{"id":1421,"date":"2019-01-14T14:53:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T20:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/?p=1421"},"modified":"2019-01-16T10:40:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T16:40:49","slug":"important-dates-for-the-spring-2019-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/2019\/01\/14\/important-dates-for-the-spring-2019-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Dates for the Spring 2019 Semester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are important dates for the spring semester for you and your student to know.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 14 \u2013<\/strong> Spring classes begin<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 18 \u2013 Winter Gallery Night<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1112720258908343\/\">Two exhibitions<\/a> are on view during Winter Gallery Night in the Historic Third Ward from 5 \u2013 9 p.m. \u2013 Spectacular Vernacular and I Contain Multitudes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 19 \u2013 I Contain Multitudes: Opening Reception &amp; Artists\u2019 Discussion<\/strong><br \/>\nMeet the 10 artists participating in \u201cI Contain Multitudes\u201d and view a documentary created about the making of this exhibition. \u201cI Contain Multitudes\u201d is generously supported in part by the Mary L. Nohl Fund of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 21 \u2013<\/strong> <strong>Martin Luther King, Jr. Day<\/strong><br \/>\nNo classes on this day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 7<\/strong> \u2013 <strong>Navigating Between Cultures: Artists\u2019 Talk &amp; Panel Discussion<\/strong><br \/>\nAs part of \u201cI Contain Multitudes\u201d exhibit programming, Fawzia Khan and Hend Al-Mansour lead a discussion on challenges of being part of two cultures simultaneously. \u201cI Contain Multitudes\u201d is generously supported in part by the Mary L. Nohl Fund of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 13 \u2013<\/strong> <strong>MIAD Creativity Series<\/strong><br \/>\nMichael DelGaudio \u201901 (Communication Design) leads user experience teams for Android TV and Internet of Things at Google. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miad.edu\/get-involved\/for-friends-and-donors\/development-events\/creativity-series\">He presents<\/a> \u201cDesign++: Living at the Intersection of People and Technology\u201d at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 27 \u2013 Talking Suitcases<\/strong><br \/>\nAs part of \u201cI Contain Multitudes\u201d programming, Susan Armington discusses her project to fill a suitcase with handmade objects that tell stories and help participants gain insights about themselves, touching on topics such as immigration, racism, grief, personal loss and life transition. \u201cI Contain Multitudes\u201d is generously supported in part by the Mary L. Nohl Fund of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 11 \u2013<\/strong> <strong>Midterm reports available<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>March 11 \u2013 15 \u2013<\/strong> <strong>Spring Break<\/strong><br \/>\nNo classes<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 2 <\/strong>\u2013 <strong>First-Year Juried Student Exhibition<\/strong><br \/>\nThis exhibition, showcasing the best of first-year student work, opens on the second floor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 5 \u2013<\/strong> <strong>First-Year Juried Student Exhibition Awards Reception<\/strong><br \/>\nAn outside juror selects students to receive awards. The ceremony takes place from 1:30 \u2013 2:30 p.m. on the second floor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 11 \u2013<\/strong> <strong>ARTH151 Field Trip<\/strong><br \/>\nAll freshmen enrolled in ARTH151 engage in an all-day field trip to Chicago.<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 17 \u2013<\/strong> <strong>Senior Exhibition Preview Night<\/strong><br \/>\nMIAD\u2019s annual\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.miad.edu\/get-involved\/for-friends-and-donors\/development-events\/senior-exhibition\">Senior Exhibition<\/a>, Wisconsin\u2019s largest exhibition of its kinds, features more than 100 artists and designers representing all of MIAD\u2019s Bachelor of Fine Arts majors and minors. The Preview Night, from 4 \u2013 8 p.m., is the MIAD community\u2019s chance to see the work before the exhibit opens to the general public.<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 24 \u2013 MIAD Defines<\/strong><br \/>\nAll classes are canceled for this unique learning event. The entire college participates in a day of panels, gallery talks and events.<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 26 \u2013<\/strong> <strong>Senior Exhibition Opening Reception &amp; Gallery Night<\/strong><br \/>\nThe 2018 MIAD Senior Exhibition has its Opening Reception on Spring Gallery Night in the Historic Third Ward from 5 \u2013 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 1 \u2013<\/strong> <strong>RPC Pecha Kucha presentations<\/strong><br \/>\nSelected first-year students will present pecha kuchas they\u2019ve created in their RPC classes. The presentations are from 11 a.m. \u2013 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 4 \u2013<\/strong> <strong>Last day of spring classes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>May 11 \u2013 Graduation ceremony<\/strong><br \/>\nCongratulations to our graduating seniors! MIAD\u2019s commencement ceremony is held at the Pabst Theater, 9 a.m. \u2013 1:30 p.m. Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/graduation\/ceremony-information\/\">graduation blog<\/a> for more info.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are important dates for the spring semester for you and your student to know. January 14 \u2013 Spring classes begin January 18 \u2013 Winter Gallery Night Two exhibitions are on view during Winter Gallery Night in the Historic Third Ward from 5 \u2013 9 p.m. \u2013 Spectacular Vernacular and I Contain Multitudes. January 19 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/2019\/01\/14\/important-dates-for-the-spring-2019-semester\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Important Dates for the Spring 2019 Semester<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5654],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miad-news-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}