The Eddie Gomez Trio, Fine Arts Quartet & More Set For Peck School

The Peck School of the Arts is at the center of the daily functioning of the University. Hundreds of performances, film screenings and exhibitions are offered each year by the Peck School to showcase your talents and to share your sense of pride and accomplishment. The School has a distinguished list of alumni active in all aspects of the arts and some who have pursued and been successful in professions outside the arts.

Main Attractions

Tues, Sept 6-Sat, Oct 1 - Continuum 10: Jan Serr - About Face, Opening reception on Sun, 9/18 at 2-4 pm, including artist talk at 2:30pm, Inova/Arts Center Gallery
Featuring work by Peck School of the Arts alumnae Jan Serr as she explores figurative painting. The exhibition will survey Serr's earlier work, and also include a large group of new figurative paintings, created specifically for this exhibition.
Free

Sun, Sept 25 - Fine Arts Quartet, 3pm, Helen Bader Concert Hall
The Fine Arts Quartet, guest cellist Desmond Hoebig and guest pianist Menachem Pressler perform works by Mozart, Herrmann and Dvorak. The concert will be preceded by a pre-concert talk at 2pm by former MSO principal bassoonist Stephen Basson.
Free and open to the public. Reserved seats required.

Fri, Sept 30-Sun, Dec 4 - Greater Milwaukee Foundation's Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowship for Individual Artists Exhibition, Opening reception 9/30 at 5-8pm, Inova/ Kenilworth
This year's artists include: Paul Druecke, Brent Coughenour and Waldek Dynerman in the established category and Sarah Buccheri, Ashley Morgan, Neil Gravender, and Chris Thompson in the emerging category.
Free

And have you heard the news? The UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts Department of Film has been named one of the top 25 film schools in the world by the Hollywood Reporter! Read all about it on the Peck School News Blog.

More Events

Sat, Sept 3 - Eddie Gomez Trio, 7:30pm, Recital Hall
Featuring world-renowned bassist Eddie Gomez, pianist Stefan Karlsson and drummer Rodrigo Villanueva.
Tickets: $22 general/$15 seniors, and UWM faculty, staff and alumni/$12 students

Tues, Sept 6-Sat, Oct 1 - Continuum 10: Jan Serr - About Face (See Main Attractions)

Wed, Sept 14 - Artists Now: Laura Nova - Runner Up, 7pm, Arts Center Lecture Hall - ACL 120
Nova explores the impact of the environment on human relationships. Inspired by endurance sports and physical activity, her research and work often engages the public in a social practice, such as organized running races and walking tours.
Free

Sun, Sept 18 - Music From Almost Yesterday Concert, 3pm, Recital Hall
Presenting an Accordion 21st Century concert featuring Stas Venglevski and guest artists Mikhail Litvin, mandolin and Dana McCormick, piano. The concert includes an international repertory of chamber music with accordion and a premiere of Professor Emeritus Yehuda Yannay's "Suite for Mandolin and Accordion."
Tickets: $12 general/$10 seniors, faculty and alumni/$8 students

Wed, Sept 21 - Artists Now: Tiffany Holmes - Beyond Eco-Art: 21st Century Eco-visualisation, 7pm, Arts Center Lecture Hall - ACL 120
Eco-visualisation artwork translates ecological data into easy-to-understand images and sounds. These projects explore new technologies and media forms to present a message of positive environmental stewardship.
Free

Sun, Sept 25 - Fine Arts Quartet (See Main Attractions)

Wed, Sept 28 - Artists Now: Bill Lucas - Spreading the Practice of Human-Centered Design, 7pm, Arts Center Lecture Hall - ACL 120
Lucas understands the growing need for Human-Centered design in this age of increasing technological power and complexity. He will share the mindsets, tools, and skills that are central to this practice.
Free

Thurs, Sept 29-Fri, Oct 21 - Permanent Danger - Xavier Monsalvatje, Drawing in Clay, Opening reception Thurs, 9/29 at 6-8pm, Inova/Zelazo, The Mary L. Nohl Galleries
An exhibition of work from Spanish artist Xavier Monsalvatje.
Free

Fri, Sept 30-Sun, Dec 4 - The Greater Milwaukee Foundation's Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowship for Individual Artists Exhibition (See Main Attractions)
Workshops and Continuing Education

Weds, Sept 14-Dec 7 - University Community Orchestra, 7-9:30pm, Zelazo 280
Calling all musicians! Join the University Community Orchestra! This ensemble invites advanced beginners (age 14 or older) or skilled amateurs to rehearse and perform together. It is open to anyone who can read music and enjoys playing classical symphonic repertoire. No audition necessary. Community members should sign up through the UWM School of Continuing Education by calling (414) 227-3200, or online at: sce-registration.uwm.edu Please contact Professor Margery Deutsch if you plan to participate or have questions: uco@uwm.edu or (414) 229-4609.
Fee is $99 on or before September 14, after which it is $109.

Save the Date

Oct 14-Nov 5 - Sum Total 2011
Oct 14-16; Oct 21-23 - Labworks: A Piece of My Heart
Oct 19-23 - Mainstage: The Sins of Sor Juana
Oct 20-23 - Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival
Oct 27-28 - Unruly Music

Ongoing

Through Sun, Sept 18 - Greg Klassen Exhibition: Perishable Atlas, Inova/Kenilworth
Klassen's recent paintings display bold color and gesture on a large scale, and the "natural" processes of gravity, evaporation, spillage, liquid pooling and osmosis play a significant role in his images. A student of Gerhard Richter's Dusseldorf studio in the early 1990s, Klassen shares that seminal postmodern artist's preoccupation with the peculiarities of abstraction.
Free

Through Sun, Sept 18 - Martha Glowacki: Private Science, Inova/Kenilworth
Martha Glowacki focuses on scientific discovery in the Victorian era, with a personalized take on the field. Her finely crafted sculptural work allows an eccentric entry point into various subjects like astronomical observation, bird migration, and the many natural "curiosities" that once commonly populated parlor cabinets.
Free
In the Community

Sat, Aug 27 - Present Music Water Concert, 7pm, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
This free concert kicks off Present Music's 30th season and will inspire the audience to hear and see water in music, art, and dance. Peck School Music faculty Margaret Bulter, Mark Hoelscher, and Ann Lobotzke will perform in the Present Music Ensemble. Plus several Art & Design students and faculty are participating in the concert and after-party. Read about their participation on the Peck School News Blog.
Free! Reserve your seats online now. They're going fast.

Aug 31-Dec 31 - Current Tendencies II Artists from Milwaukee, Opening reception 8/31 at 6pm, Haggerty Museum of Art
An exhibition featuring ten Milwaukee artists working in a variety of media, including work from Art & Design faculty Nathaniel Stern and Jessica Meuninck-Ganger.
Free

Sept 23-27 - Your Mother Dances: Stripped Roundly, Fri at 7:30pm, Sat-Sun at 3:30 and 7:30pm, Mon-Tues at 7:30, Mitchell 254
Stripped Roundly is a Contemporary Dance concert for our times. Artistic Director, ElizaBeth Johnson and Associate Artistic Director Luc Vanier - both Peck School of the Arts Dance faculty - present new works Impulsive Minors to Chopin nocturnes and Claire de Lune to Debussy and others respectively. In solidarity with cuts in education and arts education all over the country, all extra accoutrements of lighting and costuming are minimal leaving the moving body as the focal heart of all the work.
Tickets: $10 donation

More information online at arts.uwm.edu.
Maps and addresses for Peck School venues can be found here.
For tickets, please call the Box Office at 414-229-4308.

 

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