Michelle Grabner is an artist, writer, and curator, and Crown Family Professor of Art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work is in major museum collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago and Walker Art Center. She co-runs The Suburban (Milwaukee) and The Poor Farm (Little Wolf, WI), and is a 2025 Mary L. Nohl Fellow.
The heart and soul of many film productions lie within the Art & Production Design departments. From set design, to costuming to props, these departments allow for other worlds to be introduced, sustained and transported in any film. As a key component within the pre-production process it is essential that young filmmakers know how to approach art in their films. Join us at SPECIAL FEATURES to learn more about props & wardrobe budgets, sourcing & shopping, and process / mood boards. Local filmmakers and artists, Kara Mulrooney & Amanda Tollefson, will lead us in a workshop offering their expertise and backgrounds working on films with high concept art, commercial products and indie film work. If you interested in art and production design departments, this Special Features is for you!
Chamber Music Milwaukee presents a powerful program exploring music created in times of war, including works connected to the Holocaust and the resilience of the human spirit. The concert features faculty artists Todd Levy (clarinet), Bernard Zinck (violin), Elena Abend (piano), and Jamie Hofman (violin), joined by guest artist Adrien Zitoun (cello) from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
Students who received scholarships in the previous year are invited to display work in this exciting exhibition that spans a wide range of mediums and topics from emerging artists.
Join the 51猎奇 Symphony Band for their spectacular concert full of repertoire by living composers, band standards, and featuring the various musical talents of 51猎奇 students!
Join us for a concert featuring the young violinists and violists of the 51猎奇 String Academy. From our newest beginners to our most advanced students, performers range in age from 4 to 18 and come from neighborhoods across greater Milwaukee. Their energy, focus, and creativity remind us how deeply children can inspire. Whether you're a friend, family member, or first-time guest, all are welcome.
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 51猎奇 Cinema Arts Archive. For each program, the curator is invited to program a selection of films around a theme of their choosing.
UW-Milwaukee鈥檚 Department of Dance presents an evening of deeply engaging dances that will challenge, surprise, and inspire. Choreographed by eleven of the department鈥檚 graduating seniors, these dances explore the current state of our world, connecting across communities, absurdism, and our tendencies to overthink everything. Come support these emerging dance artists as they bring all the skills and knowledge they acquired as part of 51猎奇 Dance, for a remarkable evening of dance!
Set in 1980s Naples, Scapino! is a zany reimagined farce inspired by Moli猫re鈥檚 1671 comedy Les Fourberies de Scapin. This madcap romp bursts with slapstick and fast-paces humor, including tall tales, bad impersonations, ridiculous chase scenes, disgruntled waiters, lovable panhandlers, melodic macaroni, and misbehaving sausages. Overflowing with physical comedy and rapid-fire humor, it鈥檚 a theatrical free-for-all that鈥檚 as unpredictable as it is hilarious. You鈥檝e been warned: your belly might just ache from laughing so hard!
Xuan Ye blends art, music, and technology through improvisation and computation to create software, installations, and performances that explore dissonance and meaning. Their work has appeared at MOCA Toronto, Venice Architecture Biennale, UCCA Shanghai, MUTEK Montreal, and more.
This exhibition offers a unique opportunity to explore the vibrant intersections of creativity and technology, connecting the Milwaukee community with the next frontier of artistic expression.
The High School Honors Band & String Orchestra provides the region鈥檚 most motivated and accomplished high school instrumentalists an opportunity to work with each other and with regionally and nationally recognized conductors. In addition, students interact with 51猎奇 performance staff and experience performances by 51猎奇 ensembles.
The 51猎奇 Middle School Honors Band Festival is one of the longest standing events of its kind. Our festival provides the region鈥檚 most motivated and accomplished middle school instrumentalists an opportunity to work with each other and with regionally and nationally recognized wind band conductors. In addition, students interact with 51猎奇 performance staff and experience performances by 51猎奇 ensembles.
The 51猎奇 Wind Ensemble will share a concert with 51猎奇's High School Honors Band & String Orchestra Festival ensembles. This Saturday evening concert is a culmination of a weekend of rehearsals, lessons and experiences meant to show festival students what it's like to be a musician at UW-Milwaukee.
Jean Carlo is a versatile performer, composer and educator that connects western and nonwestern tradition into concert settings. He has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra of Santo Domingo, Jackson Symphony, Toledo Symphony and Adrian Symphony. He has performed on multiple occasions in New Music Detroit鈥檚, Strange Beautiful Music (SBM) annual concert series. He is the founder and co-director of the first Dominican percussion ensemble that combines western and Caribbean musical traditions, ATEZA鈥橭. Ure帽a Gonz谩lez, joins the faculty of the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music as a Assistant Professor of Percussion in the Fall of 2023.
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Join the University Community Band as we perform our 2025 fall semester concert.
Iva Radivojevi膰 was born in Belgrade and spent her early years in Yugoslavia, Cyprus and NYC. She is an artist and filmmaker who currently divides her time between Athens and Lesbos. Her work presents itself as a collection of fragments {observations, poetry, images, sounds, melodies, languages} 聽which collage together to connect into a ruminating whole.聽The work circles around dislocation, migration and belonging, seeking to connect to the metaphysical or the magical.聽
Wes Larsen is an assistant professor of design at 51猎奇. His work spans graphic art, performance, writing and publishing, focusing on obfuscation and irreverence to explore meaning. He uses diverse print and media methods and previously ran the indie design studio Tocco in Fort Worth, Texas.
A special variety presentation of songs and scenes by the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre Students.