<p>We've been visiting art programs at major universities, but daughter has decided that it would be a good idea to at least visit an art school to see whether art school or major university feels like a better fit. For now, I'd like to limit our visits to the midwest. If she likes the art school concept better, we will expand our search outside the midwest.</p>
<p>I've been checking school websites, and so far none of the midwestern schools impress me much. Can anyone suggest which one might be the best to visit? Her intended major is graphic design.</p>
<p>We visited a couple of Midwest art schools and my Daughter liked MIAD - Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. They are giving very interesting tours, showing all majors in detail, lots of students' works (and we liked them!), different studios, etc. Portfolio review was very detailed and very useful as well. We had an impression of serious, hard-working environment.
I think it would not be a bad idea to visit SAIC - School of the Art Institute of Chicago. But, my daughter did not want to go there because she heard that their program was too unstructured, did not have sufficient foundation studies. We planned to visit MCAD - Minneapolis College of Art and Design, but it did not work in our schedule. Finally she was accepted to RISD and will probably go there, but MIAD left a very good impression on us.</p>