News @ the Peck School of the Arts

Curator with Wisconsin roots ready to take Inova reins

By Mary Louise Schumacher
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
May 19, 2012

After many years without permanent artistic leadership at Milwaukee's most important contemporary arts venue, Inova will soon have a new director.

Sara Krajewski, curator at the Henry Art Gallery, a contemporary art center at the University of Washington in Seattle, will become the director at Inova, or the Institute of Visual Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She starts July 15.

Krajewski, who grew up in Minnesota and got her bachelor's degree in art history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is looking forward to returning to the Midwest...

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FILM ALUM - Cream City Cinema: Tate Bunker

Milwaukee Film Blog
May 21, 2012

Tate Bunker won Milwaukee Film’s 2010 Filmmaker-In-Residence Award. He recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $8,000 to finish his residency film, entitled Studies in Space. I exchanged some questions over email with Tate recently about his process for making films. Head over to Kickstarter now to view a short documentary on the project and, if you like, make a donation… only 15 days left to help make his goal!

You have made over 30 films in the last 10 years…do you ever sleep?
I love making films and have made many sacrifices to do so, like not owning anything or having kids, and working non-stop.  Plus I write, produce, direct, shoot, and edit my own films, which helps to speed up the process. 

You have directed several TV commercials--are there any people may have seen locally?
I shoot more than I direct, but have directed a few. The most well-known being "Living the Dream" for the Wisconsin Lottery where four Packer fans run around an empty Lambeau Field doing as they wish because they won four season tickets!  The best moment was when I watched it with over 70 thousand Packer fans on the Jumbotron during a game...

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New Hire Announced at University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Inova (Institute of Visual Arts) Galleries

The Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) is thrilled to announce that Sara Krajewski will join the School as the Director of Inova (Institute of Visual Arts) Galleries. Ms. Krajewski currently serves as the Curator at the Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, and has held curatorial positions at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and the Harvard University Art Museums. She will begin her new role at Inova on July 15, 2012.

 

"Reestablishing Inova's preeminent position is critically important to securing Milwaukee's role as a leader in contemporary art," said Wade Hobgood, Dean of the UWM Peck School of the Arts. "I believe that Sara's leadership and demonstrated experience in contemporary curatorial practices, non-profit gallery management, fundraising, and community outreach will allow Inova to widen and deepen its significant impact here in Milwaukee and around the world."

Six UWM films to be presented at Cannes

By Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
May 15, 2012

Six films from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee film department have been selected to be part of the Cannes Film Festival, which starts Wednesday and runs through May 27.

The films are part of the Court Metrage, or short film corner.

And two UWM students were selected as interns at the American pavilion, the first time the state has been represented in the post in 23 years...

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Alzheimer's Patients Turn To Stories Instead Of Memories

NPR Morning Edition
May 14, 2012

Ask family members of someone with Alzheimer's or another dementia: Trying to talk with a loved one who doesn't even remember exactly who they are can be very frustrating.

But here at a senior center in Seattle, things are different.

On one recent day, 15 elderly people were forming a circle. The room is typical — linoleum floors, cellophane flowers on the windows, canes and wheelchairs, and walkers lined up against the wall...

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FUTURE STUDENT - South, Sheboygan Falls students awarded Ruth DeYoung Kohler scholarships

Sheboygan Press
May 10, 2012

Just as he did during his audition for the scholarship, accomplished actor and vocalist Evan Braun "stole the show" for a moment at Sheboygan South High School's annual scholarship program Wednesday evening when it was announced he was a recipient of the 2012 Kohler Foundation Ruth DeYoung Kohler Scholarship for artistic excellence.

Braun, a senior at Sheboygan South High School, was one of two students to be awarded the prestigious scholarship...

He has been accepted into the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. An accomplished actor and vocalist, he has performed nine major roles in school and local productions ranging from "Les Miserables" to the opera "Aida."

Evan received a Wisconsin State Music Association Exemplary Soloist award and was a national qualifier in forensics events. He was named a winner of the 2012 JMKAC Senior Honor Recital...

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ART & DESIGN FACULTY - Sending Your Tweets To Space Could Help Find Extraterrestrial Life

By Yi Chen
PSFK
May 9, 2012

Soon, users on Twitter could have followers from a completely different planet. A new project called ‘Tweets in Space’ hopes to transmit a stream of tweets to a planet that’s 22 light years way. The planet known as Gliese 667 is ‘Earth-equivalent’ and has the potential to host extraterrestrial life forms.

Tweets in Space is organized by the two artists Scott Kildall and Nathaniel Stern who hope to use a high-powered communication system to beam the messages into space. Tweets with the hashtag #tweetsinspace will be sent to space during a live performance at the Albuquerque Balloon Museum on 21 September, 2012. The artists are also discussing the project with scientists who are interested in contributing...

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ART & DESIGN GRAD STUDENT - 3D Printed Glove Is A Wearable Mobile Phone

By Emma Hutchings
PSFK
May 9, 2012

Milwaukee-based designer Bryan Cera has created a piece of wearable tech in the form of a 3D printed glove that functions as a mobile communication device. Glove One is a functional design prototype, which features number, power and call keys on the fingers. It was designed as part of a series called Gadgets for Remembering the Future, which showcased as part of the UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts MA/MFA Thesis Exhibition...

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Program announced for Spring 2012 Student Film and Video Festival

The Department of Film at the Peck School of the Arts is pleased to announce the official program for the Spring 2012 Student Film & Video Festival!

EVENT DETAILS:
Friday, May 11 at 7pm
UWM Union Theatre
Free!

"Somewhere in Between" - Kellie Bronikowski

"SPIRITS!" - Andrew Tolstedt

"Natural Bouquet #1" - Katie Walter

FILM FACULTY - Cecelia Condit: Within a Stone's Throw at Madison Museum of Contemporary Art

The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art presents Cecelia Condit: Within a Stone’s Throw in the museum’s State Street Gallery and lobby from May 26 to September 23, 2012. The exhibition, composed of the artist’s recent videos and large-scale photographs, investigates perceptions of reality, scale, and nature.

Central to the installation is a three-channel video projection, titled Within a Stone’s Throw, which explores the rich landscape of Ireland’s Burren coastline. In 2010, Condit received a grant from the Lighton International Artists Exchange Program that allowed her to spend five weeks at the Burren College of Art in northwest County Clare, Ireland. Once dominated by dense oak forests, the Burren region—from the Gaelic boíreann, meaning rocky place—shows the effects of continuous settlement dating back to the Neolithic period. Ancient farmers cleared trees to make way for cattle and sheep farming, and livestock grazing eroded the thin layer of extant topsoil, effectively preventing the growth of future forests.