Winterdances: Perfectly Wild presents dance that blurs the line between the magical and mundane, traces the rivers of Milwaukee, reflects on the haunting legacy of Japanese internment, and empowers the fierce bonds of womanhood. These dances dive into our shared humanity, the challenges we all face, and offer a vision of how we might gather strength by coming together in community.
Peter Rose鈥檚 films, performances, and installations delve into the nature of time, space, and perception, drawing on his background in mathematics and structuralist cinema. With a keen interest in language as both form and concept, his work explores concrete texts, political satire, and the absurd. Exhibited globally at MoMA, the Whitney Biennial, and Centre Pompidou, Rose鈥檚 art reimagines the boundaries of media and thought.
Priya Kambli was born in India. She moved to the United States at age 18 carrying her entire life in one suitcase that weighed 20 lbs. She is currently Professor of Art at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. In 2008 PhotoLucida awarded her a book publication prize for her project Color Falls Down, published in 2010.
A screening of animated long shorts by collaborators Yifan Jiang and James J.A. Mercer to be followed by a Q&A. Yifan Jiang Chinese-Canadian, conceptually-driven, project-based artist who works across painting, animation, sculpture, and performance. Her paintings explore her experiences growing up in a world of multiple cultures and languages. Mercer is a New York based artist working with painting, drawing and animation.
The work of Amy O鈥橬eill investigates the intersections and balances between community and isolation, and the collaborative effort to build and maintain shared commonalities. Her paintings explore the invisible structures that support, improve, or divide specific communities. Her work has been included in juried and invitational exhibitions across the US and locally at the Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum, and the Charles Allis Art Museum.
This program by the UW-Milwaukee Wind Ensemble will feature Professors Kevin Hartman (Trumpet) and Bernard Zinck (Violin) as featured performers on James M. Stephenson鈥檚 鈥淭he Storyteller,鈥� an homage to long-time Chicago Symphony Orchestra Principal Trumpet Adolph 鈥淏ud鈥� Herseth (1921-2013). The concert will also include a pair of compositions with celestial inspirations: Roshanne Etezady鈥檚 鈥淧arhelion鈥� and Frank Ticheli鈥檚 鈥淪ymphony No. 2: Apollo Unleashed.鈥� We are pleased to welcome special nominated high school students in Milwaukee who will perform side-by-side at this concert.
Ahoy! Celebrate Valentines Day with a deep dive into the subterranean currents of one of 鈥淭he Great American Novels鈥�, Herman Melville鈥檚 鈥淢oby Dick鈥�! Director Wu Tsang has created a stunning feature-length silent film with live orchestral accompaniment, with a score by composers Caroline Shaw, Andrew Yee and Asthma Marrof. It鈥檚 a new take on the famous story, exploring hidden histories, marginalized narratives, and issues of social class and capitalism. And of course, a whale!
The talented first and second year voice majors present a recital of music from a wide variety of styles and genres.
Jimena Buena Vida聽is a Colombian-born artist whose work is rooted in computational aesthetics intersecting with modern art. Her digital art practice is informed by painting and animation, where creative coding as an art medium transforms JavaScript into vibrant abstraction.
Polish virtuoso Lukasz Kuropaczewski returns to Peck School of the Arts.
鈥淚 have a personal interest or collision with everything I use. I鈥檓 interested in the world around me. The stuff of everyday life.鈥� Raised in Maine and based in NYC, Wilkins creates moving image works combining conceptual rigor, uncanny observations, and bone-dry wit. From public hearings to mysterious videotapes, his work launches meditations on images, race, Hollywood, and life under late capitalism.聽
Learn about Peck School of the Arts resources, student organizations, programs and classes for majors, minors and non-majors. This opportunity is available to all 51猎奇 students. Free food will be provided.
Hollis Hammonds is a multimedia artist whose work, built on memory and utilizing evidence from the public collective consciousness, investigates social issues ranging from economic disparity and state violence to environmental degradation and human-made disasters. Her dystopian drawings and found-object installations have been widely exhibited throughout the US.
An art & practice development workshop for PSOA students interested in the film industry, featuring Directors, Auden Lincoln-Vogel & Philip Rabalais.
The resident members of the 51猎奇 Youth Wind and Percussion Ensembles program (UWAY) welcome aspiring members as part of the UWAY 鈥淎ll-Star鈥� Band and share a special concert performance! The area鈥檚 finest middle school and high school age woodwind, brass, and percussion students make-up these ensembles and each student is invited to be a part of this exclusive event at UW-Milwaukee.
Join us for an Artist Talk and community conversation with David to learn more about the issues and themes of care embedded in his work. During the Artist Talk you'll get to know David and his creative process and approach to LGBTQ+ advocacy.
Resolutely feminist in form and content, Gibson鈥檚 films explore the personal and the political and draw on cult figures from experimental literature and poetry - from Kathy Acker to Gertrude Stein. Collapsing fiction and documentary, and liquefying both, they range from experimental autobiography to nocturnal thriller and cast friends and influences as their characters and co-creators. Collaboration and credit are at their heart.聽
The show that launched Bernadette Peters as a Broadway star, this delightful, funny, tongue-in-cheek love letter to Hollywood musicals of the 1930s tells the story of sweet Ruby鈥檚 journey from her small hometown to New York City to become a Broadway star. There, she meets Dick, a sailor with ambitions as a songwriter. In grand Hollywood fashion, they tap dance their way from the chorus to stardom on the deck of a passing battleship.聽Dames at Sea聽is a non-stop ride of romance, laughs, dance and musical delights.
Sulo Bee is a co-founder of Queer Metalsmiths where they seek to uplift queer voices in the field of metalsmithing and craft. They hold a BFA in Metals and Jewelry from Texas State University in 2018 and an MFA from SUNY New Paltz in 2022. Bee currently teaches in Metals and Foundations the School of Art and Design at Texas State University.
Join us for a community workshop taught by guest artist and acclaimed choreographer David Rouss猫ve as he explores his process for excavating narratives from life experiences though the voice and the body.