Open Studio w/Ricky Weaver, Image Based Artist, art educator and a 2019 Independent Scholars Fellow.
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Open Studio: Conversations on Art w/Graves+Mallett Art Solutions
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Today on Open Studio: Conversations on Art, GMAS sits down with Ricky Weaver an image-based artist, art educator and a 2019 Carr Center Independent Scholars fellow. Ricky‘s depth, vision and transparency about her journey was both refreshing and insightful. She shared what “coded in the black woman experience” means to her; how the iconic artist Carrie Mae Weems changed her life in 2010 and how being “present” keeps her balance.
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