Ava Hager, “Bottle Tree” Mentor: Glenn Williams, Art & Design The proposed project for the Lynden Sculpture Garden is a metal tree with bottles attached to the branches. This will be a re-examination of the bottle tree as a reference…… Read More
Lilly Luft, Sophia Hermann & Lisdon Brannon, “Divergent Fates” Mentor: Yevgeniya Kaganovich, Art & Design Divergent Fates is a project that builds on professor Kaganovich’s long standing research interests in materiality, ecology, and human impact on the environment. The focus…… Read More
Victoria Isaac, Breannah Palubiski, Halle Sivertson, Sara Silvis & Ida Lucchesi, “Exploring Dance Improvisation’s Functionality in the Realm of Performance” Mentor: Daniel Burkholder, Dance The purpose of our research is to examine the impact of improvisational practices on the ability…… Read More
Jessica Carpenter, “Information Security in Virtual Reality” Mentor: Christopher Willey, Film, Video, Animation, & New Genres This project aims to explore how virtual reality is shaping the digital security field with special attention to scamming and hacking. Virtual reality is…… Read More
Xai Osa, “Language and Feminist Empowerment post #MeToo – Echo Ascension: Her Voice is Heard” Mentor: Amanda Schoofs, Music Echo Ascension: Her Voice is Heard is a project by UWM Music Composition & Technology major Xai Osa with the goal…… Read More
Maddie Prokop, Alex Seager, & Lyndsay Sorg “Milwaukee through Embodied Research” Mentor: Simone Ferro, Dance Our communities are our home. The stories within them our brick and mortar, the voices within them the foundation. Art helps to solidify these aspects,…… Read More
Hunter Louis & Ally Emrich, “Milwaukee, Mentors, & Making: A Study of Community Through Art Based Collaborative Research” Mentor: Jessica Meuninck-Ganger, Art & Design We have been working with the renowned Brooklyn artist, Mary Miss, on the City as Living Laboratory:…… Read More
Ashley Hohnstein, “Networking: Lighting the Way to a Brighter Future in Entertainment Lighting” Mentor: Steve White, Theatre A network provides the capability to maintain control over hundreds of lights and multiple sources of control, making it possible to set up…… Read More
Isaac Repinski, “Performances of Finger-Style Guitarists at the 1969 and 1970 Ann Arbor Blues Festivals” Mentor: John Stropes, Music The Ann Arbor Blues Festivals of 1969 and 1970 were historic cultural events that are now understood as pivotal moments in…… Read More
Emily Moen, “The Milwaukee Visionaries Project” Mentor: Kim Cosier, Art & Design The Milwaukee Visionaries Project (MVP) is an after-school arts program which combines UWM and creators with Milwaukee community middle and highschoolers. The research will be a qualitative study…… Read More
Samuel Kirby, “The Role of the Blue River Cafe in the Development of Fingerstyle Guitar in Southeast Wisconsin” Mentor: John Stropes, Music From 1974-82, the Blue River Cafe, an acoustic music club in downtown Milwaukee, presented national touring acts and…… Read More
Isabelle Flores, “The Three Kings: Applying a Contemporary Concept Onto an Old Story” Mentor: Alvaro Rios, Theatre Theatre is a unique way to bring people together from various age groups and communities. Different types of people sit in a small…… Read More
Mary Widener, Casey Phipps, Meghan Berger, Peter Green, Ava Hager & Hope Glassel, “The World After Us: Imaging Techno-Aesthetic Futures” Mentor: Nathaniel Stern, Art & Design By some estimates, China produces more than 9 million mobile phones per day. India…… Read More