With each project in her ever-winding career, Milwaukee mural artist Tia Richardson learns something new about herself.
She believes the everyday people involved in her works grow, too from articulating what they want a mural to symbolize to helping paint it. It s therapeutic; it s relaxing. It brings people together; there’s sense of unity, Richardson said. Those are all the things that I want for our community. And that s what happens when we do that work.
Richardson saw the power of community art in her years helping students paint murals in schools. Now a full-time community artist, she often involves people of all ages in projects across the region.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Milwaukee Area Technical College will each receive $5.75 million for student scholarships as the result of a months-long legal fight over how Kurtis Froedtert s legacy to Milwaukee has been managed.
Leaders at UWM and MATC say the scholarships, funded through grants from the Kurtis Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Trust, will significantly impact hundreds, potentially thousands, of Milwaukee students.
The donation is the largest in MATC s history and is among the five largest in UWM s history.
“The Milwaukee Area Technical College and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee were chosen for their strong local presence and steadfast commitment to providing educational opportunities to those who live and work in the community,” said Eric Conley, executive vice president, Froedtert Health, and president, Froedtert Hospital. “Equally important was the opportunity each institution offers students who traditionally might not have
Froedtert Hospital announced it will establish an $11.5 million scholarship program using funds from the Kurtis Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Trust to benefit Milwaukee Area Technical College and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students.
In the year since George Floyd's death, Wisconsin has had its own transformative year in policing and the community's response to policing. Multiple cases were marked with public outcry for officers to be held accountable for their actions and demands for policing changes. Such as the cases of Alvin Cole, the third person shot and killed by Wauwatosa police officer Joseph Mensah; Jacob Blake, shot in the back multiple times by Kenosha police.