Distinguished Professor René Izquierdo (Guitar Area Head, Music Department) will close Milwaukee Musaik’s 2025 spring season with a full chamber orchestra as part of a program called “Guitar Grandmaster.” In the article written by Michael Barndt for Urban Milwaukee, chamber …
Soprano Kathryn Henry (BFA 2016, Music) returns to Wisconsin after making a name for herself in the opera world, namely at New York City’s Metroplitan Opera House. She returns to perform at Milwaukee’s Florentine Opera in their production of “Carmen.” …
A new play adapted for the stage by Alvaro Saar Rios (Associate Professor and Area Head, Theater Practices) had its world premiere in Milwaukee this month. “Esperanza Rising,” based on the novel by Pam Muñoz Ryan, premiered at First Stage. …
PSOA alum Noah Meister (BFA 2021, Film) is set to screen his debut film “All That Glitters” at this year’s Milwaukee Film Festival. “All That Glitters” follows a high school student named Christopher as his life is turned upside down …
PSOA alum Davalois Fearon (MFA 2016, Dance) is set to premiere her new dance piece “Up/right” at the 2025 Vision Festival in New York City. In an article written by A.A. Cristi for Broadway World, Fearon gives more depth about …
Ben McMillen, a senior student at White Bear Area High School entering PSOA’s Department of Film, Video, Animation & New Genres this fall, was recently featured as an emerging artist by Press Pubs. In the article written by Logan Gion, …
UWM alum Sarah Tramonte (BFA 2017, Art) spoke with Sandy Reitman from the Shepherd Express about her new start-up business, Tramonte Food & Styling Co. Tramonte Food & Styling Co. offers a wide range of services, including recipe tasting, in-studio …
Dan Schuchart (Teaching Faculty III, Dance; BFA 2004, Art) is working with PSOA alumni and Wild Space Dance Company members Kaetlyn Altmann (BFA 2019, Dance) and Ashley Ray Garcia (BFA 2022, Dance) to produce “A Room Shaped Story,” a multi-narrative …
Emmy-nominated writer Maria Pretzl (BFA 2014, Film; BA 2014, Theater Studies) will have her play, “Naked Tuesday,” featured at Renaissance Theaterworks’ eleventh annual Br!NK New Play Festival. The story follows the exploits of a writer, an actor, and a writer’s …
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 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, …
Sean Kafer (Teaching Faculty II, FVANG; Program Director, docUWM) spoke to Wisconsin Public Radio about his new documentary, “Brady Street: A Portrait of a Neighborhood.” The project was conceived to get students out into the community and to honor the …
Wisconsin-based radio program The Todd Allbaugh Show featured theatre students Abby McBee, Alyna Williams, and Lucas Drube to talk about the musical theatre program and their experiences with the recent UWM production of “Dames at Sea.” According to the host, …
“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 …
Jamin Hoffman (MM 1990, Music) was recently featured in a Shepherd Express highlighting his work with the Concord Chamber Orchestra in Milwaukee. Hoffman joined the orchestra in 1989 as a French horn player before putting his instrument aside to become …
