Megan Olson is an abstract painter whose practice has evolved over the past twenty years between the fine art world and the culture of graffiti. Drawing from modernist traditions and the improvisational energy of street-based mark making, she has developed a visual language rooted in abstraction and automatic gesture. Olson is currently the Chair of the Archives Committee for the American Abstract Artists.
Springdances marks the Department of Dance’s annual spring concert, presenting new choreographic works by faculty and guest artists in a dynamic expression of creative growth and renewal.
Jamie New is 16. Jamie doesn’t quite fit in. Jamie is terrified about the future. Jamie is going to be a sensation. Supported by his brilliant, loving mum and surrounded by his friends, Jamie overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies, and steps out of the darkness into the spotlight. The hit West End musical is about learning who you are, taking that step off the edge and loving it!
This exciting night of music will feature music from Guatemala and Trinidad and Tobago performed by UWM students and Milwaukee community members. The UWM Steel PANthers Steel Band and the University Community World Music Ensemble will join forces on a program highlighting traditional and arranged music played on Guatemalan marimba doble and Trinidadian steel pans.
The UWM Percussion Ensemble presents its annual Spring concert, featuring a wide variety of instruments, sounds, and compositions from different periods.
Join Design & Visual Communication BFA Students in an interactive exhibition of their Capstone Thesis projects.
Join Suzuki and Pre-College Guitar Students for their Spring Concert.
This program by the UW-Milwaukee Youth Wind and Percussion Ensembles program will feature a performance by our annual UWAY Concerto Competition Winner and celebrate the UWAY Seniors who will graduate this Spring!
Nathaniel Stern is an interdisciplinary artist, engineer, and researcher whose work explores how humans co-evolve with technology - especially artificial intelligence. His recent work focuses on how art can support thinking, creating, and making meaning with and about AI. Stern is a Professor of Art & Design (Creative Technologies) at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM), with a joint appointment in Mechanical Engineering. He is also Director of Academic Engagement and Creative Impact at UWM’s Lubar Entrepreneurship Center (LEC).
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).
Brahms composed two sextets for strings in the 1860s. Though they were composed within five years of each other, in the same genre of string sextet, and both in major keys, they are remarkably different in character with the G major, Op. 36 having a very ethereal character, heralding the aura of resignation that haunted his more mature works while the Bb major, Op. 18 is genial, warm, rich, and bold.
A semiannual exhibition showcasing the work of graduating students in the BA and BFA programs. The exhibition traditionally takes place at the end of fall and spring semesters.
Join the UWM Symphony Orchestra for its season finale on May 7 in Bader Concert Hall.
Join UWM's Concert Chorale, Bella Voce, Kameraden, Alta Voce, and Kameraden Plus choirs for their final concert of the year!
Join the New Music Ensemble (NME) for our final concert of the academic year as we perform contemporary music ranging from avant-garde to world premieres and student compositions. The NME is excited to perform this concert full of experimental and challenging music.
Join us for a collection of student-made short films from the class Zen and the Art of Filmmaking, which focuses on developing artistic sensibility through the Zen art of practice and automatic principles. These films are funny, odd, thoughtful, frightening, and most of all full of Zen.
UWM’s Pop Ensemble takes the stage at Jan Serr Studio for a spring performance set in a standout downtown space. With its skyline views and vibrant atmosphere, the venue adds a unique energy to an already exciting night of music.
This end of the term showing features works by the African Dance, Salsa/Merengue & Hip Hop classes.
Liya Du and Alex Witteman are interdisciplinary artists whose work examines the relationships between people, place, and the built environment. Du explores motherhood, domestic labor, and memory through painting, installation, and artist books, while Witteman uses photography, sculpture, and performance to investigate human interactions with natural ecosystems and resources.
Join students of the Cinematic Arts MFA program as they screen and celebrate their thesis work.