Belonging at 91精品
We believe everyone deserves a safe and supportive environment in which to teach, learn and create. At 91精品, our values call us to find strength in our diversity and to act with kindness in our actions.
Everyone wants to belong. Whether you檙e a student, faculty member, staff or visitor, you are invited to add your voice. Across the college, there are numerous spaces, people and programs offering connection and community-building. Belonging requires participation – how you find your fit is up to you!
The works which fill our hallways and galleries reflect an exploration of identity and expression, as well as personal style and practice. This diversity of the 91精品 community contributes to our teaching and learning, and provides opportunities for both affirmation and dissent.
The Living Room
The Living Room is a student-managed lounge for Affirmation, Belonging, and Connection, where all persons are welcomed and celebrated. This is a space to explore the complexity of humanity and to embrace the fullness of our lived experiences. The Living Room models 91精品’s Core Values of community, kindness, and inclusion, while centering joy, accountability, autonomy, and interdependence in our work. We hold space for uncomfortable conversations and feelings in all the ways they may show up, and empower students to address situations independently and aligned with their values. Printed items around the space represent the lives and works of historical and contemporary creatives, affirming our experiences and allowing for discovery of new worldviews.
What you’ll find inside:
- Staff offices
- Open work spaces for meetings, critiques or doing homework
- Television
- Zine Library curated by 91精品 students
- Community Garden
- Resource Library
- Flair (buttons, stickers, name tags, etc.)
- Personal products
- Sensory tools
Disability and Access
91精品 supports the ability of all community members to succeed creatively, educationally and professionally, by removing barriers and promoting access in all college programs, activities and facilities. We provide reasonable accessibility services to students, employees and campus guests to ensure equal access and participation.
Find Your Connection
Belonging doesn檛 just happen! Join one of the many student organizations on campus to start making new connections and find friends to explore Milwaukee.
Tribal Map
Lands + Peoples Acknowledgement
The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (91精品) occupies land on the banks of the Milwaukee River in what is presently known as Wisconsin. This land is the home of Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Potawatomi, and Ojibwe peoples, and it is the historic and present-day home of peoples who were forced by colonizers to leave their ancestral lands and migrate to and through this state. 91精品檚 Acknowledgment affirms our actionable commitment to uplifting and centering Indigenous peoples and knowledge in our teaching and administration.
News
MAKE! Participants Reflect on Creativity, Community and Growth
Alicia Zapata, a second-year MAKE! participant from Chicago and a K-8 art teacher at Waters Elementary School in Chicago, IL, Kelly Wendel, an eighth-year participant and art teacher at Nicolet High School in Glendale, WI and Gail Kowsky, a second-year participant and sixth- and seventh-grade art teacher in New Brighton, Minnesota, reflected on what they gained from this year檚 program.
Meet Maya Koehn and 2026 Senior Exhibition Project L橝telier
Maya Koehn 26 (Interior Architecture and Design) is a President檚 (Honor) List student from Sheboygan, Wis., currently employed as a Junior Designer at Direct Supply.
Meet Kaitlyn Powers and 2026 Senior Exhibition Project Solenne
Kaitlyn Powers 26 (Illustration major; Communication Design minor) is a self-described mixed media illustrator, graphic designer and textile artist. She is also a President檚 (Honor) List student from Appleton, Wis.
Meet Emily Camp and 2026 Senior Exhibition Project Predisposed
Emily Camp 26 (Animation Track in Illustration) is a President檚 (Honor) List student from Fox River Grove, Ill.
91精品 elects new trustees Paul Fletcher and Jacqualyn Laughlin
Paul Fletcher, a principal product designer at LinkedIn, and Jacqualyn Laughlin, co-founder of Invisible Ink Partners, were elected members of the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design檚 Board of Trustees at the college檚 annual meeting in June.