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 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 explore what it means to be an art museum at a public university and how art museums can help enrich and strengthen the communities they serve. Meet Me at the Chazen theme and incidental music is “Swinging at the Pluto Lounge,” composed and performed by Marvin Tate and friends, and is used with permission of the artists.

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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 happening here, we'll also explore what it means to be an art museum at a public university and how art museums can help enrich and strengthen the communities they serve. Meet Me at the Chazen theme and incidental music is “Swinging at the Pluto Lounge,” composed and performed by Marvin Tate and friends, and is used with permission of the artists.

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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 museum in the Big Ten. As we report what’s happening here, we'll also explore what it means to be an art museum at a public university and how art museums can help enrich and strengthen the communities they serve. Meet Me at the Chazen theme and incidental music is “Swinging at the Pluto Lounge,” composed and performed by Marvin Tate and friends, and is used with permission of the artists.

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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 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 explore what it means to be an art museum at a public university and how art museums can help enrich and strengthen the communities they serve. Meet Me at the Chazen theme and incidental music is “Swinging at the Pluto Lounge,” composed and performed by Marvin Tate and friends, and is used with permission of the artists.

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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 Museum of Art, the largest collecting museum in the Big Ten. As we report what’s happening here, we'll also explore what it means to be an art museum at a public university and how art museums can help enrich and strengthen the communities they serve. Meet Me at the Chazen theme and incidental music is “Swinging at the Pluto Lounge,” composed and performed by Marvin Tate and friends, and is used with permission of the artists.

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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 what’s happening here, we'll also explore what it means to be an art museum at a public university and how art museums can help enrich and strengthen the communities they serve. Meet Me at the Chazen theme and incidental music is “Swinging at the Pluto Lounge,” composed and performed by Marvin Tate and friends, and is used with permission of the artists.

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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 on view through June 25 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 collecting museum in the Big Ten. As we report what’s happening here, we'll also explore what it means to be an art museum at a public university and how art museums can help enrich and strengthen the communities they serve. Meet Me at the Chazen theme and incidental music is “Swinging at the Pluto Lounge,” composed and performed by Marvin Tate and friends, and is used with permission of the artists.

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