Jessica Frantal

Jessica Frantal, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor, Fashion Department
Phone: (414) 930-3544
Email: frantalj@mtmary.edu
Office: Fidelis Hall 136

www.jessicafrantal.com

Education:
  • B.A. in Communications, St. Norbert College, DePere, WI
  • Bachelor's Certificate in Apparel Product Development, Mount Mary University, Milwaukee, WI
  • MFA in Design Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
                            Thesis Title: Systema Technaturæ

A graduate of the Mount Mary fashion program, Jessica Frantal has had a lifelong interest in sewing and apparel. She discovered a passion for costuming at a young age, encouraged by her fashion designer mother (also a Mount Mary grad). It was this interest that led her to pursue an apparel degree at Mount Mary. Since graduating, she has started Mad Scientist Designs, a custom costuming and sewing business, and worked for several years as a Technical Designer at Harley-Davidson Motor Company.

Most recently, Jessica completed her MFA in Textile & Apparel Design at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is an Assistant Professor in the Mount Mary University Fashion department.