Community

Our community center hosts programs that are made available to the community weekly. Come ART with us!

  • Jam House
  • Paliafito Eco-Arts Park
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My daughter loves the fact that the activities were designed with all ages in mind. She can enjoy doing a project with her godson (age 6) or her friend (mid 20’s) using the same material provided in one bag. I thank you for keeping families connected.
Maria Frederick, arts4all Participant

Jam House

This event removes the barrier between the stage and the audience and is free and open to the public. Anyone in the crowd can go from an audience member to performer, creating songs on stage with other local musicians. Every jam is recorded and can be distributed to participants. Come create and collaborate with the music community.

Jam House is more than an open-mic with a live backing band; it is a vibrant community space where musicians and artists of all skill levels collaborate to create original music. 

Thank you to CAMPAC, Milwaukee Arts Board, and the Wisconsin Arts Board for supporting Jam House.

Join hosts Gig Simulator in February (2/12) and March (3/19), a group of music teachers and performers in the area who welcome you to experience what the “gigging” process is like in a safe, judgment-free setting. Piano, amp, PA, and drums provided!  FREE – all are welcome.

Doors Open: 6:30pm

Jam: 7pm-9pm

Paliafito

With the support of multiple partners, Arts @ Large transformed a .52-acre city-owned neighborhood park into an outdoor eco-arts learning center called Paliafito Eco-Arts Park. The primary goal of the eco-arts learning center is to engage students, families, educators, neighborhood residents, and the broader community in hands-on, project-based environmental and arts learning. Primary features of the park include a 7,000 gallon stormwater cistern, native plantings, an urban agricultural feature, and a performing arts stage. Arts @ Large presents a free concert series, festivals, art making workshops, and environmental education programs that build neighborhood connections in an outdoor environment.

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March 2026

Jam House

Join hosts Gig Simulator in February and March, a group of music teachers and performers in the area who welcome you to experience what the “gigging” process is like in a safe, judgement free setting. Piano, amp, PA and drums provided!  FREE – all are welcome.

 

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April 2026

Jam House

Join hosts Gig Simulator in February and March, a group of music teachers and performers in the area who welcome you to experience what the “gigging” process is like in a safe, judgment-free setting. Piano, amp, PA, and drums provided!  FREE – all are welcome.

 

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April 2026

Flock Opening Celebration

We welcome Hattie Grimm as our Spring Artist in Residence as she opens her residency Flock: Exploring Collective Practice, Radical Imagination, and the Wisdom of Birds.  Hattie is an artist and educator inspired by the intuitive wisdom of birds and the natural world.  Her work explores how we can be more receptive to our own animal bodies’ communication and uncover something more true and alive in everything and in ourselves.  With a BA in Art Education from UW-Madison, she taught art to middles school and high school students for four years and has led art workshops across the state, including the Chazen Museum of Art, MOWA, and UWM.  She has show her paintings, sculptures and puppet parades thoughout Wisconsin.

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Through Arts @ Large programs, my students become experts on our local environment and will be able to share their expertise with adults and other community members.
Kristen Steinbach, Educator