Summer open studios are available to current intermediate/advanced Jewelry & Metalsmithing and Digital Fabrication & Design students and alumni who have had previous studio training and are seeking access to help make their own self-guided projects.
Develop new ideas to explore your creative potential through faculty-led workshops. Investigate a variety of topics, techniques and strategies while learning ways to solve problems in the studio! If enrolling someone under the age of 18 without custodial guardianship, please contact us prior to registration.
The 57th Kids from Wisconsin troupe have curated a Summer playlist to accompany the season, bringing together the most iconic and sun-drenched medleys that transport you to lazy beach days, family road trips, backyard barbecues, & late-night sing-along bonfires. Join us for throwbacks of Woodstock, celebrating our Nation's Birthday, 4th of July, those iconic summer movie blockbuster musical scores, warm sand beach tunes and so much more- enjoyed for all ages. The soundtrack of summer often feels like an essential part of the season's magic.
a cat in the classroom is a collaboration between Samuel B. Hanson, UWM Dance MFA candidate, and Nora Price, a Milwaukee-native living and working in the Western U.S. known for a string of excellent post-punk bands and experimental dance films.
Please join us for the UWM University Community Orchestra’s annual summer concert. Our music will include lighter and standard orchestra repertoire.
Through diverse techniques, creative practices and high-caliber training, dancers are exposed to technique and artistry that prepares them for college auditions, dance performances, and the profession. The four-day event is designed for artists 14+ seeking to deepen their dance practice, discover new techniques and build bridges that lead to pursuing dance professionally.
Join the Department of Dance to celebrate the life, teaching, and creative work of Professor Emerita Marcia Parsons. Professor Parsons taught at UWM for 39 years where she shaped many of the departments programs, including the original MFA in Dance, BA in Dance, and the Early Childhood through Adolescence program. Please join us for a celebration of Professor Parsons' impact on UWM, all her students, and the Milwaukee dance community. The event will include performances by local dance companies, and a reception to follow.
The Department of Film, Video, Animation & New Genres at UWM’s Peck School of the Arts welcomes young filmmakers to develop their skills at a week-long day camp this summer! This camp, with optional overnight accommodations, includes hands-on workshops and sessions led by practicing artists and professors, so participants gain knowledge from experienced professionals.
Join MFA Dance students for an evening of experimental choreography developed in collaboration with UWM students, alumni, and the Milwaukee community. UpStart is a unique opportunity to experience choreography by artists from across the nation.
Join us for a community workshop taught by guest artist and acclaimed choreographer David Roussève as he explores his process for excavating narratives from life experiences though the voice and the body.
Celebrate the vibrant artistic community at Peck School of the Arts with this unmissable, biennial exhibition featuring the work of faculty and teaching staff from the Department of Art & Design.
Please join us in the Mainstage Theatre lobby for our annual Fall welcome event. New and returning students are invited for pizza, games, crafts and a chance to meet representatives from Milwaukee area arts organizations.
Exhibition of selected hand-woven pieces from Fibers courses in the Department of Art & Design.
Sing Out brings together 750+ 9th-12th grade and 350+ 7th-8th grade tenor-bass singers from over 60 schools from around Wisconsin and Illinois. No advance preparation is required; students learn pieces at the festival and conclude the morning with the high school and middle school choirs singing for one another and together. Additional activities include performances by the UWM Tenor-Bass Choir and interest and reading sessions for directors.
The Heartland Marimba Quartet (HMQ) was established in 2016 by acclaimed marimba soloist Matthew Coley and has done more than 140 concerts since its inception. The group seeks to give a platform to the music of American composers in its programming and continues to expand its repertoire with works from composers worldwide.
Immerse yourself in creativity when Peck School of the Arts student and faculty artists open their studios to the public. From exhibitions and studio visits to live performances and family-friendly art activities, you’ll find something to excite you at Kenilworth Open Studios.
The Korean American Faculty & Staff Association at UWM and Korean American Association of Milwaukee host the 2025 KOREA Day (한국의 날) Celebration.
Join UWM's Bella Voce, Kameraden, Alta Voce, and Kameraden Plus for their first concert of the 2025-26 school year!
The UWM Concert Chorale presents their first concert of the year joined by choirs from area high schools.
Full of wit, absurdity and sly social commentary, the comic opera HMS Pinafore is a hilarious tale of love, honor and duty, set on the Royal Navy ship that bears the name of woman’s undergarment. Written by master social satirists and one of the great musical writing tandems of all time W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, this witty, classic 19th century romp is given a fresh take by Milwaukee Opera Theatre’s Producing Artistic Director Jill Ana Ponasik, in this exciting collaboration between Milwaukee Opera Theatre and UWM Theatre.
