This new annual exhibition invites two recent BFA grads, one from MIAD and one from UWM Peck School of the Arts to participate in a two-person exhibition and related programming. This opportunity is designed as important encouragement and professional opportunities to two emerging artists as they transition from student to professional life.

Programming during the exhibition will include artist talks, gallery talk with Older Wiser Local (OWL) also open to the public  and possible hands-on workshops for community or exhibition related programming (depending upon the artists included). Other possible opportunities for the two artists will be encouraged/connections made with additional exhibition venues, residencies, visiting artist talks, etc.

This year’s selected artists are:
Dora Peregrine - Dora Peregrine (any pronouns) is an artist and recent BFA graduate of UW-Milwaukee, Peck School of the Arts with a dual emphasis in Painting & Drawing and Printmaking & Book Arts. The Village, the title for their current body of work, centers a canon of folklore that Peregrine constructed as an investigation of human nature and existentialism. As they explore the breadth of life in all its tragedy and ecstasy, the villagers depicted fall in love, tell secrets, grieve, have regrets, make art, bury the dead, betray people they love, try to live forever, move away from home, and cook meals. 

Peregrine is currently a resident artist at House of Rad where they are excited to continue their pursuits post-graduation. Aside from their artistic practices, Dora works as an orchestra strings technician and enjoys cycling and beach combing along Lake Michigan. 

Allison Billingsley - Allison Billingsley is an artist and recent BFA graduate from Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. She is a versatile portrait photographer notable for her use of the cyanotype process. Through extensive research and experimentation with variations on cyanotype,involving bleaching and toning, she discovered the potential of tricolor cyanotypes. The resulting body of work imbues her portraits with a variety of color and tones not found in direct cyanotype images. 

This exhibition is free and open to the public.

Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts (JGCA)  is a non-profit organization serving Southeastern Wisconsin with a wide range of visual and performing arts programming, created by a diverse community of visual and performing artists. At JGCA we provide opportunities to create, present, and experience the arts.

“Homage” is an art exhibition that invites the viewer to remember, reflect and renew our hopes for the future.  
Whether in recent months or decades long past, we have lost many loved ones, both individually and as members of our broader communities. But it is also springtime, a time to look to the future — in this case, by celebrating, honoring and remembering those who have come before and who have made the world a better place.
The exhibition “Homage: Honoring Those Who Have Come Before,” presents the work of established and emerging Milwaukee-area artists. The works range from the highly personal to reflections encompassing historical and ancestral themes.  

The exhibition will also include a 4-ft by 8-ft post-up board inviting visitors and community members to post personal remembrances, whether photos, poems or reflections.

Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts  is a non-profit organization serving Southeastern Wisconsin with a diverse range of visual and performing arts programming, created by a diverse community of visual and performing artists.

Opening reception features live music by Donna Re'nee.

In this exhibit, Cities and Souls, artists and poets examine the phenomenon of urbanity and how it shapes spaces and souls.

This exhibition is free and open to the public.

Elisabeth “Else” Gasparka (she/they) is a multidisciplinary artist and producer living in Milwaukee. The paintings in Rainbow Rock were made from 2020-present, many of them painted en plein air. The work is a return to form, an answer to the call of painting. In the act of making, Gasparka discovers a vocabulary with which to respond. These works also represent recent travels: to her mother living near Long Island Sound, a solo journey through Nordic countries including Iceland, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and Mammoth Caves.

Printmaking has often been called the most democratic of art media, as it lends itself to creating multiples that can be distributed widely, purchased inexpensively and shared with a broader audience. Printmaking, for that reason, has often been the medium of artistic resistance. The Riverwest neighborhood is home to a number of talented printmakers, studios and collective print shops. This exhibition highlights a variety of print artists work and Riverwest’s rich printmaking resources.

Exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Southeastern Wisconsin has a strong tradition of working fiber artists and programs that foster them. Fiber artworks often bridge and break down the historic gap between traditional craft and fine arts. They create openings in interpretation, invite exploration of gendered roles/methods of making. This exhibition showcases the work of 15 invited emerging to established artists working with fibers.

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Calling all visual artists, any level of experience, to be part of the annual Member’s Show of the Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts. Celebrate the center’s mission as a community arts center! Each member can submit one piece of visual art — all media accepted.

Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts exhibitions are open Fridays and Saturdays, 12 noon-5pm. Gallery exhibitions are free and open to the public. All are welcome.

Flatten explores how artistic practices adapt from 3D to 2D. Sculptors have the freedom to experiment and create large works with the help of tools and studio space after graduation.

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This juried exhibition is a celebration of the contribution artists over sixty continue to make to uor community's cultural life, featuring artwork in a wide variety of subject matter and mediums.

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Drawing, painting, printmaking, photographic and even digital self-portraits or portraits of close friends and family have been a way that artists have built their skills, pondered their own or their sitter’s humanity, captured a moment in a life, and shared a direct connection with their viewers. Portraits not only capture a likeness of the sitter but are also capable of expressing an emotional state and exploring identity.

