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Letitia Huckaby

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Studio Art

Email: Carita.Huckaby@unt.edu

Education

  • MFA, University of North Texas, 2010
    Major: Photography
  • BFA, Art Institue of Boston @ Lesley University, 2001
    Major: Photography
  • BA, University of Oklahoma, 1994
    Major: Journalism
    Specialization: Advertising

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ART 4450 - Professional Internship, 2 courses.
  • ASTU 3501 - Intermediate Photography: Rotating Topics, 1 course.
  • ASTU 3503 - Intermediate Photography: Digital Imaging, 2 courses.
  • ASTU 3504 - Intermediate Photography: Photography, Sound and the Moving Image, 2 courses.
  • ASTU 3505 - Intermediate Photography: Alternative Processes, 5 courses.
  • ASTU 4500 - Senior Photography Studio, 8 courses.
  • ASTU 5000 - Topics in Studio Art, 1 course.
  • ASTU 5001 - Graduate Seminar, 2 courses.

Awards and Honors

  • FY24 Merit Award, Office of the Provost, College of Visual Arts & Design. (December 1, 2023).
  • Nominated for Anonymous Was a Woman, Anonymous Was a Woman. (May 9, 2023).
  • Nominated for Best of Fort Worth 2024 Artist, Fort Worth Magazine. (July 2024).
  • Texas Artist of the Year, Houston Arts League. (January 1, 2022).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Huckaby, C.L. (2024). Beyond the Surface: Contemporary Artists and Printed Textiles. Auburn, NY, Schweinfurth Art Center. https://schweinfurthartcenter.org/beyond-the-surface-contemporary-artists-and-printed-textiles/
  • Huckaby, C. (2022). Bitter Waters Sweet, Exhibition Catalogue, Art League Houston.
  • Huckaby, C. (2021). All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake, by Tiya Miles. Random House.
  • Huckaby, C. (2021). “Otherwise/Revival,” Cara Megan Lewis and Jasmine McNeal, Bridge Projects, 2021, Pages: 47, 81, and 112-113..
  • Huckaby, C. (2020). FotoFest Biennial 2020 African Cosmologies: Photography, Time and the Other, Biennial Guide, Spring 2020..
  • Huckaby, C. (2020). Collecting Black Studies The Art of Material Culture at the University of Texas at Austin.

    • Broadcast Media

  • Huckaby, C. (2023). Seven artists confront America’s “unfinished emancipation” at the Amon Carter in Fort Worth,” Jerome Weeks, Galilee Abdullah and Marcheta Fornoff. KERA.
  • Huckaby, C. (2023). Carter Museum exhibition asks viewers, artist to consider unfinished work of ‘Emancipation,” Marcheta Fornoff. KERA.

    • Critical Review

  • Huckaby, C. (2021). “Letitia Huckaby’s ‘This Same Dusty Road’ tells the southern Black story in all of it’s glory and tragedy,” by Gideon Fortune, Reveille, March 15, 2021..
  • Huckaby, C. (2020). “The Art of Letitia Huckaby,” Ruminate Magazing, Spring 2020, Pages 45-48 and Back Cover..
  • Huckaby, C. (2020). “Promise and Peril,” by Darryl Ratcliff, Dallas Morning News, November 22, Pages: Cover 1A, Arts & Life Cover 1E, and 8E..
  • Huckaby, C. (2020). “Human Stories,” by Rebecca Sherman, Portrait by Lauren Withrow, PaperCity, October, Page 64-65..
  • Huckaby, C. (2020). “Voices Raised,” by Aja Martin, Photographs by Chris Plavidal, Patron, October/November, Pages 46-49..
  • Huckaby, C. (2020). “Paper Parallels,” by Danielle Avram, Dallas Moring News, September 6th, Page 1E Arts & Life Cover and 6E..
  • Huckaby, C. (2020). “Double Exposure,” Modern Luxury Houston Magazine, April, 2020, Page. 43..
  • Huckaby, C. (2020). “Art and the City: North Texas’ Most Creative Dreamers, Schemers, Thinkers and Talents-in their own words,” Dallas Morning News, April 5, 2020, Page 16E..

