Street Art Exhibit Premieres on Milwaukee’s East Side

Street art display, Black Cat Alley, held its grand opening on September 18 in the alleyway between Kenilworth Pl. and Ivanhoe Pl., south of North Ave. Artists, including UW-Milwaukee students, painted nine murals on the building walls of the alley. The exhibit’s founder, Tim Decker, said he wanted to use art to change a dull place into something else.

“Art equals change, and we changed a bad place into a good place,” Decker said.

Black Cat Alley remains open to the public year-round. Decker plans to fill the rest of the blank walls over the years, starting with 10 new artists next summer.

“I think my students are going to utilize that space,” Decker said.

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