Arts & Humanities
Milwaukee Film Festival features strong UWM presence
UWM students, staff, faculty, alums and departments are critical to the ongoing success of the expanding Milwaukee Film Festival.
The man who framed UWM’s history in pictures
Alan Magayne-Roshak witnessed most of UWM’s six decades through the lens of a camera. As we celebrate the school’s 60th anniversary, meet its visual encyclopedia.
Pachyderm care is his job
When Raymond Hren says his job as a pachyderm keeper is never routine, he means it. On any given day, he may be helping weigh a baby giraffe, preparing a mud bath for a rhino or answering questions from visitors.
Alum tackles visual effects for remake of ‘Ben-Hur’
When UWM art alum and special effects master Jim Rygiel began work on a remake of the 1959 blockbuster “Ben-Hur,” one thing worried him most — the iconic chariot race scene from the original movie.
New mural to tell migrant workers’ Milwaukee stories
UWM artist Raoul Deal and a team of high school and university students honor the pioneering advocacy group United Migrant Opportunity Services and its organizers.
Book excerpt: ‘My trunk will be your cross’
Social upheaval in the 1980s inspired a generation of Polish poets to explore themes old and new. This selection, from an anthology edited and translated by Michael Mikoś, offers a dark rejoinder to a classic 16th century Polish poem.
Book excerpt: ‘To kill my home’s delight’
Aeschylus was the first of the great tragic dramatists of ancient Greece. A recent translation of his “Agamemnon” by David Mulroy makes Aeschylus’ dramatic postscript to the Trojan War accessible to modern readers.
Artist Melissa Ebbe turns fantasy into a career
UWM alum Melissa Ebbe has combined her artistic skills with her interest in fun and fantasy to create a business – and a successful run on reality television.
UWM Art Collection offers some surprising finds
UW-Milwaukee is home to an impressive, though little known, art collection of more than 7,600 items, ranging from Western to non-Western, ancient to contemporary.
UWM students connect with older adults through art
UWM students went out into senior communities and added a little artistic flair to their daily lives.