News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
UWM alumna Caroline Kastelic played a major role in creating the puppets featured in the Academy Award-nominated film, “Anomalisa,” playing at the Oriental Theatre, 2230 N. Farwell Ave. Owen Klatte (’76 BS Architecture), associate instructor in the Peck School of the Arts Department of Film, Video, Animation and New Genres, was also part of the […]
Nazli Dincel, a graduate of the Peck School of the Arts MFA program, will be included in the prestigious International Film Festival Rotterdam, Jan. 27-Feb. 7. Her film “Solitary Acts (4, 5, 6)” will be screened as part of the Tiger Awards Competition. The festival is a prominent showcase for short and medium-length films and the […]
Jun Kim, director of orchestral activities and music director of the UWM Symphony Orchestra, won the 2015 American Prize in Conducting for his work in the opera “Suor Angelica,” produced at UWM. Kim was a prizewinner of the 2013 Orquesta de Cordoba Conducting Competition in Spain and 2012 Black Sea Conducting Competition in Romania. Open […]
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.
With a new chancellor, the opening of a state-of-the-art research center and a $10 million donation to support entrepreneurial training, 2015 was an exciting time at UWM. Here’s a look at some of our memorable moments.
Jesse McLean, media artist and assistant professor in UWM’s Department of Film, won the Best Editing Award for her film “I’m in Pittsburgh and It’s Raining” at Brazil’s Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife. According to McLean’s website, “I’m in Pittsburgh and It’s Raining” is an experimental portrait of a lighting stand-in/body double whose work […]
On Dec. 16, students from the Peck School of the Arts will transform Kenilworth Square East into a dynamic and interactive space showcasing how technology intersects with creativity.
Two UWM film faculty members and a student will be featured in January at major film festivals. Lori Felker, senior lecturer in film, and Ben Balcom, associate lecturer in film, will screen new works at the Oscar-qualifying shorts competition, Slamdance Festival, Jan. 21, in Park City, Utah. Felker will unveil “Discontinuity” as part of the narrative […]
Donors have given the UWM Music Library two limited-edition volumes chronicling the rise and fall of Paramount Records, a Wisconsin-based record company that recorded and preserved rare music from 20th century pioneers of blues, jazz and gospel.
Few alumni leave legacies as visible as Jim Cheski’s: He designed the original UWM Panther.
