{"id":7766,"date":"2024-02-12T09:45:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T14:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warrenist.com\/calendar\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=7766"},"modified":"2024-02-19T18:56:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T23:56:48","slug":"rashaun-rucker-artist-talk-134-on-main-warrenton-nc-february-20-2024","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/warrenist.com\/calendar\/events\/rashaun-rucker-artist-talk-134-on-main-warrenton-nc-february-20-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"*FULL* ARTIST TALK: Rashaun Rucker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Art enthusiasts and curious minds alike are invited to join us for an inspiring artist talk featuring <strong>Rashaun Rucker<\/strong>, an Emmy Award-winning, multi-talented artist whose work spans photography, prints, and drawings on Tuesday, February 20th, at 6pm at 134 On Main, located at 134 South Main in Warrenton, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p><em>This event promises to be a celebration of artistic expression and profound storytelling.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><strong>**RSVP is required.**<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p>See you soon!<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE ARTIST<\/strong><br \/>\nBorn in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Rashaun Rucker attended 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. The same year, he won a national Emmy Award for documentary photography on the pitbull culture in Detroit. Rucker has held numerous fellowships and residencies, including: the Maynard Fellowship at Harvard in 2009; a Hearst visiting professional in the journalism department at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 2013; an artist residency at the Red Bull House of Art in 2014; Kresge Arts Fellowship in 2019; a residency at the International Studios and Curatorial Program in Brooklyn, New York in 2021; and a Mellon Fellowship at the University of Michigan Institute of Humanities in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Rucker has been honored as a Modern Man by Black Enterprise magazine in 2016 and created the original artwork for the critically acclaimed Detroit Free Press documentary 12 and Clairmount. His work was recently featured in HBO\u2019s celebrated series <em>Random Acts of Flyness<\/em> and <em>Native Son<\/em>. In 2019, Rucker was awarded the Red Bull Arts Detroit micro grant that was followed by A Sustainable Arts Foundation award in 2020 and a Visual Arts Grant by the Harpo Foundation in 2021. Currently, Rucker is a Gilbert Fellow pursuing a MFA in print media at Cranbrook Academy of Art. His diverse work is represented in numerous public and private collections.<\/p>\n<p>Rucker is the son of Warren County artist and poet, Thomas Park.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit his official website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rashaunrucker.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RashaunRucker.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for an inspiring artist talk featuring Rashaun Rucker, an Emmy Award-winning, multi-talented artist whose work spans photography, prints, and drawings on Tuesday, February 20th, at 6pm at 134 On Main, located at 134 South Main in Warrenton, North Carolina. 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