    • Journal Article

  • Huckaby, C. (2023). Life After Thirty – Collaboration and Community: Letitia Huckaby. (100)
  • Huckaby, C. (2023). Carter Museum exhibition asks viewers, artist to consider unfinished work of ‘Emancipation,” Marcheta Fornoff. Fort Worth Report.
  • Huckaby, C. (2021). “Athenaeum Review,” Editor Benjamin Lima, University of Texas at Dallas, Issue 5, Winter 2021.. The Athenaeum Review. (5) Dallas, TX, University of Texas at Dallas. https://athenaeumreview.org/issue/5/
  • Huckaby, C. (2020). Flint Hills Field Journal, Volumn XII / The Flint Hills: Rooted in Stone Symphony in the Flint Hills, page 96, 100 and 106..

    • Magazine/Trade Publication

  • Huckaby, C.L. (2024). Memorable Proof: Letitia Huckaby in conversation with Jessica Lynne. 30 (Issue Number 2 / Summer 2024) Southern Cultures. https://www.southerncultures.org/article/memorable-proof/
  • Huckaby, C.L. (2024). The Harriet Jacobs Project Resurrects the Story of a Young Black Woman Who Escaped Slavery and Became an Icon of North Carolina. https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/harriet-jacobs-project-edenton-north-carolina-1234712751/
  • Huckaby, C.L. (2024). ART: AMFA continues ‘Delta Triennial’ exhibition. https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2024/jul/24/art-amfa-continues-delta-triennial-exhibition/
  • Huckaby, C.L. (2024). No Place Like Home: Kinfolk House as a Site-Specific Work. New York, NY, The Brooklyn Rail. https://brooklynrail.org/2024/05/criticspage/No-Place-Like-Home-Kinfolk-House-as-a-Site-Specific-Work
  • Huckaby, C.L. (2024). Texas Artists Selected for the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts 2024 Delta Triennial. https://glasstire.com/2024/05/07/texas-artists-selected-for-the-arkansas-museum-of-fine-arts-2024-delta-triennial/
  • Huckaby, C.L. (2024). Latest News in Black Art: Greg Tate wins Pulitzer, Venice Biennale Silver Lion Award, Projct Row Houses Names Director, Plus New Triennials in Boston and Delta Region. https://www.culturetype.com/2024/05/07/latest-news-in-black-art-greg-tate-wins-pulitzer-venice-biennale-silver-lion-award-project-row-houses-names-director-plus-new-triennials-in-boston-and-delta-region/
  • Huckaby, C.L. (2024). Delta Triennial opens June 28 at Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2024/may/02/delta-triennial-opens-june-28-at-arkansas-museum/
  • Huckaby, C.L. (2024). Exhibit on emancipation at Williams College powerful, necessary. https://www.timesunion.com/art/article/exhibit-emancipation-williams-college-powerful-19424717.php#
  • Huckaby, C. (2023). “How the Emancipation Exhibit Came to Life-And Where It’s Going Next,” Carlene Olsen. Interior Design.
  • Huckaby, C. (2023). 3 Artists From Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation’ Share Their Work,” Delania Dixon. Ebony Magazine.
  • Huckaby, C. (2023). Letitia Huckaby: Bitter Waters Sweet,” Epiphany Knedler. Lenscratch.
  • Huckaby, C. (2023). Breaking Bonds.
  • Huckaby, C. (2023). “Reckoning with History While Interpreting The Future: Emancipation Explored At The Amon Carter Museum of American Art,” Lindsey Wilson, ACTX,. Arts and Culture Texas Magazine.
  • Huckaby, C. (2022). 2022 Texas Artist of the Year & Lifetime Achievement Award in the Visual Arts,” Style Magazine Newswire.
  • Huckaby, C. (2022). “Home Is Where the Art Is,” Alex Temblador. D Magazine.
  • Huckaby, C. “Perspectives: Letitia Huckaby – Quilted legacies along Highway Nineteen,” Alexandra Kennon, Country Roads, December 21, 2021..
  • Huckaby, C. (2021). “Full of Love: Letitia Huckaby in Conversation,” by Taylor Janay Manigoult, Burnaway, March 22, 2021..

