Phoenix S. Brown is an interdisciplinary artist and musician based in Milwaukee. Originally from Cincinnati, she earned her BFA from the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, with a minor in art history. Her work has been highlighted in solo exhibitions at Hawthorn Contemporary, Wright Museum of Art, and Trout Museum of Art, among others.
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.
Experimental Tuesdays is a FREE weekly screening series that features the most celebrated work of contemporary and historical artist-made film and video. This week's program is TBD.
Full of wit, absurdity and sly social commentary, HMS Pinafore is a hilarious tale of love, honor and duty aboard a Royal Navy ship whimsically named after a woman’s garment. Written by master social satirists W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan—one of musical theatre’s most iconic duos—this classic 19th-century comic opera gets a fresh, imaginative staging by Milwaukee Opera Theatre’s Producing Artistic Director Jill Anna Ponasik. Presented in collaboration with Milwaukee Opera Theatre and the UWM Department of Theatre, this lively production promises sharp humor, infectious music and a delightful twist on tradition.
Are you a high school student with a passion for theatre? Whether you're a seasoned performer, a behind-the-scenes enthusiast, or simply someone who loves the art of theatre (like all of us here!), we have an exciting event just for you. It's called "The Green Room and Beyond," and it's completely FREE.
Gabriel Sosa is a Cuban-American artist, linguist, educator, and curator. He draws from legal proceedings, personal archives, and contemporary visual culture to explore the mutability of language, the imperfection of memory, and the misinterpretation of both. Sosa teaches at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and serves as Deputy Director of Essex Art Center in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Join the UWM Wind Ensemble for their first concert of the season.
Experimental Tuesdays is a FREE weekly screening series that features the most celebrated work of contemporary and historical artist-made film and video. This week's program is TBD.
Wisconsin-based artist Geo Rutherford is a Wisconsin-based artist is best known for her work that addresses the Great Lakes. Her Tiktok account took off when she started her popular “Spooky Lakes” series in October of 2020. Today, she has over 1.8 million TikTok followers and frequently receives messages from teachers and parents who appreciate her educational content that inspires kids to explore science, history and environmental causes.
For the first time, Chamber Music Milwaukee is inviting UWM Music Department Alumni to perform an evening of chamber music. An opening concert not to be missed!
The UW-Milwaukee Youth Wind and Percussion Ensembles program ("UWAY") will present a concert of chamber ensemble pieces and repertoire for a large, symphonic wind-band.
Experience the sound of today with UWM’s Pop Ensemble! This powerhouse group of students delivers a vibrant mix of pop, soul, and modern rock in a concert that highlights the creativity and artistry of student musicians. A must-see for fans of live commercial music!
Dani and Sheilah Restack have embarked on an artistic relationship that is formally and emotionally adjacent to their domestic lives, a quotidian zone they share with their young daughter Rose. Both artists have established careers on their own. Neither Dani’ video work or Wilson’s multimedia performance and installation work could exactly prepare us for the force of the women’s collaborative efforts. – Michael Sicinski, Cinema Scope, 2017.
Michelle Grabner is an artist, writer, and curator. She is the Crown Family Professor of Art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she has taught since 1996. Her work is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, Walker Art Center, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Luxembourg, and the Milwaukee Art Museum, among others. Grabner, along with artist Brad Killam, runs the artist-run project spaces The Suburban, Milwaukee (est. 1999) and The Poor Farm, Little Wolf, Wisconsin (est. 2008). Grabner is a recipient of the 2025 Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowships for Individual Artists.
Join us for an evening of jazz featuring the UWM Jazz Ensemble, the UWM Afro-Caribbean Jazz Orchestra and the UWM Youth Jazz Ensemble (UJAY).
Remember what it was like when you first picked up your instrument or sang in front of an audience? That moment was the beginning of your life as a musician. And now that your skills are strengthening in high school, it’s time to think about college as your next step to lifelong success in the music industry. See for yourself what it is like to be a music major at UW-Milwaukee.
Adebukola Bodunrin is a Nigerian-Canadian film, & video artist who explores language, culture, and media. In her collage animations, she manipulates film using unorthodox manual and digital techniques to produce unexpected cinematic experiences. Bodunrin’s animation work has been featured on the television series Transparent, and in KCET’s “Lost LA” series, for which she also won an LA Area Emmy award for segment direction.
Debra A. Hardy is an Assistant Professor in Art Education at the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Hardy’s research interests include the histories of Black schools in urban cities, the histories of art education, community arts, museum education, critical race theory, Black feminist theory, and anti-racist teaching practices. She has published in the Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education and Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, along with chapters in the Palgrave Handbook for Race and the Arts in Education, Revitalizing Histories, and the forthcoming The Political Turn: Promoting Civic Engagement Through Art and Education.
