Eeshan Dutt 26 (Illustration) is a Presidents (Honor) List student from India and a recipient of a 2026 Alumni Thesis Award. Dutt’s work centers on visual storytelling through sequential art, where he explores how narratives can engage and connect with audiences.
Continuing an annual tradition begun in 2010 at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (91Ʒ), Illustration juniors worked with Cramer-Krasselt and Penfield Childrens Center to design posters for the centers Annual Croquet Ball fundraiser.
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (91Ʒ) alum Amy Cannestra 06 (Communication Design) believes in giving back, in mentoring and in the supportive nature of the Milwaukee art and design community. By founding Task Creative and the 91Ʒ Task Graduate Award, the incredibly busy creative exemplifies all three beliefs. The Task awardee, Ashley Osorio 26 (Fine Art + New Studio Practice), will receive five consecutive days to use the Task Creative space for a project of their choosing this summer.
Michaela Prischman 26 (Communication Design) is a Presidents (Honor) List student from Tinley Park, Ill. She created “Cloth,” a tool to help guide young professional women to find and organize alternative work attire through a personalized style subscription box.
The First-Year Experience (FYE) at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (91Ʒ) blends contemporary and traditional techniques, an approach embraced by FYE faculty David R. Harper in Good Morning Sweetheart, a solo exhibition on view at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA) through August 30, 2026.
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design seniors Grace Weisner 26 and Allison Stras 26 have landed the internship of their dreams: Weisner at NASA and Stras at Disney. Both are Illustration majors with minors in Communication Design.
Cas Kook 26 (Animation Track in Illustration) is a Deans List student from the Greater Chicago area and a recipient of a 2026 Alumni Thesis Award. “Project Calvin Sazerac” is about Calvin Sazerac, a seasoned barkeep, who creates new cocktails for his favorite regulars. When he is challenged to meet the demands of a picky saloon patron, he creates something life changing.
Mac Bronnson 26 (Communication Design) is a Presidents (Honor) List student from Milwaukee and a recipient of a 2026 Alumni Thesis Award. MENd No Bro Left Behind is a mens mental health app that is not designed as a mental health app.
Faculty member Ric Stultz, who teaches Illustration at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, has designed what is sure to become iconic apparel during the Milwaukee Brewers 2026 season.
Cyrill Reyes 26 (Illustration) is a Presidents (Honor) List student from the Greater Chicago area. My thesis is game concept art and visual development of the world of NECROZOIC, a prehistoric fantasy that retells the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Bailey Staerkel 26 (Fashion and Apparel Design) is a Deans List student from Vancouver, Wash., and a recipient of a 2026 Alumni Thesis Award. My thesis, Stitched Together, is an exploration of Gothic horror through fashion, taking classic horror archetypes and reinterpreting them into a collection of fully realized couture looks.
Multidisciplinary artist, curator, mentor and Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (91Ʒ) professor Jason S. Yi has been named a 2026 Fellow of the prestigious Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters. Yi is one of 16 extraordinary Wisconsinites who have demonstrated a lifelong commitment to intellectual discourse and public service, the Academy said in its awards announcement.
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