Visual & Performing Arts
Visuals are decorative and audio is absent.
Create. Explore. Interpret. Innovate.
Welcome future students, friends of the Arts, and the larger La Crosse community! Experience the award-winning exhibits, performances, and shows that thrive in the departments of Art, Music, & Theatre & Dance.
MapVisit us: Truman T. Lowe Center for the Arts, 333 North 16th Street.
Upcoming events
A letter from our director
Dear Friends,
We are in the waning weeks of the fall semester, and the School of Visual & Performing Arts is preparing a veritable feast of autumnal entertainments!
At the close of each semester, our graduating art majors present their capstone exhibition in the UWL Art Gallery. Join us for Yours Truly: a senior art major exhibition, with a public opening reception at 5 p.m. on November 21 in the UWL Art Gallery. On display through December 14.
Seniors also take center stage in “Out Front,” our jazz concert on December 5 spotlighting the virtuosity of graduating instrumentalists. The following day, December 6, the Wind Ensemble performs alongside UWL’s first high school Honor Band concert. And why not make a weekend of music at UWL? Come back for a double header on December 7 for the Concert Band’s performance titled “Frequency” at 2 p.m. followed by “Transcendence,” the final performance of the semester from UWL’s Symphony Orchestra.
Theatre & Dance's run of tick…tick…BOOM sold out, so be sure to get your tickets for our holiday whodunnit Ken Ludwig's The Games Afoot, or Holmes for the Holidays – five performances only December 4-7.
As we move towards the holidays, please know how thankful we are to all of our patrons for being a part of our extended family. Wishing you all safe travels in the coming weeks.
If you would like to receive our 2025-2026 season flier, please send your mailing address to vpa@uwlax.edu – or sign up for our VPA digital newsletter by clicking here.
Director of VPACheers!
Pete Rydberg
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