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  • Photo of a craftmaker selling her wares at a table. The table has a blue and white table cloth, her hand made jewelry hung up on boards standing on top of the table. The craftmaker sits in a chair behind the table with a smile. Behind her additional tables can be seen.

    Mother’s Day Artist Fair

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Please join us in the Student Union Concourse for our annual Mother’s Day Artist Fair. A variety of handmade items will be available from outside vendors, current students and alumni. The perfect place to find unique gifts. Please contact us …

  • Close-up of a person's hands assembling a geometric stained glass panel using the lead came method. The hands use pliers to adjust a lead strip around vibrant red, blue, and yellow glass pieces, which are held in place by horseshoe nails on a wooden work surface.

    Intro to Stained Glass Session 4

    Intro to Stained Glass Session 4
    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    In this workshop, you will learn how to score, cut, foil, solder, and assemble your own stained-glass motif. Class participants will choose their own colors for a sunrise pattern, which they will be able to then assemble to make a …

  • A wide, panoramic shot of a dark, choppy body of water under a heavy, overcast mist. The horizon line is blurred by fog, creating a moody, monochromatic atmosphere.

    Experimental Tuesdays Presents: The Great Lakes Listening Series

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Free For Everyone! Artists in Attendance! Experimental Tuesdays is proud to present the inaugural Great Lakes Listening Series a new annual listening event that presents multichannel sonic artworks within a cinema space. This year’s edition will feature new works of …

  • An array of ceramic and pottery tools laid out on a white surface, including wooden modeling tools, wire loop tools, ribs, a sponge, a rolling pin, and a needle tool.

    Intro to Wheel Throwing Session 2

    Intro to Wheel Throwing Session 2
    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Are you curious to try out the pottery wheel? Discover the craft of wheel throwing in this beginner-level course. We will learn and explore the foundational throwing techniques centering and opening the clay, pulling walls to make functional forms, decoration …

  • Based on the visual style and themes of Trinh T. Minh-ha's film essay "Forgetting Vietnam," here is a concise alt-text description for the provided image: A high-angle shot of a woman in a small wooden boat on the green-tinted waters of Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. Her boat is filled with a colorful arrangement of fresh fruits. A second green boat with a white lifebuoy is partially visible in the foreground, creating a sense of daily life and commerce on the water.

    Forgetting Vietnam

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    One of the myths surrounding the creation of Vietnam involves a fight between two dragons whose intertwined bodies fell into the South China Sea and formed Vietnam’s curving S-shaped coastline. Influential feminist theorist and filmmaker Trinh T. Minh-ha’s lyrical film …

  • Metal and line art artwork. A collage of images are displayed within a pink swirl that swirls about a metal hook. They are simple images, like a mirror, a girl, a heart, and an antique chair are among the items depicted

    Contours of Becoming – Artist Talk

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Contours of Becoming brings together the work of Caroline Calvano and Keelie Murphy-Besaw, two Milwaukee-based artists whose practices center the body as a site of labor, adornment, and self-definition. The Artist Talk will feature both Calvano and Murphy-Besaw and is …

  • An overhead, close-up shot of a person using a wooden squeegee to pull dark ink across a screenprint mesh. The screen is burned with the text "STUDIO ARTS and CRAFT CENTRE" and a hand logo. A large open jar of vibrant purple ink sits in the foreground.

    Beginner Screenprinting Session 2

    Beginner Screenprinting Session 2
    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    In this class, participants will learn how to effectively make a design for screen printing. Then they will coat a screen, burn it, and print the design. This workshop is great for those who love printmaking, design, drawing, photography, and/or …

  • A simple, hand-drawn illustration in blue ink on a white background, featuring a small house merged with a vintage film projector. The house forms the body of the projector, with two windows and a door, while large film reels sit on the roof and a light lens extends from the right side as if projecting a beam.

    Special Event: Blue House

    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Blue House Film Screening is a D.I.Y. film organization showcasing short films and building cinematic connections in Milwaukee. Join us at the Union Cinema for a shorts program curated by the members of the Blue House collective!