February 19, 2019 flex fest

Student, alumni filmmakers represent at FLEX Fest

The Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival (FLEX Fest) happens a long way from Milwaukee, but the Peck School of the Arts Department of Film, Video, Animation, & New Genres made its presence felt during the festival’s Feb. 6-10 run. Film MFA candidate... Read More …

February 19, 2019 MakealFlammini_TheOptimist

Alumnae named 2018-19 Nohl Fellows

The Nohl Fund Fellowship for Wisconsin artists named two PSOA alumnae to its newest class of emerging-artist fellows. Nazli Dincel (’15 MFA Performing Arts; ’11 BFA Film) and Makeal Flammini (’13 BFA Art) each received $10,000 and will be featured in... Read More …

February 18, 2019 A still from the film 'Give Me Liberty,' set and shot in Milwaukee.

Sundance Film Review: ‘Give Me Liberty’

Kirill Mikhanovsky studied film, linguistics and Russian during his time at UWM. After graduate work at NYU, he’s making movies in and about Milwaukee. Variety caught his latest, “Give Me Liberty,” at Sundance. They liked it. Read more at Variety. …
June 5, 2018

Making music is a passion for prizewinning UWM classical guitarists

Read the stories of two star music graduates and their mentor, Rene Izquierdo, Chair of UWM’s Guitar Program, over at the UWM Report. …
June 4, 2018

Look Here: Local artists reinterpret historical artifacts in new exhibition

“Look Here!” a new exhibition running June 28 – Sept 16 at Villa Terrace features the work of 14 Wisconsin artists that reflect society today and how civilized or uncivilized we’ve become; issues of immigration and acceptance and community. Read... Read More …

May 30, 2018

Eyes on Milwaukee: Author Chronicles Milwaukee’s Beautiful Terra Cotta

Art Education alum, Ben Tyjeski, wears a lot of hats. He’s a Milwaukee Public Schools art teacher, ceramics sculptor, architectural history tour guide, and now a published author. Read more at Urban Milwaukee. …
May 29, 2018

Theatre alum cast in NYC production of “Othello”

Theatre alum Chukwudi Iwuji to lead the cast of “Othello” in The Public Theater‘s Shakespeare in the Park production to be performed at the Delacorte in Central Park (New York City). Read more at Playbill. …
May 21, 2018

BWW Review: URINETOWN Brings Potty Humor At Its Best To Milwaukee’s Skylight Music Theatre

BroadwayWorld reviews Peck School alumni performing in Skylight Music Theatre’s current production of Urinetown, the Musical! …
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. …
April 30, 2018

Dream City Music streamlines wedding music booking

UWM alum Jared Judge started Dream City Music LLC after he had an awkward experience with a client. Read more about the business over at BizTimes Milwaukee. …
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 16, 2018

Local painter and librarian Dani Roach is inspired by the beauty in the mundane

City Pages Minneapolis previews UWM Art & Design alumna Dani Roach’s upcoming exhibition “Selected Poems and Short Stories” at Groveland Gallery (Apr 2 -May 26). …

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