Peck School of the Arts

Present Music Celebrates Hindu Festival

Audience members can get in the spirit and wear festive Indian attire.

A Rebellion Against Valentine’s Day

Quasimodo Physical Theatre makes a salad at Present Music concert.

Multiyear Community-Based Creative Research Project Culminates in World Premiere Work at Winterdances – Resilience

Black Arts MKE Announces 10th Anniversary Production of Black Nativity, Directed by Local Theater Legend Sheri Williams Pannell

Black Arts MKE’s production celebrates a decade of joyful African American artistry and faith that compels audiences to sing, dance, and clap along to the Good News

UWM and Milwaukee Opera Theatre Set Sail With a Playful “Pinafore”

A student-driven take on Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic turns Lake Michigan into a comic sea of local jokes and musical energy.

Ben Tyjeski – “Birds and Blooms” at Grove Gallery

Acclaimed Wisconsin Concert Pianists Perform & Judge in the Wisconsin Youth Piano Competition

Poetry in the Park Returns for Its 11th Season

Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents to present Regents Business Partnership Award to Northwestern Mutual  

Milwaukee Arts Groups Suffer Federal Funding Cuts

NEA grants already awarded are cancelled, though not entirely for some.

UWM to award more than 3,300 degrees at commencement May 18

‘The Dells’ Is A Canny, Very Wisconsin Docu-Film

And 'Cycle' is a hard look at 2019 police killing of Black youth in Racine.

Dr. Thomas Gibson named chancellor of UW-Milwaukee

Present Music’s Never-Predictable Spirit Will Unleash intO tHe WiLd at Jan Serr Studio

On March 26th & 27th, audiences will hear two world premieres and a re-imagined “Born to be Wild” before dipping into the macabre world of Edward Gorey

Mamma Knows Best!

Florentine Opera Presents a Comedic Spin on Opera Behind the Scenes

UWM celebrating Alumni Awards Evening 2025 at Pfister Hotel

Ticket deadline approaching for Feb. 21 ceremony that honors award winners

UWM to award more than 1,700 degrees at commencement Dec. 15

December Events at the Lynden Sculpture Garden

UWM to host renowned legal analyst and jewelry collector Jill Wine-Banks for free public talk and opening reception

Event Includes exhibition of Wine-Banks’ iconic pins collection

Civic Music MKE Will Ignite the Local Scene with “LIVE at the IVY” – A Dazzling Celebration of Young Talent

UWM presents Bright Star

UWM Peck School of the Arts opens its doors for Kenilworth Open Studios

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to present Once Upon A Mattress

2024 Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowships Awarded

Five Visual Artists Share $140,000 in 2024 Cycle

UWM to award more than 2,000 degrees at commencement Dec. 17

Introducing Panther Pale Ale

Pilot Project partnered with UWM to create it; will sell at Panther Arena, Pilot Project and area retailers.

Present Music Goes Expressionist

A concert version of 1924 film, 'The City Without Jews,' plus a reimagined Woody Guthrie song.

Sculpture Milwaukee Returns For 7th Year

Featuring 7 artists from across the globe, 39 works, and a meditation on Michael Jackson.

Fine Arts Quartet Offers Summer Festival

Three free concerts in July. And what a lineup of compositions.

UWM to award 3,400 degrees at commencement May 21

Art, architecture and manufacturing intersect with new Milwaukee sculpture

Madison-based Vendura Industries collaborates with architects and schools to produce ‘Wall-E’ sculpture on display at 3rd Street Market Hall in downtown Milwaukee

Sculpture Milwaukee Adding Spring Exhibit Inside The Avenue

Exhibit by area colleges in downtown complex will complement main sculpture event.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Names Mo Zell Interim Dean of the New College of the Arts and Architecture

Gallery Night MKE Celebrates Creativity — at 50+ locations — April 21 & 22

Quartet Returns With Fun Program

World-class Fine Arts Quartet with play Glazunov and Beethoven at his most genial.

Milwaukee’s First Stage and Ko-Thi Dance Company in collaboration present THE DANCING GRANNY

A fun, interactive First Steps production that kids and adults will enjoy together

Indaba African Ball Announces Honorees

Benefit for band shell kicks off Black History Month.

Present Music Explores Music With Native American Themes

Annual Thanksgiving concert gives thanks in many musical ways.

