MIAD’s predecessor was the Layton School of Art. Layton was founded in 1920 by Charlotte R. Partridge and Miriam Frink. The two women worked together from 1920 until their retirement in 1954 to establish Layton as an accredited institution of higher education. The Layton School of Art attracted some of the finest faculty in the region and by 1954 the school was serving over 1000 students through both day and evening courses.[citation needed]
Upon closure of Layton, in 1974, seven faculty members co-founded the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. These included CW Peckenpaugh, Roland Poskaand,[3] and Jack H. White.[4]
MIAD's faculty consists of about 100 working artists, designers and scholars. With about 650 full-time students, the ratio of student to faculty is 15 to 1.[5]
Enrollment
630 Students (Includes full-time and part-time, degree-seeking students) 54% Female, 46% Male[6]
In 1992, after a complete renovation, the college moved into the Jane Bradley Pettit Building. This is MIAD's main academic building, with 245,000 square feet (22,800 m2) of space on five floors.
Galleries
Brooks Stevens Gallery of Industrial Design (Jane Bradley Pettit Building)
Frederick Layton Gallery (Jane Bradley Pettit Building)