Dealing with sexism and gender issues in the classroom
Teachers and parents are increasingly faced with questions from children about gender and sexuality – a new book edited by a UWM professor may help provide answers.
Peck School of the Arts
6 must-see events at UWM artists’ open house
Faculty members and students from the Peck School of the Arts will share their work with the public on Saturday, April 9.
Theater prof makes FX available to all
People call him the “theater wizard,” but special effects master Chris Guse thinks of himself first and foremost as a storyteller.
UWM filmmakers award winners at Ann Arbor festival
Lori Felker, senior lecturer in Film, Video Animation and New Genres, and Sky Hopinka, a master’s in fine arts candidate in the same department, won awards at the 54th Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival, held March 15-20. Felker won the Overture/Wazoo Award for Best Music Video for “Beasts in the Garden” by Spires that in […]
UWM Libraries honors three for outstanding achievements
The recipients of 2015 UWM Libraries Outstanding Achievement Awards are Mary Boulanger, Academic Staff, Emily Li, University Staff, and Maxwell Cozzi, a student employee. A senior academic librarian in User Services, Boulanger was honored for her dedicated support of students, faculty, staff and colleagues, and in particular for her outreach to the Zilber School of […]
Awards in hand, UWM filmmakers head to Ann Arbor
Faculty, students and graduates of the Peck School of the Arts Film, Video, Animation and New Genres Department are gaining attention for their work. Senior Lecturer Lori Felker returns to the Ann Arbor Film Festival on March 15 with her new short narrative film “Discontinuity.” The film focuses on human relationships and communication and miscommunication, […]
UWM students eager to redesign Milwaukee’s city flag
UWM students are taking the design skills learned in the classroom and using them to design a better Milwaukee city flag.
UWM Chamber Music students collaborate with Danceworks
Peck School of the Arts graduate students in The Leonard Sorkin Institute of Chamber Music will perform live accompaniment March 3-6 to an upcoming Danceworks Performance Company production, “Writing About Music/Dancing About Architecture.” While student dancers occasionally work with community dance companies, it isn’t usual for music students to have such collaboration built into their curriculum, […]
‘Corktown’ explores gentrification in Detroit and Milwaukee
UWM students and local artists collaborated on the upcoming production of “Corktown,” which explores the issues surrounding gentrification of an old Detroit neighborhood. The play opens March 2 on the Mainstage Theatre.
Theater grad stars in ‘Slowgirl’ at Broadway Theatre Center
Sara Zientik, a 2011 UWM graduate who studied theater in the Peck School of the Arts, has been busy, appearing in numerous productions and recently earning her status as a member of Actor’s Equity. Now fans and fans-to-be can see her in the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre production of “Slowgirl,” which runs through March 24 at […]