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Milwaukee native Nicole Acosta's portrait project dedicated to hoop earrings is being adapted for the stage.

It was like something out of a fairy tale. One day in the fall of 1985, a green and gold dragon appeared on Milwaukee’s East Side.

Newly appointed Wisconsin poet laureate, Nicholas Gulig, has authored three poetry books and is currently an associate professor at UW-Whitewater. He shares his passion and inspiration for poetry and what he hopes to accomplish.

Jaime Brown, a Kenosha-based artist with featured murals in Milwaukee and surrounding areas, discusses her inspiration, style approach and upcoming projects.

"I'm not delivering this piece of paper to you. I'm delivering to you the memory of who these people were."

A new effort is underway to help Milwaukee’s artists develop the business side of their creative endeavors.

The "Art Against the Odds" exhibition at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design showcases the works of 65 artists incarcerated in 20 Wisconsin prisons. It was organized by the Portrait Society Gallery of Contemporary Art.

Milwaukee has the second-largest homeownership gap between Black and white families in the country. And in neighborhoods like Bronzeville, residents are seeing increased gentrification, making it hard to remain in the neighborhood. But a group of artists in Milwaukee want to change that.

The Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) is celebrating its tenth anniversary of operation this year with a featured exhibition, "Ten at Ten," highlighting emerging artists, like Meg Lionel Murphy and Johanna Winters.

Nick Drain uses tinted car windows to explore how Black people find ways to make themselves invisible as a means of protection.