    • Newspaper

  • Huckaby, C. (2023). “The Huntington Acquires Six Works, Expanding the Breadth of The American Art Collection: Spanning nearly 300 years, the acquisitions include works by Edward Mitchell Bannister, Agostino Brunias, Letitia Huckaby, Lilly Martin Spencer, Tiffany & Co., and Tyrus Wong,”. The Pasadena Now WeekendeR.
  • Huckaby, C. (2023). “Reimagining Freedom,” David Kaufman. Section F, Page 8. The New York Times.
  • Huckaby, C. (2023). “Who can reclaim history? Viewers can decide at Amon Carter’s new ‘Emancipation’ exhibit,” Michelle Aslam and Elizabeth Myong. The Dallas Morning News.
  • Huckaby, C. (2023). "Liberating Art," Edward Brown. The Fort Worth Weekly.
  • Huckaby, C. (2023). 160 years After the Emancipation Proclamation, Black Artists Reflect on the Meaning of Freedom,” Abigail Glasgow. The New York Times T List.

    • On Air Radio Art Review

  • Huckaby, C. (2022). Documenting Freedmen’s Towns with Artist Letitia Huckaby,” Caitlin Correa. I Like Your Work Podcast.

    • Webpage

  • Huckaby, C.L. (2024). "Let Us Draw Nigh": Remembering A Sojourn for Harriet Jacobs. No. https://burnaway.org/magazine/let-us-draw-nigh-remembering-a-sojourn-for-harriet-jacobs/
  • Huckaby, C. (2023). Powerful Pairings in “Witness: Black Artists in Texas, Then and Now” by Jessica Fuentes. Glasstire.
  • Huckaby, C. (2023). “Civil War-Era Sculpture Inspires Contemporary Artists at Amon Carter Museum of American Art,” Kimberly Richard. NBCDFW.com.
  • Huckaby, C. (2023). Amon Carter Museum Exhibit Will Feature Artists Visualizing Ideas of Emancipation,” FWTX Staff. FWTX.
  • Huckaby, C. Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation Exhibit. WFAA.

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Huckaby, C.L. (Presenter), Visiting Artist Lecture: Letitia Huckaby, Artist Talk with Powerpoint, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Huckaby, C. (Author & Presenter), Cassilhaus Artist Talk, Artist Talk: Letitia Huckaby, Cassilhaus, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Huckaby, C. (Discussant), Art at Noon, An Emancipation Conversation, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Huckaby, C. (Presenter), Social Fabric (Virtual) Exhibiting Artists Talk, Social Fabric: Textiles & Contemporary Issues., Newport Art Museum, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Huckaby, C.L. (Author & Presenter), Visiting Artist Letitia Huckaby, Virtual, University of Maine, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Huckaby, C. (Presenter), Limitless, McNay Art Museum, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Huckaby, C. (Presenter), Art Talk: Letitia Huckaby, LSU Musuem of Art and Hillard Art Museum, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).

    • Keynote/Plenary Address

  • Huckaby, C. (Other), The Center for Contemporary Arts National Juried Competions, Jurors Remarks, The Center for Contemporary Arts, The Center for Contemporary Arts, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Huckaby, C. (Panelist), Commemorating Juneteenth: Exploring the Significance of Black Traditions & Community Engagement, Commemorating Juneteenth: Exploring the Significance of Black Traditions & Community Engagement, Boston University, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Huckaby, C. (Author & Presenter), Society for Photographic Education’s South Central Regional Conference, Metamorphosis, Society for Photographic Education’s Soutth Central Chapter, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).

    • Lecture

  • Huckaby, C. (Presenter), Letitia Huckaby: A Tale of Two Greenwoods, St. Edwards University, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Huckaby, C. (Author & Presenter), Virtual Visiting Artist: Letitia Huckaby, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Huckaby, C. (Presenter), Otherwise/Revival Artist Talk, Bridge Projects, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Huckaby, C. (Author & Presenter), A Tale of Two Greenwoods” Artist Talk Letitia Huckaby, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Huckaby, C. (Author & Presenter), Letitia Huckaby, Cranbook Academy of Art, Virtual, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).

