Walker's Point Center for the Arts

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Walker's Point Center for the Arts WPCA is a nonprofit organization in support of visual/performing arts and youth art education.

WPCA seeks to enhance the fellowship and vibrancy of Walker’s Point. We provide a welcoming, safe and diverse cultural environment for children, artists and the public in order to maintain an active community. The center fosters creativity in children through innovative teaching, in addition to encouraging public and community initiative through social development.

Gallery Night MKE Preview 🎨34th Annual Dia de Los Mu***os Exhibition + Featured Member Exhibition: Kristine Hinrichs | W...
10/12/2026

Gallery Night MKE Preview 🎨

34th Annual Dia de Los Mu***os Exhibition + Featured Member Exhibition: Kristine Hinrichs | WPCA’s 34th Annual Día de los Mu***os Exhibition returns as Milwaukee’s longest‑standing celebration of memory, culture, and community.

This year features vibrant contemporary works, community altares, and intergenerational storytelling rooted in Embracing Community / Cultivando Comunidad. Alongside the main exhibition, WPCA presents a Featured Member Showcase by photographer Kristine Hinrichs, whose work captures the quiet poetry of Milwaukee’s landscapes and neighborhoods.

Together, these exhibitions honor tradition, reflection, and the creative voices that shape our city.

Walker’s Point Center for the Arts (Walker's Point Ctr 4 the Arts)
839 S. 5th St.
Friday, Oct. 16: 5-7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 17: 1-5 p.m.

WPCA will be closed Oct 6–15 for Día de los Mu***os installation.Our partners and artists will be building altares and i...
10/05/2026

WPCA will be closed Oct 6–15 for Día de los Mu***os installation.
Our partners and artists will be building altares and installing artwork.
The 34th Annual Día de los Mu***os Exhibition & Featured Member Exhibition: Kristine Hinrichs opens Oct 16 for Gallery Night & Day.

Afterschool classes are on break and will resume Oct 13 for Module 2.

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WPCA estará cerrado del 6 al 15 de octubre por la instalación de Día de los Mu***os.
Nuestras/os artistas y socios comunitarios estarán creando altares e instalando obras.
La 34ª Exhibición Anual de Día de los Mu***os y la Exhibición de Miembro Destacado: Kristine Hinrichs abre el 16 de octubre para Gallery Night & Day.

Las clases después de la escuela estarán en pausa y regresan el 13 de octubre para el Módulo 2.

Deep gratitude to Geornica Daniels for sharing Minding the Gap (July 24 – October 2) as part of our 2026 Featured Member...
10/02/2026

Deep gratitude to Geornica Daniels for sharing Minding the Gap (July 24 – October 2) as part of our 2026 Featured Member Exhibition Series.

Today is the final day to experience her exhibition.

Her sculptural vessels — built from rope and thousands of zip ties — hold tension, tenderness, and the ongoing work of becoming. Through questions of intimacy, motherhood, Blackness, ambition, and self‑perception, her work invites us to sit inside the space between who we are and who we hope to be.

Thank you, Geornica, for offering this powerful meditation on resilience, identity, and transformation. Your voice strengthens our creative community.
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Profunda gratitud a Geornica Daniels por compartir Minding the Gap (24 de julio – 2 de octubre) como parte de nuestra Serie de Exposiciones de Miembros Destacados 2026.

Hoy es el último día para experimentar su exposición.

Sus vasijas escultóricas — construidas con cuerda y miles de cinchos — sostienen tensión, ternura y el trabajo continuo de convertirse. A través de preguntas sobre intimidad, maternidad, negritud, ambición y autopercepción, su obra nos invita a habitar ese espacio entre quienes somos y quienes aspiramos a ser.

Gracias, Geornica, por ofrecer esta poderosa meditación sobre la resiliencia, la identidad y la transformación. Tu voz fortalece a nuestra comunidad creativa.

SAVE THE DATE! / RESERVA LA FECHA Exhibition/Exhibición: Oct 16–Dec 4, 2026Community Celebration/Celebración Comunitaria...
10/01/2026

SAVE THE DATE! / RESERVA LA FECHA
Exhibition/Exhibición: Oct 16–Dec 4, 2026
Community Celebration/Celebración Comunitaria: Oct 31, 1–5 PM

Home travels with us — across borders, languages, and generations.
At WPCA’s 34th Annual Día de los Mu***os Exhibition, we gather to honor ancestors, uplift stories of resilience, and celebrate the joy reclaimed in community.
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Altares, arte, música, y comunidad. El hogar viaja con nosotros — a través de fronteras, idiomas y generaciones. En la 34ª Exposición Anual de Día de Mu***os de WPCA, nos reunimos para honrar a nuestrxs ancestrxs, elevar historias de resiliencia y celebrar la alegría que recuperamos en comunidad.

📍 Walker’s Point Center for the Arts (839 s 5th St, MKE, WI)
More/más info: wpca-milwaukee.org/blog/34dia/

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09/11/2026

34th Annual Día de los Mu***os: Embracing Community / Cultivando Comunidad

We’re getting ready for our 34th year of honoring memory, joy, and the ways our community stays connected across borders and generations. This year’s theme invites artists to reflect on belonging, shared stories, and the people who continue to guide us. More info here: https://wpca-milwaukee.org/blog/34dia/

WPCA is calling BIPOC artists + students from MIAD, UWM, Alverno, and MATC to submit work that celebrates ancestors, loved ones, and the cultural practices that keep us rooted.

