Antonia Ruppert Art

So excited to share that my painting “Master's Touch” is being made into a short -run print. Only 30 will be released.

When I went down south to visit family in Alabama, Uncle Johnny asked me who cut my hair. After I answered, he commenced to lining me properly for a more feminine look.

Don't you just love it?

NEW Print Now Available for Pre-Order: Master's Touch So excited to share that Master's Touch is being made into a short -run print. Only 30 will be released. When I went down south to visit family in Alabama, Uncle Johnny asked me who cut my hair. After I answered, he commenced to lining me properly for a more feminine look.Don't you just love it?The....

Thank you to Executive Director, Janet Bloch Bloch, Curator Nelsy Marcano and Marketing Director Jessie Sexton with the Lubeznik Center for the Arts for a deeply impactful First Friday Artist Talk and Opening Reception for my new exhibition, Connected Voices.

Connected Voices explores portraiture via painting, collage, video and original songs honoring narratives and voices often left untold.

The whole team did an amazing job positioning the work—which is up through February.

What’s next? I am looking to build on this work through residencies and exhibition opportunities preferably in Southern United States (Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, etc.)

I am asking for help.

If you’d like to collaborate, sponsor or promote this next effort, DM’s are welcome. 🎨

❤️

There are seasons when rest is the most faithful response.

You are not behind.

Celebrate Fulfilled Dreams + My Birthday 🎉 - https://mailchi.mp/antoniaruppert.com/celebrating

Heyyy Friend, I am ending 2025 on a high note. I'm so grateful to announce that I will be finishing my graduate program at Clark University in January 2026 - fulfilling a dream that I've had for 30 years.

I told a friend recently that my number one guide has been God. I share more resources to encourage you in your faith on my site.

Go to the link included in this post.

Hoping your Thanksgiving was simply beautiful!

Family, friends and art connections: I am coming to the Oak Park Library for its December 30th Kwanzaa Celebration (6-8pm). I am a featured artist alongside artists Tia Etu and Hasani Cannon.

*No need to live in OP to join us!

All are welcome.

Elizabeth Catlett: “A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies” is powerful and deeply moving.

There were numerous opportunities in which the text pointed out that Catlett was denied, stopped and halted but yet she overcame each barrier.

Catlett was an artist I love to introduce to my scholars because of her tenacity and belief in “doing something for the betterment of all of us.”

As I am now within my last semester of graduate school at Clark University, I’m reflecting on Catlett’s journey at Iowa State.

She overcame every denial and hardship to finish strong and graduate. I pray for each artist I will be exhibiting with in January—that they are relentless and feel encouraged.

As I head back home, I’m going into the studio with clarity.

Elizabeth Catlett understood the assignment.

“For Frank and Lillie Mae,” Mixed Media Acrylic Collage, 24”x25”,

“You must feel a sense of urgency and purpose given what is happening in our country right now.”

This is what one of my professors said to me.

I do feel compelled to share with urgency, purpose and practice restoration in my work.

But here is the real reason…

I am creating this body of work as the voice of my ancestors and as a gift to my family. The timing in terms of what is happening culturally is all God.

reminded artists in a recent post that we are created by God and operate in the prophetic.

This artistic gift to my family was destined before the creation of the world.

Scripture says, “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2‬:‭10

So the urgency and purpose is not out of a response to what is happening in this country, but rather a purpose-filled unwrapping of the present 🎁 that God has given me.

I am so grateful to be finishing my graduate program . This purpose, this urgency, this creativity is a dream that is coming true.

So excited to share my work! So grateful for the support of the and the new I hope you’ll join us this Friday for the community Open House, 5-9pm.

Listened to The Thriving Christian Artist podcast today. I learned that just stepping into my studio today is an act of faith. Faith makes it all possible. Praying for your week ahead—know that your steps of faith matter.