Visual & Performing Arts
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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
2 to 4 p.m. Mon, Jan. 6, 2025
What the Constitution Means to Me
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Encore Performance
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
2 to 3 p.m. Sat, March 8, 2025
Dr. Jonathan Borja, Flute
4 to 5 p.m. Sat, March 8, 2025
UWL Music Faculty Recital
4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sat, March 8, 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
Senior Art Major Spring Exhibition
ArtsFest 2025 Signature Event
Starts 5 p.m. Fri, April 25, 2025
UWL Senior Art Student 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,
The holiday season brings quietude to the UWL campus and the Lowe Center for the Arts. Students return home, university staff button up the campus for winter break, and faculty frantically finish grading papers and projects from a very busy fall semester.
And yet, beneath the snowy veneer, exciting things are afoot. I am proud to share that What the Constitution Means to Me, Heidi Schreck’s extraordinary play produced by UWL’s Department of Theatre & Dance in November, has been invited to present an encore performance at the 57th annual Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Madison, January 2025. Join us for a special event Monday, January 6 at 2:00 p.m. This pay-what-you-can open rehearsal will help defray the costs of traveling to perform. If you missed the show in November, you have a second chance! Click here for information.
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! See you in 2025!
Cheers!
Director of VPACheers!
Pete Rydberg
Encore performance announced
UWL theatre production selected for Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Read here.
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! Learn more here.
Project Grants
