Too Much Sauce
It means the sauciness of the kids
The creativity that the kids have
Their artistic flow
Too Much Sauce represents more than the Black vernacular vocabulary and surpasses notions of race, while simultaneously recognizing its consequences. This exhibition brings together UW students, staff, and the youth of greater Madison to celebrate cultural relativity, political awareness, and human growth and development. This 15 week project emphasizes the multivocality and diversity of the youth who are at the forefront of of our nation’s revolution, yet are the stones that the builder refuses. The art in this exhibition tells stories about our youth, survival, and thriving in an environment where the stakes are high.
Thank you FAISAL ABDU'ALLAH and the many other artists, educators and activists who have made this exhibit possible, including:
Carlos Gacharna
Kay DeWaide
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Richard Jones
Rob Dz
Morgridge Center for Public Service
Madison Arts Commission
Anonymous Fund
Noah Huber
Nasitta Keita
Rebecca Tillman
Sydney Parsons
Jackson Froiland
Courtney Becks
Sabrina Ross
Janae Shinoda
Sweet Tea Restaurant
Buraka Restaurant
Neon Lab
UW Glass Lab
UW Arts Institute
The Art
A closer look at some of the art created over the 15 week Too Much Sauce project.
GIF
UW Student and Too Much Sauce group member, Jaxyn Froiland, led us through an analog process for making the digital creation.
NEON
The UW-Madison Glass Lab welcomed us for an evening of instruction and demonstration, which provided the base for our group to work on design process for the neon pieces. Thanks to a BLINK grant from the Madison Arts Commission, we were able to leave the final production of our ideas to the professionals at the UW-Madison Glass Lab and at the Neon Lab.
PAINT
UW students and Too Much Sauce group members, Sydney Parsons and Noah Huber, brought the the group together by playing with colors and personalities.
SILK SCREEN
UW Arts Professor and Too Much Sauce lead facilitator, Faisal Abdu'Allah, took us to the UW-Madison Humanities Building over a 2 week period to instruct and use the screen printing labs, while continuously pounding on his underlying theme of how messaging can influence your personal brand and that we all have the power to define ourselves to the greater community.
Commonwealth Gallery
The Too Much Sauce traveling teen art exhibit opened with a party and a weeklong installation at Commonwealth Gallery on Madison's east side. The big night included local food, djs, dancing, and a few great speeches. See the action in this INSTAGRAM VIDEO.
INSTALL
There were two full days of installation and party prep required with everyone chipping in in different ways.
PARTY
Family, friends and neighbors celebrated the culmination of the semester-long project with a night of art, food, music and dancing.
