BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10979@cranbrookartmuseum.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240201T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240201T193000 DTSTAMP:20260112T134325Z URL:https://cranbrookartmuseum.org/events/artist-led-tour-skilled-labor-ra shauan-rucker-gregory-johnson/ SUMMARY:Artist-led Tour: Skilled Labor with Rashaun Rucker and Gregory John son DESCRIPTION:Throughout the run of the landmark exhibition Skilled Labor: Bl ack Realism in Detroit\, Cranbrook Art Museum hosts artist-led tours for s mall groups. These tours will be led by artists included in the exhibition and have been paired together based on connections to each other and thei r work. The tours will be informal discussions about the artwork and this community of Detroit artists. \n\nRashaun Rucker and Gregory Johnson prac tices are each deeply engaged in their communities and their work cherishe s commonplace gatherings of everyday Black life.   \n\n \;\n\nBorn in Winston-Salem\, North Carolina\, Rashaun Rucker lives and works in Detr oit. Rucker attended North Carolina Central University\, Durham\, North Ca rolina\, Marygrove College (BA\, Art\,)\, Detroit\; and Cranbrook Academy of Art (MFA Candidate\, Print Media\, 2024). \n\nThe Rucker’s artworks are characterized by his realistic approach to today’s African-American society\, with noticeable influences from his journalistic point of view. Most of his works attend to issues neglected by the press and encourage yo ung generations to follow the legacy of their ancestors. \n\nRucker has r eceived more than forty national and state awards for his work. In 2008\, Rucker became the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photog rapher of the Year. The same year\, he won an Emmy Award for documentary p hotography on the pitbull culture in Detroit. Rucker has held numerous fel lowships and residencies\, including: the Maynard Fellowship at Harvard Un iversity in 2009\; a Hearst visiting professional in the journalism depart ment at University of North Carolina\, Chapel Hill in 2013\; an artist res idency at the Red Bull House of Art in Detroit in 2014\; a Kresge Visual A rtist Fellowship in 2019\; a residency at the International Studios and Cu ratorial Program in Brooklyn\, New York\, in 2021\; and a Mellon Fellowshi p at the University of Michigan Institute of Humanities in 2021. Rucker ha s been honored as a Modern Man by Black Enterprise magazine in 2016 and cr eated the original artwork for the critically acclaimed Detroit Free Press documentary 12th and Clairmount. His work was recently featured in HBO’ s celebrated series Random Acts of Flyness and Native Son. In 2019\, Rucke r was awarded the Red Bull Arts Detroit micro grant which was followed by A Sustainable Arts Foundation award in 2020 and a Visual Arts Grant by the Harpo Foundation in 2021. His diverse work is represented in numerous pub lic and private collections. \n\n \;\n\nBorn in Ludowici\, Georgia\, Gregory Johnson lives and works in Detroit\, where he was primarily raised . He graduated from Mackenzie High School and later attended Bowling Green State University in Ohio (BA\, 1988\; MFA\, Drawing and Painting\, 1991).   \n\nJohnson’s work reflects the environment and the culture in which he was reared. His work reveals a high degree of realism and an appreciat ion for the environment in which he lives. His preferred mediums are water color\, colored pencil\, and oil paint. Although primarily a painter\, Joh nson also produces linoleum block prints and sculptures.  \n\nHe has tau ght in Detroit Public Schools and has been an art instructor for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. He has worked part-time as a Humanities Profes sor at Wayne County Community College District. He is currently a reading interventionist for New Paradigm for Education\, a non-profit charter mana gement organization. His work has been shown nationally and locally\, incl uding the Black Fine Art Show in New York in 2009 and Say It Loud Art: His tory\, Rebellion\, Exhibit at the Charles Wright Museum of African America n History in 2017. \n\n \;\n\n[gravityform id="64" title="true"] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cranbrookartmuseum.org/wp-content/upload s/2023/10/Johnson-Party-Over-Here-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Lectures + Talks,Skilled Labor: Black Realism in Detroit LOCATION:Cranbrook Art Museum\, 39221 Woodward Avenue\, Bloomfield Hills\, MI\, 48303\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=39221 Woodward Avenue\, Blo omfield Hills\, MI\, 48303\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Cran brook Art Museum:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR