June Updates & July Events in the UWM Peck School of the Arts
Events are listed by discipline (Dance, Film, Music, Theatre, Visual Art, Special Events) except for exhibitions, which are listed at the end. For updates, check our online calendar: arts.uwm.edu/calendar.
Electronic images are available for most events: pmorris@uwm.edu
BOX OFFICE INFORMATION
The Peck School of the Arts Box Office is located in the Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd. Summer box office hours are Monday – Friday, 12 noon to 5 pm and one hour prior to performances. For performances in the Mainstage Theatre or the Recital Hall, the Box Office opens its satellite location, in the Theatre Lobby, one hour prior to curtain. For performances at Kenilworth Square East, the box office opens there one hour prior to curtain. Box office phone: 414.229.4308.
DANCE
July 24-25, 2008 at 7:30 pm
DANCEMAKERS 09
Mainstage Theatre, Arts Center, 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Tickets: $10 general/$7 students, seniors & UWM alumni, faculty & staff.
New works by our graduate students-a diverse group of professional choreographers and
performers from all points of the compass.
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FILM
Check back next month.
MUSIC
New for June!
June 13, 20 & 27, 2009 (three Saturdays, 9 am-noon)
MUSIC WORKSHOP: HOME STUDIO: Music, Recording & Your Computer
Instructor: Kevin Schlei
Music Building Room 270, Arts Center, 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Fee: $125
To register: arts.uwm.edu/outreach (click on “Summer Learning Opportunities in Music”) or call 414-229-4308.
Learn everything you need to start recording and professionally mastering music on your computer immediately-using (mostly) FREE software! Kevin Schlei will take participants through the process of setting up a home studio, understanding microphones and recording techniques, and learning how to use professional-quality software to mix and master recordings. Whether you want to record your acoustic music, create a podcast or simply digitize your old LPs, this course is for you! Kevin Schlei is a lecturer in the Department of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
July 31-August 2, 2009
MUSIC WORKSHOP: THE MUSIC OF LEO KOTTKE
Instructor: John Stropes, assisted by Benjamin Kammin and Andrew Lardner
Fee: $280 (materials included; guitar required)
Location: Kenilworth Square East, 1925 E. Kenilworth Pl., Room 408
A residential option is available. Please see arts.uwm.edu/outreach.
In this intensive, three-day workshop, intermediate guitar students will have an opportunity to work on three compositions by virtuoso/composer Leo Kottke. Archival video, enhanced computer capabilities, and specifically designed pedagogical materials will enable participants to study these pieces in depth.
This class also includes multimedia lecture/presentations on the background, career, compositions, and technique of Leo Kottke, featuring rare archival video of Leo Kottke discussing composition, performance, and a life devoted to music. John Stropes is the director of Guitar Studies at UWM. Through historical research, analysis, transcription, teaching, and performance of finger-style guitar, he has brought focus to this style. His publishing company, Stropes Editions, Ltd., has set a new standard for written music for the guitar and guitar education.
THEATRE
Check back next month!
VISUAL ART (WORKSHOPS)
New for June!
June 13, 14, 20 & 21, 2009 (two weekends, 9 am-2:30 pm each day)
UWM DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL ART: SHIBORI & INDIG0 FABRIC DYEING
Instructor: Joann Engelhart
Art Building Room 402, Arts Center, 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Fee: $150 (includes supplies & materials)
To register: arts.uwm.edu/outreach (click on “Summer Learning Opportunities in Visual Art”) or call 414-229-4308
Learn to use pattern resists for dyebaths. Clamp, fold, pleat, stitch, wrap and encase objects in cloth to create unusual patterns in this workshop for beginners and experienced dyers. Re-dye the fabric several times to achieve layers of colors and patterns. Even better, use both fiber-reactive dyes and vat dyes to create gorgeous additional colors and halos, caused by chemical reactions between the two dyes. The possibilities are endless! (Open to adults and older teens.)
New for June!
June 25-August 20, 2009 (eight Thursday evenings, 6:30-9:30 pm; no class Thursday, July 2)
UWM DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL ART: PRINTMAKING STUDIO with Jessica Meuninck Ganger
Art Building Room 302, Arts Center, 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd.Instructor
Fee: $350
To register: arts.uwm.edu/outreach (click on “Summer Learning Opportunities in Visual Art”) or call 414-229-4308
Artists, educators, college students, experienced enthusiasts, intermediate and advanced printmakers can continue their education in screenprinting, intaglio, relief, lithography, letterpress, book arts, and digital printmaking in this eight-week workshop. Class meetings will include demonstrations of varied print media, group critiques, networking, and sharing of exhibition opportunities. Participants may work independently and/or take advantage of the demonstrations to learn new techniques or refine their practice. Previous printmaking experience required.Jessica Meuninck Ganger teaches printmaking in the Department of Visual Art at UWM.
