Curated by MFA candidate Tristen Ives this program will feature 16mm prints from the UWM Film Department’s Cinema Arts Archive. From the Archives is an ongoing series curated by MFA candidates in the UWM Film Department. For each program, the curator is invited to program a selection of films around a theme of their choosing.
Please join us to celebrate our Classical Guitar studio. Solo and Chamber music performances!
Vivian is a furniture designer, maker, sculptor based in New England. Her sleek, abstracted metal and concrete furniture combines the aesthetic sensibilities of contemporary design, craft, and sculpture to create furniture that alter expectations of and interface with the domestic landscape.
Step into Mozart Café! Join us for a night of enchanting opera scenes at UWM's Peck School of the Arts! Immerse yourself in the lively charm of Mozart's masterpieces, brought to life by our talented voices. Sip, savor, and indulge in scenes that sparkle with humor, drama, and timeless elegance. Discover Mozart’s world in a setting as inviting as a café. Don’t miss this evening of operatic delight. Place your order!
The UWM Percussion Ensemble presents its annual Fall concert, featuring a wide variety of instruments, sounds, and compositions from different periods. The program will feature Alyssa Weinberg's colorful "Ember II" along with other chamber works: Rich O'Meara's "Puzzle Piece," Juri Seo's "VV," and "The Song of Queztecoatl" by Lou Harrison. Other works showcasing larger ensembles include Blake Tyson's "A Ceiling Full of Stars," Bob Becker's "Atenteben," and "Fanfare for Tambourines" by John Alfieri.
This special edition of From the Archives is curated by series founder, esteemed Faculty Emeritus, Carl Bogner, and features a rare 16mm print of Warren Sonbert’s Carriage Trade. In Carriage Trade, Sonbert interweaves footage taken from his journeys throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, and the United States, together with shots he removed from the camera originals of a number of his earlier films.
Nicholas Perry is a painter based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He received a BFA from UW-Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts in 2018. Nicholas makes figurative paintings that draw on art-historical influences, personal photography, and other visual languages. Perry is a recipient of the 2024 Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowships for Individual Artists.
A special variety presentation of songs and scenes by the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre Students.
Join UWM’s Concert Chorale, Bella Voce, Kameraden, Alta Voce, and Kameraden Plus choirs for the final concert of the semester. Enjoy a fun and varied evening of choral music!
Experience the Pop Ensemble's magic as talented students transform classic Pop, Rock, and Folk melodies into fresh, innovative renditions that'll leave you on the edge of your seat! Each song is a masterpiece crafted by small groups of students, igniting the stage with their passion and creativity!
Co-curated by FVANG programming committee members, this edition invokes the absent presence of our beloved colleague and series founder, Carl Bogner, through some of the core works he loved to show in class. From the Archives is an ongoing series curated by MFA candidates in the UWM Film Department. The curator is invited to program a selection of films around a theme of their choosing from the remarkable Cinema Arts Archive collection, which contains over 400 essential works from the history of experimental cinema.
Raquel de Anda is an independent curator and cultural producer raised on the US-Mexico border of Laredo, TX. Recent exhibitions include Like The Waters We Rise: Climate Justice in Print (New York, NY). She is currently designing an initiative to support the cultural and artistic production of Borderlands communities on both sides of the US-Mexico border.
Winterdances: Perfectly Wild presents dance that blurs the line between the magical and mundane, traces the rivers of Milwaukee, reflects on the haunting legacy of Japanese internment, and empowers the fierce bonds of womanhood. These dances dive into our shared humanity, the challenges we all face, and offer a vision of how we might gather strength by coming together in community.
Peter Rose’s films, performances, and installations delve into the nature of time, space, and perception, drawing on his background in mathematics and structuralist cinema. With a keen interest in language as both form and concept, his work explores concrete texts, political satire, and the absurd. Exhibited globally at MoMA, the Whitney Biennial, and Centre Pompidou, Rose’s art reimagines the boundaries of media and thought.
Priya Kambli was born in India. She moved to the United States at age 18 carrying her entire life in one suitcase that weighed 20 lbs. She is currently Professor of Art at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. In 2008 PhotoLucida awarded her a book publication prize for her project Color Falls Down, published in 2010.
A screening of animated long shorts by collaborators Yifan Jiang and James J.A. Mercer to be followed by a Q&A. Yifan Jiang Chinese-Canadian, conceptually-driven, project-based artist who works across painting, animation, sculpture, and performance. Her paintings explore her experiences growing up in a world of multiple cultures and languages. Mercer is a New York based artist working with painting, drawing and animation.
The work of Amy O’Neill investigates the intersections and balances between community and isolation, and the collaborative effort to build and maintain shared commonalities. Her paintings explore the invisible structures that support, improve, or divide specific communities. Her work has been included in juried and invitational exhibitions across the US and locally at the Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum, and the Charles Allis Art Museum.
This program by the UW-Milwaukee Wind Ensemble will feature Professors Kevin Hartman (Trumpet) and Bernard Zinck (Violin) as featured performers on James M. Stephenson’s “The Storyteller,” an homage to long-time Chicago Symphony Orchestra Principal Trumpet Adolph “Bud” Herseth (1921-2013). The concert will also include a pair of compositions with celestial inspirations: Roshanne Etezady’s “Parhelion” and Frank Ticheli’s “Symphony No. 2: Apollo Unleashed.” We are pleased to welcome special nominated high school students in Milwaukee who will perform side-by-side at this concert.
Ahoy! Celebrate Valentines Day with a deep dive into the subterranean currents of one of “The Great American Novels”, Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick”! Director Wu Tsang has created a stunning feature-length silent film with live orchestral accompaniment, with a score by composers Caroline Shaw, Andrew Yee and Asthma Marrof. It’s a new take on the famous story, exploring hidden histories, marginalized narratives, and issues of social class and capitalism. And of course, a whale!
The talented first and second year voice majors present a recital of music from a wide variety of styles and genres.