Our Kind of Happy Hour: Judy Frater
Kutch, a desert region of northwestern India, was historically known for its myriad of craft traditions, notably a dazzling array of hand embroideries. By culture restricted to social discourse among their own community, with limited interactions beyond, women highly valued creative innovation. The embroideries they created narrate a rich history of different ethnic groups, their aesthetics and values, and the influences of their intermingling over time. (Online). 5:30-6:30 p.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu
Indigenous Sovereignty: Land, Food, Art with Anastasia Adams and nibiiwakamigkwe
Join us for our first hybrid Our Kind of Happy Hour! We welcome Indigenous artists Anastasia Adams and nibiiwakamigkwe as they perform excerpts from Taiquaa//Ambe Omaa (come here), a multidisciplinary collaboration of Yup'ik, Métis, and Anishinaabe lifeways through Pic-eine'rkin throat singing, textile, storytelling, and visual symbol. Tickets are required to attend—get yours here: https://bit.ly/3mdFeOQ or stream live on Facebook. Chazen Museum of Art. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu
Our Kind of Happy Hour: Noah Mapes
Join us on Facebook Live for Our Kind of Happy Hour on October 14th at 6:30 p.m. with Noah Mapes, former Chazen Museum of Art curatorial assistant, who will place Lowe's artwork in conversation with Marie Watt’s (Seneca) Companion Species (Speech Bubble) to understand, exemplify, and complicate the definition of “Native modernism.” Noah will also offer a behind-the-scenes look at the museum’s current gallery rotation, Origin, Vision, Place, Voice: The Art of Truman Lowe. (Online). 6:30-7:30 p.m. Information: communications@chazen.wisc.edu
Our Kind of Happy Hour: Kota Ezawa
Join us Thursday, September 23rd at 6:30 pm on Facebook Live to hear from artist Kota Ezawa on the process of creating and the meaning behind his video collage, City of Nature (2010), which is on view for the entire 2021-2022 academic year in the Chazen’s Mayer Gallery in the Elvehjem building. (Online). 6:30-7:30 p.m. Information: communications@chazen.wisc.edu
Our Kind of Happy Hour: Alison Saar
Join us on Facebook Live for Our Kind of Happy Hour, featuring a conversation between artist Alison Saar and master printer Jason Ruhl of UW–Madison’s Tandem Press as they discuss Saar’s current exhibition, Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar, and share insights about the collaborative processes involved in the making of these works. Online. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Information: communications@chazen.wisc.edu
Our Kind of Happy Hour: A Conversation with Jordan D. Schnitzer
Join us for Our Kind of Happy Hour on Facebook Live, June 30th at 6:30 pm for a conversation between Jordan D. Schnitzer, Chazen Director Amy Gilman, and Van Vleck Curator of Works on Paper James Wehn as they discuss our new exhibition, Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar, from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. Online. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Information: communications@chazen.wisc.edu
Our Kind of Happy Hour: TetraPAKMAN
TetraPAKMAN is a Madison-based artist who facilitates community-powered collaborative art projects to address environmental and climate change issues. Tune in on May 12th at 6:30 p.m. on Facebook Live to learn how he uses art to inspire others to create change. Online. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Information: communications@chazen.wisc.edu
Our Kind of Happy Hour: Roberto Torres Mata
Artist Roberto Torres Mata leads viewers through his exhibition: Untethered: Our Journey Beyond Borders, opening at the Chazen on April 7th. The exhibition is a response to migration, immigration, and displacement of people and animals alike, and Mata will take you on a path that highlights these struggles of migration. His work features a range of mediums, including printmaking, sculpture, installation, and paper making. Online. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Information: communications@chazen.wisc.edu
Our Kind of Happy Hour: Angela Johnson
Artist, educator, and creative coach Angela Johnson guides us through mindful meditations during this Facebook Live presentation. Johnson is inspired both by images of nature and trees she has created and from pieces within the Chazen Museum of Art collection. Online. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Information: communications@chazen.wisc.edu
Our Kind of Happy Hour: Behind the Canvas
Tune in for an encore presentation of “Behind the Canvas,” the story of how the gigantic relief painting, What was then, will never be again, created by artist Jim Dine for the Chazen, came to occupy the ceiling in Gallery I of the Elvehjem in 2017. Online. 6:30-7 p.m. Information: communications@chazen.wisc.edu