'No One Knows All It Takes' Invites Community Healing at the Haggerty Museum of Art
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As part of Colossal's exhibition at the Haggerty Museum of Art, we're inviting the community to participate.

‘No One Knows All It Takes’ Invites Community Healing at the Haggerty Museum of Art

A core component of the Colossal-curated exhibition, No One Knows All It Takes, is community participation. Each of the artists—Bryana Bibbs, Raoul Deal, Maria Gaspar, and Swoon (previously)—is deeply engaged with the people they portray and collaborate with, a commitment that inspires nuanced, insightful projects and a truly communal process.

As part of the exhibition at the Haggerty Museum of Art, we’ve considered how to reflect this mode of working through programming and a participatory project. The final piece in the show is Bibbs’ “Weaving Stories,” which consists of a large loom mounted on the gallery wall, along with threads, a paper shredder, and other materials nearby. Once viewers have considered each of the artists’ works, they’re invited to contribute to a collective tapestry on the loom or create a smaller, individual piece to take home.

a large loom with small weavings on a gallery wall at the Haggerty Museum of ArtInstallation view of “Weaving Stories”

Attuned to the sensitive subject matter of the exhibition, Bibbs asks participants to explore their own feelings and memories in response to the artworks. Viewers can even write down their thoughts and interlace their shredded notes into the final work.

In addition to “Weaving Stories,” No One Knows All It Takes also offers an opportunity to engage with Gaspar’s “Disappearance Jail (Wisconsin)” in a public event on October 9. Following a discussion about the intersection of art and incarceration with Dr. Robert S. Smith, the artist will lead attendees in a “punch party,” a workshop in which participants use a hole punch to obscure images of jails, prisons, and detention facilities. The completed works will then be re-hung in the gallery.

And lastly, Colossal will also be hosting a conversation with Deal and Dr. Sergio M. González about immigration, wellbeing, and making art in this increasingly precarious moment. We encourage attendees to spend time with Deal’s works in the exhibition prior to joining us for that discussion, which will be held on September 24.

No One Knows All It Takes is on view through December 20 in Milwaukee, with an opening reception on September 11. Find all of the programming on the museum’s website.

a large portrait of a woman with a violin and an installation of feet and corn husks by Raoul Deal in a gallery at the Haggerty Museum of ArtInstallation view of two works by Raoul Deal small weavings by Bryana Bibbs in a gallery at the Haggerty Museum of ArtInstallation view of Bibbs’ works a grid of photos of buildings. some are riddled with hole punches in a detail view of an installation by Maria Gaspar in a gallery at the Haggerty Museum of ArtDetail view of Gaspar’s “Disappearance Jail (Wisconsin)” a grid of photos of buildings. some are riddled with hole punches in a view of an installation by Maria Gaspar in a gallery at the Haggerty Museum of ArtInstallation view of Gaspar’s “Disappearance Jail (Wisconsin)” a woodcut portrait and shovel sculpture by Raoul Deal in a gallery at the Haggerty Museum of ArtInstallation view of works by Raoul Deal two framed woodcut portraits by Raoul Deal in a gallery at the Haggerty Museum of ArtInstallation view of works by Raoul Deal an installation by Swoon with patterned wallpaper, figures, vignettes, and a tarantula woman at the center. the piece is in a gallery at the Haggerty Museum of ArtInstallation view of Swoon’s “Medea” in the background is an an installation by Swoon with patterned wallpaper, figures, vignettes, and a tarantula woman at the center. a pink wall with monoprints and small weavings by Bryana Bibbsare in the foreground. the pieces are in a gallery at the Haggerty Museum of Art. Installation view of Swoon’s “Medea” and Bibbs’ works

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