Elisabeth Gasparka
Dance For Diversity Puts BIPOC Artists Center Stage
Elisabeth Roskopf spent much of her early life feeling unseen. As an adopted Korean American child growing up in the Midwest, she didn’t...
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Elisabeth Gasparka
- Nov 23
- 7 min
Discover Multitudes Within Contemporary Painting at 50 Paintings at the Milwaukee Art Museum
50 Paintings brings the Milwaukee area a groundbreaking survey exhibition that invites viewers to make contact with this moment in...
Elisabeth Gasparka
- Nov 21
- 7 min
Being a Seed of Change in Community: Reflections from the Connected Roots Summit
On Friday, November 17, about 60 arts educators and representatives from organizations that make up the Partnership for Arts and...
Elisabeth Gasparka
- Nov 17
- 2 min
Fresh Coast Jazz Festival w/ Carl Brown
Carl Brown’s late father challenged him to think about putting others before himself—which ultimately inspired the Fresh Coast Jazz Festival
Elisabeth Gasparka
- Nov 15
- 4 min
The Complex Elegance of Waste: Paul Druecke Creates boutique of Found Object Artworks
Paul Druecke is captivated by the strange beauty of an empty Cheetos bag. He’s thinking about how human beings live, and how the...
Imagine MKE
- Oct 25
- 3 min
Groundbreaking Study Highlights the Economic and Social Impact of Arts and Culture Orgs in Milwaukee
The Arts and Economic Prosperity Study results are now live! This study, conducted by Americans for the Arts, was collected in 373...
Elisabeth Gasparka
- Oct 18
- 3 min
Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts Launches Les Paul Sound Engineering Program for Milwaukee Youth
A series of free evening workshops will be offered at the community arts space to help train and teach audio engineering skills to local...
Elisabeth Gasparka
- Oct 16
- 2 min
Milwaukee Pride + Cross Culturalization w/ John Riepenhoff
Artist, gallerist, and curator John Riepenhoff has built an art world enterprise, representing Milwaukee on a global stage.
Elisabeth Gasparka
- Oct 11
- 5 min
Brush Box : Local Creative Small Business Brings Custom Art-Making Experiences to the Community
Amber Thomas was drawn to pursue art therapy as a profession because of the ways it combined her interests of psychology and art-making....
Elisabeth Gasparka
- Sep 27
- 2 min
Ex Fabula in its 15th Season of Bringing Inclusive Storytelling to the Community
Milwaukee’s nonprofit arts organization Ex Fabula has been producing StorySlam performances and storytelling workshops in the Milwaukee...
Elisabeth Gasparka
- Sep 26
- 2 min
Experience Awe-Inspiring Public Art Up Close Before It Leaves Milwaukee’s Downtown
Since 2017, through the vision and efforts of the team at Sculpture Milwaukee, Milwaukeeans and visitors to the city have been presented...
Elisabeth Gasparka
- Sep 20
- 2 min
Pushing Milwaukee's Culture w/ MKE Film's Geraud Blanks
MKE Film's Chief Innovation Officer Geraud Blanks joins Creative MKE host Elisabeth Gasparka to discuss Milwaukee's growing film industry.
Jazmine Holifield
- Sep 13
- 5 min
LAD MKE: Building Connections and Culture in Milwaukee's Latine Community
Imagine MKE is proud to support a neighborhood-based arts initiative funded by the Zilber Family Foundation and led by Brazilian textile...
Elisabeth Gasparka
- Sep 11
- 4 min
Washington Park Media Center: A Hub for Community-Building, Creative Production, and Collaboration
Sara Daleiden of MKE<->LAX and Wes Tank of TankThink and of Story Raps fame have been working closely for over a decade as creative...
Elisabeth Gasparka
- Aug 28
- 5 min
Reimaging an Art Event for the Community, with Neighbors and Partners
After a beloved and longstanding Cooper Park neighborhood art event went by the wayside in the wake of COVID, local creative entrepreneur...
Adam Braatz
- Aug 28
- 5 min
Why The Creative Economy Must Be the Lead Character in Milwaukee’s Next Chapter
Milwaukee has the potential, talent, and natural assets to be known for its special brand of creativity and hospitality.
Elisabeth Gasparka
- Aug 18
- 2 min
Creativity + Collaboration at Milwaukee Public Library
It all started with deciding to employ a different social media approach: dreaming up engaging content first and finding ways to tell...
Elisabeth Gasparka
- Aug 10
- 3 min
Local All-Star Jazz Musicians of We Six TO Reunite For Jazz in the park on August 17
We Six, the resident jazz ensemble of Milwaukee Jazz Institute, has been performing together in various iterations for decades. But when...
Elisabeth Gasparka
- Aug 9
- 5 min
Misa: Milwaukee's New Community Arts Center on Mitchell Street
On Friday, August 18, Mitchell Street Arts (MiSA) will officially open its doors with a grand opening celebration. The space is the...
Elisabeth Gasparka
- Jul 10
- 4 min
Youth Poet Laureate Program Seeks to Amplify Young Voices, Promote Active Literacy in Milwaukee
In 2022, Milwaukee’s Woodland Pattern Book Center established a local Youth Poet Laureate program with partners Milwaukee Public Library,...
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