• CARE: An Artist Talk with Choreographer and Director David Rousséve

    Diverse & Resilient 2439 N Holton Street, 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.

  • Experimental Tuesdays: Beatrice Gibson

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

    Resolutely feminist in form and content, Gibson’s 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. 

  • Dames at Sea

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

    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’s 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. Dames at Sea is a non-stop ride of romance, laughs, dance and musical delights.

  • Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Sulo Bee

    Virtual Event

    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.

  • Special Features: SOUNDBITES feat. Jimmy Gutierrez

    Mitchell Hall, Fine Arts Cinema Room B91 3203 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI

    An art & practice development workshop for PSOA students and the greater Milwaukee community interested in the film industry, featuring audio storyteller and journalist, Jimmy Gutierrez.

  • Popular Music Ensemble

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

    Popular Music Ensemble will perform music from the Pop/Rock/FGet ready to embark on a thrilling journey through the dynamic realms of Pop, Rock, and Folk music! Join us as the Popular Music Ensemble ignites the stage with an electrifying showcase spanning decades, from the foot-stomping beats of the 1950s to the chart-toppers of today!

  • Experimental Tuesdays: From the Archives – Chae Yu

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

    Curated by MFA candidate Chae Yu. From the Archives is an ongoing series curated by MFA candidates in the 51 Film Department. The curator is invited to program a selection of films around a theme of their choosing from the remarkable Cinema Arts Archive collection, which contains over 400 essential works from the history of experimental cinema.

  • Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Tina Rivers Ryan

    Virtual Event

    Tina Rivers Ryan is currently Editor in Chief of Artforum magazine. Her expertise is in the field of media art, including video, digital, and internet art. She has received some of the most prestigious honors for curators and critics including: Association of Art Museum Curators Award for Excellence (2022).

  • Chamber Music Milwaukee – Women Composers Matter

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

    The celebrate Women's History Month, Chamber Music Milwaukee is presenting a chamber music program showcasing women composers. 51 faculty and guests will perform works including Henriette Renié Trio for harp, violin and cello, Rebecca Clarke Sonata for viola and piano, Adrienne Albert Doppler Effect for flute, viola and harp and sarah Kirland Snider You a re Free for flute, clarinet, marimba, violin and cello.

  • Experimental Tuesdays: From the Archives – Matt Feldman

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

    Curated by MFA candidate Matt Feldman. From the Archives is an ongoing series curated by MFA candidates in the 51 Film Department. The curator is invited to program a selection of films around a theme of their choosing from the remarkable Cinema Arts Archive collection, which contains over 400 essential works from the history of experimental cinema.

  • Present Music Presents: Into The Wild

    Kenilworth Square East, Jan Serr Studio 2155 N. Prospect Ave, Milwaukee, WI

    Leave those winter doldrums in the rear-view mirror— this March, hear the beat of a different drummer! We’ll take you on a wild ride through influences from Turkey, the Caribbean and points unknown, with two major premieres from madly inventive composers Andy Akiho and Kamran Ince. It’s an off-road adventure with twists and turns, humor and some outlandish surprises.

  • A Performance Reading by Ann Cooper Albright

    Music Building, Recital Hall 2400 E. 51., Milwaukee, WI

    Join renowned dance scholar Ann Cooper Albright for a performance/reading of her newest book, Simone Forte: improvising a life.

  • Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Siara Berry

    Virtual Event

    Siara Berry is a sculptor working in a wide array of mediums. Her work has been exhibited in the Woman Made Gallery, Chicago; Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend; and Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. In addition to her art practice, Berry serves as the Arts/Industry Program Director for the John Michael Kohler Art Center in Sheboygan.

  • Special Features: COLORING BOOK feat. Kin Marie

    Mitchell Hall, Fine Arts Cinema Room B91 3203 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI

    An art development workshop for PSOA students, faculty, staff and the greater Milwaukee community.

  • Experimental Tuesdays: Calum Walter

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

    Calum Walter is an artist working in sound and moving image. His recent work has focused on human and machine error, collective anxieties, and the cultural moment as it is shaped by emerging and consumer technologies. His films have screened widely at film festivals including the Berlinale, Sundance, TIFF, the New York Film Festival, and IFF Rotterdam International Film Festival.

  • The Ballad of Maria Marten

    Kenilworth Square East, Kenilworth Five-0-Eight 2155 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI

    “It’s been a year since I died.” Thus begins Maria Marten’s story of her own abuse and murder in 1827. The notorious “Red Barn Murder” and public trial sent shockwaves throughout England and continues to capture the public imagination. While the story has all the hallmarks of a classic crime drama—a missing body, a country location, a village stuck in its conventional traditions—it is not just a murder story. Told from the victim's perspective, this powerful production reveals who Maria Marten really was in an unexpectedly joyous story of women’s resilience, friendship, and reclamation.

  • Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Frank Juárez

    Virtual Event

    Juárez is the art department chair at Sheboygan North High School, publisher of Artdose Magazine, and editor-in-chief of SchoolArts magazine. He brings over two decades of art education and arts management experience organizing local and regional art exhibitions, community art events, and supporting artists through grant programs and leading professional development workshops for artists.

  • CANCELED – Chamber Music Milwaukee: 51 Composers, Past & Present

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

    For its last concert of the season, Chamber Music Milwaukee is presenting a chamber music program featuring works written by current and former 51 composition faculty. Curated by Phillip Sink, the event will offers 51 faculty and guests the opportunity to showcase repertoire that reflects 51 Composition Area's rich history and diversity.