If home is where the heart is, then Todd Mrozinski should sit back in a recliner in the lobby of the Pfister, drop his feet on the coffee table and grab the remote. Because Mrozinski, now Artist-in-Residence at the Pfister Hotel, and the seventh since the program’s inception in 2009, clearly loves his post.
The program is considered pioneering, certainly in Milwaukee, not to mention on a national basis among hotels. Applications to be an artist-in-residence are due by December 1st for the next round. After selection, the artist’s year runs from April to the following April. Mrozinski, 41, is in mid-year of his residence.
Mrozinski is originally from Fond du Lac and is a graduate of the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and says he had excellent relationships with his instructors. He also paid his dues as a house painter and mural artist.
“I learned a lot at MIAD,” Mrozinski says. “I learned that being an artist is a lifestyle. The instructors I had were really passionate.”
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