• Experimental Tuesdays: From the Archives – Chae Yu

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

    Curated by MFA candidate Chae Yu. From the Archives is an ongoing series curated by MFA candidates in the 51ÁÔÆæ 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. 51ÁÔÆæ., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    The celebrate Women's History Month, Chamber Music Milwaukee is presenting a chamber music program showcasing women composers. 51ÁÔÆæ 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

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

    Curated by MFA candidate Matt Feldman. From the Archives is an ongoing series curated by MFA candidates in the 51ÁÔÆæ 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. 51ÁÔÆæ., 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

    51ÁÔÆæ Union Cinema 2200 E. 51ÁÔÆæ., 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: 51ÁÔÆæ Composers, Past & Present

    Music Building, Recital Hall 2400 E. 51ÁÔÆæ., 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 51ÁÔÆæ composition faculty. Curated by Phillip Sink, the event will offers 51ÁÔÆæ faculty and guests the opportunity to showcase repertoire that reflects 51ÁÔÆæ Composition Area's rich history and diversity.

  • Experimental Tuesdays: Alee Peoples

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

    Alee Peoples maintains a varied artistic practice that involves screen-printing, sewing, sculpture and film. Inspired by pedestrian histories, pop song lyrics and invested in the hand-made, Peoples has generated a collection of works on 16mm and super 8mm that are at once humorous, quietly profound, and deeply sincere. She has shown her films at venues including Edinburgh, NYFF, SFMoMA and The Pompidou Center. Filmmaker in attendance.

  • Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Lisa Tubach

    Virtual Event

    Lisa Tubach's practice is dedicated to documenting the oceans, coral reefs, sharks, and other species. Her creative research has taken her to the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Mediterranean. Tubach’s paintings have been exhibited in over 70 exhibitions throughout the world.

  • Classical Guitar Studio Concert

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

    Join us to celebrate our students' performances, featuring a diverse program of solo and chamber music works for the guitar!

  • Celebrating Tenor-Bass Choirs – A Joint Choral Concert

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

    51ÁÔÆæ's Kameraden tenor-bass choir is joined by Vox Ignis, the tenor-bass choir from Carthage College, for a joint choral performance. Join directors Zack Durlam (51ÁÔÆæ), Maggie Burk (Carthage) and singers from 51ÁÔÆæ and Carthage for a collaborative afternoon of choral music.

  • Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Barbara Ciurej / Lindsay Lochman

    Virtual Event

    Ciurej and Lochman collaborate on photographic projects that address history, myth and popular culture as they shape our understanding of who we are. They write: “collaboration opens the possibility of moving beyond personal stories and into the realm of collective experience. It has been the core of our practice and mirrors the fluid and mutable ways of storytelling traditions.â€

  • in^set

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

    in^set is a flexible chamber ensemble dedicated to creation, improvisation and experimentation. Founded in 2018 by David Aguila (trumpet), Teresa Díaz de Cossio (flute), and Ilana Waniuk (violin), in^set is committed to commissioning and performing existing compositions which extends their respective instrumental practices beyond the confines of contemporary classical music. Their collaborative creative work seeks to explore the sonic and visual possibilities of everyday objects, digital and analog visual components and hacked electronics. As advocates for music of the present, they aim to foster artistic partnerships and alternative modes of concert presentation. Their activities include outreach workshops and performances geared towards sharing their passion for expanded methods of sound production.