May 8, 2018

Sky Hopinka selected as Radcliffe-Harvard Film fellow

Film alumnus and current lecturer, Sky Hopinka, has been named one of 50 2018 Radcliffe-Harvard Film Study Center Fellows. …
May 1, 2018

Guitars For Vets: UWM professor welcomes men, women who have served; classes help combat PTSD

Fox 6 highlights Professor Beverly Belfer, who welcomes veterans into her class through the Guitar for Vets program. …
April 16, 2018

The Centers of Somewhere

Sky Hopinka, Film alum and Nohl fellow, speaks on “Uncertainty, Authority and Indigenous Representation” with the Walker Art Center. Read the piece here. …
April 11, 2018

This Boxing Club Helps Trans People Embrace Their Bodies

BFA alum, Nola Henson, speaks with Buzzfeed about their newly founded Transgender Boxing Collective in New York. Read the story here. …
April 10, 2018

Artists Imagine a Better Milwaukee

Engaged artists strive to affect positive change in their communities. Read more about Kenilworth Open Studios here. …
April 9, 2018

New Spaces for Milwaukee’s Expanding Arts Scene

The Mainstage Theatre is among several ‘new’ spaces for the Milwaukee art scene. Read the article highlighting a handful of them here. …
March 27, 2018

Finding His Body (and his ‘Wisdom Teeth’) Through Dance

“Young Milwaukee dance artist Zach Schorsch struggled after graduating from UWM’s dance program in 2016. ‘My emotional and physical health was fluctuating drastically,’ he said, ‘and I wasn’t sure if I was ever going to participate in dance again.'” Read... Read More …

March 26, 2018

Choreographer JoAnna Mendl Shaw’s Innovative Work with Horses

Drawing material from JoAnna Mendl Shaw’s work with horses, “The Breaking Ring” translates inter-species choreographic devices into human encounters. Read more about the inspiration here. …
March 23, 2018

For ‘Drag Race’ winner Trixie Mattel, Barbie beauty combined with Wisconsin-bred humor is a winning combination

Alumnus Brian Firkus aka Trixie Mattel won the latest season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars! In an article with the Journal Sentinel, he tells all about what goes into the character of Trixie. Read it here. …
March 16, 2018

Trixie Mattel Sounds Off On Shocking ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’ Win

2012 alumnus, Brian Firkus, speaks with Huffington Post on his recent “RuPaul’s Drag Race” win. Read the article here. …
March 8, 2018

Crane Latin Ensemble Presents ‘Nuyorican Son’

2008 Music alum, Jerod Sommerfeldt was highlighted in an article by the State University of New York about his guest performance with the Crane Latin Ensemble. Read the article here. …
March 7, 2018

The Golden Age of Dance

Movement instructor and dancer, Jeannde Ford, has studied the work of Anne Basting, a professor of theater. Basting specializes in gerontology, aging, memory and dementia, and the use of theater in eldercare. The Louisville Ballet has sent Ford to see... Read More …

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