Visual & Performing Arts
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Create. Explore. Interpret. Innovate.
Welcome future students, friends of the Arts, and the larger La Crosse community! Experience the award-winning exhibits, performances, and shows that thrive in the departments of Art, Music, & Theatre & Dance.
MapVisit us: Truman T. Lowe Center for the Arts, 333 North 16th Street.
Upcoming events
Starts 5 p.m. Fri, Nov. 22
Senior Art Major Fall Exhibition
Opening Reception: November 22, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Noon to 12:45 p.m. Wed, Dec. 4
Artist Talks: Senior Art Major Exhibition
Session 2
Multiple dates (2 upcoming)
Ceramics and Print Sale
Get Ready for the Annual UWL Ceramics Club Student Art Sale!
Multiple dates (5 upcoming)
The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Fri, Dec. 6
Jazz Concert
UWL Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Orchestra
Noon to 1 p.m. Sat, Dec. 7
UWL Concert Band
Wanderings
2 to 3 p.m. Sun, Dec. 8
UWL Symphony Orchestra Concert
Reveries
4 to 5 p.m. Sun, Dec. 8
UWL Wind Ensemble Concert
Above the Fold
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wed, Dec. 11
UWL Concert Choir & Treble Chorus
Love & Hope Abide
Starts 5 p.m. Mon, Jan. 27, 2025
Art in Tandem
Opening Reception: January 31, 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Fri, Jan. 31, 2025
UWL Jazz Faculty Recital
2 to 3 p.m. Sun, Feb. 16, 2025
Music Honors Recital
Multiple dates (6 upcoming)
Much Ado About Nothing
Starts 5 p.m. Fri, March 7, 2025
All-Student Juried Art Exhibition
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Fri, March 7, 2025
Big Band Cabaret & Dance Party
Annual Jazz Scholarship Benefit
4 to 5 p.m. Sat, March 8, 2025
UWL Music Faculty Recital
2 to 3 p.m. Sun, March 9, 2025
UWL Wind Ensemble
Spring Concert
4 to 5 p.m. Sun, March 9, 2025
UWL Symphony Orchestra
Spring Concert
7:30 to 9 p.m. Wed, March 12, 2025
UWL Concert Choir & Treble Chorus
7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thu, March 13, 2025
UWL Symphonic Band
Multiple dates (3 upcoming)
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
4 to 5 p.m. Sat, April 12, 2025
Chamber Music Concert
Starts 6:30 p.m. Thu, April 24, 2025
ArtsFest 2025
7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thu, April 24, 2025
UWL Treble Chorus • featuring Ensemble 161
ArtsFest 2025 Signature Event
Starts 5 p.m. Fri, April 25, 2025
UWL Senior Art Student Exhibition
ArtsFest 2025 Signature Event
Starts 5 p.m. Fri, April 25, 2025
Senior Art Major Spring Exhibition
ArtsFest 2025 Signature Event
Multiple dates (7 upcoming)
Cabaret
2 to 3 p.m. Sat, April 26, 2025
UWL Symphony Orchestra Concert
ArtsFest 2025 Signature Event
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sat, April 26, 2025
UWL Jazz Concert
ArtsFest 2025 Signature Event
Starts Noon Mon, April 28, 2025
Artist Talks: Senior Art Major Exhibition
Session 1
Starts Noon Wed, April 30, 2025
Artist Talks: Senior Art Major Exhibition
Session 2
2 to 3 p.m. Sat, May 3, 2025
UWL Symphonic Band Concert
4 to 5 p.m. Sat, May 3, 2025
UWL Wind Ensemble Concert
A letter from our director
Dear Friends,
As winter sets in and the semester winds down, we invite you to come warm yourself inside and out with UWL Visual & Performing Arts. Over the last two weeks of the semester we have concerts from our Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Orchestra, the Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, and a combined concert featuring the UWL Concert Choir and Treble Chorus. The senior art exhibition (which looks incredible) remains on display at the UWL Art Gallery until December 18 - always free and open to the public. And of course, our final Theatre & Dance production of the semester The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley has five performances to usher us all into the holiday mood!
Looking into the Spring Semester, we are gearing up for the swingiest celebration of the year with the 37th Annual Big Band Cabaret & Dance Party! Free Swing Dance lessons start at 6 p.m., with the party starting at 7:30 p.m. On Friday March 7th. We are also finalizing our ArtsFest guest artists for the spring - watch this space for details on these and all of our spring semester events! It promises to be an extraordinary semester.
On behalf of all of us at the School of Visual & Performing Arts, we look forward to celebrating the season and ringing in the new year with you! All the love from our family to yours!
Cheers!
Director of VPACheers!
Pete Rydberg
Reconnecting with Campus
Upcoming arts, theatre, and music events for the holiday season and beyond. Read here.
Honoring Tradition
UWL Art Department secures grant to promote Indigenous art, cultural literacy. Read here.
HUBI Kits
Support Theatre & Dance with HUBI Kits, coming soon! Learn more here.
Project Grants
