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Founded by artist Theaster Gates in 2010, Rebuild Foundation is a platform for art, cultural development, and neighborhood transformation. Rebuild strengthens creative communities through grants, classes, residencies, access to our collections and free public programs. The Foundation is well known for innovative, ambitious, and impactful arts and cultural initiatives, hosting projects and programs that amplify the history, value, and promise of Black creativity at local, national, and international scales. Rebuild operates a constellation of sites on the South Side of Chicago including the Stony Island Arts Bank, Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative, Kenwood Gardens, and the forthcoming arts incubator at the former St. Laurence Elementary School. Rebuild Foundation is grounded in and enriched by three core values: Black people matter, Black spaces matter, and Black objects matter.
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When Clouds Roll Away: Reflection and Restoration from the Johnson Archive. Rebuild Foundation is proud to present 'When Clouds Roll Away: Reflection and Restoration from the Johnson Archive,' an exhibition by artist Theaster Gates featuring a suite of new works both inspired by and sourced from the Johnson Publishing Company (JPC) archive.When Clouds Roll Away continues Gates’ ongoing artistic and academic reflections on the Johnson Publishing Company and its legacy as one of the most important Black corporations. Originally housed at the JPC building on Michigan Avenue, Gates and Rebuild Foundation have been stewarding the JPC’s library, ephemera, periodicals, furniture, inventory, and architectural fragments for over a decade. For the first time ever, Gates will exhibit newly restored objects, vintage office furniture, works of art owned by John H. Johnson, along with his workout suite, trophies and memorabilia, making it his most comprehensive celebration of the archive to date.
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