🖌️ Up to 3 pieces
🖼️ 2D, 3D, and time‑based media
🛠️ Install‑ready

📅 Deadline: Oct 2, 2026
Exhibition runs Oct 16 – Dec 4, 2026

Join us in celebrating community, memory, and the creative traditions that carry us forward.

YOUTH ARTIST RESIDENCY 🎨✨Apply by Sept. 27! Milwaukee teens (15–18) are invited to join WPCA’s 8‑week paid, youth‑led re...
09/10/2026

YOUTH ARTIST RESIDENCY 🎨✨
Apply by Sept. 27! Milwaukee teens (15–18) are invited to join WPCA’s 8‑week paid, youth‑led residency—a space to grow artistic skills, build a portfolio, and develop professional creative practices.

Link in bio 🔗

Participants explore photography, video, writing, collage, digital design, and more while creating an individual project rooted in their own stories and techniques. Youth work alongside community artists and WPCA staff, gaining confidence in how they create, talk about, and share their art.

Participants receive:
• 40 hours of studio time
• 8 hours of instruction + experiential projects
• Mentorship from community artists
• Stipend for participation
• Training in documentation, process mapping, and communicating artistic themes
• A public exhibition of collective + individual work

By the end, youth will:
• Create an original artwork or series
• Install their work in a gallery setting
• Design + host an on‑site workshop
• Present during the Winter Showcase

📍 On‑site at WPCA
839 S. 5th St, Milwaukee, WI 53204

07/24/2026

Opens today 4-6pm!
Minding the Gap, a Featured Member Exhibition by Geornica Daniels

Through rope and thousands of zip ties, Daniels (Geornica) builds vessels that hold tension, repetition, and the ongoing work of becoming. These forms sag, strain, and reach toward stability — echoing the space between who we are and who we hope to be, where questions of intimacy, motherhood, Blackness, ambition, and self‑perception meet.

Minding the Gap invites viewers to reflect on that uncertain distance between desire and fulfillment, imagination and reality — the space we all inhabit at some point.

On view through Ocotober 2, 2026

*WPCA Update *Due to severe air quality, all programming scheduled for this evening is canceled.+ WPCA will also be clos...
07/16/2026

*WPCA Update *
Due to severe air quality, all programming scheduled for this evening is canceled.

+ WPCA will also be closed tomorrow, Friday July 17.
+ No Summer Art Camp tomorrow — campers return Tuesday, July 21
+ Interns & staff will return on site on Saturday July 18.
+ Gallery closed for installation.

Thank you for your understanding as we prioritize community health and safety.
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Debido a la calidad del aire severa, toda la programación programada para esta tarde está cancelada.

+ WPCA también estará cerrado mañana, viernes 17 de julio.
+ No habrá Campamento de Arte de Verano mañana — lxs campistas regresan el martes, 21 de julio.
+ Pasantes y personal regresarán al sitio el sábado, 18 de julio.
+ La galería está cerrada por el montaje de la próxima exposición.

Gracias por su comprensión mientras priorizamos la salud y seguridad de nuestra comunidad.

Last week’s CR8TV CONVO with at WPCA held so much beauty. She shared openly about her beginnings, her growth, and how g...
06/26/2026

Last week’s CR8TV CONVO with at WPCA held so much beauty. She shared openly about her beginnings, her growth, and how grief, memory, and love shape this new body of work—how each piece carries what we hold and what holds us.

’s CR8TV CONVOS offers artists a space to speak from their own voice and on their own terms.

Liv’s full body of work remains on view at WPCA through July 8, 2026. Limited‑edition booklets available while they last. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Sat 1pm-5pm (closed July 4th).

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El CR8TV CONVO de la semana pasada con en WPCA estuvo lleno de belleza. Ella compartió con mucha apertura sobre sus inicios, su crecimiento y cómo el duelo, la memoria y el amor atraviesan esta nueva serie—cómo cada obra sostiene lo que cargamos y lo que nos sostiene.

CR8TV CONVOS ofrece un espacio donde lxs artistas pueden hablar desde su propia voz y en sus propios términos.

Su obra completa sigue en exhibición en WPCA hasta el 8 de julio del 2026. Folleto de edición limitada disponible mientras duren.

06/25/2026

There’s nothing like seeing Milwaukee through the eyes of its young creators. WPCA’s 14th Annual Youth Art Show lifts up the stories, cultures, and connections that make our city feel like home.

And this year, youth artists can go even further — with a chance to be featured in YardWorks, WPCA’s public art project bringing youth creativity into our neighborhoods (plus a $50 stipend!).

MORE INFO HERE / MAS INFORMACION:
https://wpca-milwaukee.org/announcement/14yas/

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No hay nada como ver Milwaukee a través de los ojos de sus jóvenes creadores. 💫
La 14ª Exposición Anual de Arte Juvenil de WPCA eleva las historias, culturas y conexiones que hacen que nuestra ciudad se sienta como hogar.

Y este año, lxs jóvenes artistas pueden llegar aún más lejos — con la oportunidad de ser parte de YardWorks, el proyecto de arte público de WPCA que lleva la creatividad juvenil directamente a nuestros vecindarios (más un incentivo de $50).

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839 S 5th Street
Milwaukee, WI
53204

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Tuesday 1pm - 5pm
Wednesday 1pm - 5pm
Thursday 1pm - 5pm
Friday 1pm - 5pm
Saturday 1pm - 5pm

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