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The future has arrived as the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (91��Ʒ) celebrates more than 200 emerging creative professionals at the 91��Ʒ 2024 Senior Exhibition April 19 � May 11.

The seniors represent all of the college�s Bachelor of Fine Arts majors and minors. Always insightful, innovative and driven by empathy, this year�s projects elevate cultural heritages, including Milwaukee�s; feminine power; and the inherent human need to be seen and to thrive despite emotional, physical and societal challenges.

Projects include:

• An animated miniseries app to support children suffering with PANDAS syndrome, a debilitating pediatric autoimmune disorder.
• A guerrilla marketing campaign and large-scale video about Missing and Murdered Indigenous women and girls whose faces are crafted from 5,712 dots representing each of the missing. Using varying statistics, and based on the student�s heritage, the dots change to fire representing tribal funerals for them.
• A line of bespoke luxury garments for users with physical disabilities that allows them to show up in formal spaces confidently, without hindering their abilities.
• A garment cleaning solution for astronauts living on space stations in microgravity that could be used for longer space travel (such as to Mars).
• A triptych of oil paintings encased in a built wooden cabinet that combine Renaissance and Baroque era influences while highlighting intergenerational inspirations of teachers, parents and athletes in Milwaukee.
• Pattern and design work that combines western cowboy and Chinese textiles and fashion based on the student�s cultural roots.
• Sculptural works that combine bejeweled bronze metalworking and a representation of the student�s belly button to embrace feminine power and showcase subversive femininity.
• An animated pilot about sisters Sam and Bug who come across a mysterious mansion that transports them to fantastical worlds accompanied by character toys and an art book.
• A mobile app and para-social gym buddy to support users through their social anxiety surrounding fitness.
• A children�s book and triptych of oil painting techniques and embroidery by a student with a double major in Illustration and Fine Art. Both capstone projects explore themes related to dreaming.
• A design for a small, luxury boutique hotel located in downtown Chicago that includes a full-service restaurant on the first floor and a bar on the first and second floor.

The 91��Ʒ 2024 Senior Exhibition is free and open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. � 5 p.m., and the seniors will be present to discuss their capstone projects in person on Friday, April 19, 5 � 9 p.m. Learn more at miad.edu/seniorexhibition.

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