July, 2009
SUMMER WORKSHOPS IN JEWELRY AND METALSMITHING 2009
Jewelers and metalsmiths of all skill levels are invited to join us for a series of exciting and challenging summer intensives at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. We will investigate a variety of techniques and processes, learn new ways to solve problems in metal, and explore our creative potential. Take them all or pick the ones that intrigue you most!
New this summer: Weekend & week-night options; register and pay online at arts.uwm.edu/metals.
For a complete listing of workshops: arts.uwm.edu/metals
July 11 & 12, 2009 (10 am-4 pm)
ALUMINUM ANODIZING: EARRINGS
Art Building Room 391, Arts Center, 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Fee: $150
To register: arts.uwm.edu/metals or (414) 229-4308
The anodizing process produces a porous surface that allows aluminum to accept dye easily-the spectrum of color is almost endless. Make samples using the processes and a pair of colorful earrings.
July 13, 14 & 15, 2009 (Daily, 6-9 pm)
WELDING & METAL FORMING: SCULPTURE OR VESSEL
Kenilworth Square East Room B61, 1925 E. Kenilworth Pl.
Fee: $130
To register: arts.uwm.edu/metals or (414) 229-4308
Design and fabricate a small-scale welded sculpture or vessel form using the Mig welding process and various metal shaping techniques.
July 18 & 19, 2009 (10 am-4 pm)
POWDER COATING
Kenilworth Square East Room B61, 1925 E. Kenilworth Pl.
Fee:$150
To register: arts.uwm.edu/metals or (414) 229-4308
Powder coating is a surface finishing technique used to color metal objects. Make samples using the process and bring a metal object from a previous workshop to color.
July 25, 2009 (10 am-4 pm)
SUMMER WORKSHOPS IN JEWELRY & METALSMITHING: OPEN STUDIO
Kenilworth Square East Room B61, 1925 E. Kenilworth Pl.
Fee: $45
To register: arts.uwm.edu/metals or (414) 229-4308
A guided studio sessions perfect for finishing a workshop project or making something new.
July 26, 2009 (10 am-4 pm)
SUMMER WORKSHOPS IN JEWELRY & METALSMITHING: OPEN STUDIO
Kenilworth Square East Room B61, 1925 E. Kenilworth Pl.
Fee: $45
To register: arts.uwm.edu/metals or (414) 229-4308
A guided studio sessions perfect for finishing a workshop project or making something new.
July 25 & 26, 2009
SITELINES DRAWING IMMERSION WORKSHOP: Collections
Saturday and Sunday, 10am-4pm
Instructor: Leslie Vansen
Fee: $55 (includes most materials)
Location: Kenilworth Square East, 1925 E. Kenilworth Pl.
To register: (414) 229-4308 or arts.uwm.edu/outreach
Artists in all disciplines will benefit from this intensive collaborative drawing workshop designed to expand the definition of drawing from technique to the creation of metamorphic and narrative forms. Participants will work in small teams to produce large scale collaborative drawings based on their prior investigations of the theme collections. Optional one-on-one portfolio
EXHIBITIONS
July 10-September 27, 2009
ROY STAAB: FOUR SEASONS/FOUR CORNERS
Institute of Visual Arts
Inova/Kenilworth, 2155 N. Prospect Ave.
FREE
Opening: Friday, July 10, 6-9 pm
Reception to mark completion of the outdoor work & publication of catalogue: August 18, 7-9 pm
Gallery hours: Wednesday & Friday-Sunday, 12 noon-5 pm; Thursday, 12 noon-8 pm.
Minimalism and Earth Art developed simultaneously in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Several noted artists, like Michael Heizer, Nancy Holt and Alice Aycock, combined strict geometries and minimal aesthetics with the vicissitudes of land, weather and atmosphere. With Roy Staab: Four Seasons/Four Corners, a retrospective exhibition at the Institute of Visual Arts (Inova), Milwaukee-based artist Roy Staab will finally be recognized as an integral part of this movement. Staab’s early work of the 1970s shows a preoccupation with pitting solid lines against the osmotic properties of water and natural forms. This concern would grow into large-scale installations in nature, which, in using native materials from each site and no permanent fixative devices, strictly adhere to the “leave no trace” environmental ethos. Inova will present evidentiary documents of Staab’s thirty-year oeuvre of temporary geometric form-based earthworks produced in locations throughout the world, along with original works on paper, artist’s books, and related ephemera. Inova is commissioning two works for the exhibition: a major new indoor installation and an outdoor, community-participatory work sited near the Peck School of the Arts Kenilworth building.
