{"id":"11","title":"Rashid Johnson: Hail We Now Sing Joy","starts_at":"2017-06-23 19:00:00","ends_at":"2017-09-17 20:00:00","body":"<p>The Milwaukee Art Museum collects and preserves art, presenting it to the community as a vital source of inspiration and education. 30,000 works of art. 400,000+ visitors a year. 125 years of collecting art. From its roots in Milwaukee’s first art gallery in 1888, the Museum has grown today to be an icon for Milwaukee and a resource for the entire state.</p><p><br></p><p>The 341,000-square-foot Museum includes the War Memorial Center (1957) designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen, the Kahler Building (1975) by David Kahler, and the Quadracci Pavilion (2001) created by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.</p><p><br></p><p>Central to the Museum’s mission is its role as a premier educational resource, with educational programs that are among the largest in the nation, involving classes, tours, and a full calendar of events for all ages.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","type":"EventCategory","state":"published","slug":"exhibitions","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:54:41.176231","updated_at":"2018-10-22 18:54:41.176231","excerpt":null,"is_timeless":false,"organization_id":489,"highlighted":false,"opening_starts_at":null,"opening_ends_at":null,"searchable":"'1':109B '10':130B '10am':94B,98B '12':108B '12pm':119B '15':106B '16':129B '18':104B '19':127B '1977':24B '22':93B,125B '23':97B '27':102B '3':116B '30am':131B '30pm':110B,121B '5':120B '6':114B '7':118B 'antoin':59B 'architectur':68B 'artist':66B 'august':105B,115B,126B 'b':23B 'black':32B 'book':122B 'butter':31B 'celebr':91B 'ceram':36B 'chicago':19B 'conceal':77B 'escap':45B 'ever':71B 'exhibit':50B 'explor':39B 'express':111B 'fill':48B 'fourteen':46B 'galleri':99B 'grid':69B 'hail':3A,8B 'ident':43B 'impact':53B 'includ':88B 'instal':70B 'johnson':2A,22B 'joy':7A,12B 'juli':103B,113B,124B 'june':92B,96B,101B 'largest':63B 'materi':27B 'member':89B 'monument':55B 'musician':81B 'nativ':20B 'new':14B 'open':95B 'organ':61B 'paint':15B 'perform':83B 'piano':79B 'present':13B 'preview':90B 'program':87B 'race':42B 'rashid':1A,21B 'salon':123B 'schedul':85B 'sculptur':17B 'septemb':107B,117B,128B 'shea':30B 'shown':72B 'sing':6A,11B 'size':58B 'soap':33B 'space':51B 'state':76B 'talk':100B,112B 'theme':40B 'tile':37B 'time':86B 'unit':75B 'use':26B 'white':35B 'work':47B","thumbnail":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1721669846/yfadlf8qfzvvohmyxzzy.jpg","calendar":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/raw/upload/v1721669448/event_ics_1721669448491.ics","carousel":null,"event_body":"<p><em>Hail We Now Sing Joy</em>&nbsp;presents new paintings and sculptures by Chicago native Rashid Johnson (b. 1977), who uses materials such as shea butter, black soap, and white ceramic tile to explore themes of race, identity, and escape. Fourteen works fill the exhibition space&mdash;their impact as monumental as their size.&nbsp;<em>Antoine&rsquo;s Organ</em>, the largest of the artist&rsquo;s architectural grid installations ever shown in the United States, conceals a piano that musicians will perform at scheduled times.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Programming includes:</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Member Preview Celebration: June 22 | 10am</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Opening: June 23 | 10am</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Gallery Talk: June 27, July 18, August 15, September 12 | 1:30pm</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Express Talk: July 6, August 3, September 7 | 12pm &amp; 5:30pm&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Book Salon: July 22, August 19, September 16 | 10:30am&nbsp;</p>\r\n","name":"Exhibitions","organization_type_id":"5","district_id":"9","telephone":"+14142243220","website":"https://mam.org/","email":"mam@mam.org","hours":"W 10–5; Th 10–8; F–Su 10–5.  M and Tu closed. Special events may affect hours","location":"700 N. Art Museum Dr. Milwaukee, WI 53202","display_location":"700 N. Art Museum Dr. Milwaukee, WI 53202","latitude":"43.040137","longitude":"-87.897045","contact":"","sub_district_id":"34","promoted_at":"2018-10-24T19:31:12.760Z","optional_sort_name":"","paid":true,"position":2,"category_name":"Exhibitions","orgname":"Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM)","orgslug":"milwaukee-art-museum-mam","image":null}