Peck School of the Arts

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

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  

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The Trajectory Series

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

2016 Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowships for Individual Artists Awarded

Five Artists Recognized in Fourteenth Cycle

Quasimondo Milwaukee Physical Theatre premieres Animolecules Choreographia Microbiotica

Directed by Jenni Reinke & Brian Rott. December 3rd - 11th at Danceworks, 1661 N. Water St.

Crossing Over 2016

UWM Peck School of the Arts Undergraduate Art & Design Awardees

UWM’s Basting wins MacArthur genius grant

Basting is the first UWM faculty member to earn the MacArthur Foundation’s highest honor.

Milwaukee Public Schools partners with four nationally recognized artists through White House arts initiative

Turnaround Arts artists to work with students in four district schools

New Black Cat Alley Public Street Art Gallery Opens This Sunday On Milwaukee’s East Side

Black Cat Alley Grand Opening Ceremony and Black Cat Alley at Villa Terrace Exhibition Opens Sunday, September 18

UWM Arts Alumna Gives $1 Million Lead Gift to Renovate Studio Space

The gift will fund initial renovations to the top floor of the Kenilworth building, and construction is set to begin in 2017.

2016 Milwaukee Film Festival Box Office Opens on Thursday

Today is last day to buy discounted festival passes and ticket 6-Packs. New Age Narcissism headlines Opening Night Party

UWM Alumni Assocation to Honor More Than 20 Indivduals, Businesses

The 22 individual recipients and one corporate partner were chosen for awards based on their outstanding professional achievements, civic involvement and partnerships with the university.

Internationally Renowned Street Artist MTO to Make Milwaukee Appearance

South facing façade of Oriental Theatre to get street art mural for Black Cat Alley Fundraising Gala, on July 21

Foundation’s Nohl Fund grants $338,000 toward area arts programs

The Mary L. Nohl fund has made grants of more than $7 million since 2001 in support of visual arts and arts education in the metropolitan area.

Internationally Renowned Street Artist MTO to Make Milwaukee Appearance

MTO to paint south facing façade of Oriental Theatre for Black Cat Alley Fundraising Gala, July 21

First Lady Michelle Obama welcomes MPS to national Turnaround Arts program

President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities program, Turnaround Arts, infuses high-need schools with the arts as strategy to help close the achievement gap and provide equitable access to arts and music education

Mural-makers to transform East Side alley into a work of art

Throughout the summer, artists will transform the alley that runs behind the Oriental Theatre and Colectivo Coffee into an outdoor collection of murals.

Milwaukee’s East Side to be Transformed by Street Art Mural Installations

Juried artist selection announced, includes renowned international, national and local street artists

Heidi Knudsen to Receive Arts Leadership Award: Concert to Benefit String Academy of Wisc. Scholarship Fund

The twenty-sixth annual Scholarship Benefit Concert on May 23rd will feature current String Academy of Wisconsin students and ensembles.

Celebrating 46 Years of Service to Milwaukee’s South Side with Expansion to Welcome More Students, Provide Support for Expectant Mothers with Addiction

Anniversary Celebration will honor Friends of the Hispanic Community & Badger Mutual Wall of Fame Awardees and Commemorate Expanded Partnerships to Benefit Students

UWM to present ‘Corktown’ – a look at gentrification in Detroit

Performances are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday.

Wild Space Makes Fresh Tracks in February Show

Audiences will be invited to visit and revisit three distinct performance areas.

UWM: ‘Damn Yankees’ Will Welcome the Racing Sausages

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18-22.

Seniors and Students Combine Creative Forces to Celebrate Halloween

The Hallows Eve Social runs from 7-8:30 p.m., and also features a Haunted Hall and a pumpkin-decorating contest.

UWM Theatre presents “Damn Yankees,” November 18-22

Opening November 18 at 7:30PM in UWM's Mainstage Theatre.

Twelfth Annual Nohl Fellowship Exhibition Opens at INOVA, October 9

Each autumn, the Nohl exhibition affords us an opportunity to stop and consider what it means to be an artist in greater Milwaukee at a specific moment in time.

Crossing Over 2015

UWM Peck School of the Arts Undergraduate Art & Design Awardees

2015 Milwaukee Film Festival Box Office Now Open

Opening Night Party melds film and community with audience, donors and sponsors

Event invitation from Alderman Nik Kovac

Five small and medium sized arts and culture museums, located on Milwaukee’s historic East Side and in close proximity to one another along the Lake Michigan shoreline, have created the Milwaukee Museum Mile. This joint effort among the Jewish Museum Milwaukee, The Charles Allis Art Museum, Museum of Wisconsin Art at St. John’s On The Lake, The Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, and the North Point Lighthouse at Lake Park, creates a simple and more affordable way for visitors to access and enjoy multiple museum experiences, while promoting the area as a destination to Milwaukee residents and visitors to our city.

Kyoung Ae Cho: One at a Time, April 13-July 13

Women, Nature, Science Series Continues

Milwaukee Museum Mile Celebrates Its 3rd Year With Annual May Event

The Milwaukee Museum Mile is back with a day of free admission.

Digital Billboard Art Month Brings Ten-Day Art Exhibit to All of Milwaukee

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has issued a proclamation recognizing October 1-10 as “Digital Billboard Art Month”(DBAM).

IN:SITE Announces Digital Billboard Art Month

Milwaukee billboards will get a little bit more pleasing in October.

88Nine RadioMilwaukee Purchases Building in Fifth Ward for New Studio

Project Will Link Station to Community, Include New Studios, 100-­Seat Performance Space.

Wisconsin natives inducted to MPL Writers Wall of Fame

Milwaukee Public Library’s Wisconsin Writers Wall of Fame to induct two state natives: children’s author/illustrator Kevin Henkes and author/filmmaker Richard Schickel.