Milwaukee Film Festival features works by UWM alumni, faculty and students
Film & Fine Arts
Alums watch their animation handiwork in ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’
Owen Klatte and Angie Glocka helped bring director Tim Burton’s unique vision to life by providing animation for “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” Just in time for Halloween, the movie will be screened with live accompaniment by the Milwaukee Symphony.
Sculptor brings identities to life with facial reconstruction
Daniel Marion, who earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at UWM’s Peck School of the Arts, uses his talents as a sculptor to help re-create the faces of unidentified bodies.
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.
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.
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.
Alumna struts her (scary) stuff on reality TV
Arts alumna Melissa Ebbe can’t tell you how she fared on season 10 of the Syfy special-effects series “Face Off,” but you can watch her at 8 p.m. on Wednesdays.