This is your camper's training ground. At the conclusion of the two years in this program, we campers will be ready to launch out of their homes and into whatever the Lord is calling them to step into next. We want this program to serve as the catalyst for them to make the commitment to walking as faithful influences, who are equipped and ready to navigate the complex world today.

This experience explores a full range of animation components, from storyboarding and roto-scoping to kinetic typography and editing. Instruction begins with intensive ideation and screen-writing sessions that are designed to help define students’ focus. Participants apply these ideas as they explore outstanding animation and video facilities along with MIAD’s new Maker Space, to incorporate virtual reality aspects in tandem with 3D printing to create original animated works that reinforce numerous portfolio requirements.

Community art projects and murals require a significant amount of research, planning, and collaboration. Students in this class learn the basic dynamics of working on a monumental scale and the processes involved – including subject research, development of proposal concepts and ideation, as well as the final execution of working on large format compositions. With a focus on historically and culturally relevant subject matter, students work collaboratively on the painting of a public art mural project for a business and/or organization in the Milwaukee community and develop the skills to identify and create substantive community partnerships through art-led initiatives.

This intensive course uses a wide range of approaches to drawing the human figure. Students work from the nude model, investigating expressive and proportional gesture with an emphasis on the main skeletal and muscular structures of the body. From these exercises, drawings are directed towards form-building and composition through value, light and shadow using a variety of media. Color builds upon previous lessons with emphasis on the interrelationship and layering of colors to create realistic skin tones and form.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work in a design agency? Together with MIAD’s Innovation Center, students in this course learn how to work with a client to solve a problem visually and deliver a captivating final product. Starting with a creative brief, students practice adapting processes and best-practices utilized in a real-world agency. This includes: research, moodboard and concept development, sketching, digitally executing ideas and presenting final deliverables. By the end of this course, students develop the necessary skills to present their ideas to others, build confidence in their work and create a professional piece for their portfolio.

Illustration is often thought of as telling a story with imagery. An opportunity to explore and develop a personal voice, Core Illustration engages students with the fundamental elements of design to present a narrative that leaves an impact on the viewer. Students are exposed to the ideation and concept development process that is unique to illustration and relevant to today’s professional illustrator.

The computer is a tool of visual communication and a medium of artistic expression. Coursework allows students to begin an exploration of various software and hardware used by designers and other artists. These objectives are achieved through a series of in-depth studio projects, short exercises, demonstrations, critiques and lectures. Studio projects and exercises include assignments in a variety of graphic software applications.

This course examines the craft of screenprinting as a means to artistic creation and design. Students experience basic image generation through the use of direct hand-drawn & indirect photographic stencils and are introduced to the fundamentals of contemporary print practice through the use of collage, design and the printing of multiples on paper and fabric.

This experience explores a full range of animation components, from storyboarding and roto-scoping to kinetic typography and editing. Instruction begins with intensive ideation and screen-writing sessions that are designed to help define students’ focus. Participants apply these ideas as they explore outstanding animation and video facilities along with MIAD’s new Maker Space, to incorporate virtual reality aspects in tandem with 3D printing to create original animated works that reinforce numerous portfolio requirements.

Community art projects and murals require a significant amount of research, planning, and collaboration. Students in this class learn the basic dynamics of working on a monumental scale and the processes involved – including subject research, development of proposal concepts and ideation, as well as the final execution of working on large format compositions. With a focus on historically and culturally relevant subject matter, students work collaboratively on the painting of a public art mural project for a business and/or organization in the Milwaukee community and develop the skills to identify and create substantive community partnerships through art-led initiatives.

Illustration is a vast component of visual culture and is found in many different formats and in a wide range of media. What unifies all illustrators, regardless of style, media or final application of their art, is the ability to visually communicate an idea with imagery. Students enrolled in this course learn professional practices, and how to think through assigned projects, develop effective concepts and translate their ideas into compelling visual solutions.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work in a design agency? Together with MIAD’s Innovation Center, students in this course learn how to work with a client to solve a problem visually and deliver a captivating final product. Starting with a creative brief, students practice adapting processes and best-practices utilized in a real-world agency. This includes: research, moodboard and concept development, sketching, digitally executing ideas and presenting final deliverables. By the end of this course, students develop the necessary skills to present their ideas to others, build confidence in their work and create a professional piece for their portfolio.

In this course, the fundamentals of drawing are introduced using various subjects including still life, self-portraits and clothed models. Students learn how to see and comprehend visual experiences through guided experimentation with various drawing tools and techniques from both historical and contemporary practices, while also learning how to translate three-dimensional objects into two-dimensional images on paper.

Illustration is often thought of as telling a story with imagery. An opportunity to explore and develop a personal voice, Core Illustration engages students with the fundamental elements of design to present a narrative that leaves an impact on the viewer. Students are exposed to the ideation and concept development process that is unique to illustration and relevant to today’s professional illustrator.

This is your camper's training ground. At the conclusion of the two years in this program, we campers will be ready to launch out of their homes and into whatever the Lord is calling them to step into next. We want this program to serve as the catalyst for them to make the commitment to walking as faithful influences, who are equipped and ready to navigate the complex world today.