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New public art installation coming to Black Cat Alley in April

Posted by Staff | Feb 22, 2018 |

The Milwaukee community will be able to view the unveiling of a new mural in Black Cat Alley on April 20 and 21. The East Side Business Improvement District (BID) in cooperation with Wallpapered City, a local agency specializing in public art, has issued a Call for Artists inviting any Wisconsin-based artists over the age of 18 to submit their designs. The winning Artist or Crew will receive an honorarium of $2,000 plus materials. The new mural will be installed on a north-facing segment of the back wall of the Oriental Theater, near the intersection of Kenilworth and Prospect...

Black Cat Alley’s winter event combined fire, ice, and actual cats from Sip & Purr

Posted by Editor | Feb 6, 2018 |

The open air gallery, Black Cat Alley, hosted its first live art performance of the winter with “Fire on Ice” on February 3. Dozens of residents came to the alley, running from Kenilworth to Ivanhoe between Farwell and Prospect Avenues, to watch artists Renee Bebeau and Todd Mrozinski paint campfire images on a nearly six-foot-tall slab of ice. Several visitors participated in the public painting session. The weather also provided a fitting atmosphere by sprinkling more than a inch of snow during the event. “We wanted to focus on something cozy in the middle of the winter. We are...

Black Cat Alley to host winter “Fire on Ice-Painting” event

Posted by Correspondent | Jan 20, 2018 |

Artists Todd Mrozinski and Renee Bebeau will paint images of fiery flames on a four-foot-wide slab of ice as a live performance in Black Cat Alley on February 3. Evoking Mrozinski’s recent body of work—oil paintings that feature built-up surfaces of paint that resemble fires and burning logs, the duo will bring a fun project idea to life with this unique winter art happening. The idea began with master ice carver Max Zuleta, owner of Wisconsin-based ice sculpting business Art Below Zero. Zuleta, when asked to install one of his world-famous ice sculptures at Black Cat Alley, said, “What...

Unknown vandals deface social justice mural at Black Cat Alley

Posted by Editor | Nov 8, 2017 |

“My piece deals with the history of mass incarceration in Wisconsin, which has the highest rate of black male incarceration in the nation. One out of eight African American men in the State of Wisconsin, or 12.8%, is currently incarcerated. It’s an issue that we have not solved and it’s an issue that we rarely address as a community. I think we must open that dialogue up of what’s happening in Milwaukee to a wider audience. We need to think about it, and we need to create solutions.” – Adam Stoner, artist of the “Devontay” mural The iconic “Devontay”...

Black Cat Alley adds urban garden for Doors Open Milwaukee 2017

Posted by Correspondent | Sep 22, 2017 |

One-Year anniversary celebrated with two new murals and green space. The East Side’s Black Cat Alley mural destination is celebrating its one-year anniversary this month. Last year, it premiered during Doors Open Milwaukee 2016 to thousands of enchanted visitors. This year, visitors during Doors Open Milwaukee 2017 will enjoy a beautiful new urban garden in front of Tia Richardson’s 2016 mural “Milwaukee Gaia Buddha,” executed by Sam Alford; a brand-new mural by local illustrator and artist David Zimmerman; and the live installation of another mural by Chicago artist Goosenek. The Black Cat Alley is a corridor of world-class murals...

New faith-based music video by CMP filmed at Black Cat Alley

Posted by Editor | Dec 20, 2016 |

Christopher McIntyre Perceptions (C.M.P.) is known around Milwaukee as a photographer, spoken word artist, filmmaker, educator, creative consultant, and author. Perceptions recently went back to his roots as a recording artist with the new album, Intuition. The 18 track compilation was digitally released on December 15. “The doors of the art world were opened to me through music when I was 13 years old, growing up in the Sherman Park area of Milwaukee,” said Perceptions. “More than a decade later, I have rediscovered my passion to create music. This reawakened has led me to produce, write, and record over...