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The historic Pfister Hotel recently announced Nykoli Koslow would become its 12th Artist in Residence. Born in Chicago and Milwaukee-based, Koslow is a conceptual abstraction artist and will work in the hotel’s lobby-level Artist’s Studio for one year beginning April 1, 2020. He is succeeding current Pfister Artist in Residence and portraitist, Rosy Petri, who will culminate her residency with a Blues, Brews, and BBQ event at The Pfister Hotel, on March 27, 2020. Koslow will join The Pfister Hotel as the first transgender Artist in Residence in the history of the program. His style of painting and drawing...

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee announced on March 11 that it will suspend in-person instruction after spring break until April 10. Classes will be offered through alternate means, including online. A University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee employee tested positive for the novel coronavirus on March 9. School officials said the person became ill after having contact with an individual who visited a country with a Level 3 warning. The employee works in the UWM Foundation office, which is connected to the Cambridge Commons student housing facility. As a result of the COVID-19 exposure and developing health concerns, the university plans to extend...

A new exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum highlights the four decades of work of documentary photographer Susan Meiselas, and is the first to focus on the artist’s long-standing commitment to working with and sharing the stories of women. “Susan Meiselas: Through a Woman’s Lens” presents never-before-shown photographs alongside iconic series that raise challenging questions about the documentary practice and the relationship between photographer and subject. “Susan Meiselas’s collaborative and participatory practice honors community,” said Lisa Sutcliffe, Herzfeld Curator of Photography and Media Arts. “By intuitively following her own instincts over the course of her career, Meiselas has built...