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As part of the 51ÁÔÆæ Union Cinema\u2019s Experimental\u00a0<\/span>Tuesdays<\/span>\u00a0series, on April 14<\/span><\/span> at 7 p.m., the 51ÁÔÆæ Union Cinema will be presenting An Evening with Dick Blau<\/em>, <\/span>presented in conjunction with the 51ÁÔÆæ Archives<\/a>. Dick Blau, a local photographer, artist, and filmmaker,\u00a0<\/span>has been making films and video works for over 40 years, and recently donated his archival collection to the 51ÁÔÆæ Archives.\u00a0<\/span>The evening will highlight his film and video works, including three\u00a0<\/span>2K\u00a0<\/span>restorations\u00a0<\/span>remastered<\/span>\u00a0from original elements<\/span>\u00a0stored at the 51ÁÔÆæ Archives. The event will also include\u00a0<\/span>discussion<\/span>\u00a0about his career,\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>stories about<\/span>\u00a0working in<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>Milwaukee art community<\/span>.<\/span> The event is free and open to the public<\/span>, and<\/span> is sponsored by the Department of Film, Video, Animation & New Genres<\/a>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dick Blau<\/a> (BA Harvard 1965; PhD Yale 1973) is professor emeritus and founder of the 51ÁÔÆæ Department of Film, Video, Animation, & New Genres. He is the author of six photo books and numerous films on many different subjects: from interpersonal family dynamics to the music and culture of the Roma of northern Greece. Covering a wide number of subjects and styles<\/span>, Blau<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s work\u00a0range<\/span>s across the genres \u2014 from documentaries to fairytales to studies in pure abstraction. Blau\u2019s films show internationally and his photographs can be found in major collections both here and abroad: in the Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the Thessaloniki Museum of Contemporary Art, and locally at the Milwaukee Art Museum and Museum of Wisconsin Art.<\/p>\n

See the Student Affairs Events and Activities Calendar<\/a> for more information about An Evening with Dick Blau<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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