A creative solution for the water crisis in Flint, Michigan
LaToya spent five months living in Flint, Michigan, documenting the lives of those affected by the city's water crisis for her photo essay Flint is Family. As the crisis dragged on, she realized it was going to take more than a series of photos to bring relief. In this inspiring, surprising TED talk, she shares the creative lengths she went to in order to bring free, clean water to the people of Flint.
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’20/20′ at the Carnegie: A passionate family gathering of African American art
During two recent trips to “20/20: The Studio Museum in Harlem and Carnegie Museum of Art,” I noticed only a relatively small number of black folks exploring the gallery spaces devoted to one of the most exciting art exhibitions Pittsburgh has hosted in years. There are historic reasons for this, I suppose. Once upon a […]
And From The Coaltips A Tree Will Rise
New catalogue of work by LaToya Ruby Frazier. A 2016 residency at MAC’s Grand-Hornu (Museum of Contemporary Arts) allowed LaToya to pursue work on a post-industrial society in Belgium. Her focus was the Borinage, a mining region whose intense activity in the 19th century was diminished by a series of crises that led to the […]
20/20: The Studio Museum in Harlem and CMOA
Experience a dynamic exchange of ideas about art and society. Founded in 1968, The Studio Museum in Harlem is internationally known for its catalytic role in championing the works of artists of African descent. In a unique institutional collaboration, CMOA [Carnegie Museum of Art] and the Studio Museum present a group exhibition with works by 40 artists, 20 […]
Carnegie Magazine: Art’s 20/20 Lens
A unique collaboration between Carnegie Museum of Art and The Studio Museum in Harlem combines works of the past and present to give voice to shifting, contemporary realities. by Elizabeth Hoover Eric Crosby, Carnegie Museum of Art’s Richard Armstrong Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, sees in the painting “the desire to reach out for […]
Creative Time’s Political ‘Pledges of Allegiance’
LaToya Ruby Frazier and Nari Ward Among 16 Artists Participating in Creative Time’s Political ‘Pledges of Allegiance’ by Victoria Valentine Flags have proven to be a powerful medium in contemporary art, from David Hammons’s “African American Flag” (1990), which sold at Phillips auction for more than $2 million, to Dread Scott’s “A Man Was Lynched […]
Ebony: Most Powerful Women Of All Time
“With her camera, Frazier has captured the years-long effects of racism and economic erosion in small towns, such as her native Braddock, Penn. Frazier, a MacArthur genius, has an all-seeing eye that informed her award-winning 2014 debut, The Notion of Family.”
Solo exhibition at Silver Eye and August Wilson Center
Silver Eye Center for Photography presents a two part solo exhibition by LaToya Ruby Frazier held at Silver Eye’s Penn Avenue gallery and at the August Wilson Center’s main galleries. Frazier will exhibit a large selection of works, which offer an incisive exploration of the legacy of racism and economic decline in America’s small towns, as embodied […]
Art Basel
Unlimited: Presenting 76 premier works This year’s edition of Unlimited will consist of 76 large-scale projects, presented by galleries participating in the fair. Curated for the sixth consecutive year by Gianni Jetzer, the sector will feature a wide range of presentations, from historically significant pieces to the latest contemporary works. Renowned as well as emerging […]
LaToya awarded honorary degree from Pratt Institute
On Wednesday, May 17, Pratt Institute degree candidates will gather in their caps and gowns at Radio City Music Hall in the heart of Manhattan, where Pratt Institute’s 128th Commencement will be held. The Institute will celebrate the achievements of more than 1,000 graduating students at the iconic venue and confer their degrees during the ceremony, […]
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation welcomes LaToya as an artist-in-residence
The Rauschenberg Residency is a creative center that welcomes artists of all disciplines from around the world to live, work, and create. The residency is located on Robert Rauschenberg’s former property on Captiva Island, Florida, where he lived and worked for nearly four decades. The facility, which includes the 8,000-square-foot studio Rauschenberg built in 1992 and a collection of historic homes and studio spaces, is infused with beauty and […]
Othering & Belonging Conference
“Right now our work building and sustaining a society centered on inclusion is more essential and urgent than ever.” April 30 – May 2, 2017 Oakland Marriott City Center 1001 Broadway Oakland, CA 94607 Widespread Othering has led to a host of challenges in our world today, including territorial disputes, toxic levels of economic inequality, […]
Downing Pryor Distinguished Visiting Lecturer
LaToya Ruby Frazier April 18 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Free MCA’s 2017 Downing Pryor Distinguished Visiting Lecturer is LaToya Ruby Frazier, an internationally recognized photographer and a 2015 MacArthur Fellow. Frazier works in photography, video and performance to build visual archives that address industrialism, rustbelt revitalization, environmental justice, healthcare inequity, family and communal history. […]