An Evening with Rhayne Vermette and Inney Prakash

UWM Union Cinema 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

Rhayne Vermette was born in Notre Dame de Lourdes, Manitoba. It was while studying architecture at the University of Manitoba, that she fell into the practices of image making and storytelling. Primarily self taught, Rhayne’s films are opulent collages of fiction, animation, documentary, reenactments and divine interruption. Ste. Anne is her first feature narrative. Inney Prakash is a film curator based in New York City. He is a Cinema Programmer at Maysles Documentary Center, Curatorial Lead for the San Diego Asian Film Festival, and Founder/Director of Prismatic Ground, a NY festival centered on experimental documentary and avant-garde film.

Present Music Presents: Cello Cello

Kenilworth Square East, Jan Serr Studio 2155 N. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI

This concert features two World Premieres. 'Cellist and composer Paul Wiancko of the prestigious Kronos Quartet has written a brand new work for Present Music, and will perform some of his other compositions, including American Haiku, When the Night, and Closed Universe. Pamela Z performs her solo works for voice and an array of electronics, and contributes another World Premiere to the program, Raise, a stirring tribute to the people who raised us, written for 'cellist Nick Photinos (founding member of 8th Blackbird) and three additional cellists, plus voice samples and multi-media. Is the plural of cello "cellos" or "celli"? We say Cello Cello!

Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Oliver Ressler

Virtual or Hybrid
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An Austrian-based artist and filmmaker, Ressler produces installations, public projects, and films on economics, democracy, migration, the climate crisis, forms of resistance and social alternatives. He has exhibited internationally and has completed forty-one films that are screened widely.

Film Faculty & Staff Screenings

UWM Union Cinema 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

Get to know the creative work of the Film, Video, Animation & New Genres faculty and staff at this all-star screening. Expect drama, documentary, experimentation, comedy, appropriation, and the unexpected. Many of the artists, your teachers, will be in attendance.

Experimental Tuesdays: to sense, to animate, to enliven

UWM Union Cinema 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

Letting etymology lead, this program brings together works of animation as a kind of animating spirit: films that expand beyond the frame and films that sense and are sense. As an archival activation, we ask the films what they’ve been dreaming about in their hibernation and ask an audience to meet and mingle.

Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Mo Zell

Virtual or Hybrid
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An award-winning architect, educator and author, Zell’s transformative programs connect art, architecture, and community engagement. With notable research, she fosters design thinking and creativity in both architectural practice and education. She holds degrees from University of Virginia and Yale.

Resonance (Jasmine Uras Dance MFA Thesis)

Kenilworth Square East, Kenilworth Five-0-Eight 2155 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI

Resonance is a multi-sensory exploration of how we experience sound throughout the course of our lives within texture, color and embodiment. Choreographer Jasmine Uras in collaboration with Emma Becker, Ashley Ray Garcia, Allison Haase, Kalista Roling, Libby Steckmesser, and Katie Speltz display how every movement is a reverberation of emotion, rhythm, and connection. How do we get from hear to there?

Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Julie Chen

Virtual or Hybrid
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An internationally known book artist who has been publishing limited edition artists’ books under the Flying Fish Press imprint for over 20 years, Chen’s work is known for combining three-dimensional and movable book structures with fine letterpress printing and inspired artistic vision.

UWM Wind Ensemble & Symphony Band

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

The UWM Wind Ensemble & Symphony Band will perform on respective halves of this concert.

Miscast 2024

Music Building, Recital Hall 175 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
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Miscast is a style of musical theatre cabaret that leans into the comedy of playing outside of one’s preconceived “type.” Think of “Cell Block Tango” from Chicago performed by square-dancing country singers. Come join in the fun as the UWM Theatre students play against their “type”! 

First and Second Year Voice Recital

Music Building, Recital Hall 175 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

The talented first and second year voice majors present a recital of music from a wide variety of styles and genres.

Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: kathryn e. martin

Virtual or Hybrid
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Interested in the potential of the everyday, martin draws from formal characteristics to make instinctive, calculated decisions that dissect, interpret, repeat and re-assemble inspiration into new landscapes and interactions intended to connect with place and audience.

Melissa Foster: Voice Artist-in-Residence

Music Building, Recital Hall 175 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

We are thrilled to announce that the UW-Milwaukee Voice Program will be hosting our esteemed artist-in-residence, Melissa Foster, for two full days. As a renowned figure in the commercial music industry, Foster will be conducting a series of engaging events including lectures, clinics, and masterclasses. Her expertise spans across various genres such as Rock, R&B, Motown, Disco, and Rap, providing invaluable insights into these dynamic fields.

Marculescu-Stern Vocal Competition

Music Building, Recital Hall 175 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts is pleased to announce the 2023-24 Marculescu-Stern Scholarship Competition for voice students. The scholarship endowment was established through a gift to the UWM Foundation to honor the memory of Yolanda Marculescu-Stern, and the intentions of Sandu Stern, to support programming and scholarships, especially those in vocal arts.

Wisconsin Saxophone Clinic

Music Building, Recital Hall 175 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

The Wisconsin Saxophone Clinic (WiSC) aims to empower and inspire saxophonists of all ages to pursue musical excellence through an accessible and inclusive day of learning.

UWAY “All-Stars” In Concert!

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

This concert features two outstanding ensembles. The resident UW-Milwaukee Youth Wind and Percussion Ensemble (UWAY) and the UWAY “All-Star” Band, an ensemble made up of the most select members of our recent UWM Middle School Honors Band Festival.

Experimental Tuesdays: Queer World Mending – Films from the Flaherty

UWM Union Cinema 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

How can we mend the wounded world if we are open wounds ourselves? Team-curated by MFA candidates and recent grads Sarah Ballard, Magdalena Bermudez, Luciana Decker, Sam Drake, and Liyan Zhao this program will feature a selection of films featured at the 2023 Flaherty Seminar.

Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Victoria Roth

Virtual or Hybrid
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A contemporary New York-based artist, Roth has exhibited paintings and drawings at key galleries and museums, such as Kate Werble Gallery. Her work has been featured in articles for HYPEBEAST and WHITEWALL, as well as the Selected Gallery Guide NYC published by Two Coats of Paint.

Experimentals Tuesdays: Short films by Amir George

UWM Union Cinema 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

Amir George creates spiritual stories, juxtaposing sound and image with a non-linear perception. He creates fragmented vignettes that conjure the secret life of objects both found and collected. The characters that inhabit his stories tend to dwell outside of social norms and exist in the space between and in the process of becoming. Amir’s short films have screened at film festivals including  BlackStar Film Festival, Rockaway Film Festival and Camden International Film Festival, as well as cultural institutions, including  Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; Moma PS1; Royal College of Art; Museum of Contemporary Arts, Los Angeles; and Museum of Contemporary Arts Detroit.