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SeattleMET – In The Public Eye: A Look at Seattle Through Art Installations
More here:https://www.seattlemet.com/arts-and-culture/2022/03/seattle-public-art-sculptures-murals-installations
Crosscut. Magazine – Year in review: 10 Seattle artworks that exemplify 2021
More here: https://crosscut.com/culture/2021/12/year-review-10-seattle-artworks-exemplify-2021 New visibility via public art: “78 on Jackson,” Paul Rucker On a hot day this past summer, three older Black women took a break from grocery shopping to sit on a mint-green bench in the shape of a record player tonearm on … Continue readingCrosscut. Magazine – Year in review: 10 Seattle artworks that exemplify 2021
Undoing Time: Art and Histories of Incarceration
Multitalented artist Paul Rucker (@blackcellist) sheds light on the history of Geronimo — the Apache leader, medicine man and prisoner of war. Rucker’s work is on display at the @asuartmuseum exhibition “Undoing Time: Art and Histories of Incarceration.” Originally tweeted by ASU News (@asunews) on … Continue readingUndoing Time: Art and Histories of Incarceration
The Stranger – An Artist Speaks Up About Experiencing Anti-Black Discrimination at Seattle’s Office of Arts and Culture
More at: https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2021/06/04/57967162/an-artist-speaks-up-about-experiencing-anti-black-discrimination-at-seattles-office-of-arts-and-culture
NPR – Artist’s Black Wall Street Project Is About Tulsa 100 Years Ago — And Today
More at: https://www.npr.org/2021/05/31/1000215563/artists-black-wall-street-project-is-about-tulsa-100-years-ago-and-today
The Stranger – The People History Forgot
Forever Stamps are US first-class stamps that retain their value forever. If you buy them at, say, 50 cents a stamp, even after the first-class postage rate goes up, your Forever Stamp will still be valid. And it’s this concept of perpetual retention of value that makes artist Paul Rucker’s show so compelling. … Continue readingThe Stranger – The People History Forgot
New Contemporary Art Institute Reverberates in Richmond’s Historic Landscape – The New York Times
More at: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/arts/richmond-contemporary-art-institute.html Designed to explore contemporary art’s power to catalyze change, the inaugural exhibit will feature many site-specific works by 33 emerging and established artists from Richmond and around the globe, including Paul Rucker. His site-specific installation “Storm in the Time of Shelter,” an … Continue readingNew Contemporary Art Institute Reverberates in Richmond’s Historic Landscape – The New York Times
Newsy – This Art Exhibit Explores Power And Features Colorful KKK Robes
More at: https://www.newsy.com/stories/artist-paul-rucker-creates-kkk-robes-for-exhibit/
CityArts Magazine – Paul Rucker Recieves TED Fellowship
“I’m ranting, aren’t I?” Paul Rucker asks softly, then apologizes. The Guggenheim Fellow, cellist and multidisciplinary artist, based in Seattle and Baltimore, is not ranting. But he does have a lot to say. Whether he’s jeering at Seattle’s faux-progressiveness, describing how Black people have suffered during the Obama era or pointing out that the U.S. has built a new prison every week since 1976, Rucker consistently calls out violent truths. … Continue readingCityArts Magazine – Paul Rucker Recieves TED Fellowship
York Daily Record – Anti-censorship group explores York College efforts to restrict access to art exhibit
http://www.ydr.com/story/news/2017/11/02/york-college-draws-attention-national-coalition-%0Dagainst-censorship-after-barring-public-racial-injus/826168001/