Sharif Bey is a Syracuse-based artist and educator. Inspired by modernism, functional pottery, Oceanic Art and Art of the African diaspora, Bey’s works investigate the cultural and political significance of adornment and the symbolic and formal properties of archetypal motifs, while questioning how the meaning of icons and function transform across cultures and time.
Winner of the Grand Prize at Cinéma du Réel 2024 and Best Film of the Encounter Program at Berlinale 2024. Direct action is a tactical strategy of protest that seeks to achieve an end directly and by the most effective means.
New York/Berlin-based artist Trevor Paglen spans numerous disciplines. He has launched an artwork into distant orbit around Earth in collaboration with Creative Time and MIT, contributed research and cinematography to the Academy Award-winning film Citizenfour, and created a radioactive public sculpture for the exclusion zone in Fukushima, Japan.
Get ready to be transported through decades of iconic tunes as the Popular Music Ensemble ignites the stage with an electrifying performance! From the foot-stomping beats of the 1950s to the chart-topping hits of today, prepare for a musical journey like no other. Witness the fusion of Pop, Rock, and Folk genres as talented students come together in small groups, each adding their own flair and creativity to reinvent beloved classics.
Curated by MFA candidate Tom Dixon 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.
Philadelphia-based artist Lauren Mabry is recognized internationally for her bold, dynamic glazes and inventive use of ceramic material, color, and form. Her work embraces experimentation as a way to investigate physical states of matter in relationship to objects, landscape, and abstraction.
Opening Reception is Thursday, October 24 from 7-9 p.m. featuring Jill Wine-Banks, along with remarks from the curator and featured artists. Jill Wine-Banks is a distinguished attorney, former Watergate prosecutor, general counsel for the Army during the Carter Administration, MSNBC Legal Analyst, podcast host, and a specific kind of jewelry collector. Jill uses the pin as a messaging device to convey ideas, make statements, and construct narratives. This is an exhibition and archiving project featuring pins mined from her personal collection accumulated over a lifetime of work in the political and legal landscape in the US.
A confluence of painting happening at UWM among students, mfa candidates, faculty, and recent alum.
With artist Lisa Truttmann live in person for a Q&A after the screening! Lisa Truttmann is an artist and filmmaker based in Vienna. In her artistic practice, she combines documentary, essayistic, and poetic methods to investigate the sociologies and ecologies of landscapes and architectures. She is interested in relationships between human and non-human agents as well as in their spaces of interaction.
Nina Ghanbarzadeh (Afkhamian) is a visual artist whose work is informed by the geometric and biomorphic patterns, colors, and textures of her Persian cultural traditions. Ghanbarzadeh emigrated from Tehran, Iran in 2001. She earned her BFA in painting, drawing and graphic design from the UW-Milwaukee in 2013 and completed a two-year Artist in Residence Program with Redline Milwaukee in 2015. Ghanbarzadeh is a recipient of the 2024 Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowships for Individual Artists.
The National Association of Teachers of Singing celebrates the art of singing through a series of competitions and auditions designed to showcase the talented singers, performers and composers who are the rising stars in the profession.
An epic tale of shipwreck and devastating loss, love and redemption across the Ancient Mediterranean. One of William Shakespeare's later plays, Pericles is ultimately a story of the triumph of the human spirit, exploring themes that dominate headlines today: the Middle East, refugees, perilous sea crossings and sex trafficking. It offers spectacular grace and one of the most beautiful reunions this master of the theatrical stage ever wrote.
Jovanny Hernandez Caballero is a community artist and photographer based in Milwaukee. He is a first-generation American and descendant of Mixtecs, an Indigenous people based in present-day Mexico. His work centers around themes of cultural heritage and identity. Jovanny documents the beauty of Milwaukee’s South Side and his family’s native land of Oaxaca, Mexico. He completed his BFA in Photography & Imaging at UW-Milwaukee in 2023. Caballero is a recipient of the 2024 Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowships for Individual Artists.
A program of recent short, by 2023 Nohl Fellow Janelle VanderKelen, that use experimental animation and filmmaking techniques to imagine alternative acts of relation between imperfect bodies (human, vegetal, geological, or otherwise).
Hear firsthand from students through a lively panel discussion and get a clear look at what sets each major apart. Our handout will break down the similarities and differences, helping you find the perfect path for your creative passions. This event will include information about PSOA Art & Design programs, among others.
pax duo is a dynamic percussion project created by Tristan Swihart and Micah Detweiler. Based in Goshen, IN and Madison, WI. pax duo aims to break preconceptions of contemporary percussion through collaboration and creation of new genre bending works. Their repertoire moves percussion music beyond the concert hall, incorporating lighting and electronics, and blending genres like indie, hip-hop, and funk into a contemporary classical context.
Join artist Ayanna Dozier live in person for a Q&A after the screening! Ayanna Dozier is a Brooklyn-based artist-writer working across film (both motion picture and still), performance, and installation.
Based in Las Vegas, Nevada, and known for large-scale installations and sculptures that manifest his interactions with American pop culture and the LatinX experience, Favela is the recipient of the 2018 Alan Turing LGTBIQ Award for International Artist. Favela hosts two podcasts, “Latinos Who Lunch” and “The Art People Podcast.”
Russian Virtuoso Guitarist Artyom Dervoed debut concert at UWM! Must see. A Tour de Force!
For twelve consecutive summers, while teaching at UW-Milwaukee, Allison B. Cooke served as Director and Professor for the Study Abroad program at the Santa Reparata International School of Art (SRISA) in Florence, Italy. There she inspired countless students through on-location drawing and painting classes across the stunning city and developed an intensive four-week summer course in Renaissance painting techniques.