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  • A collage featuring vertical panels of four distinct artworks: a painted ceramic vessel, a black-and-white zebra-stripe pattern, a detailed marbled abstract texture, and a mossy green sculpture with wire details.

    Common Ground – Exhibition Run

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

    Common Ground explores the possibilities of working with natural materials, bringing together artists whose practices engage with these mediums. The featured works demonstrate the diverse ways artists transform raw materials into objects of beauty, meaning, and innovation. Each work reflects …

  • Hands pouring a smooth blue glaze from a measuring jug over an upside-down white ceramic vessel held over a large plastic catchment bowl.

    Glazing Techniques Session 1

    Glazing Techniques Session 1
    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Learn basic techniques of surface decoration on ceramic forms! This course will cover underglaze techniques such as stenciling, shaving cream swirl, and Mishima inlay, as well as overglazing processes such as dripping, brushing, and marbling. We will dive right in, …

  • A man with dark, wet hair and dirt on his face stands in front of a tiled wall wearing a patterned zip-up hoodie.

    Obsession | New Release!

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

    After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic learns that desire’s fulfillment comes at the highest price. (Curry Barker, 2026, USA, 108 mins, Blu-ray)

  • A four-panel vertical collage featuring distinct visual textures side-by-side: a colorful ceramic vessel, zebra-like black and white stripes, a marbled pebble pattern, and green mossy plant life.

    Common Ground – Opening Reception

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

    Common Ground explores the possibilities of working with natural materials, bringing together artists whose practices engage with these mediums. The featured works demonstrate the diverse ways artists transform raw materials into objects of beauty, meaning, and innovation. Each work reflects …

  • An overhead, high-angle shot showing a person lying face down on dark green bedsheets with their bare back exposed and dark sheets partially covering their legs.

    What Happened Was…

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

    Winner of Sundance's Grand Jury Prize, Tom Noonan’s directorial debut is a darkly humorous take on the dread of dating. Featuring powerhouse performances by Noonan and Karen Sillas as two lonely hearts spending one claustrophobic Friday night together, the film …

  • A high-angle shot from the movie Trainspotting showing Renton seated cross-legged on a mattress on the floor in a light-blue shirt and jeans with a tourniquet on his arm, framed between the dark silhouette legs of two figures standing over him.

    Trainspotting | 30th Anniversary Restoration

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

    An adrenaline shot to the heart of British cinema, Danny Boyle’s darkly comic breakthrough relates the life and times of live-wire Scottish heroin addict Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) and his misfit mates, who get high, get in trouble, get clean, …

  • A vintage 1960 Topps Hank Aaron Milwaukee Braves baseball card displayed against a dark background, with white handwritten cursive text visible beneath the card reading, "...is a hard job weren't going".

    American Dreams (lost and found)

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

    16mm print! Milwaukee-born filmmaker James Benning's austere personal history of the USA from 1954 to 1976, told through an amalgamation of his Hank Aaron card collection with the scrolling scrawl of would-be Nixon assassin Arthur Bremer's diaries. Benning describes the …

  • A concrete bridge with arched supports stretches far across open water into the distance toward a horizon filled with white, fluffy clouds and a pale blue sky.

    Eight Bridges | Milwaukee Premiere

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

    “It seems to be the time to consider bridges.” James Benning’s latest exercise in looking and listening centers on meeting points between built and natural worlds, ranging from the cinematic (San Francisco’s Golden Gate) to the historical (Selma’s Edmund Pettus) …

  • Photo of the artist fair. In the foreground are two tables with a number of drawn portraits. The two artists are sitting behind the table, smiling. There are customers standing in front of the table looking at the assorted drawings.

    Fall Artist Fair

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

    Please join us in the Student Union Concourse for our Artist Fair. Individual students, Student Orgs, and local artists will be showing their wares like pottery, jewelry, prints, greeting cards, and so much more. Please contact us at the Craft Centre if you’re …

  • 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 Screen Printing

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

    If you are curious about screen printing but not sure where to begin, or want to perfect your technique, this class is for you! Participants will first learn how to create a suitable design, then create their screen. Finally, participants …

  • Photo of a table covered with parchment paper and people using modeling clay. There are two hands at the forefront of the picture manipulating a clay portrait of a face. The lips and nose are complete, and the person is working on the chin area.

    Intro to Ceramic Hand Building Techniques

    Intro to Ceramic Hand Building Techniques
    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    In this 5-week course, you'll explore the essentials of three fundamental hand-building techniques: pinch, slab, and coil. Throughout the class, you'll create multiple functional and decorative pieces: rustic mugs, jewelry dishes, textured coasters, trinket boxes, and large fruit bowls. This course is perfect for all experience …

  • Hands wearing mint-green dotted quilting gloves guide a colorful patchwork quilt under the presser foot of a sewing machine for free-motion quilting.

    Sewing Machine Basics: Patchwork

    Sewing Machine Basics: Patchwork
    UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Gain or expand your sewing skills in this introduction course! Our sewing specialist Beth will break down the basics, guiding you step-by-step through operating a sewing machine. Students will walk away with a complete patchwork piece, and confidence with techniques and terminology to continue their sewing journey with ease!