• Special Features: OFFICIAL SELECTION | Film Festival Strategies & Campaigns

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

    Looking to learn more insight and practical knowledge on our larger art industries, and how to prepare for an art-life post-graduation? Special Features is an artist talk and workshop series that is meant to provide filmmakers and artists with practical and insightful advice and skills as they navigate a variety of film industries.

  • Jazz Ensembles

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

    Join us for an evening of jazz featuring the 51 Jazz Ensemble, the 51 Afro-Caribbean Jazz Orchestra and the 51 Youth Jazz Ensemble (UJAY).

  • Contemporary Craft Exhibition & Sale

    Kenilworth Square East, 5th Floor Gallery 2155 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI

    Featuring handmade works from students in Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Ceramics, Photography, Digital Fabrication, and Design & Visual Communication.

  • Art & Design BA/BFA Fall Exhibition

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

    A semiannual exhibition showcasing the work of graduating students in the BA and BFA programs. The exhibition traditionally takes place at the end of fall and spring semesters.

  • Canceled Classical Guitar Studio Concert

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

    Please join us to celebrate our student's performances of Solo and Chamber Music works.

  • 51 Symphony Orchestra

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

    Join the 51 Symphony Orchestra for a vibrant and seasonally inspired program celebrating the spirit of December. The evening opens with the Baroque energy of J.S. Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3, followed by Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Violins, featuring a group of outstanding young violinists from the 51 String Academy.

  • 51 Steel PANthers Steel Band & Community World Music Ensemble

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

    This exciting night of music will feature music from Guatemala and Trinidad and Tobago performed by 51 students and Milwaukee community members. The 51 Steel PANthers Steel Band and the Community World Music Ensemble will join forces on a program highlighting traditional and arranged music played on Guatemalan marimba doble and Trinidadian steel pans.

  • Winter Choral Extravaganza

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

    Join 51's Concert Chorale, Bella Voce, Kameraden, Alta Voce, and Kameraden Plus choral ensembles for an evening of choral music featuring selections from a wide variety of styles and time periods.

  • Wisconsin Intergenerational Orchestra Presents: Celebration of Storytellers

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

    If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many do you think a song is worth? Join us at our "Celebration of Storytellers" concert to find out as we explore composers artfully conveying stories through song.

  • New Music Ensemble Fall Concert

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

    The New Music Ensemble (NME) will perform contemporary music ranging from avant-garde, world premieres, and student compositions. The NME is excited to perform this concert full of experimental and challenging music.

  • 51 Pop Ensemble – Live at Jan Serr Studio

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

    51’s Pop Ensemble brings chart-topping commercial music to life with student-led performances featuring rock, R&B, funk, and more. Don’t miss this dynamic showcase of tomorrow’s top talent!

  • African, Salsa/Merengue, and Hip-Hop Showcase

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

    This end of the term showing features works by the African Dance, Salsa/Merengue & Hip Hop classes.

  • UW-MESS Interactive Electronic Music Showcase

    Music Building, Electronic Music Studios B60 2400 E. 51., Milwaukee, WI

    Students enrolled in Interactive Electronic Music, representing UW-MESS (51 Electroacoustic Sound Studios), will showcase their final projects in a concert featuring all-new works of interactive electronic music!

  • Senior Screenings

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

    Graduating seniors showcase their exceptional work with the culmination of years of hard work and artistic growth. Get a first look at what the next generation of filmmakers has in store for the industry.

  • Youth Wind Ensemble (UWAY) Concert

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

    The UW-Milwaukee Youth Wind and Percussion Ensembles program ("UWAY") presents a program of contemporary and traditional symphonic band and wind ensemble repertoire. This concert will include some season favorites that are a UWAY tradition!

  • Experimental Tuesdays: Weather, or Not

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

    The weather moves around as the clouds imagine their own nephology: wondering what these people see when they see what they see. Fluttering by, attention pulls focus from the movement of the cloud, to the movement of the wind, to the movement of the eye, to the movement of the mind, without ever moving an inch. All the while, we’re watching seeing, or observing looking, or something like that. A program of short works that explore place, space and the weather, in all its sublime, mundane and chaotic glory.

  • Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Linda Fleming

    Virtual Event

    Linda Fleming, born 1945 in Pittsburgh, is a renowned sculptor and educator. Location is vital to her work which comes from three studios: a geodesic dome at Libre artist community in Colorado, Wall Spring in Nevada’s Smoke Creek Desert, and The Brewery in Benicia, CA, where she creates most of her large-scale sculptures.

  • Winterdances

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

    Winterdances: Resilience will present dance works that uplift the human connection through storytelling, joy, and resilience. The world premiere dances dive into our shared humanity and offer a vision of how we gather strength through community. This evening features new works by dance faculty Mair Culbreth, Ishmael Konney,  Dawn Springer, and a premiere work by acclaimed choreographer and special guest artist David Roussève.

  • Special Features | Real to Reel: Industry Standards for Cinematographers

    Virtual Event

    Join us virtually for our first workshop of the semester offers students, staff and community members with a practical, industry-focused look at working as a cinematographer on professional film and television sets. Designed for emerging filmmakers, the workshop demystifies the role of the cinematographer and equips attendees with actionable knowledge they can apply immediately—whether on student sets or professional productions.