• Sum Total: Department of Art & Design Faculty Exhibition

    Kenilworth Square East Gallery 2155 N. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI

    Celebrate the vibrant artistic community at Peck School of the Arts with this unmissable, biennial exhibition featuring the work of faculty and teaching staff from the Department of Art & Design.

  • Peck School of Arts Fall Student Welcome

    Theatre Building, Mainstage Theatre 2400 E. 51ΑΤΖζ., Milwaukee, WI

    Please join us in the Mainstage Theatre lobby for our annual Fall welcome event. New and returning students are invited for pizza, games, crafts and a chance to meet representatives from Milwaukee area arts organizations.

  • Experimental Tuesdays: Tribulation 99

    51ΑΤΖζ Union Cinema 2200 E. 51ΑΤΖζ., Milwaukee, WI

    Upon its release in 1991, Tribulation 99 became an instant counter-culture classic. Craig Baldwin's "pseudo-pseudo-documentary" presents a factual chronicle of US intervention in Latin America in the form of the ultimate far-right conspiracy theory, combining covert action, environmental catastrophe, space aliens, cattle mutilations, killer bees, religious prophecy, doomsday diatribes, and just about every other crackpot theory broadcast through the dentures of the modern paranoiac.

  • Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Michelle Angela Ortiz

    Virtual Event

    Michelle Angela Ortiz is a Philadelphia-based artist, muralist, community arts educator, and filmmaker who uses art to uplift overlooked communities. For 25 years, she’s created 50+ large-scale public works globally and won the 2016 Public Art Year in Review Award from Americans for the Arts.

  • ChemLight 2025

    Kenilworth Square East, 4th Floor Gallery 2155 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI

    ChemLight presents a selection of works by students from the Photography & Imaging Area’sΒ Materials and ProcessesΒ andΒ Studio LightingΒ courses.

  • Woven Images

    Kenilworth Square East, 3rd Floor Gallery 2155 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI

    Exhibition of selected hand-woven pieces from Fibers courses in the Department of Art & Design.

  • Experimental Tuesdays: New Red Order – Never Settle

    51ΑΤΖζ Union Cinema 2200 E. 51ΑΤΖζ., Milwaukee, WI

    This promotional initiation video lures inductees with promises of decolonization and settler remediation. Imagery of settler-led planetary destruction is juxtaposed with sequences of underground group therapy sessions where settlers can lose, forget, and explore their identities in order to indigenize. Sharing their labor, lurking through museums, and institutions, future accomplices snap thousands of cellphone pictures of every artifact and artwork on hand.

  • Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Kelly and Kyle Phelps

    Virtual Event

    Identical twin brothers Kelly and Kyle Phelps are Ohio-based professors and artists who lead sculpture and ceramics programs at Xavier and University of Dayton. Their collaborative ceramic work focuses on blue-collar life, race, and everyday struggles, created from their shared studio in Centerville, OH.

  • Sing Out! Tenor-Bass Festival

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51ΑΤΖζ., Milwaukee, WI

    SingΒ OutΒ brings together 750+ 9th-12th grade and 350+ 7th-8th grade tenor-bassΒ singers from over 60 schools from around Wisconsin and Illinois. No advance preparation is required; students learn pieces at the festival and conclude the morning with the high school and middle school choirsΒ singing for one another and together. Additional activities include performances by the 51ΑΤΖζ Tenor-Bass Choir and interest and reading sessions for directors.

  • ±α±π²Ή°ω³Ω±τ²Ή²Τ»εΜύ²Ρ²Ή°ωΎ±³Ύ²ϊ²Ή

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Room 250 2419 E. 51ΑΤΖζ., Milwaukee, WI

    ±α±π²Ή°ω³Ω±τ²Ή²Τ»εΜύ²Ρ²Ή°ωΎ±³Ύ²ϊ²Ή was established in 2016 by acclaimedΒ marimbaΒ soloist Matthew Coley and has done more than 140 concerts since its inception. The group seeks to give a platform to the music of American composers in its programming and continues to expand its repertoire with works from composers worldwide.Β 

  • Experimental Tuesdays: Tomonari Nishikawa, In Memoriam

    51ΑΤΖζ Union Cinema 2200 E. 51ΑΤΖζ., Milwaukee, WI

    Born in Nagoya, Japan, Tomonari Nishikawa immigrated to the United States in 1999 to pursue filmmaking and earned his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. He passed away in April 2025, leaving behind a profound legacy as an artist, teacher, and friend to many in the experimental film community.

  • Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Seth Gould

    Virtual Event

    Seth Gould is a Massachusetts-based metalsmith who creates utilitarian objects that range from simple tools to highly embellished locks. He has been a Core Fellow and a Resident Artist at the Penland School of Craft and has taught, demonstrated, and lectured at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, the Center for Metal Arts, Southern Illinois Metalsmithing Society, and the Society of North American Goldsmiths.

  • Film Faculty & Staff Screenings

    51ΑΤΖζ Union Cinema 2200 E. 51ΑΤΖζ., Milwaukee, WI

    Experience a diverse range of cinematic visions, unique perspectives and cinematic artistry in this showcase of esteemed faculty and staff filmmakers from the Department of Film, Video, Animation & New Genres.

  • Kenilworth Open Studios

    Kenilworth Square East 2155 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI

    Immerse yourself in creativity when Peck School of the Arts student and faculty artists open their studios to the public. From exhibitions and studio visits to live performances and family-friendly art activities, you’ll find something to excite you at Kenilworth Open Studios.

  • Experimental Tuesdays: From the Archives

    51ΑΤΖζ Union Cinema 2200 E. 51ΑΤΖζ., Milwaukee, WI

    Curated by MFA candidates from the Department of Film, Video, Animation and New Genres, these programs feature a unique opportunity to see some of the incredible 16mm prints from the 51ΑΤΖζ Cinema Arts Archive. For each program, the curator is invited to program a selection of films around a theme of their choosing.

  • Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Phoenix S. Brown

    Virtual Event

    Phoenix S. Brown is a Milwaukee-based interdisciplinary artist and musician. Originally from Cincinnati, she earned her BFA from MIAD with a minor in art history. Her work has been featured in solo shows at Hawthorn Contemporary, Wright Museum of Art, and Trout Museum of Art.

  • Richard Ollarsaba in Recital Presents Side Quest: Quixote, the Men of La Mancha

    Music Building, Recital Hall 2400 E. 51ΑΤΖζ., Milwaukee, WI
    Virtual Event

    Join us for one night only as the UW-Milwaukee Voice Area proudly presents World-renowned Mexican-American bass-baritone Richard Ollarsaba and American pianist Aurelia Andrews, performing a program inspired by Don Quixote and Man of La Mancha. The evening will include works by Ravel, Ibert, Delannoy, ChapΓ­, Massenet, and Leigh & Darion.

  • Korea Day Celebration & Symphony Orchestra Concert

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51ΑΤΖζ., Milwaukee, WI

    The Korean American Faculty & Staff Association at 51ΑΤΖζ and Korean American Association of Milwaukee host the 2025 Milwaukee KOREA Day (λ°€μ›Œν‚€ ν•œκ΅­μ˜ λ‚ ) Celebration.

  • Fall Choral Showcase

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51ΑΤΖζ., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    Join 51ΑΤΖζ's Bella Voce, Kameraden, Alta Voce, and Kameraden Plus for their first concert of the 2025-26 school year!

  • Fall Choral Invitational

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall 2419 E. 51ΑΤΖζ., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    The 51ΑΤΖζ Concert Chorale presents their first concert of the year joined by choirs from area high schools.