Artists Amal Azzam and Aaron Boyd were named the 2025 Artists of the Year, while Nakeysha Roberts Washington and Symphony Swan-Zawadi were named the 2025 Friends of the Arts.

INSPIRE, a Milwaukee-based Dance Collective, presents fusion-based professional performances and instruction that promote excellence and diversity in dance. This collective includes performers from all backgrounds and will motivate, inspire, and connect dancers across the city. Motivated by the ideology that people look for themselves in art, INSPIRE creates a platform where artists, specifically brown-skinned dance artists, can continue to grow as dancers and illuminate the range of dance that exists within our communities.