Peck School of the Arts is well-represented at the 2024 MOWA Wisconsin Artists Biennial. The competitive exhibition showcases emerging artists throughout Wisconsin, highlighting excellence in creative and self-expression. Over a dozen of the artists selected for the exhibition have ties to PSOA, accounting for a quarter of the total artists on view.
Carvd N Stone reports that ThriveOn King has named 20 local artists to add art installations to its first floor. Among the artists are Mutope J. Johnson (MFA 2014, Art) and Evelyn Patricia Terry (BFA 1970, Art; MS 1973, Art). …
Assistant Professor Marquise Mays (Film, Video, Animation & New Genres) sat down with CBS 58 to talk about Milwaukee Film’s upcoming series of special screenings curated by its Black Lens program in celebration of Black History Month. Mays is Milwaukee …
Chris Smith, who studied film at UWM and is best known for his award-winning, made-in-Milwaukee documentary “American Movie,” won a Primetime Emmy for outstanding cinematography for a nonfiction program for the surfing docuseries “100 Foot Wave.”
Milwaukee Film announced the recipients of the Film Forward Fund, including director Delaney Doersch (BFA 2021, Film), director Jesse McLean (Associate Professor and Chair, FVANG), director/writer/animator Chloe Corcoran (BFA 2021, Film), and director/writer/editor Inna Dmitrieva (MFA 2020, Cinematic Arts; lecturer, FVANG).
The Lyric Opera of Chicago announced that Kathryn Henry (BFA 2016, Music) will step into the title role for the Sunday performance of Jenůfa. The same week, the Deutsche Oper Berlin announced Lauren Decker (BFA 2013, Music) will take over the role …
Brennen Steines (BFA 2018, Art: Painting & Drawing) opens a solo show November 30 at Dimin Gallery in New York City. The exhibition, which features large-scale works by the abstract painter, is on view through January 20, 2024.
Brian Hollendyke (MFA 2014, Film) won an Emmy for his editing work on the short film “Exploring the Artistic Process of Truman Lowe: A Journey Through Native American Art & Education,” which documents the visionary Ho-Chunk Native American artist.
The “lost” Concerto in E-flat major for Viola, Strings and Basso Continuo by J.S. Bach was reconstructed by Wilfried Fischer in 1996, but it was missing critical parts. Lasareff-Mironoff finished the work and is now performing it in concerts, catching …
Robin Mello (Professor of Theatre) has been invited to facilitate storytelling workshops at the Innoplay Storytelling Experience and the Innoplay Playful Lab in October at Exeter University’s Design and Innovation Center, UK.