Lavender & Green Carnation Exhibition
Jan
18
to Mar 15
Art

Lavender & Green Carnation Exhibition

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Opening Reception — Saturday, January 18, 2025, from 4–6 PM

Lavender & Green Carnation delves into the rich history and enduring significance of symbols that have quietly connected and empowered the LGBTQ+ community, especially during periods of societal or political repression. By exploring these queer symbols and the symbolism used in an artist's story telling, Lavender & Green Carnation not only honors their historical significance but also prompts us to consider how we can draw on these lessons of resilience and solidarity in today's shifting political climate.

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Sea Heart/Beach Garbage
Jan
18
to Mar 15
Art

Sea Heart/Beach Garbage

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Opening Reception — Saturday, January 18, 2025, from 4–6 PM

Sea Heart / Beach Garbage is a collection of doodle collages made during winter when colors are rare and visible life even rarer. Milwaukee Artist Victoria Robison is inspired by plants visited under microscopes, beachcombing, and hoarding tendencies as well as a desire to color in lines of her own creation. Together these pieces constitute an adult coloring book written by lonely amoebas reaching for signs of spring.

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Stier/Sundstrom Double Quartet (Madison, WI) + Cool Beauty + Annie Grizzle
Aug
31
7:00 PM19:00
Performance

Stier/Sundstrom Double Quartet (Madison, WI) + Cool Beauty + Annie Grizzle

Stier/Sundstrom Double Quartet (Madison, WI) + Cool Beauty + Annie Grizzle

At the Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts - 926 East Center Street

Stier/Sundstrom Quartet (Madison, WI) will present two mirrored quartets improvising on themes from the jazz tradition, featuring musicians from Milwaukee, Chicago, and Madison. 

Local support from Cool Beauty (free improv/experimental) and Annie Grizzle (surreal, collage-suffused

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Mid Career and Established Solo Exhibition
Aug
27
to Sep 18
Art

Mid Career and Established Solo Exhibition

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Deadline for applications is Sunday, Sept. 15th, 202411:59pm. Jurying and notifications of artists will take place by early November, 2024. Exhibition dates will be in Spring 2025.

Dates for the solo exhibition: March 22 - May 17th, 2025 The link for application is: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftHGROapUZl_pNciKLsekvBRZeo00WkEilmr7j3v-lOjyzkQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Annual Members Show
Aug
24
to Oct 12
Art

Annual Members Show

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Group show featuring artworks created by Jazz Gallery Members. Opening Reception: Saturday, August 24th, 3-5pm. Closing Reception/Event Saturday, October 12th, 3-5pm.


Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts (JGCA)  is a non-profit organization serving Southeastern Wisconsin with a wide range of visual and performing arts programming, created by a diverse community of visual and performing artists. At JGCA we provide opportunities to create, present, and experience the arts.

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Wavefiler + Blake Zweig + Vectors of Resonant Prescients + Cassini Echoes
Aug
23
7:00 PM19:00
Performance

Wavefiler + Blake Zweig + Vectors of Resonant Prescients + Cassini Echoes

Friday, August 23, 7 - 10PM

At the Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts - 926 East Center Street

This is a mixed genre show varying from Ambient Electronic to Indie Rock with acoustic guitar and tape loops mixed in between.

The show will feature such artists as Cassini Echoes, Vectors of Resonant Prescients, Blake Zweig, Wavefiler + DJ / Tape Loops Between Sets: Tron Jovi!

Date: August 23
Time: 7:00pm
Cover: $5-10 sliding scale (please note we do not sell tickets in advance, doors only. both cards and cash are accepted)

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Kenan Serenbetz + DPCD + Shawn Alan Hurd + Kati Katchever
Aug
17
8:00 PM20:00
Performance

Kenan Serenbetz + DPCD + Shawn Alan Hurd + Kati Katchever

Saturday, August 17, 8PM

At the Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts - 926 East Center Street

Kenan Serenbetz creates music that explores and extols the web of relationships that we share with all the beings of the earth. Whether crafting intricate textures of winds and strings, composing dense contrapuntal vocal harmonies, or singing with choruses of birds and insects out in the field, Kenan utilizes his own distinctive command of sound and concept to convey the need for right relationship with the natural world.
Genres: folk, experimental.


DPCD is the work of Illinois musician Alec Watson. Taking its name after a four-letter secret code given to him by his great-grandfather, DPCD’s music is intimate and soft spoken, with Watson's meditative singing illuminated by fragile webs of guitar, piano, and celeste.
Genres: folk

Local support from Shawn Alan Hurd and Kati Katchever.

Date: August 17 (after Center Street Daze festival)
Time: 8:00pm
Cover: $10 (please note we do not sell tickets in advance, doors only. both cards and cash are accepted)

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STRATA: a mini-fest
Aug
13
6:00 PM18:00
Performance

STRATA: a mini-fest

Tuesday, August 13, 6PM

At the Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts - 926 East Center Street

STRATA is a mini-fest presenting experimental and improvised music from France, NYC, and Milwaukee.

Hans Young Binter is an American pianist and composer based in New York City, working within the city's vibrant creative music scene in addition to collaborations across musical styles and artistic disciplines. His work is rooted in the practice of improvisation, and centers itself upon core elements of music making such as conversation and ritual. New album "ChimesThe Bell 3x" available on bandcamp and streaming services.

Andy Armstrong is a musician and sound artist from Charleston, Illinois currently living in Rennes, France. He usually makes long electronic improvisations for performance, tape and radio, sometimes made under the name Cream White.


Local support from Cathedral Becomes Tomb, Hiking Journal, and Cornelius Sludge.


Date: Tuesday 8/13
Time: 6:00pm
Cover fee: $10 (please note we do not sell tickets in advance, doors only. both cards and cash are accepted)

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Kenji Lee's Fortune Teller Trio
Aug
8
7:00 PM19:00
Performance

Kenji Lee's Fortune Teller Trio

Thursday, August 8, 2024

At the Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts - 926 East Center Street

Those who practice Kyūdō, a traditional form of Japanese archery, view it as a vehicle for moral and spiritual growth. Their primary objective is not to hit the target; rather, they seek to embody the virtues of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty (Shin Zen Bi) through intense concentration on movement and form. While technical precision facilitates aesthetic sensibility, it is inner spiritual beauty that lends depth to their performance. Thus, technique and spirit are intertwined in harmonious unity.

This marriage between technique and spirit is central to the musical practice of Detroit-based saxophonist Kenji Lee. His Fortune Teller Trio, comprised of himself on tenor sax, Andy Peck on bass, and Jonathan Barahal Taylor on drums, leverages its technical virtuosity to explore the profound depths of human emotion. In their debut album, Kyūdō, the Fortune Teller Trio seeks to embody the tenets of this Japanese practice through improvisation, painting sweeping sonic landscapes against a canvas of stillness.

Date: August 8
Time: 8:00pm
Cover: $10 (please note we do not sell tickets in advance, doors only. both cards and cash are accepted)

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