Milwaukee Underground Film Festival

Plus, a new record release, Sunstone Studios stages a new take on Shakespeare, Milwaukee Comic Con, cider and cycles, a holiday market and more.

Present Music Opening Concert Examines The Nature of Time

The selections explore time, in its use in music and otherwise, creating a diverse program of new music.

The Return of Fringe Festival

For fifth year, featuring underrepresented artists in theater, dance, music and more.

East Side Condo Plan Still a Parking Lot

Eight-story project on Prospect delayed. Developer requests 5 more years for a parking lot.

Present Music Comes In From the Cold

With an online concert presented Friday featuring a wild and wacky mix of music.

Visit Candy Cane Lane

Plus, socially-distanced Santa Cycle Rampage, and UWM's Peck School of the Arts is hosting a virtual gallery.

The Pfister® Hotel Welcomes Nykoli Koslow as Next Artist in Residence

12th Artist in Residence Succeeds Rosy Petri after postponement due to COVID-19

Peck School of the Arts Theater Season Opens Oct. 14 with Socially Distanced Social Satire

UWM to hold virtual commencement on Aug. 16

The Pfister® Hotel Names Nykoli Koslow as Next Artist in Residence

12th Artist in Residence Succeeds Rosy Petri; Petri Culminating Residency with a Blues, Brews, and BBQ event.

Trajectory Series Opens February 27 at Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum

A Week of Chamber Music in Milwaukee

An extensive and varied menu of chamber music is on display in Milwaukee over the coming week.

The Trajectory Series

Where Art and Technology Converge – Guest-Curated by Christopher Willey –

No Longer a “Sleepy Backwater”

So says gallery owner John Sobczak about Milwaukee’s art community.

MOWA | DTN Presents Nathaniel Stern

The World After Us: Imaging Techno-Aesthetic Futures Opening on Gallery Night: Friday, January 17, 2020

Skylight Music Theatre Announces Cast, Creative Team for The Gospel at Colonus

An Exuberant Blues & Gospel Re-telling of Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus

More than 2,100 to receive degrees at UWM graduation Dec. 15

Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso and More

50 paintings by giants of European modernism coming to MAM starting Friday.

UWM Union Art Gallery presents Crossing Over

An exhibition of Peck School of the Arts scholarship recipients

MIAD, UWM Host Society for Photographic Education Midwest Chapter Conference Oct. 23-26

The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design and the Peck School of the Arts at UW-Milwaukee will co-host the conference.

Inside UWM’s Jan Serr Studio

Versatile event space hosts school and public events, is site for Milwaukee Film Festival screenings

UWM Union Art Gallery presents Photographic Reflections: Documenting Community

Opening October 17, 2019 and running through November 8, 2019, this show will present work by internationally-renowned photographers Alejandro Cartagena, Justine Kurland and Darcy Padilla.

Announcing the Milwaukee-Made Films

'Give Me Liberty' headlines strong list of films slated for Milwaukee Film Festival.

Coffee & Conversation with Black Cat Alley Muralists on 7/18

Black Cat Alley is Milwaukee’s original outdoor art gallery located in a private alley on the East Side between E Kenilworth Place and E Ivanhoe Place.

All About Downtown

MOWA’s new space at Saint Kate Hotel celebrates downtown. And why not?

Robert Greenstreet Stepping Down as Dean of SARUP

Long-time UWM leader will return to teaching after 29 years at helm of architecture school.

Sculpture Milwaukee Announces Final Artists for 2019

Red Grooms, Haas Brothers, John Riepenhoff, Carlos Rolón, Arlene Schechet, Sean Scully, B. Wurtz to join list of artists

5 Can’t-Miss YPWeek Events

Top picks from a week of events for young professionals and those young at heart.

Police shoot man with weapon after altercation on campus

This incident involved only one suspect.

Owners of Contemporary Art Collection Bring Their Privately-Owned Works to the Public with the Launch of “The Warehouse”

A 4,000-square-foot, collector-owned museum has opened in Milwaukee and features exhibitions from their private art collection and other sources

The Fine Arts Quartet Returns

They ended 55-year UWM residency last year, but return for all-Beethoven concert.

Logan Reichenberger

"Since graduation I have fallen in love with the diverse history of the city..."

