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MIAD's faculty consists of about 100 working artists, designers and scholars. With about 650 full-time students, the ratio of student to faculty is 15 to 1.
Enrollment
*630 Students (Includes full-time and part-time, degree-seeking students) 54% Female, 46% MaleQuick Facts: Enrollment Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design.
*600 Pre-College students
*250 Outreach/Special Programs students
Campus
MIAD's campus is located in Milwaukee's
Historic Third Ward
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, one of the city's arts districts, bordered by the
Milwaukee River
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and
Lake Michigan
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. MIAD occupies three historic buildings:
In 1992, after a complete renovation, the college moved into the
Jane Bradley Pettit
Jane Bradley Pettit (1918-2001) was an American philanthropist. '' Building. This is MIAD's main academic building, with of space on five floors.