Presented By: Institute for the Humanities
House Calls: Virtual Studio Visits with Michigan Artists in a Pandemic
Image-based Ypsilanti artist and photographer Ricky Weaver
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In this episode, image-based Ypsilanti artist and photographer Ricky Weaver talks with Institute for the Humanities staff Amanda Krugliak, Angela Abiodun, and Juliet Hinely about spending meditative time with her studio materials, photographs and black plexiglass as portals to other realms of existence, and the new opportunities for world building she sees in this time.
About Ricky Weaver
Ricky Weaver is an image-based artist from Ypsilanti, Michigan. Though she is primarily associated with photographic works it is important to understand her use of image in a broader sense (text, sound, thought, and reflection as image). She received her BFA in photography from Eastern Michigan University in 2014 and an MFA in photography from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2018. Since then she has worked as part-time faculty in the photography department at Wayne State University, Eastern Michigan University, and Washtenaw Community College.
Weaver has participated in the Applebaum Fellowship and Carr Center Independent Fellowship where she began her relationship with friend and mentor Carrie Mae Weems. She has exhibited work in the 13th Annual Havana Biennial, Photographic Center Northwest, Page Bond Gallery, and more.
Her practice employs what she calls “the quantum ontology of images” as portals to elsewhere. She explores the idea of alternative modes of existence through themes of magical realism, the archive of the everyday, and dark sousveillance.
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.
In this episode, image-based Ypsilanti artist and photographer Ricky Weaver talks with Institute for the Humanities staff Amanda Krugliak, Angela Abiodun, and Juliet Hinely about spending meditative time with her studio materials, photographs and black plexiglass as portals to other realms of existence, and the new opportunities for world building she sees in this time.
About Ricky Weaver
Ricky Weaver is an image-based artist from Ypsilanti, Michigan. Though she is primarily associated with photographic works it is important to understand her use of image in a broader sense (text, sound, thought, and reflection as image). She received her BFA in photography from Eastern Michigan University in 2014 and an MFA in photography from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2018. Since then she has worked as part-time faculty in the photography department at Wayne State University, Eastern Michigan University, and Washtenaw Community College.
Weaver has participated in the Applebaum Fellowship and Carr Center Independent Fellowship where she began her relationship with friend and mentor Carrie Mae Weems. She has exhibited work in the 13th Annual Havana Biennial, Photographic Center Northwest, Page Bond Gallery, and more.
Her practice employs what she calls “the quantum ontology of images” as portals to elsewhere. She explores the idea of alternative modes of existence through themes of magical realism, the archive of the everyday, and dark sousveillance.
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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