Cream City Cinema Showcases Region’s Diverse Filmmaking Talent

HBO presents new Cream City Cinema Emerging Voices Award to accelerate a local filmmaker’s career

UWM Film Program Named One of America’s Best

The news comes as the Peck School's Department of Film, Video, Animation & New Genres adds a new bachelor of fine arts degree in animation.

Jewish Museum Milwaukee Exhibit Shows Importance of Civil Liberties through Hollywood’s Blacklist

Blacklist: The Hollywood Red Scare asks visitors to critically examine other points in history including contemporary issues

Building Bridges Art Project Unveiled

Boys and Girls Clubs' youth create mural honoring civil rights pioneer Ruby Bridges.

Dawn Springer Dance Projects and Jon Mueller’s Rhythmplex present live concert

Milwaukee Ballet affiliated artists to perform with internationally acclaimed composer and percussionist Jon Mueller

History, a Harley, photography and more featured in new exhibition

The exhibition “Look Here” begins a 12-week run in Milwaukee with an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 28, at Villa Terrace.

Summer Exhibition Features Artwork Created by Artists From RedLine Milwaukee and Peck School of the Arts

Inspired By UWM Library’s Special Collections. June 28 – September 16

Fine Arts Quartet Returns

Community brings quartet back to perform works by Beethoven, Shostakovich and Dvořák.

State Artists Reinterpret, Reintroduce History in ‘Look Here’ Exhibition

It features the work of 14 Wisconsin artists and their reinterpretations of artifacts from the UWM Libraries.

Professors to Receive $110,000 in Grants from National Endowment for the Arts

Among the grantees are two projects led by UW-Milwaukee faculty: Anne Basting and Mo Zell.

Creativity and community on tap at Kenilworth Open Studios on Milwaukee Day

Admission and activities at Kenilworth Open Studios are free.

Milwaukee Film Cluster Could Be a Star

New effort is a classic example of reinventing the Rust Belt.

Up in Smoke: staged reading of “Anna in the Tropics” to aid Peck School of the Arts

This unique event features an exciting, original, two-part program.

The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip comes to the Milwaukee Art Museum

First exhibition to explore the American photographic road trip as a genre in and of itself

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre presents MIRACLE ON SOUTH DIVISION STREET by Tom Dudzick

November 22-December 17, 2017 at the Broadway Theatre Center’s Studio Theatre

The Greatest Quartet Ever Composed?

The FAQ blasts off with Beethoven, plus Haydn and Barber.

Black Cat Alley Premieres New Murals and Urban Garden for Doors Open Milwaukee 2017

One-Year Anniversary Celebrated with Two New Murals and Green Space

Wild Space Offers Living Dioramas in Artifacts

Wild Space presents 31st site-based performance at the Goat Palace Riverwest

Fine Arts Quartet Ends an Era

Its final summer concert brings to an end a decades-long tradition.

FAQ Performs Rare Chausson Work

Two guest artists from France join the Fine Arts Quartet to reprise a January Bordeaux concert.

FAQ Does All-Schumann Show

Two big romantic works may be sensory overload, but what a treat.

UWM Arts Instructor Seeks Justice

Nicolas Lampert creates designs for groups like Voces de la Frontera.

UWM Recovering From Fire

Some classes resume in Peck complex. Rep helps UWM theater.

Mark Mone’s French Provincial Manse

UWM chancellor's nearly $1 million home boasts a bar and wine cellar.

UWM Music building and Recital Hall to reopen Monday following fire

The theater building will likely remain closed until fall.

Classes moving, cleanup started following fire at UW-Milwaukee

The art building is expected to be cleaned and reopen by April 21. The theater building will likely remain closed until the fall semester.

Walker’s Point Center for the Arts turns 30

Kicks off yearlong celebration with a milestone exhibition

Mozart Piano Concerto Without Orchestra

Fine Arts Quartet specializes in chamber reductions of his keyboard concertos.

Get Caught Up in the Moment with Sensoria & Wild Space

Sensoria and Wild Space are collaborating on a one night only performance of music and dance improvisation at UW-Milwaukee Kenilworth Square East Gallery.

An Intimate Version of Mozart

Fine Arts Quartet and guests perform unique, reduced version of Mozart piano concerto.