Author: Correspondent

The Milwaukee Art Museum will mount the U.S. museum premiere of Belgian video and digital artist David Claerbout’s multimedia installation “The Close (2022).” With the presentation, the Museum bolsters its commitment to exploring the work of contemporary artists whose work pushes the boundaries of traditional disciplines and inspires new modes of thinking about our past, present, and future. Claerbout’s conceptual practice investigates the relationship between images and the passage of time, and with The Close, the artist merges innovative new technology with historic photographic techniques, demonstrating how the practice of photography has evolved in today’s digital age. The Close...

Governor Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), launched the PFAS Interactive Data Viewer on October 18, a new tool to understand how polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are impacting Wisconsin’s lands and waters. The PFAS Interactive Data Viewer is an interactive mapping tool that combines multiple types of data into one resource and shows where PFAS have been found in Wisconsin. The development came as the state recognized the 50th anniversary of the federal Clean Water Act. Governor Evers and the DNR said that the state would start collecting and disposing of at least 25,000 gallons...

Milwaukee Film and the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition (MMWC) will continue their partnership to produce the seventh annual Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival (MMFF), one of the country’s leading Muslim film festivals. The event, which takes place from Thursday, October 20, through Sunday, October 23, features eight in-person screenings at the Oriental Theatre. Founded in 2015, the festival was operated independently during its first four years, showcasing films at various venues around the city until MMWC president Janan Najeeb partnered with Milwaukee Film to host her organization’s signature event at the Oriental Theatre in 2019. After a successful inauguration as...