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Milwaukee Ballet’s Evolving Inclusion Strategies
The holiday season brings with it many traditions, including, for lovers of dance, music, and theatrical productions, performances of the...
Elisabeth Gasparka
Dec 19, 20238 min read
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...
Elisabeth Gasparka
Dec 6, 20237 min read
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 23, 20237 min read
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 21, 20237 min read
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 17, 20232 min read
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...
Elisabeth Gasparka
Nov 15, 20234 min read
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...
Imagine MKE
Oct 25, 20233 min read
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 18, 20233 min read
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 16, 20232 min read
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
Oct 11, 20235 min read
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 27, 20232 min read
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 26, 20232 min read
Pushing Milwaukee's Culture w/Geraud Blanks
MKE Film's Chief Innovation Officer Geraud Blanks joins Creative MKE host Elisabeth Gasparka to discuss Milwaukee's growing film industry.
Elisabeth Gasparka
Sep 20, 20232 min read
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...
Jazmine Holifield
Sep 13, 20235 min read
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
Sep 11, 20234 min read
Reimagining 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...
Elisabeth Gasparka
Aug 28, 20235 min read
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.
Adam Braatz
Aug 28, 20235 min read
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 18, 20232 min read
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 10, 20233 min read
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
Aug 9, 20235 min read
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