Student & Alumni Stories
- Children’s book illustrator refines their craft at UWMAs a kid growing up in southern California, Pavonis Giron dreamed of being an illustrator for the likes of Pixar and Nickelodeon. “I was trying to put together the skills I needed to work at those studios one day… drawing characters, doing background color studies, working on draftsmanship,” Giron said. Yet it wasn’t long before the allure of Hollywood wore off and Giron found a calling in children’s book publishing. Those efforts bloomed into a …
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- UWM talent spotlighted on Bandcamp’s Best of 2025Assistant Professor Alex Wier and Associate Professor Jennifer Clippert (BFA 1999, Music Performance) are performers on “Voiceless Mass,” an album that made it onto Bandcamp’s Best of 2025 list in the Best of Contemporary Classical Music category.
- Film MFA alum receives 2026 Creative Capital AwardGillian Waldo (MFA, 2024) has been named a recipient of a 2026 Creative Capital Award. This year's awardees were selected from a pool of 4,546 applications from all 50 states and regions in the United …
- Vocal Performance alum Brian Manternach publishes first bookVocal Performance alum Brian Manternach (MM 1999, Music) celebrates the publication of his first book, “Voices of Influence: The Journey of a Teacher and Student in the Voice Studio,” with Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Great Lakes Listening Series issues call for submissionsPeck School of the Arts Department of Film, Video, Animation & New Genres is a partner on a new experimental film series called “The Great Lakes Listening Series,” which will be held at UWM’s Union …
- Theatre lecturer featured on Arts Educators Save the World podcastJeffery Mosser and his mentee, Mizha Lee Overn, were featured on Arts Educators Save the World, a podcast that highlights the experiences and achievements behind art educators and their mentees. On the podcast, Mosser and Overn discuss the …
- Sophomore music student wins multiple awards from the National Association of Teachers of SingingAkira Harris (Sophomore BFA, Versatile Voice) was awarded at the Wisconsin Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Harris won first place for the Classical Music category and second in the Commercial Music …
- Jesse Malmed celebrates a decade of Western Pole with Chicago exhibitionAssistant Professor Jesse Malmed (Film, Video, Animation and New Genres) marks ten years of his Chicago-based project Western Pole with the exhibition POST POST POST: A Decade of Western Pole at Patient Info, Chicago. Since …
- Kyle Khembunjong earns second prize at the M.E. Brune Guitar CompetitionKyle Khembunjong, a recent graduate of the classical guitar program, has been awarded second prize in the M.E. Brune Guitar Competition at the The University of Rhode Island Guitar and Mandolin Festival, one of the …
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