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  • A split image showing Letia Solomon's anchor photo as well as a photo from on location.

    TV GUIDE: Special Features Workshop feat. Letia Solomon

    Virtual Event

    The art of cinematic language isn't only reserved for big screen features and shorts. In recent years, serial programming has been finding its way back to the hearts of media lovers. There is a specific type of depth, nuance and audacity that can exist on the television screen that differs from theatrical releases. This creative difference has allowed many film directors to dip their toe into the episodic landscape, flexing their style, voice and commitment to a collective understanding of a serialized show. With this rising interest in television, we are hosting an artist talk with an Emerging Film Director, who has made her mark into the episodic landscape and proved that there is a best of both worlds.

  • UWM Jazz Ensemble led by Director Dave Bayles performing in Kenilworth Square East Jan Serr Studio.

    Jazz Ensembles

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

    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).

  • Still frame showing two hands grasping toward what appears to be floating particles of light.

    Experimental Tuesdays: Adebukola Bodunrin

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

    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.

  • Colorful papier-mâché figures featuring skeletons and vibrant costumes by artist Ceci Tejada.

    Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Ceci Tejada

    Virtual Event

    Ceci Tejeda’s family roots are from Michoacán, Mexico, which is why she has Purepecha blood in her veins. Ever since she was a young girl, she’s admired her culture. She creates Alebrijes made of “cartoneria,” a unique and traditional papier-mâché technique from Mexico City. Tejeda also creates large-sized pieces that support various social justice movements and activism using the same method.

  • A still from Ken Jacobs Perfect Film featuring a man in a suit speaking into a microphone while surrounded by a crowd in a city street.

    Experimental Tuesdays: Ken Jacobs — Looking Forward to a World without Money 

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

    Ken Jacobs, one of the true radicals of American cinema and a lion of experimental film, passed October 5th, a mere season since his beloved wife and collaborator Flo preceded him. They lived long, full, beautiful lives. In addition to his inimitable work in film, video, painting, performance and all range of moving images, Ken started and was at the center of the film program at SUNY-Binghamton and co-founded The Millennium Film Workshop.

  • Headphones rest on the ground with a green sprout growing from one ear cup. Text reads “In Darkness, Audio Flowers Bloom.”

    In Darkness, Audio Flowers Bloom

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

    In a world silenced by a ban on music, a group of daring teens risks everything to rediscover it. They meet in secret to learn about all things musical, defying an oppressive government determined to keep them silent. But their newfound knowledge comes at a price. In Darkness, Audio Flowers Bloom is a bold, imaginative new work exploring resistance, identity and the unshakable human need for expression. Presented as part of the UWM Department of Theatre’s New Dramaworks series, this thrilling world premiere amplifies voices that refuse to be silenced.

  • Artist Dan Grzeca's illustration featuring a burning skull in studded leather jacket for The Black Keys concert at the Rave in Milwaukee.

    Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Dan Grzeca

    Virtual Event

    Dan Grzeca is a Chicago-based artist and printmaker known for thousands of illustrations, hand-silkscreened prints and posters for bands like The Black Keys, Iron and Wine, Built to Spill, Ween and The Decemberists. His studio and shop is called Ground Up Press.

  • Close-up of a person in a black corset with long, black lace claws posed across their chest.

    Worlds Within: Midwestern Microcultures Photography Exhibition

    Kenilworth Square East, 3rd Floor Gallery 2155 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI

    Worlds Within: Midwestern Microcultures is a photography exhibition curated by Peck School of the Arts Advanced Photography Students currently enrolled in ART 452: Contemporary Issues in Photography.

  • Members of the UWM Piano Studio pose together beside a grand piano in the Recital Hall.

    Piano Studio Recital

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

    The UWM Piano Studio will present a program of solo, vocal and chamber music repertoire.

  • A close-up photo of the neck of a classical guitar with text next to it promoting the UWM Classical Guitar Concert Series.

    Canceled Classical Guitar Studio Concert

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

    Join us to celebrate our students’ performances, featuring a diverse program of solo and chamber music works for the guitar!

  • Black-and-white film still titled Una Sombra Oscilante, showing a close-up of a hand resting on a surface with dramatic lighting and deep shadow — evoking themes of intimacy, presence, and impermanence.

    Experimental Tuesdays: Una Sombra Oscilante (An Oscillating Shadow) 

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

    In her debut feature, photographer and filmmaker Celeste Rojas Mugica confronts the political weight of images, revisiting her father’s photographic archive developed in exile in Latin America following activist involvement during the Pinochet dictatorship. 51 years later, this gentle, complex and visually resourceful account of densely traumatic history conjures an intimate family portrait from the dark room – opening spaces for reflection and resistance.