    • Other

  • Huckaby, C. (Presenter), Movie Screening and Artist Talk, Houston Musuem of African American Culture and Art League Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Huckaby, C.L. (Panelist), Panel discussion with curator Caroline Kipp & exhibiting artists, Panel Discussion, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Huckaby, C.L. (Presenter), Artist Talk: Delta Triennial, Artist Talk: Delta Triennial, Arkansas Museum of Fine Art, Little Rock, AR, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Huckaby, C. (Discussant), Artist Talks, Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

  • Art - Exhibition, One-Person. Huckaby, C.L., "Memorable Proof", Center for the Study of the American South, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America. (September 6, 2024).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Huckaby, C.L., "Airloom: 15 Years, Cassilhaus Residency, 6o Artists", Cassilhaus, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America. (June 3, 2024).
  • Art - Exhibition, Invitational. Huckaby, C.L., "Diaries of Home", Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, United States of America. (November 17, 2024 - February 2, 2025).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Huckaby, C.L., "Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation", Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA, United States of America. (August 16, 2024 - November 24, 2024).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Huckaby, C.L., "Beyond the Surface: Contemporary Artists and Printed Textiles", Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY, United States of America. (August 31, 2024 - October 20, 2024).
  • Art - Exhibition, Competitive. Huckaby, C., "Delta Triennial", Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, AR, United States of America. (June 28, 2024 - August 25, 2024).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Huckaby, C., "Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation", Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, United States of America. (February 16, 2024 - July 14, 2024).
  • Residency – Visiting. Huckaby, C., "Artist in Residence", Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX, United States of America. (August 2023 - May 2024).
  • Art - Exhibition, One-Person. Huckaby, C., "A Song for Harriet Jacobs", North Carolina Department of State Historic Sites, Edenton, NC, United States of America. (March 20, 2024 - March 24, 2024).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Huckaby, C., "Witness: Black Artists in Texas, Then and Now", The Grace Museum, Abilene, TX, United States of America. (October 14, 2023 - February 3, 2024).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Huckaby, C., "Quilting a Future: Contemporary Quilts and American Tradition", Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, United States of America. (October 6, 2023 - January 28, 2024).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Huckaby, C., "Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation", Newcomb Art Museuem @ Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (August 17, 2023 - December 9, 2023).
  • Curatorial Work. Huckaby, C., "Center for Contemporary Arts National Juried Art Show + Exhibition", Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX, United States of America. (September 8, 2023 - October 28, 2023).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Huckaby, C., "Duets", Beatrice M. Haggerty Art Gallery, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (September 15, 2023 - October 25, 2023).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Huckaby, C.L., "Getting It Done: Elizabeth Catlett, Samella Lewis, Betty Saar, Emma Amos, Alison Saar, Letitia Huckaby, LaToya Hobbs, and Kenturah Davis", Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College, Claremont, CA, United States of America. (August 26, 2023 - October 15, 2023).
  • Art - Exhibition, One-Person. Huckaby, C., "Bitter Waters Sweet", Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (May 6, 2023 - August 12, 2023).
  • Residency – Artist. Huckaby, C., "Cassilhaus Residency", Architect Ellen Cassilly and her husband Frank Konhaus, Chapell Hill, NC, United States of America. (June 2023 - July 2023).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Huckaby, C., "Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation", Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX, United States of America. (March 12, 2023 - July 9, 2023).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Huckaby, C., "State of the Art 2020: Constructs", Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH, United States of America. (November 12, 2022 - February 26, 2023).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Huckaby, C., "NEGATIVE WOMEN: FOUR PHOTOGRAPHERS QUESTIONING BOUNDARIES", Houston Museum of African American Culture, Houston, TX, United States of America. (November 4, 2022 - January 21, 2023).
  • Art - Exhibition, Two-Person. Huckaby, C., "Welcome: Sedrick and Letitia Huckaby", Sedrick and Letitia Huckaby, Kinfolk House, Fort Worth, TX, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Art - Arts Festival. Huckaby, C., "Maa ka Maaya ka ca a yere kono – Multiplicity, Difference, Becoming and Heritage", Recontres de Bamako – Biennale Africaine de la Photographie Musée National Du Mali, Bamako, Mali, Mali. (October 20, 2022 - December 20, 2022).
  • Art - Exhibition, One-Person. Huckaby, C.L., "Bitter Waters Sweet", Letitia Huckaby, Art League Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America. (September 16, 2022 - December 4, 2022).
  • Art - Exhibition, One-Person. Huckaby, C., "This Same Dusty Road", Letitia Huckaby:, The Capitol Park Museum, Baton Rouge, LA, United States of America. (June 23, 2022 - September 17, 2022).
  • Art - Exhibition, Two-Person. Huckaby, C., "A Glimpse of Glory: Works by Sedrick & Letitia Huckaby", Sedrick and Letitia Huckaby, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, United States of America. (December 9, 2021 - March 20, 2022).
  • Art - Exhibition, One-Person. Huckaby, C., "Koinonia", Letitia Huckaby, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (September 22, 2021 - March 6, 2022).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Huckaby, C., "Goodbye Come Back", Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York, NY, United States of America. (January 5, 2022 - February 19, 2022).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Huckaby, C., "Hand Eye Coordination", Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Art - Exhibition, One-Person. Huckaby, C., "And Thy Neighbor", Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (September 18, 2021 - October 30, 2021).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Huckaby, C., "Limitless! Five Women Reshape Contemporary Art", Martine Gutierrez, Letitia Huckaby, Yayoi Kusama, Sandy Skoglund, and Jennifer Steinkamp, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (March 4, 2021 - September 19, 2021).
  • Art - Exhibition, Invitational. Huckaby, C., "New Stories, New Futures (Pioneer Tower Public Art Exhibition)", Fort Worth Public Art, Fort Worth, TX, United States of America. (August 20, 2021 - August 21, 2021).
  • Art - Exhibition, One-Person. Huckaby, C., "Parish", Letitia Huckaby, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA, United States of America. (May 27, 2021 - August 7, 2021).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Huckaby, C., "OTHERWISE", Bridge Projects, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America. (April 9, 2021 - July 31, 2021).
  • Art - Exhibition, One-Person. Huckaby, C., "Black Nature", Letitia Huckaby, Hillard Art Museum, Lafayette, LA, United States of America. (October 2, 2020 - July 10, 2021).
  • Art - Exhibition, Two-Person. Huckaby, C., "My Soul Looks Back and Wonder How I Got Over: Skip Hill and Letitia Huckaby", Skip Hill and Letitia Huckaby, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK, United States of America. (April 2, 2021 - June 20, 2021).
  • Art - Exhibition, One-Person. Huckaby, C., "Letitia Huckaby: This Same Dusty Road", Letitia Huckaby, LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA, United States of America. (September 17, 2020 - March 14, 2021).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Huckaby, C., "Handmade V", Regina Anzenberger Gallery, Vienna, Austria, United States of America. (November 11, 2020 - February 27, 2021).
  • Art - Exhibition, One-Person. Huckaby, C., "And Thy Neighb(our)", Artpace, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (November 19, 2020 - January 10, 2021).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Huckaby, C., "State of the Art II", Crystal Bridges, Bentonville, AR<i> </i>, United States of America. (February 22, 2020 - November 2, 2020).
  • Art - Exhibition, One-Person. Huckaby, C., "Suffer / Rage Online Exhibition and Downtown Projections", Letitia Huckaby, The Center for Fine Art Photography / Night Lights Denver, Denver, CO, United States of America. (August 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Huckaby, C., "Artist Leadership Fellow," sponsored by Mid-America Arts Alliance, Regional, $500 Funded. (2023 - 2023).

