Special Events

February 23, 7pm Artist lecture by Scott at the Peck School of the Arts : Curtain Hall 175

February 25, 10:30-1pm Master beading class taught by Joyce Scott at the Studio Arts & Crafts Center February 25, 7pm Performance by Joyce Scott in the Wisconsin Room

February 26, 2pm Artist presentation and Trunk Show at the WI African American Womens Center for the opening reception of ABEA's (African American Artists Beginning to Educate Americans about African American Art) companion exhibition ‘Uncle Tom to Peeping Tom: Race & Gender Matters'

Work from Uncle Tom to Peeping Tom : Race and Gender Matters

Uncle Tom to Peeping Tom includes Milwaukee artists Tamiko Dargan and Della Wells, and Chicago artists Tiffany Nicole Slade, Ann Tyler and Constance D. White. Other artists in the exhibition are: Talleah E. Bridges, Los Angeles, CA; Mariana BrooksMueller, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; Heather Davis, Philadelphia, PA; Mary Foster, Saginaw, MI; Mary Reid Kelley, Northfield, MN; Helen Klebesadel, Madison, WI; Vicki Meek, Dallas, TX; Deborah Roberts, Austin, TX; Camille Ross, Hanover, NH; and Tonja Torgerson, Minneapolis, MN.

BLESSED: The Work of Joyce Scott

February 24 - March 31, 2006
Opening Reception February 24, 5pm-8pm

This exhibition features approximately eighty examples of Congolese urban art that portray the life and tragic death of Patrice Lumumba, the first Prime Minister of the Congo after its independence from Belgium in 1960. A reflection of prevailing popular taste, these paintings demonstrate how memories of Lumumba were transformed into a powerful visual narrative of a cultural hero.

This exhibition is organized by the Museum for African Art, New York and guest curated by Bogumil Jewsiewicki of Laval University, Quebec . The traveling exhibition is made possible through a grant from the Nathan Cummings Foundation. Support for the creation of the exhibition was received from the LEF Foundation and the Lannan Foundation.

The UWM Union Art Gallery is designed to accommodate exhibitions of artwork, to act as a center for all areas of the visual and performing arts, and to support the growth of the fine arts community at UWM.  It also provides an out-of-classroom learning experience for the university students and faculty as well as an outlet for the university and community to interact. The Union Art Gallery exhibits national and regional exhibitions of art, as well as work created within the university community.