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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 …

  • An illustration with a central text bubble that reads "LEAVE YOUR mark," with "mark" written in white script inside a blue, textured banner. To the left, a Black person in a teal long-sleeve shirt holds a stack of colorful books, and to the right, a woman with dark brown hair wearing a pink top and green skirt gestures toward the text while holding a blue folder under her arm.

    Leave Your Mark

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

    Explore the Social Change model, designed to drive positive change in our community. Explore how you see yourself v. how others see you, learn how to ask for and be truly receptive to feedback, plan a hypothetical bank heist and …

  • 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! 

  • 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 2

    Intro to Stained Glass Session 2
    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 hanging piece.

  • Surrendur Movie

    Surrendur

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

    Surrendur transmits the stories of Mike Forcia (Bad River Anishinaabe), who orchestrated the 2020 toppling of a Christopher Columbus monument in Minnesota, and Ta Pe'juta Wičháȟpi Win (Hunkpati Dakota Oyate), whose political consciousness was awakened while dancing around the fallen statue with her daughter.

  • High-angle view of dancers in colorful traditional skirts and musicians performing for a surrounding crowd at the Latine Diversity Festival.

    Latine Diversity Festival

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

    Food, crafts, entertainment, and more! Join us in celebrating the diversity that is the Latine community! Come learn about the different Latin American and Caribbean countries while enjoying a snack! 

  • Hands holding up a solid blue crocheted yarn square in front of a colorful backdrop of textured crochet squares.

    Fibers Made Easy: Granny Squares Session 3

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

    Interested in learning the foundations of crochet? Granny squares are a great place to build or hone skills in fiber art! Individual squares can be displayed or combined to create larger objects like scarves, blankets, or clothing pieces! Join us for this one-night course, to learn the basics, including successfully selecting yarn, reading a pattern, planning your project, and creating foundation stitches! Fiber arts like crochet and knitting are a great tool to manage stress and anxiety and an even greater way to meet people while engaging in a fun communal activity.

  • Overhead view of a white collagraph printing plate layered with dried botanical elements, leaves, green mesh, and pink netting on a craft table next to red scissors.

    Collagraph Printmaking

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

    Explore the creative possibilities of collagraph printmaking by building a textured printing plate from everyday materials such as cardboard, fabric, lace, leaves, and other found objects. Over two sessions, participants will design, ink, and print their unique plates while experimenting with this sustainable and versatile printmaking technique. Whether creating abstract or representational imagery, everyone will leave with a collection of original prints ready to display and share.

  • Hands holding up a solid blue crocheted yarn square in front of a colorful backdrop of textured crochet squares.

    Fibers Made Easy: Granny Squares Session 4

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

    Interested in learning the foundations of crochet? Granny squares are a great place to build or hone skills in fiber art! Individual squares can be displayed or combined to create larger objects like scarves, blankets, or clothing pieces! Join us for this one-night course, to learn the basics, including successfully selecting yarn, reading a pattern, planning your project, and creating foundation stitches! Fiber arts like crochet and knitting are a great tool to manage stress and anxiety and an even greater way to meet people while engaging in a fun communal activity. 

  • An animated movie scene from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs showing the characters Flint Lockwood and Sam Sparks standing together under a bright blue sky. They are looking upward in awe and surprise as a downpour of giant, cooked meatballs falls from the sky around them.

    Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs: An Interactive Movie Experience

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

    Spaghetti storms, cheesburger showers and ice cream skies, step into Swallow Falls where food falls from the sky! Join us for an interactive movie night featuring Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs! Experience the film like never before with themed treats, and fun surprises as the story unfolds.

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    16mm Student Showcase

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

    Join us for a showcase of exemplary student-made films born out of the various 16mm classes in the Department of Film, Video, Animation & New Genres: a celebration of the diverse creative approaches, from experimental photochemistry to sync-sound narrative, of the talented young filmmakers working to keep celluloid alive.