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WPCA's performance space is one of Milwaukee's most intimate theater spaces. Our black-box theater seats 90 and is fully equipped with sound, theater lighting and a platform stage. The space is reasonably priced and is available by day, weekend, week or month for performances, meetings, social functions or whatever your needs. Contact the center at (414) 672-2787 for more information.
Convergence: Performance Art in Milwaukee now available
WPCA is pleased to announce the completion of a book on the history of performance art in Milwaukee. Convergence: Performance Art in Milwaukee was written by local performance artist, writer and art model Pegi Taylor. It is available at WPCA, Woodland Pattern Book Center, People's Books, and Schwartz Bookstores. The cost of the book is $12 per copy plus tax. The book may also be ordered by mail.
The book comes out of a project organized by Taylor in October 2003 at WPCA entitled Convergence: The History and Mystery of Performance Art in Milwaukee. This three-day event brought together the major practitioners of performance art in Milwaukee over the last three decades. Artists included Jon Erickson, Mark Anderson, Deb Loewen, Mark Escribano, Theresa Columbus, Cinnamon Rossman and Allyson Bahr among others. The centerpiece of Convergence is a 16 page anecdotal timeline that traces the trajectory of performance art in Milwaukee from the 1960s to the present. The book also includes discussion on important issues within performance art, including audience, documentation, media coverage, funding, and how the Milwaukee performance art scene reflected what was happening nationally. A listing of sites in Milwaukee that have hosted performance art events is included as well.
The Convergence project is made possible by the generosity of the Milwaukee Arts Board, the United Performing Arts Fund, the Meyer and Norma Ragir Foundation, the Heller Foundation, and the Harry F. and Mary Franke Idea Fund of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation.
