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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreJazz Gallery Center for the Arts Presents the photography of Guntis Lauzums.
Located in the Small Wall Exhibit Space at the Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreDrawing, 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.
Read MoreI had to stop playing with fire. Had to find another outlet for my creativity. And sometimes life changes so fast you miss it. One day a Librarian, the next day an artist. After a permanent back injury ended my library life, I began painting again. Call it art therapy or the best excuse to be creative, yet it helped me deal with mental and physical pain, a 5 year recovery.
Read MoreDuring the height of the pandemic, Milwaukee artists strategically translated COVID-19 public health messaging in collaboration with health professionals, community organizers and activists. This group, The Creative Health Collective, designed culturally relevant murals, banners, video, music, graphic designs, stencils and tailored masks to mobilize their communities.
Read MoreGet a free sampling of the Art Therapy experience March 11th, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm from one to four different practitioners at their tables, all ready to work with you in their own unique ways!
Cheryl Ray is a clinical Art Therapist
Mari Lynn Young is a Shamanic Healer
Haley Fuhr is an Art Therapy Graduate Student
Sharon Mergener is a Local Fine Artist using art as therapy
Read MoreAll it takes to improvise a reasonably adept Jazz solo is a start. That is to say, if you understand to a relatively sophisticated degree the parameters of both your chosen instrument and a specific style of music, all that is needed is to begin.
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.
Read More(Older. Wiser. Local) is a public service program, created by the Jazz Gallery center for the Arts, and funded by Bader Philanthropies. Our purpose is to enrich local senior citizens (50 and up) with a wide variety of topics, including art. This exhibition focuses on the artistic creations made within our time, as we have gathered together since 2018.
Read MoreSoutheastern 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.
Read MoreIn conjunction with our recent exhibition, Purposeful Visionaries: the Art of Della Wells, Evelyn Patricia Terry, Mutope Johnson and Muneer Bahauddeen, one of the artists conducted a clay tile making workshop with community members of the Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts. Muneer Bahauddeen, is an experienced ceramic artist and workshop facilitator. Over two Saturdays, tile making methods were demonstrated and participants created their own unique artworks using their new skills. The tiles on display here are some of those produced during this workshop.
Read MoreArtists Working in Education is a local nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide youth in Milwaukee with arts enrichment programs that advance learning, enhance human potential, and cultivate community. Interns experimented with many new mediums throughout the summer guided by local Milwaukee artists. On display are fabric samples from Rosie Petry’s fabric manipulation workshops.
Read MoreThis body of work was created by the Rising Artist Council program managed by lead artist Abigail Ziesemann with supervision from Program Director John Kowalczyk.
Rising Artist Council is a group of middle and high school students that meets every week to grow their creative skills through the execution of a variety of projects. This season, participants focused on storytelling and created zines, characters, comics, maps, and more.
Read MoreThe 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).
Read MoreThis 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