Bronzeville Center for the Arts

Open Doors Milwaukee – Gallery 507
2025-09-27 11:00 - 16:30 (America/Chicago) | BCA Gallery 507, 507 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53212, United States
Open Doors Milwaukee gives Gallery 507 the opportunity to explore the gallery and its exhibitions, such as “Black Defined 1: Ceramics“.

Fruit Art Workshop – Art Made with Fruit
2025-09-19 17:30 - 19:30 | BCA Gallery 507, 507 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53212, United States
Learn how to design, carve, and style fruits into stunning creations while learning about nutrition, creativity, and cultural connections. Create your own fruit art masterpiece, from carved melons to fruit sculptures, using safe fruit handling and carving techniques.

BCA Talkback Session 2 – ThriveOn King
2025-08-18 12:00 - 14:00 | ThriveOn King, 2153 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Milwaukee, WI, 53212, United States
The vacant building at the corner of North Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (the former DNR building) is being demolished this summer to make way for Milwaukee’s future African American Art Museum. While we develop plans for the new museum, we want your ideas on how we might use this space in the meantime.
Your participation will help shape decisions and generate fresh ideas for interim site uses, BCA program initiatives, and the art museum’s plans. We aim to gather valuable feedback, inspire arts and cultural engagement, and foster collaboration for this project.

Black Defined: Ceramics 1 – Art Exhibition
2025-08-07 17:30 - 2026-01-14 19:30 | BCA Gallery 507, 507 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53212, United States
EXTENDED ONE MORE WEEK TO JANUARY 14!
In partnership with Chipstone Foundation, Black Defined 1: Ceramics examines the rich history and contemporary significance of ceramics as a storytelling medium. Featuring a diverse range of early colonial and contemporary objects, this exhibition showcases the contributions of ceramicists from the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, as well as historic objects from the Southeast, emphasizing how ideas, traditions, and craft practices are passed down through generations.
Featured contemporary Midwest-based artists include Alisa Drakes, Sydnie Jimenez, Janiece Maddox; Mid-Atlantic Artists include Michelle Erickson, David Drake, also known as “Dave the Potter,” and Roberto Lugo.

Bronzeville Week – Bronzeville Week Festival
2025-08-02 - 2025-08-09 | BCA Gallery 507, 507 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53212, United States
Bronzeville Center for the Arts participated throughout Bronzeville Week, opening Gallery 507 for those enjoying community events.

Chalk-R-Lot – Sidewalk Chalk Art
2025-07-18 15:00 - 18:30 | BCA Gallery 507, 507 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53212, United States
Chalk-R-Lot is a fun-filled twist on a classic outdoor activity, celebrating African American art and culture through the use of sidewalk chalk. BCA will provide color chalk supplies and art references while Milwaukee-based visual artists assist kids and families with making chalk-art on the Gallery 507 parking lot. Drawing with sidewalk chalk is the perfect activity for a long summer day and fun for the whole family!

BCA Talkback Session 1 – Gallery 507
2025-07-10 17:30 - 19:30 | BCA Gallery 507, 507 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53212, United States

How The Blues Put Us in A Funk – Blk Music & the Creative Economy
2025-06-27 05:30 - 07:30 | BCA Gallery 507, 507 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53212, United States
Hosted by Brad Anthony Bernard, Milwaukee-based artist and founder of the Community Arts & Funk Festival, “How the Blues Put Us into a Funk” will feature a presentation about the evolution of blues and funk music, including the conditions, historical events and genres in which composers created Black music. After the presentation, guests will participate in an interactive workshop to learn how to create and design your own album cover.
African-American music has a profound impact on the larger musical landscape. Each song has a unique purpose – to uplift, mobilize, tell a story, unite, educate, entertain, bear witness, or send a message.

Brush-it-Off – Artist Fishbowl Discussion Workshop
2025-05-29 17:30 - 19:30 | BCA Gallery 507, 507 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53212, United States
Staring at a blank canvas? Join the Bronzeville Center for the Arts (BCA) for ‘Brush it Off,’ a dynamic workshop hosted by BCA Director of Creative Engagement & Partnerships Mutòpe Johnson. This workshop is designed to reignite your artistic spark. We’ll dive into the frustrations of artist’s block, share practical techniques, and rediscover the joy of creating together! Plus, engage in an open dialogue about the 10 principles of how to become unstuck.

Quilting in Contemporary Art – Artists Talk / Gallery Night
2025-04-11 17:30 - 19:30 | BCA Gallery 507, 507 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53212, United States
The Bronzeville Center for the Arts invites the community to a panel discussion with Wisconsin artists Jamin Mahan, Karla Stewart-Martin and Rosy Petri, featured artists of the Quilting in Contemporary Art: Stitching Our Stories exhibition at Gallery 507.
Join us for a panel discussion offering deeper insights into the artists’ creative processes and the role of quilting in contemporary art.

Collecting African American Art – In Conversation with Patric McCoy
2025-03-22 14:00 - 16:00 | BCA Gallery 507, 507 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53212, United States
Collecting African American Art: A Conversation with Patric McCoy dispels misconceptions and defines the role of an art collector. By providing succinct advice on framing, insurance, tax and estate planning, as well as pointers on how to care for one’s collection, Collector Patric McCoy makes collecting an enjoyable conversation for everyone.

Murals of Bronzeville – Why Murals Speak
2025-03-12 17:30 - 19:00 | BCA Gallery 507, 507 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53212, United States
Not only is the Bronzeville neighborhood key to understanding early African American history, it is also rich with Black history that has shaped the present. Milwaukee’s murals celebrate both historic and present-day Black lives while addressing current issues of civil rights,social justice and other issues that affect our Black communities. Join the BCA at Gallery 507 for a panel discussion featuring a variety of Milwaukee’s muralists.

Quilting in Contemporary Art – Opening Exhibition
2025-02-27 17:30 - 19:00 | BCA Gallery 507, 507 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53212, United States
Today’s quilt and fiber artists continue to lean into quilting’s resourceful roots, able to carry on conversations and connections with African American ancestors to form their own stories through stitching squares of materials and fabric. These textile artists are building on the narrative potential of quilts to establish a new era that centers on history, cultural heritage, and identity in communities where they live.

Valiant Vel – Book Signing and Book Sale
2025-02-17 17:30 - 19:00 | BCA Gallery 507, 507 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53212, United States
“Valiant Vel” by Jerrianne Hayslett tells the story of Vel Phillips, the first African American and first woman to be elected to Milwaukee’s Common Council. She spent her career fighting for fair housing policies to protect minorities from discrimination when buying or renting homes. Join us at Gallery 507 for a book signing and discussion with author Jerrianne Hayslett and illustrator Aaron Boyd about her life and legacy.
