Meet Me at the Chazen

Send us a Text In November 2022, Gianofer Fields hosted a panel discussion on how artists can disrupt the public art narrative and forge new paths toward re-memorializing our shared past. The panelists were Naima Murphy Salcido, former Director of Partnerships at Monument Lab; Professor Faisal Abdu’Allah, Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art, UW–Madison; Sanford Biggers, contemporary artist; a...

Send us a Text When UW–Madison Professor of Dance Chris Walker first saw Emancipation Group , he couldn't stop thinking about a particular detail of the troubling sculpture. Walker talks with host Gianofer Fields about how he translated his reaction into a dance piece. Meet Me at the Chazen is a podcast about the the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art, the largest collecti...

Send us a Text Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Keyon Harrold was at the Chazen providing a response for re:mancipation when news broke about a racially charged incident involving his son. Host Gianofer Fields talks with Harrold about how it affected his family and what it says about the state of race relations in the United Sates. Meet Me at the Chazen is a podcast about the the University of Wisco...

Send us a Text Host Gianofer Fields talks with UW-Madison engineering graduate Kirk Mendoza, who provided the technology to turn concepts into concrete things for the re:mancipation project.  Meet Me at the Chazen is a podcast about the the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art, the largest collecting museum in the Big Ten. As we report what’s happening here, we'll also explo...

Send us a Text  Host Gianofer Fields talks with DJ, archivist, and music scholar Rich Medina about revisionist history, power, the universality of music, and what re:mancipation means to him.  Meet Me at the Chazen is a podcast about the the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art, the largest collecting museum in the Big Ten. As we report what’s happening here, we'll also expl...

Send us a Text Host Gianofer Fields talks with a brother-sister duo at the heart of the re:mancipation project: music producer/MASK Consortium member Guy Routté, and fiber artist Lynore Routté.  Meet Me at the Chazen is a podcast about the the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art, the largest collecting museum in the Big Ten. As we report what’s happening here, we'll also ex...

Send us a Text Host Gianofer Fields talks with artist and activist Wildcat Ebony Brown about art, spirituality, the revived Wide Awakes movement, and how it all connects with the re:mancipation project. Meet Me at the Chazen is a podcast about the the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art, the largest collecting museum in the Big Ten. As we report what’s happening here, we'll...

Send us a Text Exhibition and Collection Project Manager Kate Wanberg talks with host Gianofer Fields about how the re:mancipation project led the Chazen to break out of its standard approach to exhibitions by sharing control with collaborators. Meet Me at the Chazen is a podcast about the the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art, the largest collecting museum in the Big Ten. As...

Send us a Text Host Gianofer Fields puts you at the center of re:mancipation's opening reception, where DJ Rich Medina, rapper Pharoahe Monch, Sanford Biggers, Chazen Director Amy Gilman, and members of the audience came together to reflect, celebrate, and open the exhibition. (Note: this episode contains explicit language.) Meet Me at the Chazen is a podcast about the the University of Wisco...

Send us a Text Host Gianofer Fields talks with Eddie Gajadar, chief operating officer of MASK Consortium, about the re:mancipation project’s small-scale origins, key milestones in its expansion, and his hopes for its future. Meet Me at the Chazen is a podcast about the the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art, the largest collecting museum in the Big Ten. As we report what’s happ...

Send us a Text Host Gianofer Fields speaks with MASK Consortium creative director Mark Hines about how he helps artist Sanford Biggers execute his artistic vision and the deeply emotional experience of working with the challenging subject matter of Emancipation Group. Meet Me at the Chazen is a podcast about the the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art, the largest collecting mus...

Send us a Text The seeds of re:mancipation were planted at the closing of BAM!, a 2019 Sanford Biggers exhibition at the Chazen. Chazen Head of Education Candie Waterloo talks with host Gianofer Fields about how a dinner conversation led to an ambitious two-year collaboration and what made her pay attention to an artwork she had ignored. Meet Me at the Chazen is a podcast about the the University...

Send us a Text From its earliest days, viewers saw problems with Thomas Ball's Emancipation Group sculpture. Janine Yorimoto Boldt, the Chazen's associate curator of American art, discusses the sculpture's history, versions, iconography, and evolving interpretations with host Gianofer Fields. Meet Me at the Chazen is a podcast about the the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Chazen M...

Send us a Text Meet Me at the Chazen Host Gianofer Fields talks to Sanford Biggers, the artist at the center of the re:mancipation exhibition, about process, collaboration, history and dialogue as media, and placing faith in the viewer. Meet Me at the Chazen is a podcast about the the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art, the largest collecting museum in the Big Ten. As we report...

Send us a Text Chazen Museum of Art Director Amy Gilman talks about Emancipation Group , a problematic sculpture in the museum's collection, and the starting point for re:mancipation , an exhibit that was on view Feb. 4 through June 25, 2023 at the Chazen Museum of Art. Meet Me at the Chazen is a podcast about the the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art, the largest collect...