$25,000 Grant Will Establish Artist-in-Residence Program at UW-Waukesha

The University of Wisconsin-Waukesha Foundation has received a $25,000 grant from the John and Carolyn Peterson Foundation to create an artist-in-residence program at the university.

Lillian Boese, executive director of the Foundation, and Steve Decker, associate professor of communications and theater arts, worked to secure the grant, which will benefit the many artists in the surrounding community, Decker said.

“My hope is that we will have more professional artists working with the campus theatre program on a regular basis,” he said. “We have a wonderful community here. By supporting more talented artists we all win – the community, students and artists – create together, and we develop relationships that foster creativity, sensitivity and imagination.”

Decker said he is working with the university’s continuing education department to plan and consider working with a number of talented artists – dancers, writers, or actors – on upcoming projects.

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