Shepherd Express provides an in-depth perspective on MFA Exhibition

Art & Design MFA 2025 graduate students Mich Dillon, Howard Leu, Tanner MacArthur, Andrew McConville (BA 2013, Art), William Justice “Bucko Crooks” Mueller II, and Rachel Sanders exhibited work in “Shape and Shadow,” a showcase of talent and effort that blends academia and …

Art alum’s nature-inspired artwork featured in Chicago Tribune

Art alum Laura Lynne (BFA 2021, Painting & Drawing) was recently featured in a Chicago Tribune article featuring her Midwest nature-inspired curriculum. Over the past four years, Lynne has developed this curriculum and has explored themes such as wetland art, …

docUWM’s “Brady Street” documentary previewed on WISN

“Brady Street: A Portrait of a Neighborhood,” a documentary feature created as part of UWM’s documentary film program docUWM was recently featured in a WISN article. Sean Kafer (Teaching Faculty II; Program Director, docUWM) enlisted the help of students to film …

Dance professor’s UWM-funded project featured in Milwaukee Magazine

Maria Gillespie’s (Professor, Dance; Graduate Program Representative, Dance) ongoing project “Wild Tongue,” which was funded in part by a UWM Advancing Research Creativity (ARC) Grant, was recently featured in a Milwaukee Magazine feature. “Wild Tongue” stems from Gillespie’s decades-long collaboration and friendship …

UWM String Academy student makes history at Bucks game

Victoria Crowley-Washington, a six-year-old violinist also known as the Wavie Princess Victoria, recently made history by becoming the youngest African American musician to perform the Black National Anthem at a Milwaukee Bucks Game. “I get to inspire other people to …

Art alum’s life and jewelry featured in MKE Lifestyle

Basha Harris (BFA 2016, Art) was recently in an MKE Lifestyle feature that discussed her jewelry work showcased in the John Michael Kohler Art Center’s museum shop in Sheboygan. The feature details Harris’ work and life that led her to …

Film alum’s directorial debut now available to stream

Noah Meister’s (BFA 2021, Film) directorial debut, “All That Glitters,” is now able to stream, as featured in an article from The Verona Press. “All That Glitters” is described as a 75-minute crime drama that follows a high school student …

Sculpture alum involved in ‘greatest snow on earth’

Mike Martino (BFA 1977, Art: Sculpture) is involved in the 30th annual Winterfest, which features complex snow sculptures that serve as the festival’s centerpiece. These sculptures are being built in Lake Geneva. Martino is competing on one of the Wisconsin …

American Theatre magazine features Alvaro Saar Rios and his latest play

Alvaro Saar Rios (Associate Professor, Playwriting; Area Head, Theatre Practices) is premiering his latest play, “Quetzali and the Comic Book Queen vs. the Alebrije of Darkness: Live in the School Cafeteria” at Kentucky’s Lexington Children’s Theatre. American Theatre magazine profiled the work. …