Presented By: Institute for the Humanities
House Calls: Virtual Studio Visits with Michigan Artists
Rashaun Rucker
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Join us weekly for this new streaming series featuring artists around the state.
In this episode, Detroit-based print and portrait artist Rashaun Rucker talks with Institute for the Humanities staff Amanda Krugliak, Angela Abiodun, and Juliet Hinely about overcoming what was suspected as Covid19, how portraits can preserve legacy, and the ways artists are also history writers and record keepers.
About Rashaun Rucker
Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) ) is a product of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He makes photographs, prints and drawings and has won more than 40 national and state awards for his work. In 2008 Rucker became the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. He also won a national Emmy Award in 2008 for documentary photography on the pit bull culture in Detroit. Rucker was a Maynard Fellow at Harvard in 2009 and a Hearst visiting professional in the journalism department at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2013. In 2014 Rucker was awarded an artist residency at the Red Bull House of Art. In 2016 Rucker was honored as a Modern Man by Black Enterprise magazine. In 2017 Rucker created the original artwork for the critically acclaimed Detroit Free Press documentary 12 and Clairmount. His work was recently featured in HBO’s celebrated series Random Acts of Flyness and Native Son. In 2019 Rucker was awarded the Red Bull Arts Detroit micro grant and was named a Kresge Arts Fellow for his drawing practice. Rucker’s diverse work is represented in numerous public and private collections.
House Calls Artist Lineup
4/15 - Sarah Rose Sharp, Detroit
4/22 - Sajeev Visweswaran, Ann Arbor and New Delhi, India
4/29 - Judy Bowman, Romulus
5/06 - Mandy Cano Villalobos, Grand Rapids
5/13 - Lavinia Hanachiuc, Ann Arbor
5/20 - Rashaun Rucker, Detroit
5/27 - Yen Azzaro, Ypsilanti
6/3 - Ricky Weaver, Ypsilanti
6/10 - Ijania Cortez, Detroit
6/17 - Levon Kafafian, Detroit
This series was made possible by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Join us weekly for this new streaming series featuring artists around the state.
In this episode, Detroit-based print and portrait artist Rashaun Rucker talks with Institute for the Humanities staff Amanda Krugliak, Angela Abiodun, and Juliet Hinely about overcoming what was suspected as Covid19, how portraits can preserve legacy, and the ways artists are also history writers and record keepers.
About Rashaun Rucker
Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) ) is a product of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He makes photographs, prints and drawings and has won more than 40 national and state awards for his work. In 2008 Rucker became the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. He also won a national Emmy Award in 2008 for documentary photography on the pit bull culture in Detroit. Rucker was a Maynard Fellow at Harvard in 2009 and a Hearst visiting professional in the journalism department at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2013. In 2014 Rucker was awarded an artist residency at the Red Bull House of Art. In 2016 Rucker was honored as a Modern Man by Black Enterprise magazine. In 2017 Rucker created the original artwork for the critically acclaimed Detroit Free Press documentary 12 and Clairmount. His work was recently featured in HBO’s celebrated series Random Acts of Flyness and Native Son. In 2019 Rucker was awarded the Red Bull Arts Detroit micro grant and was named a Kresge Arts Fellow for his drawing practice. Rucker’s diverse work is represented in numerous public and private collections.
House Calls Artist Lineup
4/15 - Sarah Rose Sharp, Detroit
4/22 - Sajeev Visweswaran, Ann Arbor and New Delhi, India
4/29 - Judy Bowman, Romulus
5/06 - Mandy Cano Villalobos, Grand Rapids
5/13 - Lavinia Hanachiuc, Ann Arbor
5/20 - Rashaun Rucker, Detroit
5/27 - Yen Azzaro, Ypsilanti
6/3 - Ricky Weaver, Ypsilanti
6/10 - Ijania Cortez, Detroit
6/17 - Levon Kafafian, Detroit
This series was made possible by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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