Visit the Community Center

Arts @ Large is located in the historic Walker’s Point Neighborhood of Milwaukee. Visit us to grab a coffee in our Green Baked Goods cafe, view the current exhibition, or attend one of our many workshops or shows!

Learn about the history of our building. 

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Location:
1100 S 5th St, Milwaukee, WI 53204
Gallery Hours:
MON/WED/THU | 12 PM - 3 PM
SAT | 8 AM - 2 PM
Cafe Hours:
MON | Closed
TUE - FRI | 7 AM - 2 PM
SAT | 8 AM - 2 PM
Photo of the cafe inside the Arts @ Large Community Center
A small crowd watches a performing arts exhibition
A group tours an art exhibition at the Community Center

Green Baked Goods Cafe
at Arts @ Large

Green Baked Goods, founded by Angela and Kevin Green, is a bakery and cafe, opened in partnership with Arts @ Large in 2023. 

 Come enjoy a cup of coffee and a daily assortment of homemade scones, muffins, cookies, mini loaves, and sandwiches. 

Green Baked Goods can cater your next event or special occasion! 

For catering inquiries please contact: greenbakedgoods414@gmail.com

Upcoming Events

22

March 2024

Artist-In-Residence Closing – Paula Lovo

Join us for a gathering in the Arts @ Large gallery for a special screening and live score of Paula Lovo’s ongoing participatory film and celebrate Lovo’s residency closing with Mariachi music and dancing.

Date: Friday 3/22/24

Time: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

  • 6:00 PM – open house, Ambulante y Clandestino DJ set, appetizers, exhibition of art created during the residency
  • 7:00 PM – closing reflections
  • 7:30 PM – Participatory Film Screening with live score
  • 8:00 PM – Mariachi music performance, celebrate, and dancing

Venue: Arts @ Large Gallery, 1100 South 5th Street, Milwaukee, WI 5304

Admission: Free and open to the public

12

April 2024

Jam House

Jam House is back on April 12 from 7-9 PM!

Doors: 6:30pm
Jam: 7pm-9pm

Piano, amp, PA, and drums provided!

Hosted by Jeanne Marie Farinelli and Friends, this Open Jam removes the barrier between stage and audience. Jeanne is an MPS Music teacher at Bayview Montessori and she performs regularly with jazz groups throughout Milwaukee.

Anyone in the crowd can go from an audience member to the featured performer while creating songs on stage that are then recorded and given to them the week after the show.

Come create and collaborate with some of our city’s best musicians and create music on the spot.

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 together.

All jams are recorded at Arts @ Large and given to everyone that plays!

Thank you to Joy Engine for making this program possible.

Join Jeanne Marie Farinelli and Friends 2/9, 3/8, 4/12, 5/10 and 6/7!

10

May 2024

Jam House

Jam House is back on May 10 from 7-9 PM!

Doors: 6:30pm
Jam: 7pm-9pm

Piano, amp, PA, and drums provided!

Hosted by Jeanne Marie Farinelli and Friends, this Open Jam removes the barrier between stage and audience. Jeanne is an MPS Music teacher at Bayview Montessori and she performs regularly with jazz groups throughout Milwaukee.

Anyone in the crowd can go from an audience member to the featured performer while creating songs on stage that are then recorded and given to them the week after the show.

Come create and collaborate with some of our city’s best musicians and create music on the spot.

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 together.

All jams are recorded at Arts @ Large and given to everyone that plays!

Thank you to Joy Engine for making this program possible.

Join Jeanne Marie Farinelli and Friends 2/9, 3/8, 4/12, 5/10 and 6/7!

Arts @ Large Community Center at night
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History Book

HISTORY BOOK

The historic Patrick Cudahy building was constructed in 1890, featuring three commercial storefronts on its first floor and eight apartments on the upper two floors. Over the years, the building served the Walker’s Point neighborhood in a variety of ways, most notably as The Polish House which opened to the public in 1938 as a youth recreation and arts center. The site became a gathering space for kids of all nationalities – Polish, German, Greek, Norwegian, and Mexican and was in use almost every night for arts, theater, music, and community events.


With the help of foundations, corporations and individual contributions, New Market Tax Credits and Historic Tax Credits, Arts @ Large renovated the building into our new Community Center featuring a student art gallery, art studios, a café and catering kitchen, a training center and conference rooms, office space for Milwaukee area nonprofits and small businesses, and public space for weddings, parties, and events.


“There are few things more satisfying to me than seeing a beautiful old – and vacant – building get an overhaul and a new life with a new owner. When that new owner is a Milwaukee nonprofit that works every day to improve the lives of students? Double bonus.” – Bobby Tanzillo, writer for Urban Milwaukee

Venue rentals

With multiple spaces for rent, the Arts @ Large Community Center is the perfect location for your wedding, fundraiser, baby shower, corporate creative session, theater or music performance, or celebration of any kind!

  • In-house Catering, or Select Your Own Caterer
  • High-Tech Sound and Lighting
  • Baby Grand Piano
  • Stage, Gallery, Art Studio, Conference Center


Our newly renovated 1890s Patrick Cudahy building will make any event hard to forget!

Shop the Arts @ Large Marketplace

Arts @ Large Marketplace

Support Arts @ Large and artists in our local community by shopping the Arts @ Large Marketplace. Visit the Community Center to shop in-person or visit our Etsy shop online.

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Arts @ Large was SUCH a beautiful and unique location for our wedding, and the staff did an amazing job orchestrating everything — I’d highly recommend it as an event venue! Everything was perfect.
Dawn Lindsey