WILSON CENTER ANNOUNCES MAJOR GRANT FROM WISCONSIN HUMANITIES
Copyright: 2014 David Garten
Brookfield, WI (November, 2024) The Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts (SLWCA) is honored to announce that we have been awarded a Major Grant from Wisconsin Humanities. Our upcoming residency with Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble supports Wisconsin Humanities' mission to strengthen democracy through educational and cultural programs that build connections and understanding among people of all backgrounds and beliefs throughout the state. The scope of this offering includes a live musical performance, moderated artist talk with O’Farrill, gallery exhibit, multi-artist gallery talk, student workshops and visual arts class.
This renowned multi-Grammy winning composer, pianist, and collaborator brings his Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble to the Wilson Center for his Milwaukee debut. In a special collaboration with Latino Arts, Inc., Mr. O’Farrill will be leading workshops with students throughout Greater Milwaukee, culminating in this hot night of Latin jazz on the Jorgensen stage. The Arturo O’Farrill performance and Milwaukee area residency will feature a visual arts exhibit by local collective, The Macondo Project.
This residency will offer opportunities for participants to engage in a multi-disciplinary cultural experience that showcases and inspires creative expression in many forms. We are intentionally reaching out to engage students in their own local settings with the intention of highlighting the reality that creative expression can be a path of cultural, personal and interpersonal exploration, and that it begins in one’s own life setting.
Join us on Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 6:30pm for a moderated pre-performance talk with Arturo followed by a 7:30pm performance by Arturo O'Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble. Tickets available at www.wilson-center.com
Join us on Friday, January 17 at 6pm for the Macondo Project Collective: Realismo Mágico – the gallery opening and panel discussion of this exploration of magical realism in visual art. Free event.