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There’s a surprising calendar of events at our community arts center.
It’s a venue for all ages, blending rich histories of music and arts with today’s energies.
Stop in for a sampling of what creativity can do!
Current Gallery Exhibits
Opening Reception — Saturday, November 7th, 2026 from 4 – 6 PM
Artists in this thought provoking exhibit examine how monsters (personal and collective) reflect fears, fascinations and boundaries of identity. Bring your anxieties and fascinations to the Monsters exhibition at the Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts. Opening reception Saturday, Nov. 7th 4-6pm. Music provided by Jon Liedtke of the Milwaukee Theremin Society. Light food and drinks provided.
Opening Reception — Saturday, November 7th, 2026 from 4 – 6 PM
Heather Charley is a Chicago-based teaching artist with close ties to Wisconsin. This includes a 53-day stay at Froedtert Hospital in 2024, initiated by her leg’s attempt to secede from her body, and extended by a full system shutdown. This past January, she did 30 small works around that trauma and found healing as she abstracted away from specifics. Mismanaged Utopias is a continued mutation and propagation--generating new, but flawed, speculative worlds informed by the complex and mysterious organic systems of the human body and nature.
Upcoming Events
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News & Announcements
The Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts (JGCA) is now in the process of recruiting several new board members to serve on the Board of Directors of the organization. We are reaching out to our JGCA members and wider community to provide information about this leadership opportunity.
Our efforts are inspired by:
Our Vision: A community strengthened by creativity
Our Mission: We provide opportunities to create, present, and experience the arts in an open collaborative environment.
The next several years promise to be exciting ones for the JGCA as we, like so many other organizations, re-emerge from the challenges of the last few years.
Are you interested in joining the JGCA Board of Directors?
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Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts
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Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts
926 E Center ST, Milwaukee, WI 53212
GALLERY HOURS
Exhibits can be viewed online or in-person:
Gallery Hours are Thursday, Friday, and Saturdays; 12 noon – 5 PM
OR make an appointment for Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday; email us at info@jazzgallerycenterforarts.org
Please review our COVID Policy if you are planning a visit to the Jazz Gallery.
JGCA Riverwest Radio Shows
Check out Jazz Gallery shows on 104.1 fm in Milwaukee and riverwestradio.com everywhere else.
Tuesdays at 7:00 pm on Riverwest Radio, WXRW, 104.1 FM.
Stream the show live on riverwestradio.com, if you can’t get radio reception, or if you miss the radio broadcast, you can catch it anytime at: https://www.riverwestradio.com/show/owl-older-wiser-local/
PERFORMANCE
JAZZ IMPROV, HIP HOP, EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC, SPOKEN WORD—AND MORE.
Our stage speaks diversity.
ART
PAINT, FIBER, PHOTOGRAPHY, SCULPTURE, CERAMICS, ASSEMBLAGES…BEHOLD!
New exhibits every other month.
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