Student & Alumni Stories
- UWM alum creates social media phenomenon with ‘Spooky Lake Month’For UWM alumna Geo Rutherford, October is a hectic month, when she races to create 31 days of social media content about what she calls “haunted hydrology.” Her videos explore the mysteries of water, from Great Lakes shipwrecks to Lake Natron in Tanzania, where the water is a caustic brine that calcifies creatures that land on its shores.
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- Comedy streaming service Dropout adds alum’s film to movie catalogueDropout is now hosting Hundreds of Beavers, a critically acclaimed slapstick comedy created by alums Kurt Ravenwood (BFA 2011, Film), Quinn Hester (BFA 2021, Film), and Ryland Brickson Cole Tews (BFA 2014, Film). The feature-length …
- Alum designs costumes for upcoming Gettysburg 1863 filmAlum Maggie Koenig (BFA 2008, Theatre Production) assisted in designing costumes for upcoming war film Gettysburg 1863, a historical fiction about the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg. Previously, she designed a costume for the …
- Alum’s Chicago-based dance theatre makes Cincinnati debutThe South Chicago Dance Theatre, founded and led by alum Kia Smith (MFA 2019, Dance), is set to make its Cincinnati debut on October 2 and 3 at the Aronoff Center’s Jarson-Kaplan Theatre. The performance …
- Alum displays artwork at UWM’s Student UnionAlum Jennifer Bastian is the first artist featured at UWM’s Student Union Gallery for the 2026–27 school year.
- Alum is August artist-in-residence for Cedarburg Cultural CenterAlum Paula Hare (BFA 1981, Art Education) has been named the Cedarburg Cultural Center artist-in-residence for August.
- UWM alum appears on WUWM 89.7’s Lake Effect to discuss new documentaryUWM alum David Busse (BFA 2011, Film) appeared on WUWM’s Lake Effect’s Chirp Chat to discuss his new film “Beyond Our Senses: Bank Swallows,” a documentary about how the bluffs of Lake Michigan have been …
- Alum to open dance studio, honoring legacy of previous studio in the same locationAlum Kristina Saldarelli (MFA 2023, Dance) is planning to open Saldarelli Arts Dance where Movement & Sound Dance was located. Saldarelli was a faculty member at the Buffalo Grove-based studio for seven years and will …
- PSOA alum and faculty member to participate in 2026 North of the 45th art exhibitionAlum Joy DeNicola (BFA 1987, Fiber-Arts) and faculty member Shane Walsh are set to participate in the 2026 “North of the 45th" art exhibition, a juried showcase featuring work from artists across Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota.
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