    • Sponsored Research

  • Huckaby, C.L., "Visiting Artist," sponsored by Tarleton State University, Regional, $18000 Funded. (2023 - 2024).
  • Huckaby, C., "Cassilhaus Residency," sponsored by Cassilhaus, Private, $5000 Funded. (2023 - 2023).
  • Huckaby, C., "Artpace International Artist-In-Residence Program (Fall)," sponsored by Artpace, International, $16000 Funded. ( - 2020).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Faculty Advisory Committee. (August 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Drawing and Painting Lecturer Search Committee. (September 25, 2023 - Present).
  • Other (Producer), Promotional Video. (May 2024).
  • Committee Member, Onstead Institute Dissertation Award Committee. (August 2023 - December 2023).
  • Committee Member, Onstead Institute Dissertation Award Committee. (October 2022 - January 2023).

Public Service

  • Other (Inaugural Member), Fort Worth Forum. Fort Worth, TX. (January 2024 - Present).
  • Board Member (Co-Founder), Kinfolk House. Fort Worth, TX. (March 2022 - Present).
  • Program Organizer, Tarrant County Democratic Party. Fort Worth, Texas. (June 2020 - June 2020).

Professional Service

  • Other (Juror), The Center for Contemporary Art. Abilene, TX. (June 30, 2023 - November 7, 2023).
  • Other (Juror), Fort Works Art. Fort Worth, Texas. (May 2022 - May 2022).