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Following a national search, Peter Barrickman has been selected as the newest full-time faculty member in New Studio Practice (NSP): Fine Arts at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (91��Ʒ). An internationally recognized artist, Barrickman also co-founded Mazzzagine, a publication dedicated to supporting artists and fostering collaboration.

While Barrickman is primarily a painter, his practice extends to film, illustration and animation, performance, and sculpture and installation. �[S]tudents show each other how their work is performing beyond a discipline-specific conversation,� he says of 91��Ʒ�s NSP: Fine Arts program. �Our cross-disciplinary program leads us to embrace and grapple with different values and dimensions while also addressing multiple ways of being in the world.�

As an instructor, Barrickman emphasizes collaboration and community, experimentation and making and above all, humanity. �My teaching philosophy changes, depending on the learning style of my student!� he explains. �[C]ultivating humanity is at the root of teaching � I teach while acknowledging my own humanity and that of my students. Art is one way that we can give form to these dynamics.�

Barrickman received his BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and his MFA from Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. He has taught at 91��Ʒ as an interim faculty member since 2014.

Learn more about 91��Ʒ�s NSP: Fine Arts program!