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 with Los Angeles-based artists Nguyên Nguyên and Kevin Williamson. The ARC grant has allowed the trio to split their time between Los Angeles and Milwaukee to work on this piece.
“I moved from Los Angeles to Milwaukee in 2012,” says Gillespie in the Milwaukee Magazine feature. “There was culture shock, and there was climate shock for me. But I think more than anything it was leaving the chosen family of these two friends.”
To read more about “Wild Tongue,” visit the Milwaukee Magazine website.
To read further about Gillespie and the ARC Grant, visit the PSOA News & Stories website.