Summer Arts Encounter Featuring Nick Cave
Home of Betiana and Todd Simon
Hosted by Betiana and Todd Simon
For this special occasion, internationally-known, Chicago-based artist Nick Cave’s Soundsuits from the collections of Betiana and Todd Simon, Karen and Robert Duncan, Kathy and Marc LeBaron, and Polina and Bob Schlott will be brought together for a mini-exhibition and a fundraiser event.
The Soundsuits will be on display at Bemis Center from August 11–22, for the entire community to enjoy. The Soundsuits will travel to the Simon residence for the Summer Arts Encounter event on August 29, where a festive brunch will precede an in-person conversation with the artist and viewing of the Simon’s art collection.
Streaming tickets are available to virtually attend the talk with Nick Cave from 12–1 PM CT at youtube.com/bemiscenter free of charge. Please consider a suggested $40 donation in honor of Bemis Center’s 40th Birthday to support the event.
Nick Cave (b. 1959, Fulton, MO; lives and works in Chicago, IL) is an artist, educator, and foremost a messenger, working between the visual and performing arts through a wide range of mediums including sculpture, installation, video, sound, and performance. Cave is well known for his Soundsuits, sculptural forms based on the scale of his body initially created in direct response to the police beating of Rodney King in 1991. Soundsuits camouflage the body, masking and creating a second skin that conceals race, gender, and class, forcing the viewer to look without judgment. They serve as a visual embodiment of social justice that represents both brutality and empowerment.
- 10 AM – Welcome + Collection Viewing
- 11 AM–12 PM: Brunch
- 12–1 PM: Dessert + Artist Conversation with Bemis Executive Director, Chris Cook
Streaming tickets to virtually attend the talk with Nick Cave are available with a suggested $40 donation in honor of Bemis Center’s 40th Birthday. - 1–2 PM: Farewells
Tickets + Sponsorships
Table for eight at the Summer Arts Encounter event
Listing/logo in the event program
$1,264 tax deductible
Individual tickets include brunch and cocktails. Limited space available (Approximately 100 guests total). Streaming tickets to virtually attend the talk with Nick Cave are available with a suggested $40 donation in honor of Bemis Center’s 40th Birthday.
$342 tax deductible
Streaming tickets to virtually attend the talk with Nick Cave are available with a suggested $40 donation in honor of Bemis Center’s 40th Birthday.
Nick Cave: Ensemble and the Summer Arts Encounter are generously supported, in part, by:
Hosts + Presenting Sponsors
Collectors + Cornerstone Sponsors
Benefactors
Sponsors
Nick Cave; Soundsuit, 2011; Mixed media including buttons, wire, bugle beads, basket, upholstery, and mannequin; 83 x 23 x 23 inches; © Nick Cave; Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY; Photo: James Prinz Photography; Kathy and Marc LeBaron Collection.
Nick Cave; Soundsuit, 2006; Mixed media; 100 x 25 x 15 inches; © Nick Cave; Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY; Betiana and Todd Simon Collection.
Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2008; Mixed Media with Mannequin; 100 x 25 x 14 inches; © Nick Cave; Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY; Karen and Robert Duncan Collection.
Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2010; Mixed Media with mannequin; 100 x 24 x 18 inches; © Nick Cave; Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY; Polina and Bob Schlott Collection.
Nick Cave. Photo by James Prinz.
Ellie Novak
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ellie@bemiscenter.org
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