  • The UWM Composition & Technology program logo featuring audio cables and a repeating banner with the words "new music"

    Canceled Premieres of New Music

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

    The Composition and Technology program will present a concert of original works by UWM students. The program will include freshly composed pieces for acoustic and electronic mediums.

  • Artist Michelle Grabner's work in a gallery featuring one large hanging installation and a floor piece with multi-colored patchwork designs.

    Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Michelle Grabner

    Virtual Event

    Michelle Grabner is an artist, writer, and curator, and Crown Family Professor of Art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work is in major museum collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago and Walker Art Center. She co-runs The Suburban (Milwaukee) and The Poor Farm (Little Wolf, WI), and is a 2025 Mary L. Nohl Fellow.

  • Promotional graphic for UWM FVANG Presents: “Special Features – Production & Art Design for Short Films.”

    Special Features: ART & PRODUCTION DESIGN for Short Film Workshop

    Mitchell Hall, Fine Arts Cinema Room B91 3203 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI

    The heart and soul of many film productions lie within the Art & Production Design departments. From set design, to costuming to props, these departments allow for other worlds to be introduced, sustained and transported in any film. As a key component within the pre-production process it is essential that young filmmakers know how to approach art in their films. Join us at SPECIAL FEATURES to learn more about props & wardrobe budgets, sourcing & shopping, and process / mood boards. Local filmmakers and artists, Kara Mulrooney & Amanda Tollefson, will lead us in a workshop offering their expertise and backgrounds working on films with high concept art, commercial products and indie film work. If you interested in art and production design departments, this Special Features is for you!

  • An historical violin situated on a background of photographs from historical moments during wars showcasing the violins that were played.

    Violins of Hope: Chamber Music Milwaukee – Music in the Times of War

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

    Chamber Music Milwaukee presents a powerful program exploring music created in times of war, including works connected to the Holocaust and the resilience of the human spirit. The concert features faculty artists Todd Levy (clarinet), Bernard Zinck (violin), Elena Abend (piano), and Jamie Hofman (violin), joined by guest artist Adrien Zitoun (cello) from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

  • A large group of UWM String Academy children perform while in costume for Halloween at the Milwaukee Art Museum.

    UWM String Academy Fall Concert

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

    Join us for a concert featuring the young violinists and violists of the UWM String Academy. From our newest beginners to our most advanced students, performers range in age from 4 to 18 and come from neighborhoods across greater Milwaukee. Their energy, focus, and creativity remind us how deeply children can inspire. Whether you're a friend, family member, or first-time guest, all are welcome.

  • A black and white still frame image in art deco style with the word FOCUS at the center.

    Experimental Tuesdays: From the Archives

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

    Curated by MFA candidates from the Department of Film, Video, Animation and New Genres, these programs feature a unique opportunity to see some of the incredible 16mm prints from the UWM Cinema Arts Archive. For each program, the curator is invited to program a selection of films around a theme of their choosing.

  • Abstract painting of a studio scene with soft colors and loose brushstrokes. Studio Art BFA artwork by Lucy Mattern.

    Scapino!

    Theatre Building, Mainstage Theatre 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

    Set in 1980s Naples, Scapino! is a zany reimagined farce inspired by Molière’s 1671 comedy Les Fourberies de Scapin. This madcap romp bursts with slapstick and fast-paces humor, including tall tales, bad impersonations, ridiculous chase scenes, disgruntled waiters, lovable panhandlers, melodic macaroni, and misbehaving sausages. Overflowing with physical comedy and rapid-fire humor, it’s a theatrical free-for-all that’s as unpredictable as it is hilarious. You’ve been warned: your belly might just ache from laughing so hard!

  • Artist Xuan Ye's installation featuring 4 metal staircase frames with black and white ocean visuals leaning on two of them.

    Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Xuan Ye

    Virtual Event

    Xuan Ye blends art, music, and technology through improvisation and computation to create software, installations, and performances that explore dissonance and meaning. Their work has appeared at MOCA Toronto, Venice Architecture Biennale, UCCA Shanghai, MUTEK Montreal, and more.

  • A close up of Jean Carlo Ureña Gonzalez holding a gold rimmed snare drum.

    Jean Carlo Ureña Gonzalez – Percussion Guest Artist

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Room 250 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

    Jean Carlo is a versatile performer, composer and educator that connects western and nonwestern tradition into concert settings. He has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra of Santo Domingo, Jackson Symphony, Toledo Symphony and Adrian Symphony. He has performed on multiple occasions in New Music Detroit’s, Strange Beautiful Music (SBM) annual concert series. He is the founder and co-director of the first Dominican percussion ensemble that combines western and Caribbean musical traditions, ATEZA’O. Ureña González, joins the faculty of the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music as a Assistant Professor of Percussion in the Fall of 2023.