JOURNAL
Detroit’s Own Rashaun Rucker Gets First Solo Exhibit at MOCAD In Tribute To The Church
Born and raised in the American South, Rucker reminisces on the church as a space for communal gathering, familial intimacy, and identity development.
"Rashaun Rucker is Part Artist, Part Storyteller"
By Nick Pizana, April 23, 2021
The printmaker, photographer and illustrator says it’s all about the narrative.
THE OAKLAND PRESS // Detroit photographer exhibits emotional photos, stories of refugees
Looking through his lens, photographer Kenny Karpov tries to capture who people truly are — their expressions, their bodies and the light in their eyes. His emotional portraits, paired with written work, tell their stories.
In Karpov’s latest project, the book “Despite It All We Never Learn,” he tells the stories of refugees, the real people going through travails on a journey toward better and safer lives.
MACOMB DAILY // Bird imagery symbolizes role of black men at Ferndale gallery
A background in storytelling and photography plays a big part in Rashaun Rucker's art, which he uses to direct attention to critical social issues.
DETROIT METRO TIMES // DETROIT ARTIST SENGHOR REID MAKES WAVES WITH NEW SERIES
For his latest series of paintings, Detroit artist Senghor Reid started with small studies, building a system of gestural movements that began to simulate something that surrounds us here in the Great Lakes State but perhaps can easily become taken for granted — water.
SPOTLIGHT: Don Kilpatrick III, Artist of “Spirit Murals” at Little Caesars Arena
Read about Don Kilpatrick III's “Spirit Murals” on the north face of Little Caesars Arena