"2023 Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition" - The Scarab Club
‘You speak so well now’ - Sarah C. Blanchette
“Honored to have been selected as one of the artists included in this year’s Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition. Curated by the incredible Rashaun Rucker! ”
From Website:
2023 Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition
Rashaun Rucker, Juror
Exhibition: March 22-May 6, 2023
Reception: Friday, March 24, 5-8 pm
Gallery Talk: Thursday, April 27, 6 pm
Participating Artists:
Nick Azzaro, Meli Bandera, Robert Beras, Boisali Biswas, Sarah Blanchette, Kaleigh Blevins, Jeff Cancelosi, Dave Christiansen, Patrick Costa, Terence Cover, Christina Czaja, Cailyn Dawson, Liz Devree, Carlos Diaz, Shannon Fody, Mary Fortuna, Heather Gardner, Debbie Grifka, Phillip Hanson, Ryan Herberholz, Takeisha Jefferson, Gregory Johnson, Bowen Kline, Laila Kujala, Eno Laget, Kimberly Luther, Danielle Eliska Lyle, Heather Macali, Khary Mason, Ian Machette, William Matthews, Melih Meric, Janice Milhem, Ardele Monkkonen, Carole Morisseau, Emilia Nawrocki, Sarah Nesbitt, Craig Paul Nowak, Michael Opipari, Joan Painter-Jones, Jerome Patryjak, Catherine Peet, Michael Pelkey, Christine Ritchie, Yvette Rock, Leslie Rogers, Jarie Saad Ruddy, Melinda Ruth Rushing, Erin K Schmidt, Christopher Schneider, Claudia Selene, MJ Seltzer, April Anue Shipp, Reggie Singleton, Ann Smith, Douglas Smith, Julia Solis, Ellen Stone, Lisse Williams, S. Kay Young, Larry Zdeb, Matthew Zivich
The purpose of the Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition is to recognize the diversity and achievement of artists whose work shows creativity of concept, excellence of design and expertise of media; to display these works to regional audiences and to be an educational opportunity for students.
RASHAUN RUCKER, JUROR
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. In 2020 Rucker was named a Sustainable Arts Foundation awardee. Rucker was a 2021 resident at the International Studios and Curatorial Program (ISCP in Brooklyn, New York and a Mellon Fellow at the University of Michigan Institute of Humanities. Also in 2021 Rucker was awarded a visual arts grant by the Harpo Foundation. He is currently pursuing an MFA in Print Media at Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker's diverse work is represented in numerous public and private collections.
