Join us for a series of celebratory events to kick off the 2023 Black Arts Matter Festival. Opening night events are free and open to the public.
Mawhyah Milton was born in 1989 in an apartment in Bronx, NY. She was adopted by her maternal grandparents along with her four siblings and raised in Birmingham, AL. She shared a passion and talent for art with her grandfather and always pursued it as a way of connecting with others. In college, while attending Savannah College of Art and Design, she spent five years finding her artistic “voice” and illustration style. It wasn’t until she joined AmeriCorps after graduating that she began to learn more in-depth about the intersections of oppressive systems and combine what she learned with her own story and the voices of her family and those who look like her. As she became more confident in her voice and self, her use of color became more vibrant and bolder. Now, she uses her art to contribute to the zeitgeist by creating imagery about human, social and political issues. Mawhyah currently lives in New York, NY.
Artwork will be available for purchase.
If you fall in love with any of the pieces, you will have the opportunity to take the artwork home with you! Prices will be listed in the gallery. For purchases and inquiries, please reach out to the WUD Art Advisor, Tony Wise via tony.wise@wisc.edu.
This event is part of the Black Arts Matter Festival, running from November 8-12, 2023. Learn more.
Illustrator Mawhyah Speaking on Her Work
National Endowment for the Arts
Dane Arts
Evjue Foundation
Wisconsin Alumni Association
Wisconsin Arts Board
Madison Arts Commission
Division of the Arts
Explore working with a pottery wheel and learn the basics of working with clay. Each class comes with 12.5 lbs. of clay as well as free use of the open-studios during and two weeks after the class!
This is a past event and has been archived for reference.
