Karen Ruckman
@ruckmanphoto
photographer | documentarian | educator | dc native 💙 www.photochangellc.com #freedc
Worthy to have “Inside Out” included in American Artist Appreciation month. @thedcarts.bsky.social Love that artists can be impactful across communities. @ild1985.bsky.social
At more than $3M a day, this largely ineffectual National Guard presence will remain in DC through Inauguration 2029 #freedc 📷 GeorgetownDC
Dismantling our #nationalparks part of Trump America as he redirects taxpayer money to his personal projects. 📷 Assateague Island National Seashore
In NYC during World Cup events, visit “For the Win: Objects of Sports Excellence” curated by DC’s Vikki Tobak. @amnh.org The exhibit is part of museum programming that celebrates science, history and the global culture behind sports.
When in DC check out Gail Rebhan’s work that utilizes the language of the US census to explore race, disability and identity throughout American history. #america250 hyperallergic.com/10-art-shows...
An extraordinary evening at the Center for Art and Advocacy, Artist talk with Beverly Price around the themes of her show, “A Language We Share: Beverly Price and Gordon Parks” Cheryl Finley + Leslie Parks Bailey + Beverly Price
Today is DC’s Primary Election Day. Excited to vote for @janeese4dc.bsky.social #freedc
“All good work has magic in it.” #DuaneMichals Met my hero at Santa Fe Workshops. RIP
“Peaceable Kingdom” @jacksonartcenter.bsky.social May 17 | Please visit noon to 4pm
Inspired screening @ild1985.bsky.social at the Center for Art and Advocacy. Thanks to the amazing team. @empearce.bsky.social
Feeling uplifted after moderating Q&A for doc films examining art + justice in the DMV.
The female incarceration rate stands over six times as high as it was during my photography workshops in the 1980s #cjr
Insightful sharing by @eugenerobinson.bsky.social on the publication of his memoir, “Freedom Lost, Freedom Won”
“Inside Out” exhibition visit by @sentencingproject.bsky.social Grateful to partner with them to further reform and advocacy in the carceral space. @nicoledporter.bsky.social @ild1985.bsky.social @empearce.bsky.social @thedcarts.bsky.social
I was joined by a gifted team of CJR experts and formally incarcerated photographers discussing agency behind prison walls for our artist talk, “Inside Out: Dignity and the Art of Seeing.” @sentencingproject.bsky.social
Thanks Austin Graff for stopping by the Eye Street Gallery #InsideOut @austinkgraff.bsky.social @thedcarts.bsky.social @ild1985.bsky.social @empearce.bsky.social
Inside Out: Dignity and the Art of Seeing, has a darkroom and reading corner. Join us tomorrow at 6pm! 200 I Street, SE, DC @thedcarts.bsky.social
A full circle moment for my decade of photography programming at Lorton Prison and DC Jail. Join us for the opening Thursday, January 15, 6pm. Eye Street Gallery 200 I Street, NW, DC @thedcarts.bsky.social @empearce.bsky.social @silverthorne02.bsky.social
An inspiring conversation today with photographer Ming Smith and National Gallery of Art curator Philip Brookman, then one last look at the brilliant exhibition, Photography and the Black Arts Movement.
Rural Virginia shows the strains of money being sucked out of the region #inequality