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Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts presents the work of a group of artists who work and collaborate with writing and visual art in a show entitled "Word and Image".

"Language is a powerful tool. And no one understands that better than artists who thoughtfully utilize text to make a statement and draw out emotion."

– Jessica Stewart.

Opening Reception — Friday, January 13th, 2023 from 6 – 10 PM

Featuring the work of five photographers: Autumn Elizabeth Clark, Michael Lagerman, Angelica Rocha, Naomi Shersty, and Larry Tuckman. Also on display in our Small Wall gallery area, the artwork of jazz guitarist Don Linke.

With music by the Don Linke Trialog jazz trio!

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Southeastern Wisconsin has a strong tradition of working fiber artists and programs that foster them. Fiber artworks often bridge and break down the historic gap between traditional craft and fine arts. They create openings in interpretation, invite exploration of gendered roles/methods of making. This exhibition showcases the work of 11 invited emerging to established artists working with fibers.

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Featuring the art of

Della Wells

Evelyn Terry

Mutòpe Johnson

Muneer Bahauddeen

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The Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts will feature the work of five recent gradates from the visual art programs at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design.

The artworks of these fives artists focus on abstraction with three dimensional elements and other unique approaches to artmaking.

Featured Artists: Olivia Ann Tharpgeorge (UWM), Jimmy Cobb (MIAD), Nadia Alkhun (UWM), Kya Harris (MIAD), Sarah Gerbasi (MIAD).

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Wild Renderings of the Creatures We Adore

This lively Fine Art Exhibition includes a wide variety of Art Mediums:

Linocut Print | Sculpture | Comic-Book Illustration | Photography | Assemblage Box-Making | Encaustic | Pastels | Screen Print | Painting | Digital Drawing

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In recent years, Milwaukee has seen a Renaissance in public mural art. The new diversity of locations and approaches has transformed parts of the city into art destinations.

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From its earliest days, the Riverwest Artists Association was a major source of community arts programming greatly contributed to the neighborhood's current identity as an urban center of creativity. This exhibition features the work of those who contributed to this long effort which eventually transformed the organization into a community art center, the jazz Gallery Center for the Arts. It is a tribute to those who made this all possible.

Exhibition and Sale

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THE GIFT Exhibition and Sale encourages you to purchase unique, thoughtful, affordable and creative gifts, supporting local artists and the Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts

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MOMENTUM is a collective of artists who have come together along different points in their artistic journey to support one another and foster each other's growth.

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This exhibit is an exploration of the theme Nature Neglected: “Are we loving it to death?” Photographers are asked to consider the impacts of modern human activity and overuse of the natural world in a dense urban environment through artistically powerful images. Can art prompt the reexamination of our impact, thinking and use of the Milwaukee River Greenway?

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This exhibit is an exploration of the theme Nature Neglected: “Are we loving it to death?” Photographers are asked to consider the impacts of modern human activity and overuse of the natural world in a dense urban environment through artistically powerful images. Can art prompt the reexamination of our impact, thinking and use of the Milwaukee River Greenway?

Opening Reception: Saturday, February 8th, 6-8 PM

Exhibition Runtime: February 8th - March 7th, 2020

A fine art exhibit on fitting together & figuring out.

Participating Artists:

Willow Bayer, Sean Bruso, Tonia Kountz, John Kowalczyk, Jessica Laub, Mark Lawson, Rachel Mitchell, Amy Schmutte, Brian Schneider, Stacey M. Stewartson, Ben Talatzko, Christina Zawadiwsky

Exhibition Runtime: January 4th - February 1st, 2020

Opening Reception: Saturday, January 4th, 6-8: PM

Many moods, views, media, perspectives, and people to experience!

Join us for a warm and welcoming celebration of this annual show.

Presented by the Fibers Club and juried by Sarah Eichhorn, this exhibition offers a survey of textile works produced at the MIAD Textiles Lab. Join us for the opening reception! On view through December 7.

Join in the celebration of our member’s talents and perspectives!

This show is in conjunction with the ArtWalk/53212 40 years event.

Opening Reception: August 3rd, 2019

Exhibition: August 3rd - September 7th, 2019

This show represents the work of fifteen artists linked together by their reactions. Each reaction reveals ideas related to an artist’s personality, visual style and his or her view of the world.

Exhibition: June 29 – July 27

The Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts is glad to introduce a self-taught talent to the Milwaukee community. In this modestly sized exhibit of mostly very small works, Mr. Winston displays his unique talent for creating small masterpieces.

Exhibition: June 29th - July 27th, 2019

Welcome to Parallel Portals. Allow us to unlock the doors for you. Glide in on whichever vehicle suits you best, be it spiritual, scientific, or recreational.

Perhaps once inside, you'll discover another vehicle... new transportation to a realm of discovery, where you’ll see what your genuine self wants to see.