{"id":3841,"date":"2018-08-05T13:35:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T13:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/?p=3841"},"modified":"2018-08-05T14:03:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T14:03:23","slug":"artist-sonie-ruffins-encounter-with-police-and-the-artwork-inspired-by-the-murder-of-michael-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=3841","title":{"rendered":"Artist Sonie Ruffin&#8217;s Encounter with Police and Artwork Inspired by Michael Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3841-1\" autoplay=\"1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BAIA-Podcast-2-Sonie-Ruffin-8_4_18-8.32-AM.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BAIA-Podcast-2-Sonie-Ruffin-8_4_18-8.32-AM.mp3\">http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BAIA-Podcast-2-Sonie-Ruffin-8_4_18-8.32-AM.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">BAIA Talks: Artist and Curator Sonie Ruffin discusses artwork inspired by the killing of Michael Brown and an encounter with police days after as well as the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">symbolism behind the artwork we will feature at the upcoming Black Art In America Fine Art Show Philadelphia September 14 \u2013 16th at the Belmont Mansion.\u00a0<\/span>.\u00a0 Get tickets\u00a0http:\/\/bit.ly\/BAIAPHILLY<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3844\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3844\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3844 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SonieRuffin-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"3844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SonieRuffin.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SonieRuffin.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SonieRuffin.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SonieRuffin.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SonieRuffin.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soni\u00e9 Ruffin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Soni\u00e9 Ruffin, artist and former visiting curator for the American Jazz Museum. Ruffin a self-taught fabric artist and story teller, has carved out a niche for herself in the Kansas City, MO arts community.<\/p>\n<p>Sonie has lectured and led workshops on her work at the Smithsonian American Art Museum\u2019s Renwick Gallery, the Kansas City Museum of Art, the University of Missouri-Kansas City African-American Culture House, and Lincoln University. She has exhibited her work at the Leedy-Volkus Art Center, the American Jazz Museum, Portfolio Gallery and International Quilt Festival 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Sonie\u2019s art quilts can be found in permanent collections at galleries, museums, private and corporate collections such as the Portfolio Gallery, Leedy-Volkus Art Center, the Spencer Museum of Art, and the Sprint corporation. Her tote bag collection appropriately named \u201cSonie\u201d can be found at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art gift shop. Her Andover fabric collection \u201cMy African Village\u201d is available in retail quilt stores across the country. 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